Funeral services: Thursday, April 7, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City
Interment: will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City
Irma Ruth Hughey, age 99, passed away onMonday, April 4, 2005 at Parkview Assisted Living in Miles City.
Irma was born on July 13, 1905 in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, the youngest of three daughters of Fred and Ruth (Hunter) Docken. When Irma was 13, they moved to Mildred, Montana where her father took up farming. She attended Mildred schools but graduated from high school in McIntosh, South Dakota where she was living with her sister and brother-in-law. After teaching school for one year, she returned to Minneapolis where she attended beauty school. Irma married Harold Hughey who was from Wyoming in the 1940s and they spent many years traveling together and spending winters in Tucson, Arizona. Harold passed away in Tucson in 1980. Irma then moved to Miles City to be close to her sisters. She lived at Eagles Manor and then for the last 5 years with Sheri Stoltz and the care givers at Parkview Home where she received such devoted compassionate care.
Irma is survived by two nieces, Phyllis Foster of Rockville, MD; and Linda (Red) Barringer of Missoula, MT; her nephew Bryce (Elaine) Richards of Miles City, MT; and all of her caregivers and the residents at Parkview Home. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harold in 1980 and her two sisters: Dorothy Richards and Agnes Rogers.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot of 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 Parkview Assisted Living, 106 S. Strevell, Miles City, MT 59301 or to the charity of one's choice.
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