Billings Gazette Billings, MT 24 Jul 2007 POWELL, Wyo. - Ruth Helen Hein Reichert passed away, surrounded by her family, Sunday morning, July 22, 2007. The daughter of George and Mary Hein, Ruth was born at home, west of Billings on Feb. 5, 1926. She lived on the family farm and attended both Elder Grove Elementary and Billings Senior High Schools. Ruth married Jacob Reichert on Jan. 29, 1944, in Laurel, Mont. In 1952, they purchased a homestead and moved into a Heart Mountain Relocation Center barracks on the Heart Mountain Project west of Powell. They cleared 160 acres of sagebrush and rocks to build an irrigated farm. In adulthood, Ruth was primarily a homemaker and loved playing cards with friends. Her hobbies included hunting arrowheads, raising bum lambs, painting and growing flowers and vegetable gardens. She was a hard worker and wanted the best for her family. Her father and mother; sisters Lena Glantz, Rose Schleining, Millie Weigand, Lydia King; and brother George Hein preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Jacob Reichert of Powell; and brother William Hein of Worden, Mont.; her four children, Lynnette (LeRoy) Feusner of Cheyenne, Jack (Sandy) Reichert of Johnson City, Texas, Patti (Steve) Reichert-Dalby of Libby, Mont., Timothy (Carrie) Reichert of Billings; and family pets, Ridge and Czar (little sweetie). She also leaves behind nine grandchildren, Kristi (John) Warden of Las Cruces, N.M., Katreena (Joe) Mullican of Huntsville, Ala., TyAnn Robinson of Round Rock, Texas, Dustin Reichert of Johnson City, Texas, Heidi (Brad) Lane of Kalispell, Mont., Adam (Erika) Close of San Diego, Alisha (Elie) Soueidi of Billings, Zachary Reichert of Denver and Bethany (James) Wiesner of Billings; and nine great-grandchildren. Cremation has taken place in Billings. A memorial service will be held at Hope Lutheran Church, Cary Street and Avenue H, in Powell, at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25. Interment will be at the Crown Hill Cemetery. The family wishes to thank the staff at Powell Valley Hospital and St. Vincent Hospital in Billings. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Hope Lutheran Church in memory of Ruth Reichert. "Until we meet again."