RetHA LorAine “reet” (MeLBy) ernSt, obituary

RetHA LorAine “reet” (MeLBy) ernSt, obituary

Retha Loraine “Reet” (Melby) Ernst, 75, of Lewistown, died of lung cancer Friday, July 24, 2009, at her home in Lewistown.

Graveside services will be held in Highland Cemetery in Great Falls on Friday, July 31, 2009, at 11 a.m. Schnider Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Retha Loraine Ernst died Friday, July 24, 2009, with family and close friends at her side. Reet was born in Jan. 30, 1934, in Havre, Mont. She was the fourth of nine children born to John and Beulah Melby of Kremlin, where she was raised and educated. She married Roy...