WHITEHOUSE, Deanna D.

Parker Funeral Home, Parker, Arizona - Published on February 10, 2011 > Deanna Whitehouse < > Jan. 22, 1940 - Jan. 27, 2011 < Arrangements under the direction of Parker Funeral Home, Parker, AZ. _________________________________________________ Published in Great Falls Tribune on February 3, 2011 - QUARTZSITE, Ariz. - Former Great Falls resident Deanna D. (Rossmiller) Whitehouse, 71, died of heart complications Jan. 27 in Quartzsite, Ariz. Visitation is 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday, with rosary and vigil at 7 p.m., all at Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula. Funeral Mass is at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula, with burial in Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery. Deanna was born in Great Falls, Mont., on Jan. 22, 1940, to Deloris Goulet and Duard Ross-miller. She grew up on the Boot-legger Trail, north of Great Falls, in the Knees community. As a child, she enjoyed spending time with her grandmother, Eleanor, who taught her to knit, sew and crochet. She graduated in 1957 from Great Falls Central Catholic High School. After high school, she attended Great Falls Com-mercial College. She worked for a Dodge dealer, Montana Hard-ware, and then as a telephone operator for Mountain Bell. She married Roy "Bert" White-house Jr. on May 17, 1958, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Soon after, the couple relocated back and forth from Great Falls and Helena until 1960, when they made their home in Helena. Deanna worked for Mountain Bell until the couple started their family. Roy and Deanna had three boys: Scott, Todd and Bryan. While raising their boys in He-lena, Deanna worked for Shodair Children's Hospital in the public-ity department from 1975 to 1988. Deanna also worked for the United States Census Bureau. In 1990, the military transferred Roy to Missoula, and she followed soon after. While in Missoula, Deanna worked from 1992 to 1996 as the office manager for Adventure Cycling. In 1995, Roy was transferred to El Paso, Texas, and she relocated with him to Texas. After Roy's retirement from the military in 1999, he and Deanna had been full-time motor-homing. They enjoyed traveling the country, attending RV rallies, and spending time with family and friends. They spent most summers in Missoula, visiting and watching their grandchildren grow. In her last years, Deanna took her greatest joy from travel-ing and spending time with her grandchildren. Deanna was preceded in death by parents Duard Rossmiller and Deloris (Goulet) Rossmiller; and brothers, Albert, Duane and Jerry Rossmiller. She is survived by her husband, Roy "Bert"; sons, Scott (Lisa) of Missoula, Todd of Los Angeles and Bryan (Debbie) of Milwaukie, Ore.; five grandchildren, Emilie, Riley and Hudson of Missoula, Mont., and Ian and Connor of Milwaukie; her sister, Debbie (Mark) Pugh of Shelby, Mont.; her brothers, Robert (Melody) Rossmiller of Dillon, Mont., and Donald (Marlys) Emeline of Great Falls, Mont.; and various nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested donations to the International Heart Institute Foundation at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT; or the American Heart Association. Condolences may be posted online at www.missoulafuneralhomes.com and/or www.gftribune.com/obituaries.