VERA DONEY, Obituary

BOZEMAN Vera E. Doney, 84, Bozeman, died Friday, May 10, 2002, at a Rochester, Minn., hospital surrounded by her family.

Cremation has taken place. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

Vera was born Dec. 30, 1917, to Roy and Alvina (Strampher) Stine in Lemmon, S.D. She attended Jake's County Grade School north of Morristown, S.D., and graduated from Haynes High School in 1937.

In 1939, during the great Dakota drought and grasshopper days, she was lured westward and found employment at her first stop, Bozeman.

She married Frank R. Doney on Aug. 20, 1941, in Butte. They made t...