Magnus (Mags) Sverre Aasheim was born Sept. 21, 1909, the third of five sons of Svein and Marthea (Akre) Aasheim, homesteaders from Norway, west of Reserve. He spoke only Norwegian until he attended Rose Hill Country Grade School. His high school began in Medicine Lake and finished in Antelope, where he earned his diploma in 1926. He worked his way through college, earning first a teaching degree from Montana Normal School at Dillon, then bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Montana State University (then) in Missoula. His teaching career included Antelope and Belfry and, later, superintendent's positions at Outlook (1937-1944) and Froid (1944-1945).
In 1936, he married Velma Clark, whom he met when she was a high-school student and he was teaching junior-high school in Antelope. Mags and Velma had two children, Gary and Glen, born while the family was living in Outlook.
Mags and Velma farmed in the Antelope community from 1945, until they retired from farming and later sold the farm in 2006. He was involved in many community activities and projects. including local and regional sports and fraternal organizations, and was an active member of the Sheridan County Historical Association, and edited/published two volumes of Sheridan County history (Sheridan's Daybreak I/II).
No listing of his avocations and community activities would be complete without a summary of his political life. A lifelong Democrat, he served as Sheridan County Democratic Central Committee chairman, four terms in the Montana Legislature, and was a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention.
Mags passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Velma; brother, Sam of Plentywood; sons, Gary (Peggy) of Billings and Glen (Linda) of Lakeside; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Interment of cremated remains will be in Antelope Creek Cemetery.
In 1936, he married Velma Clark, whom he met when she was a high-school student and he was teaching junior-high school in Antelope. Mags and Velma had two children, Gary and Glen, born while the family was living in Outlook.
Mags and Velma farmed in the Antelope community from 1945, until they retired from farming and later sold the farm in 2006. He was involved in many community activities and projects. including local and regional sports and fraternal organizations, and was an active member of the Sheridan County Historical Association, and edited/published two volumes of Sheridan County history (Sheridan's Daybreak I/II).
No listing of his avocations and community activities would be complete without a summary of his political life. A lifelong Democrat, he served as Sheridan County Democratic Central Committee chairman, four terms in the Montana Legislature, and was a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention.
Mags passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Velma; brother, Sam of Plentywood; sons, Gary (Peggy) of Billings and Glen (Linda) of Lakeside; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Interment of cremated remains will be in Antelope Creek Cemetery.
Magnus (Mags) Sverre Aasheim was born Sept. 21, 1909, the third of five sons of Svein and Marthea (Akre) Aasheim, homesteaders from Norway, west of Reserve. He spoke only Norwegian until he attended Rose Hill Country Grade School. His high school began in Medicine Lake and finished in Antelope, where he earned his diploma in 1926. He worked his way through college, earning first a teaching degree from Montana Normal School at Dillon, then bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Montana State University (then) in Missoula. His teaching career included Antelope and Belfry and, later, superintendent's positions at Outlook (1937-1944) and Froid (1944-1945).
In 1936, he married Velma Clark, whom he met when she was a high-school student and he was teaching junior-high school in Antelope. Mags and Velma had two children, Gary and Glen, born while the family was living in Outlook.
Mags and Velma farmed in the Antelope community from 1945, until they retired from farming and later sold the farm in 2006. He was involved in many community activities and projects. including local and regional sports and fraternal organizations, and was an active member of the Sheridan County Historical Association, and edited/published two volumes of Sheridan County history (Sheridan's Daybreak I/II).
No listing of his avocations and community activities would be complete without a summary of his political life. A lifelong Democrat, he served as Sheridan County Democratic Central Committee chairman, four terms in the Montana Legislature, and was a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention.
Mags passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Velma; brother, Sam of Plentywood; sons, Gary (Peggy) of Billings and Glen (Linda) of Lakeside; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Interment of cremated remains will be in Antelope Creek Cemetery.
In 1936, he married Velma Clark, whom he met when she was a high-school student and he was teaching junior-high school in Antelope. Mags and Velma had two children, Gary and Glen, born while the family was living in Outlook.
Mags and Velma farmed in the Antelope community from 1945, until they retired from farming and later sold the farm in 2006. He was involved in many community activities and projects. including local and regional sports and fraternal organizations, and was an active member of the Sheridan County Historical Association, and edited/published two volumes of Sheridan County history (Sheridan's Daybreak I/II).
No listing of his avocations and community activities would be complete without a summary of his political life. A lifelong Democrat, he served as Sheridan County Democratic Central Committee chairman, four terms in the Montana Legislature, and was a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention.
Mags passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Velma; brother, Sam of Plentywood; sons, Gary (Peggy) of Billings and Glen (Linda) of Lakeside; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Interment of cremated remains will be in Antelope Creek Cemetery.
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