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    1. [GV] Obit, Dorothy Mae Freed
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    3. Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 21 Mar 2007 HAMILTON, Mont. Dorothy Mae Freed, 80, passed away Monday, March 19, 2007, at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, March 23, at the First Presbyterian Church in Hamilton with burial to follow at Riverview Cemetery. There will be a reception following the committal service at the church. The family suggests that memorials be made in Dorothy's name to the Marcus Daly Hospice Endowment Fund, 1200 Westwood Drive, Hamilton, MT 59840 or to the First Presbyterian Church, 1220 West Main St., Hamilton, MT. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel. Dorothy was born Aug. 15, 1926, in Morrill the daughter of Henry and Kathrine (Rhinehart) Lenhart. She was raised and educated in Morrill and attended Liberty High School until her senior year. Her family then moved to Scottsbluff and Dorothy graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 1944. She attended the Colorado Women's Business College in Denver graduating in 1946. Dorothy married John D. Freed, her high school sweetheart June 8, 1947, in Scottsbluff. She worked for her father in the certified potato seed business while John attended college in Scottsbluff. Together Dorothy and John moved to Ames, Iowa while John attended Iowa State College. During this time Dorothy worked for the Skie Motor Company. In 1952 they moved to Cheyenne, Wyo. where their three daughters were born and raised. Dorothy and John remained in Cheyenne until moving to Denver in 1986 and then to Hamilton in 1992. Dorothy was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church and served as a Deacon at the First Presbyterian Church in Hamilton. She loved working with children and was active in several church youth groups. Dorothy looked forward to the family reunions every year. Her favorite hobby was making porcelain dolls. She was dedicated to her family and was a very loving wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include her loving husband John of Hamilton; daughters, Trudy Bowen and husband Mike of Parker, Colo., Cynthia Hyatt and husband Dave of Hamilton and LaVonne Arreguy and husband John of Keystone, Neb.; grandchildren, Lauren Albert and husband Tim, Allison Day, Kara Hyatt, Aaron Hyatt, Nathan Hyatt and Pete Arreguy and wife Sarah; great-grandchildren, Rebecca Day and John Anthony Albert and a great-grandchild on the way; her sister, Jackie Lashley of Mitchell; brothers, Larry Lenhart and wife June of Torrington, Wyo., Cal Lenhart and wife Tripp of Scottsbluff and Herb Lenhart and wife Nell of Puyallup, Wash.; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Her parents, a brother and two sisters preceded Dorothy in death.

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