HAVRE DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
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LINDA G. BILGER
CHINOOK -
Linda G. Bilger, 55, died on Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at a Great Falls hospital
due to complications from cancer.
Memorial
services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the American Lutheran Church with the
Rev. Jeffrey Spencer officiating.
Linda was
born on Sept. 26, 1947, in Havre to Herbert and Alva (Norberg) Hofeldt. She
graduated from Chinook High School in 1966. She worked in Seattle until
returning to Chinook in 1971, where she worked at the Tastee Bite Cafe and the
Steakhouse.
Linda married William P. Bilger on Feb. 14,
1971, in Coeur dAlene, Idaho. She continued working at the Steakhouse and also
was a custodian at the Chinook High School. She loved her grandchildren, and
enjoyed crafts, sewing, dancing, bowling, flowers and camping.
Linda was
preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors
include her husband, William Bill Bilger of Chinook; daughters, Carla Elias
and Vanessa Surber, both of Chinook, Kim Goff of Dickinson, N.D.; brother,
Michael Hofeldt of Helena; sisters, Lana Stearns of Dickinson, N.D., Leah
Stokes and Nancy Means, both of Casper, Wyo.; four grandchildren; and numerous
cousins, nieces and nephews.
Arrangements
are by Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook.
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GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
Thursday, December 12, 2002
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Linda G. Bilger
CHINOOK --
Linda G. (Hofeldt) Bilger, 55, a custodian at Chinook High School, died Monday
at a Great Falls hospital of complications from cancer.
A memorial
service is 2 p.m. Saturday at American Lutheran Church. Cremation has taken
place under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
Survivors
include her husband, William F. "Bill" Bilger of Chinook; daughters
Carla Elias and Vanessa Burber of Chinook and Kim Goff of Dickinson, N.D.;
sisters Lana Stearns of Dickinson and Leah Stokes and Nancy Means of Casper,
Wyo.; a brother, Michael Hofeldt of Helena; and four grandchildren.
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