Emily Currie, 88
Emily Currie, 88, passed away Nov. 2, 2007, at St. Joseph Hospital in Polson.
She was born Oct. 18, 1919, on a farm 25 miles outside of Glendive, on Box Elder Creek, with a midwife in attendance. She attended schools in Glendive, Bell Parie County School and Miles City.
On July 1, 1939, she married Andy Blades. Three children were born to them, Darlene Jackson of Ronan, Joe Blades of Laurel, and Larry Blades of Warden, Wash.
Emily was a cook at Rocky Bar O dude ranch in Bigfork, camp cook for George Moore in Glacier Park, also for Walking Wilderness Society, Herb Tolke in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Holland Lake Outfitters, and her family hunting camps. Emily also worked at Western Bee, Marshall sawmill in Polson and St. Joseph Hospital, and cooked for the Day Care Center in Polson.
She loved to fish and play horseshoes. She belonged to the Flathead Lake Good Sams and American Legion Auxiliary.
Her parents, Louie and Leila Chrest of Polson; her husband, Andy Blades; granddaughter, Lona Mae Sauerbier; her second husband, Roy Currie, whom she married in 1977; brother, Russell Chrest, of Glendive; and her sister, Amy Howell, of Polson preceded her in death.
Surviving Emily are her children, Darlene, Joe and his wife, Carol, and Larry and his wife, Mary Jane; her grandchildren, Mike Sauerbier of Missoula, Brett and Seth Blades of Billings, Matt Blades and Katie Davison of Billings; two great-grandchildren, Nicole and Caleb Sauerbier of Walla Walla, Wash.; one sister, Arlene Tompkins, of Big Arm; her stepchildren, Ronnie and Dan Currie, and Jeri Ann Halford of Polson; and several nieces and nephews.
The family gives special thanks to her niece, Una Rose Graham, for everything over the past years.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at the Grogan Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Payne officiating. Inurnment will be at Lakeview Cemetery after the memorial. There will be a reception after the services at Grogan Funeral Home for sharing memories of Emily and family gathering.
The family requests memorials be made to the Dogs for the Deaf, 10175 Wheeler Road, Central Point, OR 97502. Condolences may be made to the family at www.groganfuneralhome.com.