The River Press, Fort Benton, Mont., 1 Aug 1973
James Pettapiece Dies At Lincoln Thursday
James William Pettapiece, 62, former resident of the Goosebill and Chester areas, died unexpectedly Thursday night, July 26, 1973, at Lincoln. He was en route to Great Falls with his wife from Somers, where they have made their home since the first of the year.
Funeral services were Monday morning at 11 a.m. in the Benton Funeral Home with Rev. Chet Shaw of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Pettapiece was born at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Feb. 10, 1911, and came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pettapiece, Sr., to Great Falls that year. The next year they homesteaded in the Goosebill area. The father died in 1932 and his mother in 1964.
He had resided at the family homestead virtually all his life. He married Alice Beeby at Shelby on June 13, 1958.
Survivors are his wife; three stepchildren, George and LeRoy Beeby and Patricia Romain; brothers and sisters, Robert Pettapiece of Ridgefield, Wash., Mrs. Evelyn Streigle of Craig, Alaska, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham of Chester, and Mrs. Annabelle Barbie of Inverness.
The River Press, Fort Benton, Mont., 1 Aug 1973
James Pettapiece Dies At Lincoln Thursday
James William Pettapiece, 62, former resident of the Goosebill and Chester areas, died unexpectedly Thursday night, July 26, 1973, at Lincoln. He was en route to Great Falls with his wife from Somers, where they have made their home since the first of the year.
Funeral services were Monday morning at 11 a.m. in the Benton Funeral Home with Rev. Chet Shaw of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Pettapiece was born at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Feb. 10, 1911, and came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pettapiece, Sr., to Great Falls that year. The next year they homesteaded in the Goosebill area. The father died in 1932 and his mother in 1964.
He had resided at the family homestead virtually all his life. He married Alice Beeby at Shelby on June 13, 1958.
Survivors are his wife; three stepchildren, George and LeRoy Beeby and Patricia Romain; brothers and sisters, Robert Pettapiece of Ridgefield, Wash., Mrs. Evelyn Streigle of Craig, Alaska, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham of Chester, and Mrs. Annabelle Barbie of Inverness.
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