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Missoulian, Thursday, November 27, 2003 B3 MONTANA OBITUARIES Pauline E. Rebich Harold MISSOULA Pauline Enda Chaffee Rebich, 72, died Monday, Nov. 24, at St. Patrick Hospital after a brief illness. Pauline was born Aug.

17, 1931, in Butte to Patrick and Lillian Sullivan. She was the oldest of five children. After graduating from Butte Girls' Central and Butte Business College, she worked for Fuller Paints. She met her husband of 51 Rebich years, Carl Rebich Rebich, on a blind date: a hayride at the "Reservoir." Carl and Pauline were married June 14, 1952. Together they raised six children.

They moved to Missoula in 1963. After all of the children were in Farm school, Pauline worked for State Insurance and she was a member of Insurance Women of Missoula. Pauline was a longtime member of St. Anthony Parish and Altar Society. She was the neighborhood chair for many charity drives.

Pauline and Carl traveled extensively and are huge Griz fans. They even followed the team to Japan, Georgia Southern, Hofstra and Maine. Pauline and Carl's marriage was an inspiration to their children and many others. Pauline was a wonderful role model; treating all with love, respect and dignity. Pauline was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Barbara Teixeira; and son, Mike.

She is survived by her loving husband, Carl; her children, Kathy (David) Munson of Billings, granddaughters, Courtney and Rachel, and grandson, Adam, Barb (Jerry) Jette of Billings and grandsons, Ryan and Brett, Pat (Anita) Rebich of Atascadero, Sheila (Dean) Seifert of Miles City, Marty (Phanh) Rebich of Beaverton, and granddaughters, Olivia and Breanna. She is also survived by her brothers, Lou (Hazel) Sullivan, Mike (Dee) Sullivan and Ray Sullivan; brother-in-law, Elmer (Irene) Rebich; and her special cousin, Helen Marie Lavelle; in addition to numerous nieces and nephews. The family wishes to extend their thanks to the physicians, nurses and all staff in the Special Care Unit at St. Patrick Hospital. A vigil service will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 27, at St. Anthony Parish. A memorial celebration of Pauline's life will be held at noon Friday, Nov. 28, at St.

Anthony Parish. A luncheon reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested for the new St. Anthony Parish Hall, 217 Tremont St. or a charity of your choice.

Services are under the care and direction of Garden City Funeral Harold Jensen THOMPSON FALLS Harold Jensen, 97, of Thompson Falls, died of natural Clark Fork Valley Nursing Home in Plains. He was born May 18, 1906, to Nels and Anna Jensen of Waukegan, Ill. At age 15, he was employed in factory work. At 17, he joined the Carpenters Union and was a member for 55 years. He married Helen Nelson of Racine, Wis.

In 1933, they moved to Superior. He and his brother, Arthur, then purchased the Bellevue Hotel and also started a 38-year career in show business under the name of Jensen Bros. Inc. He was a member of Montana Association of Theater Owners, operating the Rex Theater for 36 years. He then turned the business over to his son, Michael, and family.

He earned a life membership in the Thompson Falls Koo Koo Sint Lions Club. He was an ardent hunter and fisherman in his younger days. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen, in 1995. He leaves one son, Michael, and two grandchildren, Jenney and Jeffrey. He also leaves a brother, Adolph Jenson of Superior, and one sister, Ruby Wendt of Superior.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at the Community Church. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Coffelt-Bunch Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Ruby W. Norris LIBBY Ruby W. Norris, 91, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003, at the Libby Care Center. She was born April 19, 1912, near Malta to Charles and Lydia Hansberry.

In 1924 in Libby, Ruby married Claude Norris. He preceded her in death in 1995. Survivors include her daughters, Joyce Norris of Libby and Ellen Bloomgren of Missoula; sisters, Lottie Barton and Myrtle Clark of Libby; and numerous grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

29, at the Libby Christian Church, with a luncheon to follow. Interment will be at the City of Libby Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson Vial Funeral Home of Libby. Senate moves to keep Frank Church camps HAMILTON Harold Chaffee, 79, of Hamilton, passed away, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, in Missoula at the Village Health Care Center.

Harold was born Aug. 30, 1924, in Spoonville, to the late Earl and Ruby Fritz Chaffee. Harold was a veteran and he worked for the Ford Motor Co. as a machinist, retiring after 32 years from the La Vonia Transmission Plant. He married Betty Thompson in 1952, and she preceded him in death.

