ABEL BLAKESLEE obituary

CHINOOK - Mabel L. Blakeslee, 95, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes.

A funeral service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at 2 p.m. in Harlem Cemetery.

Mabel was born Aug. 24, 1909, 22 miles north of Harlem on the Snider Ranch to Ralph B. and Elizabeth A. (Pennock) Snider. She was raised on the family ranch and attended school at Snider's School. Mabel grew up during the Depression, and she worked hard alongside of her mother and brothers on the family ranch.

She learned to be a ranch hand, a life that...