RUTH STATELEN obituary

Ruth Mildred Statelen, 77, a Havre resident, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, at a Lewistown medical center.

Funeral services will be on Friday at 11

a.m. at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. A luncheon will be served following the services and

burial will follow at the Wing Cemetery.

Ruth was born in Turner to William and Hazel Hutton on April 14, 1926.

Ruth married Albert Orville Statelen on Aug. 7, 1942, and they enjoyed 60 years together. She worked hand in hand with her husband on the farm.

In the late 1950s, Ruth and her sister, Esther, operated the...