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Ruth Ann Kuntz Buckalew
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Birth: Apr. 23, 1925
Forsyth
Rosebud County
Montana, USA
Death: Jul. 28, 2007
Billings
Yellowstone County
Montana, USA
Ruth Ann Kuntz Buckalew, 82, of Billings, formerly of Forsyth, passed away suddenly on Saturday, July 28, 2007, at Deaconess Hospital Emergency, after falling ill at home.
One of 12 children, she was born April 23, 1925, to John and Elizabeth Kuntz on the homestead west of Forsyth.
On March 23, 1941, she and Floyd "Elmer" Buckalew were married in Forsyth. To this union, six children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Buckalew spent the first years of their marriage in Forsyth where five of their six children were born. Mr. Buckalew worked in the bakery and on the railroad and Mrs. Buckalew was a homemaker and mother.
In 1954 they moved to Glendive where he worked again as a baker and she worked at several jobs to supplement the family income. In 1957 the couple took over the management of the bakery and restaurant in Glendive. When their contract ended in 1959 they chose not to renew but decided to move to Roundup to operate another bakery. This business endeavor however turned out not to be profitable so in 1960 they moved to Billings where they both found employment.
Mr. and Mrs. Buckalew looked forward to summer as one of their favorite pastimes was fishing and picnicking. She also looked forward to holidays where all the children and grandchildren would come and she would have big family meals. Mrs. Buckalew was a great cook so she never had to worry about there being an empty chair at the table or having to look for place to put the leftovers as there weren't very many.
Mr. Buckalew died of a heart attack in 1973 and Mrs. Buckalew struggled for the next few years trying to make ends meet as she still had a teenage son, Mike, living at home.
In 1981 she met John Peters and began the next phase of her life. They lived in Miles City and spent a lot of time gardening, crocheting, (she), market watching, (he) and playing cards.
They then started traveling and went to a great many of the states including Alaska, Texas, California, Washington, Indiana, Kansas, and Nevada and many places in between.
Mr. Peters died in 1997 and she stayed on in Miles City for awhile but ultimately decided to move back to Billings to be closer to her family. She spent the past few years traveling, working on ceramics and entering pieces in shows with her daughter-in-law Alice and playing at the casinos and just enjoying life in general.
Her survivors include her children, Ruth Wickstrom, Puyallup, Wash., Betty (Gary) Hudson, Roundup, George (Lori) Buckalew, Colstrip, Mike (Alice) Buckalew, Billings and Paulette Buckalew (daughter-in-law), Newburgh, Ind.; 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Elmer and John; her children, Floyd Jr. and Sandra, infant daughter; and all of her siblings except two of her sisters, Betty of California and Suzy of Kalispell.
If one wishes, memorials can be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital or the Disabled Vets of America.
Funeral Services were on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, at 1 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Forsyth.
Rite of Committalfolloedw in the Forsyth Cemetery.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Forsyth was in charge of these arrangements.
Family links:
Spouse:
Floyd Elmer Buckalew (1920 - 1973)*
Children:
Floyd Elmer Buckalew (1946 - 2002)*
Sandra I Buckalew (1950 - 1950)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Forsyth Cemetery
Forsyth
Rosebud County
Montana, USA
Plot: Catholic: Sec: C Blk: 8 Lot 5
Created by: Karen Griswold Stroh
Record added: Jun 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 91692824
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1925 - 2007 (82 years)