From bio written by Mary Fassler Hunt and from Florence's newspaper obituary:
Florence Elizabeth Streb was born on November 4, 1893 in Glendale, Montana to John and Veronica (Gelhaus) Streb. She was barely 7 years old when her father died tragically in 1900. She attended school up until the 8th grade then quit to help her mother with the Iowa House, a hotel/boarding house that the family owned. In 1911, her brother, Charles Streb, was murdered as he went to check on a disturbance at the local dance hall. The killer was tried and convicted.
The family moved to Dillon for a few years then bought a ranch south of Melrose in 1916 from two of Veronica’s sisters. Albert left to join the army in 1918 and was gone for less than a year while Florence and her bother, Ralph, were at the ranch with their mother. Florence cared for her mother until she died in 1922 of stomach cancer. Florence left the ranch in 1925 to marry Gebhard Fassler and live at his ranch on Trapper Creek, west of Melrose. She and Gebhard became parents to three daughters: Dorothy, Mary and Helen.
Florence was “just a housewife” who sold garden vegetables, eggs, and butchered chickens to Melrose residents “to make ends meet.” She once protected her chickens from a chicken-eating eagle by shooting it with a .22 rifle. Her home was without indoor plumbing or electricity until 1940.
She belonged to the Melrose Women’s Club and was active in social affairs, the Melrose Public Library and in the Catholic church. She was the local 4-H leader for years and often times was the designated driver for the Streb and Fassler girls’ trips. In the late 1930s, she took her 3 daughters and Mary Jo Streb through Yellowstone Park. After contracting Rocky Mountain Spotted fever once in the early 1940s, Florence made sure that Melrose children were innoculated each year.
After the Fasslers sold their ranch in 1947 and moved to Missoula, Florence became very active in the Hospital Guild and the SNA Mothers Club. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, St. Francis Altar Society, the Daughters of Isabella, the St. Ann’s Society, the Jesuit Mothers and Missoula Senior Citizens. Alice Gelhaus said of Florence, “She always found time to do the nice things.” Florence collected coins, stamps, butterflies, newspaper clippings, and she made scrapbooks. For each of her grandchildren, she made a quilt or an afghan. She was an excellent photographer and learned to play bridge and took up oil painting, all until her eyes failed.
When Gebhard and Florence became frail and needed help, followed by full-time care in a nursing home, Bill and Dorothy Byrne were their main caregivers. Florence passed away on December 7, 1982. A funeral Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula, followed by burial next to her husband at St. Mary Cemetary.
Florence Elizabeth Streb was born on November 4, 1893 in Glendale, Montana to John and Veronica (Gelhaus) Streb. She was barely 7 years old when her father died tragically in 1900. She attended school up until the 8th grade then quit to help her mother with the Iowa House, a hotel/boarding house that the family owned. In 1911, her brother, Charles Streb, was murdered as he went to check on a disturbance at the local dance hall. The killer was tried and convicted.
The family moved to Dillon for a few years then bought a ranch south of Melrose in 1916 from two of Veronica’s sisters. Albert left to join the army in 1918 and was gone for less than a year while Florence and her bother, Ralph, were at the ranch with their mother. Florence cared for her mother until she died in 1922 of stomach cancer. Florence left the ranch in 1925 to marry Gebhard Fassler and live at his ranch on Trapper Creek, west of Melrose. She and Gebhard became parents to three daughters: Dorothy, Mary and Helen.
Florence was “just a housewife” who sold garden vegetables, eggs, and butchered chickens to Melrose residents “to make ends meet.” She once protected her chickens from a chicken-eating eagle by shooting it with a .22 rifle. Her home was without indoor plumbing or electricity until 1940.
She belonged to the Melrose Women’s Club and was active in social affairs, the Melrose Public Library and in the Catholic church. She was the local 4-H leader for years and often times was the designated driver for the Streb and Fassler girls’ trips. In the late 1930s, she took her 3 daughters and Mary Jo Streb through Yellowstone Park. After contracting Rocky Mountain Spotted fever once in the early 1940s, Florence made sure that Melrose children were innoculated each year.
After the Fasslers sold their ranch in 1947 and moved to Missoula, Florence became very active in the Hospital Guild and the SNA Mothers Club. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, St. Francis Altar Society, the Daughters of Isabella, the St. Ann’s Society, the Jesuit Mothers and Missoula Senior Citizens. Alice Gelhaus said of Florence, “She always found time to do the nice things.” Florence collected coins, stamps, butterflies, newspaper clippings, and she made scrapbooks. For each of her grandchildren, she made a quilt or an afghan. She was an excellent photographer and learned to play bridge and took up oil painting, all until her eyes failed.
When Gebhard and Florence became frail and needed help, followed by full-time care in a nursing home, Bill and Dorothy Byrne were their main caregivers. Florence passed away on December 7, 1982. A funeral Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula, followed by burial next to her husband at St. Mary Cemetary.
