EDITH MAE WEAVER obituary

Edith Mae Weaver, 81, a retired state and federal employee, died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and her memorial Mass will be 11 a.m. Friday, at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, with Father Dale Yurkovic officiating.

Memorial contributions in Edith's honor may be made to St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, P.O. Box 407, Havre, MT 59501, or to the Havre Senior Center 2 W. 2nd St., Havre, MT 59501. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home.

Edith was born in Virginia City, Mont., on Oct. 22, 1928, to Percy Williams and Clara Judge. She lived in Virginia City until she was 9 years old, then moved to Alder, Mont., and graduated from eighth grade there. She graduated from Sheridan High School in 1945.

She received a two-year degree from Western Montana College and taught fifth grade in White Sulphur Springs for two years.

She then moved to Livingston, Mont., and worked as a bookkeeper for Singer Sewing Machine Co.

In July 1951, she married Robert Goucher in Livingston, and lived in Newburgh, N.Y. They were divorced in 1958. She married Robert Weaver in Lewistown, Mont., in 1962. Her years with him were the happiest years of her life.

Edith worked as an assistant bookkeeper for Montgomery Ward in Great Falls, bookkeeper for the NCO Club at Malmstrom AFB and then worked for the 341st Supply Squadron for 18 1/2 years as a federal employee. She then transferred to Havre Radar Station and worked there for one and one half years until the station closed in 1979. She then became a state employee for the Montana Department of Transportation in January 1980 until her retirement in October

1993. She worked part-time as a bookkeeper at the Eagles Manor after her husband's death in

1996.

She was a member of the Great Falls Eagles Auxiliary and was on the women's drill team for many years. She started a junior girls drill team and took drill team members to a convention in Butte one year.

After moving to Havre, she transferred her membership to the Havre Eagles Auxiliary. In her spare time, Edith enjoyed sewing and her cabin in Wolf Creek.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Robert F. Weaver.

Edith is survived by her four daughters, Marjorie (Tom) Crenshaw of Slidell, La., Lillian (Ray) Miller of Middle Island,

N. Y., Robin (Dave) Soyer and Patti (Mike) Anderson, all of Havre, Mont., and one son, Robert (Lynette) Weaver of Missoula, Mont.; her sister Rose Baier of Seely Lake, Mont.; nine grandchildren; and 16 greatgrandchildren.