On November 6, 2014, at Mountain View Manor, Elizabeth passed from this world to be with her beloved Joe.
Shortly after she was born, Betty and her parents moved from Boston to Montana. She grew up in the tiny Milwaukee railroad town of Eustis, 2 miles north of Three Forks and 10 miles upstream (Missouri River) from Sixteen Mile Creek where her future husband Joe was raised. The two did not meet until 1936 when Joe, working for the railroad, had dinner at the Fiske home.
Joe and Betty were married on July 4, 1939. They began their lives together in Gardiner, Montana where their first son, Darrell, was born. They moved to Tooele, Utah about 1941, and in 1942, second son, Fred, was born. In 1946, Joe and Betty purchased the power and light company in Winnett, Montana and daughter Susan was born. Together they built the Winnett locker plant and creamery. Because they had to keep the power generators running 24 hours a day, travel was restricted to just around the neighborhood.
In 1949 Joe's engineering company accepted the job of designing and staking the original power system for Lincoln Electric Cooperative in north Lincoln County, Montana. Bink was Joe's "flagger," staking the original power line on foot from West Valley near Kalispell to Eureka. In 1950 Joe accepted the managerial job at the Cooperative and he and Betty moved their young family to Eureka. Betty and the other "coop" wives were very active in the social affairs of Lincoln Electric, making sure the Annual Meetings and the yearly staff Christmas party went off without a hitch. In Eureka their 4th child, Roger, was born.
Betty joined the Eastern Star in Eureka and was very active as a member and in leadership. She was an excellent seamstress all her life and made clothes for the family including suits for Joe. She reupholstered furniture, mostly for friends and family. Betty was a very good carpenter (her grandfather, Eugene Fiske, was a well-known builder in Helena, building among other things, the Montana Club and Power Block) and in 1960 she decided to remodel the bedrooms in the house. She knocked out the walls and added a hallway. She plastered over two doorways and finished and painted it all by herself. Joe mostly just stayed out of her way.
Betty and Joe enjoyed camping and fishing with children and grandchildren and traveled mostly in Montana where their family roots go back to 1874. Grandchildren loved sleepovers at gram-pa and gram-ma’s house and camping in the pop-up tent or the Mini Winnie.
Betty was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka and was a Sunday school class president. She also worked in the Relief Society and Primary programs of the church. She also worked extensively in the church’s Family History Center during their post-retirement years in Kalispell.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe, daughter-in-law Sherrilyn, grandson Corey, sister Herva and husband Jim, sister Mary Gail and husband Andy, and sister-in-law Sylvia.
Betty is survived by her children Darrell and wife Alice of Eureka; Fred and wife Helen of Mesa, Arizona; Susan and husband Harold of Sierra Vista, Arizona; Roger and wife Barbara of Eureka; brothers John (Jack) Fiske of Seattle, Washington; Sam Fiske and wife Betty of Minneapolis, Minnesota; 27 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held November 21, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka.
Shortly after she was born, Betty and her parents moved from Boston to Montana. She grew up in the tiny Milwaukee railroad town of Eustis, 2 miles north of Three Forks and 10 miles upstream (Missouri River) from Sixteen Mile Creek where her future husband Joe was raised. The two did not meet until 1936 when Joe, working for the railroad, had dinner at the Fiske home.
Joe and Betty were married on July 4, 1939. They began their lives together in Gardiner, Montana where their first son, Darrell, was born. They moved to Tooele, Utah about 1941, and in 1942, second son, Fred, was born. In 1946, Joe and Betty purchased the power and light company in Winnett, Montana and daughter Susan was born. Together they built the Winnett locker plant and creamery. Because they had to keep the power generators running 24 hours a day, travel was restricted to just around the neighborhood.
In 1949 Joe's engineering company accepted the job of designing and staking the original power system for Lincoln Electric Cooperative in north Lincoln County, Montana. Bink was Joe's "flagger," staking the original power line on foot from West Valley near Kalispell to Eureka. In 1950 Joe accepted the managerial job at the Cooperative and he and Betty moved their young family to Eureka. Betty and the other "coop" wives were very active in the social affairs of Lincoln Electric, making sure the Annual Meetings and the yearly staff Christmas party went off without a hitch. In Eureka their 4th child, Roger, was born.
Betty joined the Eastern Star in Eureka and was very active as a member and in leadership. She was an excellent seamstress all her life and made clothes for the family including suits for Joe. She reupholstered furniture, mostly for friends and family. Betty was a very good carpenter (her grandfather, Eugene Fiske, was a well-known builder in Helena, building among other things, the Montana Club and Power Block) and in 1960 she decided to remodel the bedrooms in the house. She knocked out the walls and added a hallway. She plastered over two doorways and finished and painted it all by herself. Joe mostly just stayed out of her way.
Betty and Joe enjoyed camping and fishing with children and grandchildren and traveled mostly in Montana where their family roots go back to 1874. Grandchildren loved sleepovers at gram-pa and gram-ma’s house and camping in the pop-up tent or the Mini Winnie.
Betty was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka and was a Sunday school class president. She also worked in the Relief Society and Primary programs of the church. She also worked extensively in the church’s Family History Center during their post-retirement years in Kalispell.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe, daughter-in-law Sherrilyn, grandson Corey, sister Herva and husband Jim, sister Mary Gail and husband Andy, and sister-in-law Sylvia.
Betty is survived by her children Darrell and wife Alice of Eureka; Fred and wife Helen of Mesa, Arizona; Susan and husband Harold of Sierra Vista, Arizona; Roger and wife Barbara of Eureka; brothers John (Jack) Fiske of Seattle, Washington; Sam Fiske and wife Betty of Minneapolis, Minnesota; 27 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held November 21, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka.
