Obituary - Dorothy Crane

Dorothy Crane, 78, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes.

Wake services began at 6 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at the Coffee Ranch and continued until her traditional funeral service, which was 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, also at the ranch. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.  Please visit Dorothy's online memorial page a leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com.

Dorothy was born in Rocky Boy on June 26, 1936, to Pat and Florence (Denny) Stump. She was raised in Rocky Boy, attending school there. Following her school years, she remained at home caring for her grandparents until she married Bert Coffee in 1954. The couple remained in Rocky Boy, raising their five children there. They divorced in 1959, and Dorothy continued her caregiving to support her growing family. In the mid-1980s, she married Enoch Crane in Hobbema, Alberta, Canada. They later divorced, and in 1989, Dorothy returned to her beloved Rocky Boy.  Upon her return, she remained home caring for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dorothy enjoyed traveling to watch her grandchildren play sports, and to participate in powwows, round dances, rodeos and traditional family gatherings. She simply loved to spend time with her family.

  Dorothy was preceded in death by her grandparents,.James and Maggie (Little Bear) Denny; and John Stump; her parents, Pat and Florence Stump; her daughter, Elvina Stump; her granddaughter, Alicia Coffee; her great-grandchildren, Adrian Boysis, Sandy Rose Boysis and Jerod Coffee; her sisters, Fern and Flovera Standing Rock and Joyce Stump; her brothers, Daniel, William "Bill" George, Lawrence, Martin, Darrel, Leon and Leslie Stump; and numerous extended family. 

She is survived by her daughter, Providencia Stump of Rocky Boy; her sons, Kent (Chantell) Stump, Bert Coffee Jr., Albert (Cynthia) Coffee, Fredrick (Elaine) Coffee and Carter (Billie Jo) Coffee, all of Rocky Boy; her sisters, Harriet Standing Rock and Deanna (Alex Denny) Standing Rock, all of Rocky Boy, and Kathleen Stump, Carmella Stump, Jobeyna Stump and Valeria Stump, all of Billings; her brothers, Videl (Ruby) Stump Sr., Douglas (Pauline) Standing Rock, Russell (Carol) Standing Rock and Kenny (Desire) Standing Rock, all of Rocky Boy, and Glen Stump of Arizona; her 28 grandchildren; her 49 great-grandchildren; and numerous beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family and friends.