Elizabeth Liz Ann (Ugrin) Ciba, 91

Elizabeth Liz Ann (Ugrin) Ciba, 91, formerly of Black Eagle, died on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at a Kalispell nursing home of natural causes. Liz was a homemaker and waitress. Vigil services are planned for 5 p.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Black Eagle. The Funeral Mass will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, also at Blessed Sacrament Church; a burial service will follow at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Great Falls. A luncheon will follow at the Blessed Sacrament Church Fellowship Hall immediately after the burial service. The O Connor Funeral Home in Great Falls is handling arrangements. Liz was born on April 5, 1918, on a farm in Winifred, where her immigrant Yugoslavian parents, George and Katarina Ugrin, had a homestead. Her family moved back to Black Eagle when she was 2 years old. She attended Catholic schools and graduated from St. Mary s High School in Great Falls in 1936. She was the high school class secretary and was known by friends and family her entire life as an ambitious person, committed to her faith, and always ready for fun and pranks. Liz married Julian Zip Ciba on Oct. 2, 1940, in Blessed Sacrament Church in Black Eagle. After high school, Liz worked for Woolworth s and later worked for many years as a waitress in Black Eagle at the 3D Supper Club, and then for Borries. Liz catered for weddings, making everything from wedding and attendant gowns to decorations and mints. Liz and Zip bowled on city teams for years. She also helped organize the Black Eagle bicentennial celebration. In her earlier years, Liz played softball, playing on the state championship team in 1937 that went on to the national tournament in Chicago. Liz was a longtime member of the Blessed Sacrament Altar Society. She was a member of the Black Eagle Sewing Club for over 60 years, meeting to sew and mend, and in later years to have lunch and play cards with her friends. Liz enjoyed sewing, any and all crafts, gardening and canning food for her family. Survivors include daughters, Jan and Tom Mohler of Bigfork, and Patricia and Larry Ingvalson of Kalispell; sons, Gary and Helen Ciba of Phoenix, and Rob Ciba of Olivet, Mich.; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. She is also survived by a sister, Kay Albright, of Great Falls; and a sister-in-law, Genevieve Gervais of Seattle; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Julian Zip Ciba in 1988. Memorials in Liz s honor may be made to the Blessed Sacrament Altar Society at Black Eagle Blessed Sacrament Church, Black Eagle, MT 59414; or to Immanuel Lutheran Home Recreation Fund at Immanuel Lutheran Home, 185 Crestline Avenue, Kalispell, MT 59901. As Liz takes her final journey home, she would bid farewell to everyone by saying one last time, Boy, Boy !