From bio written by Mary Fassler Hunt and from Florence's newspaper obituary:
Florence Elizabeth Streb was born on November 4, 1893 in Glendale, Montana to John and Veronica (Gelhaus) Streb. She was barely 7 years old when her father died tragically in 1900. She attended school up until the 8th grade then quit to help her mother with the Iowa House, a hotel/boarding house that the family owned. In 1911, her brother, Charles Streb, was murdered as he went to check on a disturbance at the local dance hall. The killer was tried and convicted.
The family moved to Dillon for a few years then bought a ranch south of Melrose in 1916 from two of Veronica’s sisters. Albert left to join the army in 1918 and was gone for less than a year while Florence and her bother, Ralph, were at the ranch with their mother. Florence cared for her mother until she died in 1922 of stomach cancer. Florence left the ranch in 1925 to marry Gebhard Fassler and live at his ranch on Trapper Creek, west of Melrose. She and Gebhard became parents to three daughters: Dorothy, Mary and Helen.
Florence was “just a housewife” who sold garden vegetables, eggs, and butchered chickens to Melrose residents “to make ends meet.” She once protected her chickens from a chicken-eating eagle by shooting it with a .22 rifle. Her home was without indoor plumbing or electricity until 1940.
She belonged to the Melrose Women’s Club and was active in social affairs, the Melrose Public Library and in the Catholic church. She was the local 4-H leader for years and often times was the designated driver for the Streb and Fassler girls’ trips. In the late 1930s, she took her 3 daughters and Mary Jo Streb through Yellowstone Park. After contracting Rocky Mountain Spotted fever once in the early 1940s, Florence made sure that Melrose children were innoculated each year.
After the Fasslers sold their ranch in 1947 and moved to Missoula, Florence became very active in the Hospital Guild and the SNA Mothers Club. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, St. Francis Altar Society, the Daughters of Isabella, the St. Ann’s Society, the Jesuit Mothers and Missoula Senior Citizens. Alice Gelhaus said of Florence, “She always found time to do the nice things.” Florence collected coins, stamps, butterflies, newspaper clippings, and she made scrapbooks. For each of her grandchildren, she made a quilt or an afghan. She was an excellent photographer and learned to play bridge and took up oil painting, all until her eyes failed.
When Gebhard and Florence became frail and needed help, followed by full-time care in a nursing home, Bill and Dorothy Byrne were their main caregivers. Florence passed away on December 7, 1982. A funeral Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula, followed by burial next to her husband at St. Mary Cemetary.
Florence Elizabeth Streb was born on November 4, 1893 in Glendale, Montana to John and Veronica (Gelhaus) Streb. She was barely 7 years old when her father died tragically in 1900. She attended school up until the 8th grade then quit to help her mother with the Iowa House, a hotel/boarding house that the family owned. In 1911, her brother, Charles Streb, was murdered as he went to check on a disturbance at the local dance hall. The killer was tried and convicted.
The family moved to Dillon for a few years then bought a ranch south of Melrose in 1916 from two of Veronica’s sisters. Albert left to join the army in 1918 and was gone for less than a year while Florence and her bother, Ralph, were at the ranch with their mother. Florence cared for her mother until she died in 1922 of stomach cancer. Florence left the ranch in 1925 to marry Gebhard Fassler and live at his ranch on Trapper Creek, west of Melrose. She and Gebhard became parents to three daughters: Dorothy, Mary and Helen.
Florence was “just a housewife” who sold garden vegetables, eggs, and butchered chickens to Melrose residents “to make ends meet.” She once protected her chickens from a chicken-eating eagle by shooting it with a .22 rifle. Her home was without indoor plumbing or electricity until 1940.
She belonged to the Melrose Women’s Club and was active in social affairs, the Melrose Public Library and in the Catholic church. She was the local 4-H leader for years and often times was the designated driver for the Streb and Fassler girls’ trips. In the late 1930s, she took her 3 daughters and Mary Jo Streb through Yellowstone Park. After contracting Rocky Mountain Spotted fever once in the early 1940s, Florence made sure that Melrose children were innoculated each year.
After the Fasslers sold their ranch in 1947 and moved to Missoula, Florence became very active in the Hospital Guild and the SNA Mothers Club. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, St. Francis Altar Society, the Daughters of Isabella, the St. Ann’s Society, the Jesuit Mothers and Missoula Senior Citizens. Alice Gelhaus said of Florence, “She always found time to do the nice things.” Florence collected coins, stamps, butterflies, newspaper clippings, and she made scrapbooks. For each of her grandchildren, she made a quilt or an afghan. She was an excellent photographer and learned to play bridge and took up oil painting, all until her eyes failed.
When Gebhard and Florence became frail and needed help, followed by full-time care in a nursing home, Bill and Dorothy Byrne were their main caregivers. Florence passed away on December 7, 1982. A funeral Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula, followed by burial next to her husband at St. Mary Cemetary.
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