Funeral Services: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Bible Church in Miles City
Interment: will follow in the family lot in the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City
Clifford Stanley Nolley, aged 87, of Miles City, Montana, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, April 2, 2006.
Cliff was born on June 27, 1918 in Christiansburg, Virginia, the son of Hammett and Allie (Sutphin)Nolley. He attended grade school in Virginia before his family left the family farm and moved west in 1930. After periods spent living in South Dakota, Montana, and Idaho, he settled in Miles City, where he met Beulah Parks; they were married on December 14, 1940. The young couple moved to Vancouver, Washington during the war where he became a welder-leadman in the Kaiser shipyard; Beulah also welded there, and both even worked on occasion on the same ship. Near the end of the war, he served a brief time in the Navy.
After the war, he was employed briefly at the Chevrolet garage in Miles City, before returning to welding. He worked for Anderson Iron Works for a time before establishing Nolleys Welding Service, which he maintained for many years. Cliff was a devoted husband, father, and church member. He served his church in widely varying capacities over the years and remained an active Gideon to the end of his life. In retirement, he also volunteered in various capacities, including service at Friendship Villa and for the Veterans Administration. He loved to hunt and especially to fish. In his later years, nothing pleased him more than to spend time with his grandchildren.
Cliff is survived by his children: Ken and his wife Jan of Salem, OR, Charles and his wife Saba of Chicago, IL, Carolyn and her husband Richard Newell of Billings, MT, Rita and her husband Timothy Andersen of Missoula, MT, and Don and his wife Jill of Minneapolis, MN; by his grandchildren; Matthew and Michael Nolley, Omid, Majid, and Jahan Nolley, Julia (Newell) Iverson and Joanna (Newell) Eddy, Amy and Ken Andersen, and AlexNolley; and by a large number of special nieces and nephews, including: Loretta Peters of Seattle, WA, LorraineIlardi of Anchorage, AK, and WilmaLeidholt of Miles City, MT.
He was preceded in death by his wife Beulah, his parents, a son Clifford (known as Butch), his brother Ed Nolley, and his sisters Beulah Martin, Nellie Jackson, and Rachel Bickle.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Grace Bible Church, the Miles CityGideons, Box 1336, Miles City, MT 59301, or the charity of one's choice. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 2, 2006 with family receiving friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Bible Church in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot in the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City. Condolences may be sent to the family by visitingwww.stevensonandsons.com. Should friends desire,
memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.
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