Evelyn Parent, age 83, of Miles City passed away on August 17, 2010 in Miles City, MT.
Evelyn was born on April 5, 1927 in Natchitoches, LA the daughter of Oscar and Emee (Breda) Scott. She taught ceramics from 1958 to 1963 at Dave & Evelyns Ceramics. In 1965 she bought the Interstate Cafe and Camelot Lounge and operated them until 1982 when she retired. Evelyn loved crafts, quilting and soap making. She spent many happy years working with Carter on his ranch. The sheep were her favorite animals and they followed her everywhere. She could tell when a cow was due to deliver and Carter says she was never wrong.
She was the hub of her family and friends. We swooped around her and she kept the network of family and friends connected. Always there with a helpful hand or sage advice, she touched everyone who knew her with her kindness and generosity.Evelyn was never happier than when she was behind the wheel of a moving vehicle-whether that was a car or a cattle truck, a U-Haul or in her Cadillac pulling a horse trailer. After Ron became a licensed pilot, Evelyn did too (in her 40's); she flew her Cessna 172 giving friends tours of the ice breaking on the Yellowstone. Evelyn was up and down the road to Billings so often she could tell you where the bumps in the road were.
She played Yahtzee and dice whenever she had someone to play with and from 5:30 to 7:00 PM daily she and Carter had their mighty competitions. Evelyn was always up for gathering friends together at her home. It was the central location for Caroline's slumber parties and Canasta nights. Evelyn taught all of Caroline's friends the Twist, and she readily loaded up the car to take the girls to Billings for a ball game or a movie. When Dave came along, she drove he and his friends to many events--including a KISS concert in Bismarck, installed a punching bag in the basement, and took Dave's dog Joe for runs up Airport Hill at night. "Grandma Montana" took special delight in her grandkids. Each child was the brightest, most special child in the universe. She taught them to play dice and card games.
To say Evelyn was a unique, adventurous, independent, loving woman would be an understatement; her spirit was like a cork in the ocean, moving with the tide, rising up after being drenched, ready for the next wave. Her life was well-lived and she was well loved. We will always miss her and be grateful for her presence in our lives. Her memory will be a precious treasure in our hearts.
Evelyn is survived by her long time companion Carter Snell, her children David Mark (Meg) Parent, Ronald (Evelyn) Nuoffer, and Caroline Parent Ford, nine grandchildren: David James "DJ"Parent, Anna Marie Parent, Lori Collins, Jennifer Turner, Michael Nuoffer, Michele Nuoffer, Shavon Cape, Shawn Hooker, and Chad Hooker, 8 great-grandchildren, and her sister Dora of Natchitoches. She is also survived by her best friends, Sharon Clelland, her yard sale partner Edna Jensen, JoLynn Anderson, her Friday night dinner group, her bunko groups and her Washington dice buddy Linda Wynands.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her daughter Juanita Jean Nuoffer and siblings: Oscar, Myrie, Lilly, Thomas Emile, Gertrude and Theophile and her beloved pet, Tiger.
Funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.stevensonandsons.com.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City has been entrusted with the Arrangements
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