Mollie Rhea Brewer

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Funeral Service: At Mollie's request, cremation has taken place and services will be held at a later date.

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Mollie Brewer died quietly in her sleep November 24, 2006 at her home in Forsyth, Montana.

She was born Mary Virginia Rhea, the daughter of Hildred and Lee Rhea of Tongue River and lived for her first five years at the SH Ranch. After the death of her mother, needing a place to live in order to enter school, she was moved to Miles City where she lived with Harry and Edna Stamp. She was placed in school with the name Mollie Rhea Stamp. She was adopted by the Stamps but maintained a relationship with her father Lee Rhea and his second wife Doris Bembrick Rhea.Mollie was a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, MN., and completed her graduate work at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. She married Roy Richardson and from that union were born three children, Beth Allison Barnett of Kalispell, Montana, Jessica Eubanks of New York City, and Adam Richardson of Roseville MN, and grandchildren, Ian Martin Allison of Minneapolis Minnesota and Paige Rhea Allison of Kalispell.Before becoming a ranch wife, Mollie was employed by the St. Paul School system first as a teacher of English and Speech, then as a teacher of the deaf, then as school audiologist, and finally as Consultant in Special Education. She was an early advocate for the inclusion of signs and finger spelling into the oral program.In 1970 Mollie married Walter Brewer Jr., and moved to the family ranch at Powderville Montana. His children were, Ben, Tom, Linda, Walter Thomas, Margaret Mary, Miriam Elizabeth and Harrison Lee.

In 1979 the Brewers acquired property in North Mississippi and divided their time between the two homes. During these years Bud and Mollie raised registered English Pointers which were run in the Field Trials at Grand Junction TN, restored a pre-Civil War farm house, and Mollie developed an antique business "Fine Idea" and was active in the civic and artistic life of College Hill and Oxford. Together she and Bud developed the farm, restored tillable acres and planted and tended a large orchard. They designed outbuildings including a shop, kennel and a large all-purpose building which housed two offices, storage space and a pleasant apartment for visiting children and friends.

During these years Mollie was the primary care giver during surgery and illness for Harry and Edna Stamp, and Lee and Doris Rhea. She also cared for Bud Brewer during his long and courageous battle with cancer. Bud died at home in Mississippi in September of 1999. His ashes were interred at the ranch at Powderville in July of 2000.In the fall of 2000 Mollie moved to Kalispell to be near her daughter Beth. During her stay in Kalispell she was active in the Community and Church, and enjoyed entertaining in her restored apartment in the historic Opera House.Mollie moved to Forsyth Montana in the fall of 2005. Having had successful back surgery she resumed an active life, enjoyed new friends, and renewed ties with friends in Miles City and Powderville.

Mollie enjoyed outdoor activities. Site enjoyed theater, music and art, as well as cooking, reading and travel, and was always involved in her Church and Community wherever she lived. She loved Life.

At Mollie's request, cremation has taken place and services will be held at a later date.