William F. "Bill" Hume Sr., 88, died Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was born at Colinton, Alberta, on Jan. 5, 1914, to Frederick and Susie Hess Hume. During his childhood the family lived in north Lincoln County and Kalispell.
He served with the U.S. Army during World War II, returning to Montana following his honorable discharge.
He married Marie Landry on April 1, 1954, in Missoula.
He resided in the Flathead Valley before returning to north Lincoln County, working in the family sawmill business, F.R. Hume & Sons. He later owned and operated the Kootenai Service Store in Rexford until the town was relocated during the Libby Dam project. He moved back to the Fortine area where he engaged in horse logging until the time of his retirement. He also managed the Town Pump in Eureka and Browning.
Survivors include his wife, Marie, of Fortine; sons, Fred Hume of Sapulpa, Okla., Bill Hume Jr. of Everett, Wash., Michael Hume of Fountain, Colo., and Ed Hume of Fortine; daughters, Barbara Bass of Libby, Lori Bush of Spokane, Donna Bernesky of Cranbrook, British Columbia, Ann Marie Wilson of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Tillie Butts of Fortine; brothers, J. Pat Hume of Fortine, Robert Hume of Bandon, Ore., and Franklin Hume of Tacoma, Wash.; sisters, Julia Conrad of Spokane, and May Lee of Sun City, Ariz; 25 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, James Hume, in 1999.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Fortine Community Church with the Rev. Darrell Newby officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Fortine Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home in Eureka.
Montana, County Births and Deaths
Name: William F Hume
Gender: Male
Death Age: 88
Birth Date: 5 Jan 1914
Birth Place: Colinton, Alberta, Canada
Death Date: 23 Apr 2002
Death Place: Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA
Father: Frederick R. Hume
Mother: Susie Hume
Spouse: Marie
Certificate Number: 36316
HUME, WILLIAM F Sr
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/05/1914
DATE OF DEATH: 04/23/2002
BURIED AT:
FORTINE CEMETERY
William F. "Bill" Hume Sr., 88, died Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was born at Colinton, Alberta, on Jan. 5, 1914, to Frederick and Susie Hess Hume. During his childhood the family lived in north Lincoln County and Kalispell.
He served with the U.S. Army during World War II, returning to Montana following his honorable discharge.
He married Marie Landry on April 1, 1954, in Missoula.
He resided in the Flathead Valley before returning to north Lincoln County, working in the family sawmill business, F.R. Hume & Sons. He later owned and operated the Kootenai Service Store in Rexford until the town was relocated during the Libby Dam project. He moved back to the Fortine area where he engaged in horse logging until the time of his retirement. He also managed the Town Pump in Eureka and Browning.
Survivors include his wife, Marie, of Fortine; sons, Fred Hume of Sapulpa, Okla., Bill Hume Jr. of Everett, Wash., Michael Hume of Fountain, Colo., and Ed Hume of Fortine; daughters, Barbara Bass of Libby, Lori Bush of Spokane, Donna Bernesky of Cranbrook, British Columbia, Ann Marie Wilson of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Tillie Butts of Fortine; brothers, J. Pat Hume of Fortine, Robert Hume of Bandon, Ore., and Franklin Hume of Tacoma, Wash.; sisters, Julia Conrad of Spokane, and May Lee of Sun City, Ariz; 25 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, James Hume, in 1999.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Fortine Community Church with the Rev. Darrell Newby officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Fortine Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home in Eureka.
Montana, County Births and Deaths
Name: William F Hume
Gender: Male
Death Age: 88
Birth Date: 5 Jan 1914
Birth Place: Colinton, Alberta, Canada
Death Date: 23 Apr 2002
Death Place: Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA
Father: Frederick R. Hume
Mother: Susie Hume
Spouse: Marie
Certificate Number: 36316
HUME, WILLIAM F Sr
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/05/1914
DATE OF DEATH: 04/23/2002
BURIED AT:
FORTINE CEMETERY
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John Ambrose Hume
1910–1916
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Edward Gradon "Ed" Hume
1912–1991
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Joseph Patrick "Pat" Hume
1915–2015
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Russell Philip Hume
1917–1917
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Margaret Katherine Hume
1919–1994
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Walter James "Walt" Hume Sr
1921–1993
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Mary Jane Hume Curtiss
1923–1954
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Eunice May Hume Lee
1927–2007
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Robert Kenneth Hume
1933–2005
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Franklin R Hume
1935–2009
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