Frances "Jane" Winton Bayles
1927 - 2004
Jane W. Bayles, 77, of Corvallis, Montana, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, at her home of pancreatic cancer.
Jane was born July 27, 1927, in Helena, Montana, to John G. Winton and Elma (Shaw) Winton. Jane was raised in the South Boulder and Madison valleys not far from the original Shaw homestead. After graduating from high school in Harrison, where she played on the girls basketball team, Jane went to Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Spokane. Jane graduated and obtained her registered nursing credentials in 1948, ultimately working as a nurse in Montana, California and Michigan.
Jane was working in West Yellowstone in 1959 when the Madison Valley earthquake occurred. Jane was one of the first responders leading the rescue effort up the canyon.Her heroism was later chronicled in the book, "The Night the Mountain Fell."
Jane met Dick 50 years ago. They wed on May 28, 1962, in West Yellowstone. She and Dick lived in West Yellowstone, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich., (where she put Dick through graduate school), and various locations in California as the family moved to different locations depending on where Dick's construction jobs took them. They lived longest in Westminster, Calif. Though Jane worked intermittently throughout her life her passion was caring for their two children, Jack (born in 1965) and Katie (born in 1967). She was a devoted and wonderful mother to her children.
Jane enjoyed many trips to the California desert where the family spent a lot of time collecting rocks. She and Dick enjoyed traveling with the family when the kids were younger, camping trips to Papoose Creek, to northern Wisconsin on Lake Katherine and lots of other places.
The family spent many Saturdays visiting various job sites and getting to know the people involved in putting a project together. One of the outstanding sites had its own private beach with a tide pool for the kids to play in.
After retirement she and Dick spent at least a month a year traveling. She found what a beautiful country that we are blessed to live in. She and Dick were fortunate to be able to visit New Zealand and Australia and witness the sun rising over Ulluru (Ayers Rock). On a trip to Europe in 1990 we found how beautiful portions of France and Italy were. Outstanding memories of that trip were the Louvre, the statue of David, and the caves of southern France. An awe inspiring sight was the cave paintings. When the lights were turned on the cave paintings done some 20,000 years age took our breath away.
Jane was very interested in her garden, planting wildflowers, particularly native species. She spent many hours creating beauty. She loved watching the birds and learning about them. She was very interested in traveling in the mountains and learning about them. Many happy days were spent wandering through the Sapphires, the Big Hole and other areas in Montana. One of her favorite places was the Tobacco Roots where she and her father had spent many happy days packing in and camping during her high school years.
Jane was an excellent seamstress and made most of Dick's shirts. She very much enjoyed quilting and created a number of beautiful quilts including one for her daughter which has just been finished.
Jane was preceded in death by her father, Jack, and her mother, Elma.
Survivors are her husband, Dick, her daughter, Katie of Portland, Ore., and her son, Jack of Aurora, Colo. Other survivors include numerous nephews and nieces scattered across the country.
A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at the Daly-Leach Chapel community room in Hamilton. Guests are invited to the home following the service to visit with the family. Private family urn placement will take place at a later date in the Tobacco Roots.
The family suggests memorials to the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital Center for Hospice and Palliative Care or the American Cancer Society.
-Source: Ravalli Republic | 6 Nov 2004.
1927 - 2004
Jane W. Bayles, 77, of Corvallis, Montana, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, at her home of pancreatic cancer.
Jane was born July 27, 1927, in Helena, Montana, to John G. Winton and Elma (Shaw) Winton. Jane was raised in the South Boulder and Madison valleys not far from the original Shaw homestead. After graduating from high school in Harrison, where she played on the girls basketball team, Jane went to Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Spokane. Jane graduated and obtained her registered nursing credentials in 1948, ultimately working as a nurse in Montana, California and Michigan.
Jane was working in West Yellowstone in 1959 when the Madison Valley earthquake occurred. Jane was one of the first responders leading the rescue effort up the canyon.Her heroism was later chronicled in the book, "The Night the Mountain Fell."
Jane met Dick 50 years ago. They wed on May 28, 1962, in West Yellowstone. She and Dick lived in West Yellowstone, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich., (where she put Dick through graduate school), and various locations in California as the family moved to different locations depending on where Dick's construction jobs took them. They lived longest in Westminster, Calif. Though Jane worked intermittently throughout her life her passion was caring for their two children, Jack (born in 1965) and Katie (born in 1967). She was a devoted and wonderful mother to her children.