He later married Alice Scott in 1963, and she also preceded him. Harold moved to the Bitterroot Valley in 1999 after visiting twice a year since 1991 with his good friend and companion, Wanda Miller of Hamilton, and the large circle of friends and her children who considered Harold their kith and kin. Harold was a member of the American Legion. He was a threetime past president of the Eagles Lodge and was a member of the Elks Lodge. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, traveling and keeping track of the stock market.

He is survived by his brothers, and sisters, Hazel Mroz of Muskegon, Charles and Alva Chaffee of Grand Rapids, Ethel Chaffee of Grand Heaven, Arthur and Nellie Chaffee of Delta, Erma and Jack Schear of Spring Lake, Edna Herron of Morris, Russell and Mona Chaffee of Springlake, Arlene and Paul Bour of Zeeland, Robert and Elizabeth Chaffee of Alma, Mary and Carol Novack of Florida and Delores and Bud Beverly of Grand Heaven, and several nieces and nephews. A service to celebrate his life will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at the DalyLeach Chapel with Pastor Muriel Gooder officiating. Interment will follow at the Riverview Cemetery with military rites presented by the Hamilton American Legion and the Marine Corps League, Bitterroot Detachment.

Visitation for friends and family will be from 1-6 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. Guy K. McClung 1906-2003 VICTOR Guy K. McClung, 97, a former resident of Victor, died at the Riverside Health Care Center in Missoula on Tuesday, Nov.

25, 2003. He was born July 10, 1906, in Quanah, Texas, and was the son of James T. and Maude R. (Hare) McClung. He was a graduate of Victor High School.

On Aug. 12, 1925, Guy married Louise E. Schweitzer in Victor. They raised their sons, Sid and Dick, throughout the Northwest. Guy was employed in various occupations, including driving buses for Intermountain Bus Lines and driving trucks.

Guy and Louise returned to Victor in the 1950s. They remained in the area where Guy worked for Al Smith driving a milk truck between Salmon and Missoula until he retired. He enjoyed their farm near Big Creek. He loved to read, work crossword puzzles and fish. In their later life, Guy and Louise retired to the Missoula Manor.

He was preceded in death by his wife in 1998; his sons, Sidney Guy and James Richard a granddaughter, Tami; a halfbrother; two half-sisters; and a stepbrother and a stepsister. Guy is survived by a halfbrother, Billy Joe McClung of Texas; a daughter, Jeannine McClung-Hackett (Prescott Hackett) of Victor; five grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; and four greatgreat-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Victor School Foundation, P.O. Box 1047, Victor, MT 59875; or to the Missoula Manor Endowment Fund, 909 W. Central, Missoula, MT 59801. Oscar Theodore Johnson KALISPELL Oscar Theodore Johnson, 88, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003.

He was born May 2, 1915, to Albert and Inga (Amundson) Johnson in Glendive. In 1938, Oscar married Signe Tollefson. They later divorced. Following a move to Kalispell, he married Dorothy Anderson. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; son, Douglas Johnson of Washington; and several stepchildren, including Nola Rice of Kalispell.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Glacier Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m.

Friday at the Johnson Mortuary chapel. Associated Press SALMON, Idaho As the Senate moved toward adjourning for the Thanksgiving holiday, it voted to reverse a federal court order for dismantling permanent hunting camps at three sites in central Idaho's Frank ChurchRiver of No Return Wilderness. Republican Sens. Larry Craig and Michael Crapo said Tuesday that the action, which still must be ratified by the House, reasserts the original intention of the 1980 law creating the wilderness area. "It is clear to me that Senator Church, the main proponent of the legislation, intended for these lodges to Taxpayers Missoulian State Bureau HELENA Speakers will discuss the issues that may drive 2004 elections and the 2005 Legislature at the 82nd annual meeting of the Montana Taxpayers Association on Dec.

4. The meeting begins at noon at the Red Lion Colonial Inn in Helena, and the public is welcome. Registration, which includes lunch and a later reception, is $40 per person. The luncheon speaker is Property tax deadline only days away Property-tax payers need to get their first-half payments delivered by Dec. 1 to avoid late charges.

Taxes for 2003 can be paid by credit card. If paying by mail, please include the card number, expiration date and signature. The second-half payment is due May 31, 2004. For more information, contact the Missoula County Treasurer's Office at 523- 4847. Missoulian Advisory boards look to fill open seats Several Missoula advisory boards have opens seats in need of volunteers.

