William Hunnewell Dies In Great Falls
William F. Hunnewell, 98, a former Great Falls resident and an acquaintance of artist C. M.
Russell, died at his home at Olney, near Whitefish, Friday.
Hunnewell was born at Truly near Great Falls. When he was young, family members said, he broke horses with Charlie Russell. Several Russell sketches he owned were lost in a fire years later. Later he worked for the railroad out of Great Falls and he rode in rodeos until 1930.
He married Ida Barsby in 1928 in Great Falls. They moved to Olney in 1936 where he worked as a logger. In 1944 he returned to the Great Northern Railway, retiring in 1956. For many years Hunnewell played violin at dances.
Survivors are his wife; a son, Jim Hunnewell, Whitefish; two daughters, Bessie Ingrahm and Elsie Gress, Olney; 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Grace Fitzpatrick of Billings.
Services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Austin Funeral Home, Whitefish, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia Falls.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 10 Feb 1983
William F. Hunnewell, 98, a former Great Falls resident and an acquaintance of artist C. M.
Russell, died at his home at Olney, near Whitefish, Friday.
Hunnewell was born at Truly near Great Falls. When he was young, family members said, he broke horses with Charlie Russell. Several Russell sketches he owned were lost in a fire years later. Later he worked for the railroad out of Great Falls and he rode in rodeos until 1930.
He married Ida Barsby in 1928 in Great Falls. They moved to Olney in 1936 where he worked as a logger. In 1944 he returned to the Great Northern Railway, retiring in 1956. For many years Hunnewell played violin at dances.
Survivors are his wife; a son, Jim Hunnewell, Whitefish; two daughters, Bessie Ingrahm and Elsie Gress, Olney; 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Grace Fitzpatrick of Billings.
Services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Austin Funeral Home, Whitefish, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia Falls.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 10 Feb 1983
William Hunnewell Dies In Great Falls
William F. Hunnewell, 98, a former Great Falls resident and an acquaintance of artist C. M.
Russell, died at his home at Olney, near Whitefish, Friday.
Hunnewell was born at Truly near Great Falls. When he was young, family members said, he broke horses with Charlie Russell. Several Russell sketches he owned were lost in a fire years later. Later he worked for the railroad out of Great Falls and he rode in rodeos until 1930.
He married Ida Barsby in 1928 in Great Falls. They moved to Olney in 1936 where he worked as a logger. In 1944 he returned to the Great Northern Railway, retiring in 1956. For many years Hunnewell played violin at dances.
Survivors are his wife; a son, Jim Hunnewell, Whitefish; two daughters, Bessie Ingrahm and Elsie Gress, Olney; 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Grace Fitzpatrick of Billings.
Services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Austin Funeral Home, Whitefish, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia Falls.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 10 Feb 1983
William F. Hunnewell, 98, a former Great Falls resident and an acquaintance of artist C. M.
Russell, died at his home at Olney, near Whitefish, Friday.
Hunnewell was born at Truly near Great Falls. When he was young, family members said, he broke horses with Charlie Russell. Several Russell sketches he owned were lost in a fire years later. Later he worked for the railroad out of Great Falls and he rode in rodeos until 1930.
He married Ida Barsby in 1928 in Great Falls. They moved to Olney in 1936 where he worked as a logger. In 1944 he returned to the Great Northern Railway, retiring in 1956. For many years Hunnewell played violin at dances.
Survivors are his wife; a son, Jim Hunnewell, Whitefish; two daughters, Bessie Ingrahm and Elsie Gress, Olney; 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Grace Fitzpatrick of Billings.
Services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Austin Funeral Home, Whitefish, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia Falls.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 10 Feb 1983
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