HOT SPRINGS - Funeral Services for Carlton Phillip "Phil" Cameron, 74, of Hot Springs were conducted Saturday at the United Methodist Church of Plains with the Rev. Keith McDonald officiating. Burial with military rites by Horse Plains VFW Post No. 3596 followed at Plains Cemetery.
Mr. Cameron died of cancer Tuesday, June 4, 1991, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.
He was born September 17, 1916 to Wilbur and Nellie Clark Cameron at Plains. His parents homesteaded near Hot Springs and Mr. Cameron grew up on the family farm, attending grade school in Hot Springs. He attended Plains High School, graduating in 1935. He then attended Montana State Normal School at Dillon, where he received a teaching degree. He taught school at Winnett and Hamilton before enlisting in the U. S. Army Oct. 5, 1942. Mr. Cameron served in the European Theater during World War II and received an honorable discharge in 1946. He returned to Montana and taught school at Noxon from 1946 to 1948. At Noxon he met Leona Laws and they were married Dec. 3, 1949 at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Mr. Cameron taught at the Big Bend School near Ronan until it closing in 1953. He then taught at Fromberg, Mont., then at Charlo from 1962 until 1975.
After retiring from teaching, he returned to the family ranch. He loved the ranch and enjoyed gardening.
Mr. Cameron belonged to the Montana Fiddlers Association and loved to go anywhere there was fiddle music. He was also an active member of the Camas-Hot Springs Senior Citizens.
Survivors include his wife, Leona, of the family home at Hot Springs, two daughters, Ellen Perrin, Port Orchard, Wash., and Phyllis Shively, Reno, Nev., two sisters, Frances Cantrell, Kalispell and Virginia Erchul, Camas Prairie, a brother Richard Cameron, Kalispell, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Wilbur Wade.
The family suggested memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.
Coffelt-Bunch Funeral Services of Plains was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cameron died of cancer Tuesday, June 4, 1991, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.
He was born September 17, 1916 to Wilbur and Nellie Clark Cameron at Plains. His parents homesteaded near Hot Springs and Mr. Cameron grew up on the family farm, attending grade school in Hot Springs. He attended Plains High School, graduating in 1935. He then attended Montana State Normal School at Dillon, where he received a teaching degree. He taught school at Winnett and Hamilton before enlisting in the U. S. Army Oct. 5, 1942. Mr. Cameron served in the European Theater during World War II and received an honorable discharge in 1946. He returned to Montana and taught school at Noxon from 1946 to 1948. At Noxon he met Leona Laws and they were married Dec. 3, 1949 at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Mr. Cameron taught at the Big Bend School near Ronan until it closing in 1953. He then taught at Fromberg, Mont., then at Charlo from 1962 until 1975.
After retiring from teaching, he returned to the family ranch. He loved the ranch and enjoyed gardening.
Mr. Cameron belonged to the Montana Fiddlers Association and loved to go anywhere there was fiddle music. He was also an active member of the Camas-Hot Springs Senior Citizens.
Survivors include his wife, Leona, of the family home at Hot Springs, two daughters, Ellen Perrin, Port Orchard, Wash., and Phyllis Shively, Reno, Nev., two sisters, Frances Cantrell, Kalispell and Virginia Erchul, Camas Prairie, a brother Richard Cameron, Kalispell, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Wilbur Wade.
The family suggested memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.
Coffelt-Bunch Funeral Services of Plains was in charge of arrangements.
HOT SPRINGS - Funeral Services for Carlton Phillip "Phil" Cameron, 74, of Hot Springs were conducted Saturday at the United Methodist Church of Plains with the Rev. Keith McDonald officiating. Burial with military rites by Horse Plains VFW Post No. 3596 followed at Plains Cemetery.
Mr. Cameron died of cancer Tuesday, June 4, 1991, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.
He was born September 17, 1916 to Wilbur and Nellie Clark Cameron at Plains. His parents homesteaded near Hot Springs and Mr. Cameron grew up on the family farm, attending grade school in Hot Springs. He attended Plains High School, graduating in 1935. He then attended Montana State Normal School at Dillon, where he received a teaching degree. He taught school at Winnett and Hamilton before enlisting in the U. S. Army Oct. 5, 1942. Mr. Cameron served in the European Theater during World War II and received an honorable discharge in 1946. He returned to Montana and taught school at Noxon from 1946 to 1948. At Noxon he met Leona Laws and they were married Dec. 3, 1949 at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Mr. Cameron taught at the Big Bend School near Ronan until it closing in 1953. He then taught at Fromberg, Mont., then at Charlo from 1962 until 1975.
After retiring from teaching, he returned to the family ranch. He loved the ranch and enjoyed gardening.
Mr. Cameron belonged to the Montana Fiddlers Association and loved to go anywhere there was fiddle music. He was also an active member of the Camas-Hot Springs Senior Citizens.
Survivors include his wife, Leona, of the family home at Hot Springs, two daughters, Ellen Perrin, Port Orchard, Wash., and Phyllis Shively, Reno, Nev., two sisters, Frances Cantrell, Kalispell and Virginia Erchul, Camas Prairie, a brother Richard Cameron, Kalispell, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Wilbur Wade.
The family suggested memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.
Coffelt-Bunch Funeral Services of Plains was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cameron died of cancer Tuesday, June 4, 1991, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.
He was born September 17, 1916 to Wilbur and Nellie Clark Cameron at Plains. His parents homesteaded near Hot Springs and Mr. Cameron grew up on the family farm, attending grade school in Hot Springs. He attended Plains High School, graduating in 1935. He then attended Montana State Normal School at Dillon, where he received a teaching degree. He taught school at Winnett and Hamilton before enlisting in the U. S. Army Oct. 5, 1942. Mr. Cameron served in the European Theater during World War II and received an honorable discharge in 1946. He returned to Montana and taught school at Noxon from 1946 to 1948. At Noxon he met Leona Laws and they were married Dec. 3, 1949 at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Mr. Cameron taught at the Big Bend School near Ronan until it closing in 1953. He then taught at Fromberg, Mont., then at Charlo from 1962 until 1975.
After retiring from teaching, he returned to the family ranch. He loved the ranch and enjoyed gardening.
Mr. Cameron belonged to the Montana Fiddlers Association and loved to go anywhere there was fiddle music. He was also an active member of the Camas-Hot Springs Senior Citizens.
Survivors include his wife, Leona, of the family home at Hot Springs, two daughters, Ellen Perrin, Port Orchard, Wash., and Phyllis Shively, Reno, Nev., two sisters, Frances Cantrell, Kalispell and Virginia Erchul, Camas Prairie, a brother Richard Cameron, Kalispell, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Wilbur Wade.
The family suggested memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.
Coffelt-Bunch Funeral Services of Plains was in charge of arrangements.
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