Doris E. Merrill
July 13, 1910 - December 4, 2004
Doris E. Merrill died Saturdy, Dec. 4, 2004, at New Horizons Care Center in Lovell.
Doris was born July 13, 1910, to Fred Gaylor and Bertha Thompkins Nichols, in Lebanon, Mo. Doris moved west in 1914 with her family, living in several places in the Pryor Mountains and Big Horn Basin areas.
Doris married Herbert (Bert) Beech in Red Lodge, Mont., Nov. 12, 1929. Thye resided in the rural Kane area, farming and raising their family. Bert preceded her in death July 28, 1962.
She later married Harry Merrill and continued to live on the farm until the government bought it for the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Area. They moved to the Red Lodge area, then later to the town of Byron.
Doris loved gardening, painting western scenes, rock hunting and spending time with her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bert Beech, and husband, Harry Merrill; her parents, three brothers and four sisters.
She is survived by one daughter, Betty Hubbell (Rex) of Ogden, Utah; two sons, Dennis Beech (ValJean) of rural Cowley and Art Beech of Greybull; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 8, at 11 a.m. at Haskell Funeral Home.
Doris E. Merrill
July 13, 1910 - December 4, 2004
Doris E. Merrill died Saturdy, Dec. 4, 2004, at New Horizons Care Center in Lovell.
Doris was born July 13, 1910, to Fred Gaylor and Bertha Thompkins Nichols, in Lebanon, Mo. Doris moved west in 1914 with her family, living in several places in the Pryor Mountains and Big Horn Basin areas.
Doris married Herbert (Bert) Beech in Red Lodge, Mont., Nov. 12, 1929. Thye resided in the rural Kane area, farming and raising their family. Bert preceded her in death July 28, 1962.
She later married Harry Merrill and continued to live on the farm until the government bought it for the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Area. They moved to the Red Lodge area, then later to the town of Byron.
Doris loved gardening, painting western scenes, rock hunting and spending time with her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bert Beech, and husband, Harry Merrill; her parents, three brothers and four sisters.
She is survived by one daughter, Betty Hubbell (Rex) of Ogden, Utah; two sons, Dennis Beech (ValJean) of rural Cowley and Art Beech of Greybull; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 8, at 11 a.m. at Haskell Funeral Home.
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