Bernice (Fraser) Burtt |
| Posted 2009-09-16 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ June 22, 2005, p. B10. Bernice Burtt, a resident of Highgate Senior Living, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2005. Born in Sheffield, IL., November 26, 1916 to George Fraser and Mary Kearns Fraser, she lost her mother at a young age and lived with relatives who eventually came to Montana. She graduated from Billings Senior in 1935 and Eastern Montana Normal School in 1937. On May 20, 1939, she married Wallace Burtt in White Sulphur Springs where she had her first teaching job and he was a rancher. For many years they ranched in the Billings area. In 1972 they retired and moved to Wickenburg, Ariz., where Wally passed away in 1992 after 53 years of marriage. Bea returned to Billings in 1992 and had been living at Highgate Senior Living since June, 2004. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Wallace, brother Dan and two sisters, Ruby and Suzanne. She is survived by three brothers, Berkley of Butte, Mont., Doug of Missoula, Mont., and Stewart of Ronan, Mont., and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorial services were at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary in Billings, Mont. Cremation has taken place. |
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