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Mary (Benum) Read
MISSOULA - Mary (Benum) Read passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2005, of natural causes. Mary spent the past three years as a resident of the Village Health Center. She was a beloved wife, sister and aunt, spending most of her life in the Bonner-Ronan-Missoula area.
Mary was born in Trondheim, Norway, on July 22, 1922, to John and Ingrid Benum and was baptized in the Lutheran faith. The family immigrated to the United States when Mary and her sister, Elsie, were quite young. They started grade school in Bonner, speaking only Norwegian. Mary attended Bonner grade school and graduated from Missoula County High School in 1940.
Mary was a bookkeeper at Eddy's Bakery and Missoula Mercantile and other businesses during her time in Ronan.
On April 8, 1951, Mary married Charles Read at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Missoula. They made their home in Missoula and Ronan (1963) and again in Missoula (1973) after returning to care for Mary's mother. They lived many years on the corner of North Avenue and Russell Street.
Mary and Charles were avid campers and enjoyed their time with nieces and nephews in the outdoors. Charles was the keeper of the fire, while Mary kept everyone laughing. They were fortunate to spend 40 years of their life together. Charles passed away in 1991.
Mary was active in the Missoula Christian Women's Association, Faith Lutheran Church in Ronan, Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Bonner and was an avid pinochle player. Mary was an enthusiastic church organist, playing in Bonner, Ronan and for her relatives in her Missoula home. She sang in her church choirs. Mary's priorities were her faith, her animals and her family - in that order.
Mary had a special relationship with her sister, Elsie, and spoke to her on a daily basis until Elsie's untimely death. She was proud of her Norwegian heritage.
Mary was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Charles; her brother-in-law, George Davis in 1978; her sister, Elsie in 1993; her parents, John and Ingrid Benum; and her great-nephew, Kelley Davis in 2004.
Charles was a member of a large family; most of his siblings and their spouses preceded Mary in death.
Mary is survived by her cousin, Cecil (Vickie) Madsen of Polson; sister Elsie's children, Sandra Davis of Noxon, Roger (Sue), Bruce (Janice) and Ingrid Davis, all of Missoula; her grand-niece, Stephani (Craig) Folts of San Antonio; grand-nephews Ted (Brandi), Scott (Kristina), John, Tim, Adam and Tyler Davis, all of Missoula; her sister-in-law, Angie Read of Ronan; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Ethel Read of Missoula; and numerous Read nieces, nephews and extended family. Also surviving are relatives in Norway.
There will be a memorial service Friday, March 4, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Bonner. Services will begin at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Our Savior's Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 1005, Bonner, MT 59823. Mary's family extends their gratitude to the Swan Unit at the Village Health Center for their loving care during the past 3 1/2 years.
Livingston-Malletta & Geraghty Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.