GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE Friday, January 22, 1999
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GLADYS SKONES GILL
HARLEM - Retired Harlem school teacher Gladys (Skones) Gill, 75, died
Wednesday in a Havre hospital of natural causes.
Her funeral is 11 a.m. Monday at the American Lutheran Church, with
burial in the Harlem Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the American Lutheran
Church, The Harlem Public Library or
Northern Montana Care Center.
Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
She was born June 24, 1923, on the family farm near Turner, and attended
schools in Turner, graduating from Turner High School in 1941. She attended
Northern Montana College and recieved an emergency teaching certificate to teach
school at Cleveland. She taught school there for four years.
On Nov. 17, 1946, she married Donald "Bud" Gill in Turner.
They farmed and ranched in the Harlem area for many years. Gill started
substitute teaching in Harlem in 1961 and returned to Northern Montana College
for many summers to finish her degree. She graduated with a degree in
elementary education in 1965 and taught in Harlem Elementry for 26 years. One
of her joys was introducing computers to fifth and sixth-graders in the 1970s
and early 1980s.
After retiring she lived in Harlem until June 1997 when she moved to
Havre Care Center.
Gill had been a 4-H Leader, was an active member of the American
Lutheran Church and belonged to the ALCW Auxaliary. In the last few years she
enjoyed helping her husband with the Harlem V.F.W. books.
Gill was a avid reader, and enjoyed needlework and rug hooking.
Surviving are daughters, Doris Gilbert of Issaquah, Wash., Pattie
Gilbert of Chinook; a son, Larry Gill of Bellevue, Wash.; brothers, Gordon
Skones of Turner, Russell Skones of Chinook; sisters, Sylvia MacFarlane of Deer
Lodge, Arlene Anderson of Malta, and Helen Reed of Billings.
A son Lee Gill, died in 1997 and her husband died last September.
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HAVRE DAILY NEWS Friday, January 22, 1999
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GLADYS SKONES GILL
HARLEM - Gladys Skones Gill, 75, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, at a
Havre hospital of natural causes.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday in Harlem American Lutheran
Church with burial in the Harlem Cemetery.
Gill was born June 24, 1923, near Turner to Peter and Selma (Mellesmoen)
Skones. She attended schools in Turner and graduated from Turner High School in
1941. She was attending Northern Montana College when she recieved an emergency
teaching certificate to teach school at Cleveland. She taught school there for
four years.
On Nov. 17, 1946, in Turner, she married Donald "Bud" Gill.
The couple farmed and ranched in the Harlem area for many years. She was a
substitute teacher in Harlem and returned to college in the summer to earn her
degree in 1965. She taught in Harlem Elementry for 26 years.
After retirement she lived in Harlem until June 1997, when she moved to
Northern Montana Care Center in Havre.
Gill was A 4-H Leader, and was an active member of the American Lutheran
Church, and the ALCW Auxaliary. She enjoyed helping her husband with the Harlem
V.F.W. books, reading, needlework, and rug hooking.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son Lee Gill in 1997; and
her husband "Bud" in 1998.
Survivors include daughters, Doris
Gilbert of Issaquah, Wash., and Pattie Gilbert of Chinook; a son, Larry Gill of
Bellevue, Wash.; brothers, Gordon Skones of Turner, and Russell Skones of
Chinook; sisters, Sylvia MacFarlane of Deer Lodge, Arlene Anderson of Malta,
and Helen Reed of Billings; and numerous grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Lutheran Church, The Harlem Public
Library or to the Northern Montana Care Center.
Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
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THE SENTINEL
Wednesday, January 27, 1999
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GLADYS SKONES GILL
HARLEM - Gladys Skones Gill, 75, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, at a
Havre hospital of natural causes.
Gill was born June 24, 1923, near Turner to Peter and Selma (Mellesmoen)
Skones. She attended schools in Turner and graduated from Turner High School in
1941. She was attending Northern Montana College when she recieved an emergency
teaching certificate to teach school at Cleveland. She taught school there for four
years.
On Nov. 17, 1946, in Turner, she married Donald "Bud" Gill.
The couple farmed and ranched in the Harlem area for many years. She was a
substitute teacher in Harlem and returned to college in the summer to earn her
degree in 1965. She taught in Harlem Elementry for 26 years.
After retirement she lived in Harlem until June 1997, when she moved to
Northern Montana Care Center in Havre.
Gill was A 4-H Leader, and was an active member of the American Lutheran
Church, and the ALCW Auxaliary. She enjoyed helping her husband with the Harlem
V.F.W. books, reading, needlework, and rug hooking.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a son Lee Gill in 1997; and
her husband "Bud" in 1998.
Survivors include daughters, Doris
Gilbert of Issaquah, Wash., and Pattie Gilbert of Chinook; a son, Larry Gill of
Bellevue, Wash.; brothers, Gordon Skones of Turner, and Russell Skones of
Chinook; sisters, Sylvia MacFarlane of Deer Lodge, Arlene Anderson of Malta,
and Helen Reed of Billings; and numerous grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Lutheran Church, The Harlem Public
Library or to the Northern Montana Care Center.
Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
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