Burial: will be in the Custer County Cemetery.
Ella Marie (Crane) Rivenes, 95, of Miles City died in the presence of her three daughters, family, and close friends at her home on Saturday, April 16, 2011.Ella was born November 10, 1915, in Bozeman, MT, the youngest child of Nelson Dalton Crane and Mary Theresa (ORourke) Crane. In 1936 she married her husband David Rivenes in Big Timber, MT. Ella and David lived in Ekalaka, Bozeman, Miles City, and Baker before returning in 1944 to Miles City, where they stayed the rest of their lives, providing invaluable leadership to the educational, recreational, athletic, and cultural life of the community.
Ella is survived by her daughters, Sigrid Laird (Bo), Sue Kuehl (David) of Miles City, and Jen Jensen (Gary) of St. Louis, MO; eight grandchildren, Ragna (Jensen) Bartholomew (Morris) of Miles City, Stephanie (Laird) Pratt (Greg) of Ripon, CA, Patti (Kuehl) Hughes (Charles) of Castle Rock, CO, Cameron (Laird) Burton (Victor) of Ripon, David Laird (Amy) of Ephrata, WA, Niels Jensen of St. Louis, Bridget (Laird) Batchelder (David) of Seeley Lake, MT, and Leah (Jensen) Williams (Tony) of Berkeley, CA; seventeen great-grandchildren, Zachariah Pratt, Molly Burton, Lauren, Jacob, Kyra and Mac Laird, Angus, Ella Marie, Willy and Hattie Batchelder, Suella Hughes, Nicholas, Joshua (Sarah), and Caitlin Bartholomew, Anthony, Isabella and Lucia Jensen-Williams; and one great-great-grandson, Jackson Bartholomew.
She was preceded in death by her husband, David Rivenes.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 11:00am at the First Baptist Church of Miles City. Burial will be in the Custer County Cemetery.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.stevensonandsons.com Memorial donations may be sent to the Council on Aging, Hospice, First Baptist Church of Miles City, Sacred Heart School, the Convent Keepers, or a charity of one's choice
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ANDRES WATSON says
When I was 12, I read in TV Guide an article on David and Ella Rivenes running KYUS-TV in Billings, Montanta.
I thought it to be absolutly romantic and wonderful for such a TV station to exist.
I ‘ve been going down memory lane and looked up whatever happened to KYUS-TV.
I guess time passes on and some things that are special go away, but the memories live on.
I live in Toronto, Canada and have had a passionate interest in television broadcasting since age 6 in 1968. I am 55 now.
I give my deepest condolences to the family of David and Ella Rivenes about their passing. Although it happened several years back, I think they were remarkable and one of a kind people. They certainly touched me enough that I had to look up the station after all these years since reading about it in TV Guide when I was a kid.
All the best!!!