On November 6, 2014, at Mountain View Manor, Elizabeth passed from this world to be with her beloved Joe.
Shortly after she was born, Betty and her parents moved from Boston to Montana. She grew up in the tiny Milwaukee railroad town of Eustis, 2 miles north of Three Forks and 10 miles upstream (Missouri River) from Sixteen Mile Creek where her future husband Joe was raised. The two did not meet until 1936 when Joe, working for the railroad, had dinner at the Fiske home.
Joe and Betty were married on July 4, 1939. They began their lives together in Gardiner, Montana where their first son, Darrell, was born. They moved to Tooele, Utah about 1941, and in 1942, second son, Fred, was born. In 1946, Joe and Betty purchased the power and light company in Winnett, Montana and daughter Susan was born. Together they built the Winnett locker plant and creamery. Because they had to keep the power generators running 24 hours a day, travel was restricted to just around the neighborhood.
In 1949 Joe's engineering company accepted the job of designing and staking the original power system for Lincoln Electric Cooperative in north Lincoln County, Montana. Bink was Joe's "flagger," staking the original power line on foot from West Valley near Kalispell to Eureka. In 1950 Joe accepted the managerial job at the Cooperative and he and Betty moved their young family to Eureka. Betty and the other "coop" wives were very active in the social affairs of Lincoln Electric, making sure the Annual Meetings and the yearly staff Christmas party went off without a hitch. In Eureka their 4th child, Roger, was born.
Betty joined the Eastern Star in Eureka and was very active as a member and in leadership. She was an excellent seamstress all her life and made clothes for the family including suits for Joe. She reupholstered furniture, mostly for friends and family. Betty was a very good carpenter (her grandfather, Eugene Fiske, was a well-known builder in Helena, building among other things, the Montana Club and Power Block) and in 1960 she decided to remodel the bedrooms in the house. She knocked out the walls and added a hallway. She plastered over two doorways and finished and painted it all by herself. Joe mostly just stayed out of her way.
Betty and Joe enjoyed camping and fishing with children and grandchildren and traveled mostly in Montana where their family roots go back to 1874. Grandchildren loved sleepovers at gram-pa and gram-ma’s house and camping in the pop-up tent or the Mini Winnie.
Betty was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka and was a Sunday school class president. She also worked in the Relief Society and Primary programs of the church. She also worked extensively in the church’s Family History Center during their post-retirement years in Kalispell.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe, daughter-in-law Sherrilyn, grandson Corey, sister Herva and husband Jim, sister Mary Gail and husband Andy, and sister-in-law Sylvia.
Betty is survived by her children Darrell and wife Alice of Eureka; Fred and wife Helen of Mesa, Arizona; Susan and husband Harold of Sierra Vista, Arizona; Roger and wife Barbara of Eureka; brothers John (Jack) Fiske of Seattle, Washington; Sam Fiske and wife Betty of Minneapolis, Minnesota; 27 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held November 21, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka.
Shortly after she was born, Betty and her parents moved from Boston to Montana. She grew up in the tiny Milwaukee railroad town of Eustis, 2 miles north of Three Forks and 10 miles upstream (Missouri River) from Sixteen Mile Creek where her future husband Joe was raised. The two did not meet until 1936 when Joe, working for the railroad, had dinner at the Fiske home.
Joe and Betty were married on July 4, 1939. They began their lives together in Gardiner, Montana where their first son, Darrell, was born. They moved to Tooele, Utah about 1941, and in 1942, second son, Fred, was born. In 1946, Joe and Betty purchased the power and light company in Winnett, Montana and daughter Susan was born. Together they built the Winnett locker plant and creamery. Because they had to keep the power generators running 24 hours a day, travel was restricted to just around the neighborhood.
In 1949 Joe's engineering company accepted the job of designing and staking the original power system for Lincoln Electric Cooperative in north Lincoln County, Montana. Bink was Joe's "flagger," staking the original power line on foot from West Valley near Kalispell to Eureka. In 1950 Joe accepted the managerial job at the Cooperative and he and Betty moved their young family to Eureka. Betty and the other "coop" wives were very active in the social affairs of Lincoln Electric, making sure the Annual Meetings and the yearly staff Christmas party went off without a hitch. In Eureka their 4th child, Roger, was born.
Betty joined the Eastern Star in Eureka and was very active as a member and in leadership. She was an excellent seamstress all her life and made clothes for the family including suits for Joe. She reupholstered furniture, mostly for friends and family. Betty was a very good carpenter (her grandfather, Eugene Fiske, was a well-known builder in Helena, building among other things, the Montana Club and Power Block) and in 1960 she decided to remodel the bedrooms in the house. She knocked out the walls and added a hallway. She plastered over two doorways and finished and painted it all by herself. Joe mostly just stayed out of her way.
Betty and Joe enjoyed camping and fishing with children and grandchildren and traveled mostly in Montana where their family roots go back to 1874. Grandchildren loved sleepovers at gram-pa and gram-ma’s house and camping in the pop-up tent or the Mini Winnie.
Betty was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka and was a Sunday school class president. She also worked in the Relief Society and Primary programs of the church. She also worked extensively in the church’s Family History Center during their post-retirement years in Kalispell.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe, daughter-in-law Sherrilyn, grandson Corey, sister Herva and husband Jim, sister Mary Gail and husband Andy, and sister-in-law Sylvia.
Betty is survived by her children Darrell and wife Alice of Eureka; Fred and wife Helen of Mesa, Arizona; Susan and husband Harold of Sierra Vista, Arizona; Roger and wife Barbara of Eureka; brothers John (Jack) Fiske of Seattle, Washington; Sam Fiske and wife Betty of Minneapolis, Minnesota; 27 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held November 21, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eureka.
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