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DEADLINES TO VIEW OBITUARIES Go to www.greatfallstribune.com/obituaries Dear Abby: Your advice to the griev- ing widower Need of (June 22) was spot on. I met my hus- band when I was 14. We married at 18, and he died when he was 44. After his death, I had no idea how to be a person because I had always been a partner. In the early years, I cried every day and was searching, like to that empty spot in my life.

Then one day, I started out what to do about the other holes in my life. I had not been the breadwinner, so my income was poverty-level. I had no college and not a lot of work experience. I knew if I was going to be able to keep my house and put my kids in college, I had to work on these other holes. In the process of school, working three jobs and keeping up with life, I realized I had never thought about what was impor- tant to ME.

Your advice is so true. Volunteer. Get a part-time job doing something you like or a job that will just give you some- one to talk to. Go to a support group, go to a church, but do not get into a serious relation- ship, because if you do, you will go from one dependent situation to another. Ev- ery person I know who went right into another relationship later regretted it.

Do not look for a Band-Aid to the emptiness. Look for a seed to plant and nurture, and be prepared to be amazed at the beauty that will open up to you. Shelly in Illinois Dear Shelly: Thank you for sharing the important life lessons you have learned. Other caring readers also re- sponded to encourage as he moves forward: Dear Abby: I lost my husband after 30 years together. still working on getting hollow to as wrote.

Your advice that he should out the boundary between where you left and your wife is an important insight. exactly what been trying to do for the past three months. You live with someone else if you live with yourself. working on becoming whole again, and happening slowly. should do the same.

Tammy in Oregon Dear Abby: After my wife died, I joined Widowed Information and Con- sultation Services in my home state. It helped me realize I the only one going through this. I also said to any invitations from friends to join them for dinner or a social gathering. Being around others helped to stave the loneliness. And I decided to travel by myself to Europe for a month, joining a group tour.

Eventu- ally, I ound a wonderful lady, also a wid- ow, and we have been married 15 years. Robert in WashingtonContact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Many reach out to help to grieving widower Dear Abby Jeanne Phillips CUT BANK James (Jim) Vernon Ferres, 75, of Cut Bank, MT passed away July 26, 2020 in Portland, OR. He was preceded in death by Lesa, his wife of more than 20 years.

Jim is survived by his mother Eliza- beth Weniger of Great Falls, MT. Daughter Amber A Bentrup of Wichita Falls, TX. Step- daughters Michele LeCompte, Lana Le- compte-Shields Na- SheenaWilliams, all of Oregon.He is also sur- vived by his brothers Randy Ferres of Great Falls, MT and Everett Weniger Jr. of Missoula, MT. Jim loved fishing and was a very proud of the Blackfeet Na- tion.

He will be greatly missed by his friends and family. Services to be determined at a later date. James (Jim) Vernon Ferres Long timeChinook resident, J.R.“Bob”Inman, 89, passed away September 15th, at the SweetMemorial NursingHome in one day before his 90th birthday. He is known to his siblings. Dad was born to Harry Inman and Dorothy Thomas Inman September 16th, 1930 inWolf Point, MT.Hemoved to Chinook with his family in 1944 where he spent the remainder of his life.

When his parents moved elsewhere, he decided to stay in Chinook and was by the P.O. Butler family. The Butlers treated him like a member of the family and he and JT became close friends. He graduated fromChinookHigh School in 1948. While there he excelled in football and basketball.

He was well known for his shot. Dadmet the love of his 3, 1946 at a dance party. They were married July 25, 1947 in Fort Benton, MT and were married for almost 65 years prior to passing. Their 10 children were all raised in Chinook. The work ethic he instilled in his children began at a young age.

Besides working on the Butler farm his freshman year in high school, he worked for the Conoco Service Station and Bulk Plant and continued to do so after graduation. Within a few years he knew everyone in town, as well as most of the farmers and ranchers in Blaine County, as he delivered fuel to many of them. In 1956 he bought the service station business from Kenneth McKinnie and it became known as Conoco. The Conoco business was sold and Dad went to work selling insurance and real estate for his father-in-law, Monte Burgess at Burgess Agency. In 1972 he purchased the agency from Monte continued selling insurance and real estate as Inman Insurance, Inc.

specializing in sales and was a former president of Mutual Insurance Agents Association of Montana. Dad had many other business interests including Auction, and secretary of several organizations including the Zurich Irrigation District, the Bear Paw Hereford Breeders Association and for 52 years as secretary of North Blaine County Grazing Districts in addition to being a director of Western Bank for 30 years. During his many years in Chinook, he made his family proud supporting the community and the Sugarbeeters. He was active in the Lions Club, Blaine County Development, president of Eagles Lodge, Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees, Director and Treasure of Friends of the Bear Paw, Big Hole and Canyon Creek Battlefields to name a few. Dad and Mom were honored with a star quilt from the Anniih (Gros Venture) and Nakota (As- siniboine) tribes of Fort Belknap.

