Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-11-28
TOTAL SWELLEO TO
8 With TWO BURIED
LAST WEEK END
Mrs. Phil Bourassa Dies
Suddenly Here Sunday
Morning

dan county this week with Blk
Sheridan county residents, 3 OF
whom were pioneers, having passed
| away-thinning the ranks OF early
settlers.
A stroke of paralysis claimed Mrs.
| Azelda Bourassa, wife Of Phillip BOu-
| rassa of P~lentywood Sunday morn
ing. The same morning T. c. Thomp-
son of Medicine Lake died at his
home there of complications of old
age. Mrs. Pat Stack, of near Medi-
cine Lake died at her home early
Sunday, and Chas. Brightsman, II, of
Plentywood died here Monday the
victim of pneumonia. The fifth death
in two days occurred when Gene
Ronald Rebo, of Comertown, age 7
fell victim to the ravages of pneu-
monia.
Tuesday, Ole T Spoklie, 81 died
1t the Overgaard home near Westby.
Two Plentywood residents. Albert
Hovland, and Mrs. Ben Marsh, both
total in the county to s within the
last 10 days.
Mrs. Bourassa Stricken
FlentywoOd grieved this week for
Mrs. Phil Bourassa, SO. stricken Sat
urday night while attending a supper
at the Lutheran church and dying
within a few hours without regaining
consciousness. Physicians stated the
cause of death was a stroke of paral-
yis. The kind elderly lady had been
in comparatively good health up to
the time Of her passing.
Funeral services were held Tues
day from the Catholic church here
at 10 a.m. with Rev. FIR. Pratschner
saying the last rites. The body was
taken to the Catholic cemetery here
and buried in a family plot, where a
son and his wife are inferred.
Pallbearers who carried the body
to its final resting place were long
tine friends of the Bourassa family,
VIM. Gottlieb, Fred Marsh, Edw.
Black, c. F. Moore, Joseph Redmond
and John Palubicki.
Mrs. Bourassa was a devoted mem
Der of the Catholic church and Vas a
splendid mother.
Her sudden death came as a dis
tinct shock to residents of Plenty
woUd who held her in high esteem.
Obituary
Mrs. Azelda Bourassa, was born at
Little Lake, Ontario, Canada, Aug.
/, 1867 and when IL years old came
to the United States with her par
ents, who settled at Grand Forks, N.
Oak.
Che ,rrnc united IN M rx3a un m
Phillip Bourassa at Grand Forks,
Aug. l 1888. The couple was on the
eve of having been welded so years.
Mrs. BOurassa with her husband
CAME to Montana 25 years ago,
} homesteading near Plentywood. They
later resided at COmertown where
Mr.. Bourassa was engaged in bust
ness. For the past 20 years Mrs
Bourassa resided in Plentywood, her
husband operating the Grand View
Hotel here.
Besides her husband, six children
survive, three son and three daugh.
tiers. They are, E~vangeline, of Mis-
soula, who arrived Sunday and was
here for the funeral, Cedilia, OF
Washington, ID. c., Elbina of Plen.
tywood; Joe and Jack, of Los Ange-
les, Calf, and AL, of Fargo, N. Oak,
who came here Tuesday morning.
A brother, Arthur Plante, lives at
st. Boniface, Manitoba and two sis
tiers. Mrs. Amanda LaPlate of st.
Boniface, Manitoba and Mrs. Eva
Marency, of Seattle, Wash, also sur.
vive as well as Is grand children
and 2 great-grandchildren.
Second Death Sunday.
The second death in Sheridan
county Sunday occurred at Medicine
Lake when Mrs. Pat Stack, age 60
lied from complications of a recent
illness. Her death was directly
'aused by cancer Funeral services
for Mrs. Stack were held from the
Catholic church at Medicine Lake.
Thompson Dies Sunday !.
Early Sunday morning, It. C.
Thompson, rs. passed away at the
hore of his daughter. Mrs. Mae
Francis at Medicine Lake. Death
was due to advanced age.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at Medicine Lake at
1870 from the Congregational church
with Rev. Goodson, assisted by Rev.
Hanson, conducting the last rites.
Burial was made at Medicine Lake.
Born In Norway
Born in Norway, June Is, 1859,
Mr. Thompson came to America
with his parents when z years old.
They located in Green county, Wis
consin. He was united in marriage
in 1880. In 1910 he came to Montana,
homesteading south of Medicine
Lake, where, with his family he re-
sided until 1923. Mr.. and Mrs
Thompson then moved to Medicine
Lake. In 1880 Mr.. and Mrs. Thomp-
son were honored on their 50th wed.
ding anniversary.
II was recalled this week that Mr..
Thompson, sexton at the Congrega-