Jane enjoyed many trips to the California desert where the family spent a lot of time collecting rocks. She and Dick enjoyed traveling with the family when the kids were younger, camping trips to Papoose Creek, to northern Wisconsin on Lake Katherine and lots of other places.
The family spent many Saturdays visiting various job sites and getting to know the people involved in putting a project together. One of the outstanding sites had its own private beach with a tide pool for the kids to play in.
After retirement she and Dick spent at least a month a year traveling. She found what a beautiful country that we are blessed to live in. She and Dick were fortunate to be able to visit New Zealand and Australia and witness the sun rising over Ulluru (Ayers Rock). On a trip to Europe in 1990 we found how beautiful portions of France and Italy were. Outstanding memories of that trip were the Louvre, the statue of David, and the caves of southern France. An awe inspiring sight was the cave paintings. When the lights were turned on the cave paintings done some 20,000 years age took our breath away.
Jane was very interested in her garden, planting wildflowers, particularly native species. She spent many hours creating beauty. She loved watching the birds and learning about them. She was very interested in traveling in the mountains and learning about them. Many happy days were spent wandering through the Sapphires, the Big Hole and other areas in Montana. One of her favorite places was the Tobacco Roots where she and her father had spent many happy days packing in and camping during her high school years.
Jane was an excellent seamstress and made most of Dick's shirts. She very much enjoyed quilting and created a number of beautiful quilts including one for her daughter which has just been finished.
Jane was preceded in death by her father, Jack, and her mother, Elma.
Survivors are her husband, Dick, her daughter, Katie of Portland, Ore., and her son, Jack of Aurora, Colo. Other survivors include numerous nephews and nieces scattered across the country.
A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at the Daly-Leach Chapel community room in Hamilton. Guests are invited to the home following the service to visit with the family. Private family urn placement will take place at a later date in the Tobacco Roots.
The family suggests memorials to the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital Center for Hospice and Palliative Care or the American Cancer Society.
-Source: Ravalli Republic | 6 Nov 2004.
Frances "Jane" Winton Bayles
1927 - 2004
Jane W. Bayles, 77, of Corvallis, Montana, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, at her home of pancreatic cancer.
Jane was born July 27, 1927, in Helena, Montana, to John G. Winton and Elma (Shaw) Winton. Jane was raised in the South Boulder and Madison valleys not far from the original Shaw homestead. After graduating from high school in Harrison, where she played on the girls basketball team, Jane went to Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Spokane. Jane graduated and obtained her registered nursing credentials in 1948, ultimately working as a nurse in Montana, California and Michigan.
Jane was working in West Yellowstone in 1959 when the Madison Valley earthquake occurred. Jane was one of the first responders leading the rescue effort up the canyon.Her heroism was later chronicled in the book, "The Night the Mountain Fell."
Jane met Dick 50 years ago. They wed on May 28, 1962, in West Yellowstone. She and Dick lived in West Yellowstone, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich., (where she put Dick through graduate school), and various locations in California as the family moved to different locations depending on where Dick's construction jobs took them. They lived longest in Westminster, Calif. Though Jane worked intermittently throughout her life her passion was caring for their two children, Jack (born in 1965) and Katie (born in 1967). She was a devoted and wonderful mother to her children.
Jane enjoyed many trips to the California desert where the family spent a lot of time collecting rocks. She and Dick enjoyed traveling with the family when the kids were younger, camping trips to Papoose Creek, to northern Wisconsin on Lake Katherine and lots of other places.
The family spent many Saturdays visiting various job sites and getting to know the people involved in putting a project together. One of the outstanding sites had its own private beach with a tide pool for the kids to play in.
After retirement she and Dick spent at least a month a year traveling. She found what a beautiful country that we are blessed to live in. She and Dick were fortunate to be able to visit New Zealand and Australia and witness the sun rising over Ulluru (Ayers Rock). On a trip to Europe in 1990 we found how beautiful portions of France and Italy were. Outstanding memories of that trip were the Louvre, the statue of David, and the caves of southern France. An awe inspiring sight was the cave paintings. When the lights were turned on the cave paintings done some 20,000 years age took our breath away.
