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Jeanne Marie Flaspeter Skierka

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Birth	:	5 Feb 1925 Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Death	:	15 Jul 2016 Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Riverside Cemetery, Fort Benton, Chouteau County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.8402330, -110.6408830
Description	:	Lewstown—Jeanne (Flaspeter) Skierka, 91, passed away on July 15, 2016 in Lewistown, MT, with family by her side. She was born on February 5, 1925, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Theo and Julia (Beste) Flaspeter, the third of eight children. She grew up on the family farm, receiving her schooling in White Bear Lake, MN. She worked hard at an early age, helping to weed and hoe acres of vegetables that her parents raised on their "truck farm," often traveling with her father to take the produce to the huge open air markets in St. Paul. Jeanne got her first... Read More	Lewstown—Jeanne (Flaspeter) Skierka, 91, passed away on July 15, 2016 in Lewistown, MT, with family by her side. She was born on February 5, 1925, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Theo and Julia (Beste) Flaspeter, the third of eight children. She grew up on the family farm, receiving her schooling in White Bear Lake, MN. She worked hard at an early age, helping to weed and hoe acres of vegetables that her parents raised on their "truck farm," often traveling with her father to take the produce to the huge open air markets in St. Paul. Jeanne got her first paying job in the 4th grade, picking chickens at a neighbor's chicken farm for $0.03 a bird. She later worked at Liggett's Drug in Minneapolis, starting at cleaning, then working her way up to soda jerk and then head cook. She also worked in the paint lab at Minnesota Mining, but the job she was proudest of, and enjoyed the most, was as parts dispatch clerk at the Burlington Railroad headquarters in Minneapolis, where she checked out parts to the mechanics who worked on the huge steam engines. Her love of trains never ended! In the fall of 1947, she took the train to Chester, MT, to visit her cousin, whose husband farmed south of town with his brother, Albert. It was there that she met the love of her life, Albert Skierka. They married on April 17, 1948, at White Bear Lake, MN and then farmed south of Chester, MT. At the age of 27, five months after the birth of their only child Jeanne contracted the polio virus. Since she required weeks of physical therapy, her sister Jewell took care of Annette. Always a fighter, Jeanne recovered from polio. Albert and Jeanne were devoted to one another, and loved to drive around the countryside following Sunday Mass or to go hunting and fishing together. She looked forward to the summers spent close to Glacier Park where they pastured their cattle and where she helped Albert fix and put up fence. Trips to the mountains were favorite events! Two months short of their 25th wedding anniversary, Albert was stricken with a heart attack and passed away on February 5, 1973, Jeanne's birthday. A few years after Albert's death, she moved to Great Falls. She later moved to Lewistown to be closer to her daughter and grandchildren. Christmas was Jeanne's favorite time of year, so she started playing Christmas songs in October. She had her Snow Village set up by Halloween, and the day after hosting her annual Thanksgiving family get-together (usually with 35 or more people), she would finish decorating for Christmas. Family was important to her, and she always looked forward to the big get-togethers. She attended as many functions of nieces and nephews as possible. She enjoyed pinochle, cribbage, 500, and bunko, and the more people present, the better. Jeanne's first stroke occurred in December of 2011. She went to live with her daughter but still the fighter, was determined to be as independent as possible. She thoroughly enjoyed being with the family. Jeanne suffered another stroke in January 2016, from which she never fully recovered. A devout Catholic, she found comfort in praying the rosary and out of her little blue prayer book. She always had a rosary close by. She is survived by her daughter and her husband; three grandchildren; two sisters; two brothers; a sister-in-law;, as well as many nieces, nephews and her constant companion dog, "Pearl." In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one sister, Sr. Lorraine Flaspeter, O.S.B., two brothers Ted and Richard (and his wife Eileen) Flaspeter, brother-in-law Paul Bahnmiller and sister-in-law LuAnn Flaspeter. Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on July 17, 2016

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Jeanne Marie Flaspeter Skierka's memorial is located at: Riverside Cemetery, Fort Benton, Chouteau County, USA.
When did Jeanne Marie Flaspeter Skierka death?
Jeanne Marie Flaspeter Skierka death on 15 Jul 2016 in Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, USA
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Latitude: 47.8402330
Longitude: -110.6408830

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Albert Skierka

(1912 - 1973)

Allen Henry Halverson

(1916 - 2002)

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