Obituary for DORA EHRESMAN

BILLINGS -- Our loving mother and devoted grandmother, Dora Ehresman, passed to her heavenly reward June 28, 2004, at Billings Deaconess Hospital of a sudden illness. She started her life on March 13, 1923, in Amsterdam, born on the family farm along with her 12 siblings. She was the seventh child of her family, consisting of six boys and seven girls. She was the daughter of William and Jenny Dyk. She attended school in Manhattan and graduated from high school in 1941.

She worked at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital until she married Emil Ehresman in 1945. They then moved to Billings, where she was his devoted wife and companion for 59 years.

Together they raised six children. In her passing she leaves her husband, Emil Ehresman; her children: Ken Ehresman and his wife, Cindy of Huntingdon, Pa., William Ehresman and his wife, Chery of Billings, Connie Cheney and her husband, Craig of Mesa, Ariz., Karen Ehresman and her husband, David Oberly of Laurel, Dale Ehresman and his wife, Angie of Billings, and Corine Roberts and her husband, Tim of Mesa, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings. She is survived by her brothers, John Dyk and Bill Dyk; as well as by her sister, Theresa Yadon.

She is loved and fondly remembered by 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Dora loved to crochet; she wrapped each of the grandchildren in a creation of her love, made especially for them upon their graduations from high school.

She was a member of the First Christian Missionary Alliance Church and the Alliance Women's Missionary Prayer Group until her passing.

She was a kind and considerate individual who lived The Love of The Lord. She bore witness to his love with the example of her life, which was centered around her devotion to her husband and large family who will mourn her passing, yet celebrate her rest and reward in the Lord.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Billings, with interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens, also in Billings.

Memorials may be made to Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship, c/o David Oberly Jr., 200 Frank Road No. 54, Belgrade, MT 59714.

Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary in Billings is in charge of arrangements.