Jane was very interested in her garden, planting wildflowers, particularly native species. She spent many hours creating beauty. She loved watching the birds and learning about them. She was very interested in traveling in the mountains and learning about them. Many happy days were spent wandering through the Sapphires, the Big Hole and other areas in Montana. One of her favorite places was the Tobacco Roots where she and her father had spent many happy days packing in and camping during her high school years.
Jane was an excellent seamstress and made most of Dick's shirts. She very much enjoyed quilting and created a number of beautiful quilts including one for her daughter which has just been finished.
Jane was preceded in death by her father, Jack, and her mother, Elma.
Survivors are her husband, Dick, her daughter, Katie of Portland, Ore., and her son, Jack of Aurora, Colo. Other survivors include numerous nephews and nieces scattered across the country.
A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at the Daly-Leach Chapel community room in Hamilton. Guests are invited to the home following the service to visit with the family. Private family urn placement will take place at a later date in the Tobacco Roots.
The family suggests memorials to the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital Center for Hospice and Palliative Care or the American Cancer Society.
-Source: Ravalli Republic | 6 Nov 2004.
1927 - 2004
Jane W. Bayles, 77, of Corvallis, Montana, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, at her home of pancreatic cancer.
Jane was born July 27, 1927, in Helena, Montana, to John G. Winton and Elma (Shaw) Winton. Jane was raised in the South Boulder and Madison valleys not far from the original Shaw homestead. After graduating from high school in Harrison, where she played on the girls basketball team, Jane went to Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Spokane. Jane graduated and obtained her registered nursing credentials in 1948, ultimately working as a nurse in Montana, California and Michigan.
Jane was working in West Yellowstone in 1959 when the Madison Valley earthquake occurred. Jane was one of the first responders leading the rescue effort up the canyon.Her heroism was later chronicled in the book, "The Night the Mountain Fell."
Jane met Dick 50 years ago. They wed on May 28, 1962, in West Yellowstone. She and Dick lived in West Yellowstone, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich., (where she put Dick through graduate school), and various locations in California as the family moved to different locations depending on where Dick's construction jobs took them. They lived longest in Westminster, Calif. Though Jane worked intermittently throughout her life her passion was caring for their two children, Jack (born in 1965) and Katie (born in 1967). She was a devoted and wonderful mother to her children.
Jane enjoyed many trips to the California desert where the family spent a lot of time collecting rocks. She and Dick enjoyed traveling with the family when the kids were younger, camping trips to Papoose Creek, to northern Wisconsin on Lake Katherine and lots of other places.
The family spent many Saturdays visiting various job sites and getting to know the people involved in putting a project together. One of the outstanding sites had its own private beach with a tide pool for the kids to play in.
After retirement she and Dick spent at least a month a year traveling. She found what a beautiful country that we are blessed to live in. She and Dick were fortunate to be able to visit New Zealand and Australia and witness the sun rising over Ulluru (Ayers Rock). On a trip to Europe in 1990 we found how beautiful portions of France and Italy were. Outstanding memories of that trip were the Louvre, the statue of David, and the caves of southern France. An awe inspiring sight was the cave paintings. When the lights were turned on the cave paintings done some 20,000 years age took our breath away.
Jane was very interested in her garden, planting wildflowers, particularly native species. She spent many hours creating beauty. She loved watching the birds and learning about them. She was very interested in traveling in the mountains and learning about them. Many happy days were spent wandering through the Sapphires, the Big Hole and other areas in Montana. One of her favorite places was the Tobacco Roots where she and her father had spent many happy days packing in and camping during her high school years.
Jane was an excellent seamstress and made most of Dick's shirts. She very much enjoyed quilting and created a number of beautiful quilts including one for her daughter which has just been finished.
Jane was preceded in death by her father, Jack, and her mother, Elma.
Survivors are her husband, Dick, her daughter, Katie of Portland, Ore., and her son, Jack of Aurora, Colo. Other survivors include numerous nephews and nieces scattered across the country.
A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at the Daly-Leach Chapel community room in Hamilton. Guests are invited to the home following the service to visit with the family. Private family urn placement will take place at a later date in the Tobacco Roots.
The family suggests memorials to the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital Center for Hospice and Palliative Care or the American Cancer Society.
-Source: Ravalli Republic | 6 Nov 2004.
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