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Mary Lee Velk, 64, of Havre died Friday, Nov. 15, 2002, surrounded by her loving family, after a brief but courageous bout with cancer.

She was born June 22, 1938, in Malta to Cecil and Edna Bigwood. Mary Lee graduated from Malta High School then became a Pan Am Flight attendant. She

then attended Northern Montana College and graduated with a teaching degree.

While teaching she met and married Rayburn "Pete" Velk on Dec. 22, 1960. Pete and Mary Lee raised four children on the family farm north of Havre.

Mary Lee was a devoted wife, a fabulous mother and grandma and a great friend. She enjoy...