Obituary - Dorothy Edna (Bebee) Nitz

Our mom, grandmother and friend Dorothy Edna (Bebee) Nitz passed to meet her husband of nearly 70 years on Jan. 7, 2015.

Dorothy was born to Byron and Georgie Bebee on Aug. 29, 1927. She spent some of childhood in Red Lodge until the family moved to Cree Crossing east of Malta. There she learned to drive a team of horses and, on occasion, milk cows and do whatever she was asked to do as a farm kid.

She married Raymond Nitz at her parents' home at Cree Crossing on Nov. 18, 1944. In 1945, she had her first child, Georgia, and in 1948, her second child ,Larry. She also took a number of young cousins under her wing throughout our growing-up years.

Dorothy worked a number of jobs from raising children to working in a store. But first and foremost, she was a homemaker.

She and Raymond worked and lived in Malta until the late 1950s, when they moved to Havre. From there, they moved to Hingham where they owned and operated Hingham Grocery and later lived north of Hingham where Raymond worked for various farmers. Then on to Great Falls for a few years and then returning to Havre.

Their past four years were spent at Northern Montana Care Center.

Dorothy is survived by her two children, Georgia (Allen) Chinadle and Larry (Linda) Nitz; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brother, Henry Bebee; and sister, Lois Emanuelson.