Katherine Farnum

Visitation: Monday, October 31, 2005 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City

Funeral Service: Tuesday November 1, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Miles City

Interment: will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery

Katherine Katie Farnum, age 90, of Miles City passed away on Friday, October 28, 2005 at the Holy Rosary Extended Care in Miles City.

Katie was born in Jamestown, North Dakota on September 10, 1915, the daughter of Lawrence and Pauline (Kaneig) Meixner. They moved to Miles City, Montana where Katies father worked on the Milwaukee Railroad. Her father died from an accident on the job. Her mother then married Jacob Schumacher and they moved to the Coalwood Community. There Katie attended grade school at the Iron School. Following her schooling, she worked for several neighbors before moving to Miles City. She went to work at the Farnum Dairy where she met Abner. She then went on to beauty school in Sheridan, Wyoming. Her first job was in Thermopolis and then in Gillette. Katie retuned to Miles City and continued working at Farnum Dairy. Katie and Abner were married on July 16, 1941. They purchased the ranch from Abners father in 1953. They sold the ranch in the valley in the fall of 1970 and purchased a place north of Forsyth on the Big Porcupine Creek. They lived there for two years and then moved to a smaller place near Hathaway. They later moved to Miles City where they have remained since.

Katie is survived by her husband, Abner Farnum of Miles City, MT; two daughters: Marie Kluver and her husband Karson of Rosebud Creek, MT; andIsabell Katzman and her husband Tim of Burlington, WI; six grandchildren: Jan, Abner, Kathleen and Freeman Kluver and Tanya and TylerKatzman; a sister, Martha Zeilstra of Miles City, MT; a brother, Howard Schumacher of Portland, OR, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation will be held on Monday, October 31, 2005 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday November 1, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family by visitingwww.stevensonandsons.com. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church or to the charity of one's choice.