1924
Evelyn
2013
Evelyn Leggett
November 22, 1924 — January 9, 2013
Evelyn Leggett, 88 of Shelby, passed away on January 9, 2013 at the Marias Care Center from natural causes.
Evelyn Carlson Leggett was born November 22 in the year of 1924 in a log cabin that still stands on the highline near Ballantine, Montana. She was born of Swedish homesteader parents. She was the only survivor of their 6 children. She grew up on the farm at Worden and attended Huntley Project Schools where she graduated in 1943. She married Duane Leggett of Ohio on December 2, 1941. They divorced in 1958. Two children were born from that union.
Evelyn began working at the Huntley Project School starting out as the dishwasher and then the head cook for 30 years. In the summers she cooked at the Timbercrest Girl Scout Camp at Red Lodge. She also worked many years part time at the Watson Grocery in Worden and took in ironings for several families. Due to ill health she moved to Shelby to a retirement apartment at the Marias Heritage Center in 2005 where she was close to her daughter Bonnie.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents Algot and Freda Carlson, a brother who was stillborn, a sister, Margaret, who lived about a year and died of the flu, brothers Carl and Hans of Worden, and a sister, Ann Trippett of Parkersberg, WV.
Evelyn is survived by two daughters, Joanie (Dale) Abbott of Ashland, MT and Bonnie (John) Wiegand of Shelby, MT; sister-in-law Ellen Carlson; 5 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Valley Baptist Church at Huntley on Monday, January 14 at 1:00 P.M. Burial will be at the Ballantine Cemetery. There will be a viewing at the Smith Funeral Chapel in Billings on Sunday, January 13th from 4-7 PM. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of local arrangements.
Evelyn Carlson Leggett was born November 22 in the year of 1924 in a log cabin that still stands on the highline near Ballantine, Montana. She was born of Swedish homesteader parents. She was the only survivor of their 6 children. She grew up on the farm at Worden and attended Huntley Project Schools where she graduated in 1943. She married Duane Leggett of Ohio on December 2, 1941. They divorced in 1958. Two children were born from that union.
Evelyn began working at the Huntley Project School starting out as the dishwasher and then the head cook for 30 years. In the summers she cooked at the Timbercrest Girl Scout Camp at Red Lodge. She also worked many years part time at the Watson Grocery in Worden and took in ironings for several families. Due to ill health she moved to Shelby to a retirement apartment at the Marias Heritage Center in 2005 where she was close to her daughter Bonnie.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents Algot and Freda Carlson, a brother who was stillborn, a sister, Margaret, who lived about a year and died of the flu, brothers Carl and Hans of Worden, and a sister, Ann Trippett of Parkersberg, WV.
Evelyn is survived by two daughters, Joanie (Dale) Abbott of Ashland, MT and Bonnie (John) Wiegand of Shelby, MT; sister-in-law Ellen Carlson; 5 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Valley Baptist Church at Huntley on Monday, January 14 at 1:00 P.M. Burial will be at the Ballantine Cemetery. There will be a viewing at the Smith Funeral Chapel in Billings on Sunday, January 13th from 4-7 PM. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of local arrangements.
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