Hettie (Millis) WADDELL

WADDELL, MILLIS, JOHNSON, LECKEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/14/2011 at 13:30:17

January 20, 1892 - December 21, 1981

Hettie M. Waddell, 89, died early Monday morning at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. She was born in Belmond, Iowa on Jan 20, 1892, to the late Myron and Ada Johnson Millis. She was raised in Iowa and following graduation from high school, her family moved to Montana. She graduated from the Great Falls Business College. On May 18, 1926 she married Charles Worthy Waddell in Billings. The couple moved to Hamilton a short time thereafter, where her husband was assistant postmaster. She worked for a short time as a secretary for the State Representative to the Forest Service. She also worked for sometime for Montana Power. She was preceded in death by her husband on Sept 1, 1954. She was a member of the Methodist-Baptist Federated church. She has belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star since March 3, 1927, and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. She is survived by her son Robert of Hamilton and one sister, Mrs. H. A. “Zoe” Leckey of Troy.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Dowling Chapel with Rev. Robert Barnes officiating, with O. E. S. services following. Interment will be at the Riverview cemetery. Friends may call at the Dowling Chapel, Tuesday evening from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The family suggest memorials to the Methodist-Baptist Federated Church.

Ravalli Republic -- Hamilton, Montana
December 22, 1981