Dorothy Anderson Drury

Dorothy E. (Davies) Anderson Drury, age 88, of Lindsay, Montana, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2008 at the McCone County Nursing Home in Circle, surrounded by her daughter Evelyn and her husband Jake and grandson Dean Hunting. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Monday, September 8, 2008, at the Union Cemetery, South of Lindsay, Montana, with Rev. Milton Fish officiating. Silvemale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with arrangements. Dorothy was born in Whitefish, Montana on February 16, 1920, the youngest of four children to Al and Zula (Lanthry) Davies. She attended schools in Whitefish. Dorothy met Leon Anderson while he was cutting Christmas trees and she was a cook in Fortine,Montana. After two weeks and two days,on November 2,1937 they were married in Kalispell, Montana, by the Justice of the Peace. They boarded the train at Whitefish that evening for Wolf Point, Montana. The next morning Cecil Eaton met them and took them to the Anderson farm. Dorothy and Leon settled on a farm two miles from his parents, Olaf and Syble Anderson. Dorothy and Leon had four children. Dorothy and Leon farmed until he passed away on December 21, 198 1. Dorothy stayed on the family farm until she met and married Lee Drury of Moscow, Idaho, on March 15, 1987 in Hamilton, Montana. They returned to the family farm, where Dorothy remained until her health forced her to move into assisted living in Glendive, and later to the McCone County Nursing Home in Circle. Dorothy was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Glendive and Sidney, Montana. She was very active in her life; baking cakes for all occasions, making hundreds of quilts, which she lovingly gave away. She was a 4-H leader and was involved in many church and community activities; including a correspondent for the Union News in the Terry Tribune and the Glendive paper. Dorothy was very gifted in her music, singing, playing in the "Kitchen Band" in Glendive, writing poetry, cooking, painting, sewing, playing cards, games, the occasional joke on someone, and she loved animals just to name a few things. Dorothy was a wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother with endless energy. Dorothy's life was full of giving and loving all of her family and friends. She enjoyed, and was most proud of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. They were her angels on earth. Dorothy enjoyed collecting, and she saved all the personal and non-personal items that were meaningful to her, starting in 1937. In her later years, the grandchildren nicknamed the farm "Rabbit Ranch". She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, an infant son, one daughter Judy Rolandson, one granddaughter Daina Rolandson Scott, two brothers Joe and Al, one sister Dolly, a daughter-in-law Elaine Anderson. She is survived by her husband Lee Drury of Lewiston, Idaho, one son Lyle Anderson of Lindsay, grandson Brent Anderson of Portland, Oregon, one daughter Evelyn Farrell and her husband Jake of Joliet, Montana, grandson Dean (Nicole), great grandchildren Cayden, Chase, McKenna Hunting all of Poway, California, granddaughter Wendy Hunting of Berthoud, Colorado, granddaughter Jodi (Bryan), great grandchildren Garret, Kendra, Brenna Beardsley all of Lewiston, great grandsons Caleb, Kelsy Scott all of Waitsburg, Washington. Memorials are suggested to the charity of ones choice. Mom, grandma and great grandma we will always love you and hold a special place in our hearts.

Dorothy Anderson Drury

February 16, 1920 - September 8, 2008

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February 16, 1920 - September 8, 2008

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