The Missoula City-County Health Board has one open seat. The Historic Preservation Board has two open positions. One volunteer must be a resident of the Rattlesnake District. The other seat is for an at-large representative living anywhere in Missoula County. The Open Space Advisory Committee has four positions open.

Applicants must live inside the city limits or within 4.5 miles of the city to qualify. Applications for all of these positions are available at the Missoula City Clerk's DEATH Charlotte P. Bonds MISSOULA Charlotte P. Bonds, 65, of Missoula, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Mullan Meadows of natural causes.

Arrangements are pending with Garden City Funeral Home and Crematory. Martha J. DeMers MISSOULA Martha J. DeMers, 85, of Missoula, died at Heritage Home on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Arrangements are pending with Montana Cremation and Memorial Society. Alice Harbaugh HAMILTON Alice Harbaugh, 87, of Hamilton, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, at the Valley View Estates. Arrangements will be announced by Daly-Leach Chapel. Bertha Summerfelt MISSOULA Bertha Summerfelt, 89, died Wednesday, Nov.

26, at Village Health Care Center. Arrangements are pending with Livingston-Malletta Geraghty Funeral Home. remain," Craig said in a statement. "I am mystified as to why anyone would want to eliminate this historical use and Senator Church's intended protections." The legislation would overturn the decision issued three years ago by U.S. District Judge Sidney Thomas essentially directing the Forest Service to remove the structures in Smith Gulch, Arctic Creek and Stub Creek.

The Forest Service had set the end of 2005 for removal of the structures along the federally designated wild and scenic reach of the Salmon River that accommodates rafters, hunters, fishermen and other visitors. Wilderness Watch, a Montana environmental group that has challenged the existence of the lodges, asked the federal court a year ago to hold the government in contempt for failing to move more quickly to have the structures removed. The most elaborate of the camps is at Smith Gulch. It has four cabins, a 24-guest lodge and a storage building covering 3,500 square feet. The Stub Creek camp covers 1,500 square feet while Arctic Creek has 1,000 square feet of buildings.

The camps have operated since the 1930s under special use permits issued by the Forest Service, and land managers determined that they group to meet in Helena Larry Huss, a former Helena lawyer now living in Oregon and president of NRG Consulting, who will discuss the Oregon fiscal situation, which is similar to Montana's. An afternoon panel will discuss Montana's historic expenditures and revenues and how socioeconomic changes could affect state finances in the future. Speakers are Terry Johnson, principal legislative fiscal analyst, and Myles Watts, a professor of agricultural Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman St. They can also be downloaded from the Internet at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/ The deadline to apply is noon Dec. 15.

For more information, call 258-4705. Missoulian Armored car firm to reward Samaritans KALISPELL An armored car company wants to reward two Kalispell residents who turned in nearly $15,000 a courier somehow dropped in a bank parking lot. Carmen Williams, 22, and Jake Jensen, 20, found the bank bag containing $14,622 outside the night depository of First Interstate Bank on Saturday. They turned the money over to Flathead County sheriff's deputy Mike Miller who returned it to WalMart. The cash was a deposit from Wal-Mart that was being transported by Security Armored Express, based in Helena.

"This was totally on SAE," said Bryan Sandrock, president of the security company. He said the firm is trying to contact Williams and Jensen "to provide them a reward for their honorable actions." He didn't specify how big a reward the two would receive. "We are delighted to be part of a community with such fine and upstanding citizens," NOTICES K.M. Bridenstine POLSON Bridenstine, 78, died at his home Tuesday, Nov. 25, from natural causes.

Arrangements will be announced by' Grogan Funeral Home. Louise Gibson HAMILTON Louise Gibson, 94, of Hamilton, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, at her Hamilton residence. Arrangements are pending with Daly-Leach Chapel. Laura Rutledge MISSOULA Laura Rutledge died at her home Sunday, Nov.

23. A full obituary will follow. Arrangements are under the direction of Garden City Funeral Home and Crematory. Our family serving your family Missada's only independent, locally owned Funeral Home Conveniently located at the comer of Spurgin Reserve 543-5595 Cremation Burial Society of the Rockies were grandfathered in when the compromise wilderness legislation was approved a halfcentury later. Grant Simonds, director of the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association, said that was the understanding as concessions were made to preserve 2.3 million acres as wilderness rather than just 600,000 acres.

