ELMER GWYNN obituary

Elmer Barthol Gwynn, 90, of

Havre died Sunday, June 11,

2006, at Northern Montana Care

Center of natural causes. Viewing

will be held at the Holland & Bonine

Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday and Friday. Elmer's funeral service

will be held at 10

a.m. Saturday at Fifth Avenue

Christian Church with Pastor

Rowlie Hutton officiating. Burial

will follow in Highland Cemetery

with Masonic graveside services

requested by the family. A fellowship

luncheon will be held at

the church after the graveside

services.

Elmer was born Oct. 24, 1915,

in Fort Benton to John Elmer

and Ida Ethel (Shadle) Gwynn.

He lived in Loma and on a farm

on the St. Joe Road, and at age

10 moved to the farm near Wild

Horse Trail.

Elmer married Grace Woods

of Brady on May 14, 1939, in

Grace's home. They lived and

farmed on the family farm north

of Havre. They had met at

church and both attended

Northern Montana College,

received lifetime teaching certificates,

and taught in rural grade

schools several years. Elmer

graduated with a bachelor of arts

degree.

Elmer and Grace were lifetime

active members of Fifth

Avenue Christian Church. They

gave their children the very

important chance to know Jesus

Christ, our Lord God and Savior.

Elmer took his family on three

wintertime tours of the United

States during the 1950s. He and

Grace also toured several

European countries twice,

including Germany, where their

son Ed was stationed in the

Army, and New Zealand,

Australia and Israel.

Elmer enjoyed being an

active member of Gideon's

International, Farmers Union,

Loyal Order of the Moose, past

master Havre Lodge No. 55,

KYCH of the York Rite, OES,

Odd Fellows, National Rifle

Association of America and other

organizations. Other activities he

enjoyed were inventing and

putting together workable

machines, building a solid house,

helping his children in school

and club work, polishing field

rocks into fireplace stones or

jewelry, stamp and coin collecting,

genealogy, reading and

going to North Central Senior

Citizens Center.

Elmer was preceded in death

by his parents; wife, Grace W.

Gwynn, in 1994; daughter, Judy

E. Smith, in 1993; son, Edward R.

Gwynn, in 2006; infant son, Allen,

in 1940; and brother-in-law,

Vernon E. Woods, in 2004.

Survivors include his daughter,

Sheri K. (John) Potter of

Crawfordville, Fla.; daughter-inlaw,

Glenda Gwynn of Phoenix,

Ariz.; son-in-law, Jim Smith of

Livingston; daughter, Karen A.

(Paul) Stout of Havre; sons,

Hugh I. (Charlotte) Gwynn of

Havre, Larry J. Gwynn of

Wyoming and KaRon Bryson

Gwynn of California; 11 grandchildren;

eight great-grandchildren;

and sister-in-law Connie

Woods of Conrad.

Memorial contributions in

Elmer's honor can be made to

the Fifth Avenue Christian

Church Scholarship Fund, P.O.

Box 1328, Havre, MT 59501.

Services and arrangements

have been entrusted to Holland &

Bonine Funeral Home