Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 2010 at the First Lutheran Church in Wolf Point, MT.
Interment: will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery in Wolf Point, MT.
Lilly Caroline Byxbe, age 92, longtime resident of Wolf Point, MT passed away Sunday, July 11, 2010 in Wolf Point, MT.
Lilly was born on April 8, 1918, first child of Margrete and Hans J. Hansen. Lilly attended school in Wolf Point and graduated in 1936. On June 6, 1942, Lilly married Emert Byxbe in Wolf Point, MT, to this union three children were born, Sharon, Sandra, and Bruce. They were married 46 years up until Emerts passing on November 3, 1988.Lilly held several jobs, but her favorite was working for Frontier School Lunch Program for 32 years. She said she truly enjoyed everyday she was a part of it. She enjoyed painting, wood working, and stained glass, sewing, gardening and raising flowers. She was an active member of the First Lutheran Church in Wolf Point.
Lilly is survived by her three children, Sharon (Bob) Field of Great Falls, MT, Sandra (Allan) Pipal of Wolf Point, MT, and Bruce (Becky) Byxbe of Auburn, WA; grandchildren, Mike (Yvonne) Schaefer of Nebraska, Charlie (Becky) Pipal of Churchill, MT, Alicia (Craig) Sibley of Wolf Point, MT, Gina (Kyle) Verseman of Ann Arbor, MI, Christine Byxbe of Washington, and Kendell; great-grandchildren, Hannah, Cole, Samantha, Sophia, Austin, Corissa, Evelyn, Emily, Alayna, Calandra, Cooper, Will, Desmond, Joshua, Jason, EJ.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Emert Byxbe; parents, Margrete Pedersen and Hans J. Hansen; four brothers; and a sister.
Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point has been entrusted with the arrangements.
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