But Thomas concluded that since the camps were not specifically protected in the legislation, they were specifically barred. He said grandfather rights belonged only to legal uses, pointing out that the permits the camps have operated under precluded permanent structures. next week economics and economics at Montana State University. Another panel will discuss the long-term outlook for K-12 and higher education, Medicaid, health care, corrections and state and teachers' retirement systems. Another panel will discuss interim tax study committee work.

The final panel will feature the top four legislative leaders, Senate President Bob Keenan, R-Bigfork; House Speaker Sandrock said. Williams said Saturday that she and Jensen are moving to California to go to college. Sandrock said SAE was recognized this year by WalMart as its best armored carrier in the country. "Clearly this type of mistake is not consistent with the services that earned that award, and we sincerely apologize to Wal-Mart," armored Sandrock said. Associated Press County plans to buy mosquito-spraying plane GREAT FALLS The 2004 battle against mosquitoes has begun.

Earlier this week, the Cascade County Commission approved purchase of a $45,000 airplane to spray for mosquitoes. The Cessna aircraft was purchased from Roger White CALENDAR Public events GLACIER ICE RINK public skate, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and p.m. Cost: $2 youths, $4 adults. Skate rental: $2 youths, $3 adults.

Missoula County Fairgrounds Call 728-0316. Organizations SENTINEL KIWANIS, 9 a.m., Doubletree Hotel, Finn Porter, 100 Madison St. Program: roundtable discussion. FRIENDSHIP FORCE of Western Montana- holiday party, 6- 8 p.m., Community Villa Building 30. Fort Missoula.

Call 549-4759 or 543-1911. Services AARP DRIVER Safe Training Course, first Thursday and Friday each month, St. Patrick Hospital, Broadway Building, Conference Center No. 1. Cost: $10.

Call 329- 5741, Ext. 5740, to preregister. Births Desiree Burch and Jessuah J. Bargett, Missoula, girl, Nov. 19.

Sandy Baylor, Missoula, girl, Nov. 24. Jacinda Hendrix and Antonio Davis, Missoula, girl, Nov. 25. Dawna Kluesner, Missoula, boy, Nov.

25. Debbie and Richard Tovey, Missoula, girl, Nov. 26. Monica Rider and D.J. Kipling, Pablo, girl, Nov.

26. Sheila and Jeremy Smith, Missoula, girl, Nov. 26. Respite Care Now Available 2 week Minimum Minters Glen 3620 American Way (next to Home Depot) 542-7009 Doug Mood, R-Seeley Lake; Senate Minority Leader Jon Tester, D-Big Sandy; and House Minority Leader Dave Wanzenried, D- Missoula. Joining them will be Sen.

Bob Story, R-Park City, chairman of the Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee. Preregistration is requested. To register, contact the association by telephone at (406) 442-2130 or by e-mail at BRIEFS of Floweree, who will operate it for the county. Commission Chairman Tom Stelling said purchase of the plane will allow more frequent spraying than the current arrangement, and that may be necessary because of the increasing number of West Nile virus cases. He said public health and safety issues far outweigh the costs of the plane.

Associated Press Montana Cremation Memorial Society Locally Owned Operated Guaranteed Lowest Prices in Missoula DeMERS, Martha J. Arrangements are pending. 3035 S. Russell (across from the YMCA) 542-3378 MISSOULA AREA Funeral Homes Rick Evans Funeral GARDEN CITY Funeral Home 1705 W. Broadway 543-4190 VERWORN, Clara Funeral services at the funeral home on Friday, Nov.

28 at 2 p.m. with burial at Missoula Cemetery. JINOTTI, Lola Lee Lawrenson Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Garden City Funeral Home.

LANGE, Prof. Robert W. Arrangements are pending. MALONE, Francis Visitation will be Friday, Nov. 28, from 5-7 p.m.

at Garden City Funeral Home with vigil services following at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church with burial to follow at Old St. Mary's Cemetery.

STULC, Nancy A. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated on Friday, Dec. 12, at 1 p.m. at Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Great Falls. REBICH, Pauline E.

A vigil service will be held at St. Anthony Parish on Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. A memorial celebration of Pauline's life will be held at noon at St. Anthony Parish on Nov.

28. A luncheon reception will follow. RUTLEDGE, Laura. Services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m.

at Garden City Funeral Home. A reception will follow, BONDS, Charlotte Arrangements are pending. LIVINGSTON MALLETTA GERAGHTY Funeral Home 224 W. Spruce 543 3137 SUMMERFELT, Bertha Service arrangements are pending and will be SUNSET MEMORIAL Funeral I 7405 Mullan Road 549 2857.