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Lorraine Agnes Halverson Lipke

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Birth	:	3 May 1927 Minnesota, USA
Death	:	7 Feb 2016 Montana, USA
Burial	:	Lewistown City Cemetery, Lewistown, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.0674600, -109.4449700
Description	:	Lorraine A. Lipke was born in Minnesota to Leonard and Pearl (Long) Halverson. Lorraine’s dad died when she was very young. She attended many schools including: Winnett, Hobson, Moore, Pine Grove, Forest Grove, and Lewistown. She met Erving “Bud” Lipke at a dance in Lewistown at the Carpenters’ Hall and they were married only a few weeks later. Lorraine and Bud owned and operated a farm/ranch. She would work outside all day and then come inside and prepare a big meal for the family, farm-hands and an extra few. Lorraine owned a bar in Hilger, MT and Bud would tell... Read More	Lorraine A. Lipke was born in Minnesota to Leonard and Pearl (Long) Halverson. Lorraine’s dad died when she was very young. She attended many schools including: Winnett, Hobson, Moore, Pine Grove, Forest Grove, and Lewistown. She met Erving “Bud” Lipke at a dance in Lewistown at the Carpenters’ Hall and they were married only a few weeks later. Lorraine and Bud owned and operated a farm/ranch. She would work outside all day and then come inside and prepare a big meal for the family, farm-hands and an extra few. Lorraine owned a bar in Hilger, MT and Bud would tell about walking in and seeing Lorraine playing poker smoking a cigar. Lorraine loved to learn new things and was a self-taught carpenter, leather worker, wood carver, and artist. She made wax sculptures as well as owning and making bronzes at a foundry her and Bud built at the ranch. She sold her art sculptures all over the United States. As a young girl, she learned to be very self-sufficient and continued this behavior throughout her entire life. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t do if she set her mind to it. If she wanted a horse stall she built it; western chaps, she made them- several pair, carved gun stocks, and knitted western sweaters without ever knitting before. She made beautiful wooden furniture from tables to dressers and sewed clothes without having ever sewn before. If she wanted it, she figured out a way to make it. She passed on her knowledge to anyone who asked. Lorraine loved anything to do with horses. She loved raising and showing horses and enjoyed participating in rodeos, horse shows, cuttings, and o’moksees. She drove many miles taking Renee to all her horse activities. Lorraine’s favorite thing in life was children and she loved her grandchildren very much. She would love to receive phone calls from everyone, but especially her grandchildren. She would beam as she told how Melissa was buying another horse or how Mitchell and his kids were fishing or hunting. She always had “extra children” around. If you asked her if she was babysitting she would say, “No, they are just playing.” Lorraine would always make time for the children and children were never a burden. She helped organize baseball games and roller skating in Hilger. She would make stilts for the kids and was in her early 70s when she walked on the grandkids stilts the last time. Lorraine was known as Granny by many from her own grandkids, to even the medical staff that took care of her. She would just beam anytime she heard a story about the grandkids. She had a rough childhood during the depression so she made sure any child had everything they needed and/or wanted. She was famous for her “cookie drawer” at the ranch. Even her pet raccoons knew where it was at. Lorraine was active in the Hilger Rifle Club in her younger years as well as the Hilger Garden Club. She was a founding member of the Easy Riders Saddle Club and in the last few years she was a proud member of the “Do Nothing Lunch Bunch.” When Lorraine broke her leg in May of 2015, she moved to Great Falls to live with her daughter. As always, folks would come around to visit with “Granny” and hear her stories. She would especially brighten up when it was a child. She was able to continue to live at home until her death on February 7, 2016. Lorraine is survived by her sons, Roger (Marcia), Ron, Ross (Patricia) Lipke; daughter, Renee Kuntz; eleven Grandchildren: Alicia, Anni, Amanda, Sarah, Daniel, Bernard, Adam, Michelle, Mitchell, Melissa, and George; six Great Grandchildren: Remington, Gunnar, Oakley, Braxton, Ethan & Issack; one Great-Great Grandchild, Brantley; brother, Abe Brown; sister, Marion Palmer; and many, many “adopted” grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; son, Ronald; daughter, Robin; her parents; brothers, Bob, Frank, Ferdinand, and Wesley; and sisters, Loretta and Arlene. Funeral Services will be held at the Creel Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, February 13, 2016, 11:00 a.m. Casual attire is requested for this celebration of Lorraine’s life. Interment will follow at the Lewistown City Cemetery. Memorial donations can be made to Tails as Old as Time – TOT, 613 1st Ave. S., Lewistown, MT 59457. Arrangements are under the care of Creel Funeral Home. Lorraine’s family and friends can share memories and condolences at www.creelfuneralhome.com

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Lorraine Agnes Halverson Lipke death on 7 Feb 2016 in Montana, USA
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Latitude: 47.0674600
Longitude: -109.4449700

Family Members:

Parent

Leonard Halverson

(1899 - 1933)

Nellie Pearl Long Fairbairn

(1900 - 1972)

Spouse

Erving Lipke

(1922 - 2003)

Siblings

Ferdinand W Halverson

(1923 - 1950)

Arlene Teenie Halverson Fairbairn

(1933 - 2001)

Children

Ross Vardy Lipke

(1957 - 2020)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Lewistown City Cemetery
Lewistown, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0674600, -109.4449700

2. Calvary Cemetery
Lewistown, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0755140, -109.4238710

3. Central Montana Memorial Gardens
Lewistown, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.1526000, -109.4297000

4. Beaver Creek Cemetery
Lewistown, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 46.9510994, -109.5397034

5. King Colony Cemetery
King Colony Ranch, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0557000, -109.6416000

6. Hilger Cemetery
Hilger, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2297000, -109.3446000

7. Giltedge Cemetery
Giltedge, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.1323800, -109.2033700

8. Great Divide Cemetery
Piper, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 46.9978000, -109.2046000

9. Moore Cemetery
Moore, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 46.9693985, -109.6802979

10. Kendall Cemetery
Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2848000, -109.4541000

11. Fort Maginnis Cemetery
Giltedge, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.1869011, -109.1461029

12. Danvers Cemetery
Danvers, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2292810, -109.7181200

13. Deerfield Cemetery
Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2604000, -109.6819000

14. Forest Grove Cemetery
Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 46.9909000, -109.0752000

15. Moccasin Cemetery
Moccasin, Judith Basin County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0411830, -109.9093000

16. Buffalo Cemetery
Judith Basin County, USA
Coordinate: 46.8526000, -109.8242330

17. Ayers Ranch Colony Cemetery
Ayers Ranch Colony, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0508000, -108.9514000

18. Ayers Ranch Hutterite Cemetery
Grass Range, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0507550, -108.9514013

19. Philbrook Cemetery
Hobson, Judith Basin County, USA
Coordinate: 46.9831009, -109.9558029

20. Ford's Creek Colony
Grass Range, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.1306882, -108.9208610

21. Ubet-Garneill Cemetery
Judith Basin County, USA
Coordinate: 46.7478330, -109.7800000

22. Benchland Cemetery
Judith Basin County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0839005, -110.0500031

23. Hillcrest Cemetery
Denton, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3133011, -109.9349976

24. Roy Cemetery
Roy, Fergus County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3404680, -108.9571450