Dad loved people and people loved him. Family always came first. Friends were very important to him, as was the community of Chinook.He loved his Sugarbeeters! He was always there to pick you up when you fell, to give you a hug when you were hurting, no matter who you were. He never judged you. He made you laugh.

He taught his children many of lessons and we are all better people for that.He had a smile for everyone, helping anyone in need. In his spare time he loved to garden, sharing whatever he grew with whoever was in need and he loved to go fishing with his son-in-law. His faith was very important to him. He andMomwere lifetimemembers of St. Catholic Church and both were very active in the church.

Mom and Dad could be seen out walking nearly every morning bright- ening the day for others with a greeting and smile. They participated in the C.O.S.I. caller program, calling elderly shut-ins to see if they needed help. They loved to visit the residents at the Sweet Memorial NursingHome and when he lived there he continued to visit with everyone, residents and staff alike, cheering them up if they needed it and leaving them with a smile on their face. He is survived by his 10 children Joe (Susan), K.

Freund (Ron), Tom (Roxie), Pat Reid KathyMiller (Ric), NancyMoriarty (Doug) andDavid; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; his special friend Joanne Willman; brothers Barry, and Jim and sisters Nancy, Jana andDolly.He was preceded in death by his beloved grandson Shawn, his parents Harry and Dorothy, brothers Ben, Donald and Thomas, sisters Betty Ellen and Mary Sue. Dad was laid to rest surrounded by his family on September 18th at Kuper Memorial Cemetery with his many grandsons acting as pallbearers. A Me- morial of Life will be held in the summer 2021. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Homes. A special thank you to the staff at the Sweet Nursing Home for taking such great of Dad.

Donations in honor of Bob may be made to the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home, PO Box 1149, 59523 or St. Catholic Church, PO Box 1089, Chinook, MT 59523. J.R. Inman GREAT FALLS Ruth Katzenberger Schneider Lowden, 93, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m.

on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Peace Luther- an Church with burial to follow at Highland Cemetery. Ruth was born on April 10, 1927, in Frankfurt, Germany. She was educated in Germany and had a Degree in Nursing and Business. She worked for the American High Command in Germany after WWII. After the war, she im- migrated to Montana in 1953.

She became an American Citizen in 1958. She worked for Dr. Wm.Gerlach,MontanaWholesale Drug, and the Cannon-Lowden Co. She married Bill Lowden in 1974, and retired in 1978. She and Bill loved spending the winter months in Arizona.

Ruth enjoyed sewing, crafts, golfing, fishing, cooking, gardening, and travel. She belonged to Peace Lutheran Church and theVFWAux. 1087. She is survived by her two daughters from her first marriage, Gisela Schneider of Colstrip, MT and Patricia (Don) Shropshire of Bandon, OR; nephew, Charles (Janice) Fulcher of Great Falls; grandnephew; Victor Katie Tabaracci) Fulcher of Great Falls; niece, Phyllis House; two grandnephews; and a great-grandnephew all of Newport News, VA; stepdaughter, Catherine Lowden of Great Falls; and step-grandchildren and 2 step great-grandchildren of Missoula. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, William Lowden stepson, William Lowden sisters, Elsa Schmidt of Germany and Gisela Fulcher of Great Falls; brother, EgonKatzenberger of Germany; and both parents of Germany.

Memorials in namemay bemade to Peace Lutheran Church.Condolences for the familymay be shared online at www.SchniderFuneralHome. com. Ruth Lowden Becker, StevenD. 67 Great Falls 24-Sep Funeral Home Belgarde, Brittney 28 Great Falls 25-Sep Funeral Home 80 Havre 25-Sep Funeral Home Dotseth, John 71 Great Falls 25-Sep Croxford Funeral Home Dritshulas, Arhonto 76 Havre 26-Sep Funeral Home Erickson, Carol F. 83 Great Falls 27-Sep Schnider Funeral Home James (Jim)Vernon 75 CutBank 26-Jul J.R.

89 15-Sep Kelleher, Patsy Irene 82 Great Falls 26-Sep Schnider Funeral Home Ruth 93 Great Falls 20-Sep Schnider Funeral Home Sokolich, Edward L. 82 Choteau 20-Sep Gorder-Jensen Funeral Home Sundby, BrennaK. 44 Glasgow 26-Sep BellMortuary Wells, Samuel 63 Great Falls 26-Sep Croxford Funeral Home Additional information in display obituaries Obituaries appear in print and online at www.GreatFallsTribune.com/Obituaries OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES Name Age Town, State Death Date Arrangements Obituaries For information on how to place an obituary, go to www.greatfallstribune.com/obituaries and follow the steps. For assistance, please call 406-791-1420 option 2..