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Survivors include her children,
Vicki (Bill) Sparks of Silver Star, MT, Rhonda (Terry) Lewis of
Great Falls, Brenda (Louis) Moench,
Erwin Atwood, Lori (Jerome) Atwood and
Cathi Schnell all of Cut Bank; sisters, Harriet Bold,
Barbara McCabe and Dorothy Wyse as well as 13 grandchildren and
5 great-grandchildren. Shirley was born January 18, 1931 to Freedom L. and Harriet A. (Shank) Jones in Glendive, MT where she grew up and was educated. She married Leigh Royal Atwood on January 20, 1949 in Glendive. They lived in various places around the country before settling in Cut Bank on June 15, 1964 where Leigh worked in the oil business and Shirley worked as a waitress and bartender at the Winner’s Circle and the Eagle’s Club. Leigh died in 2004. Shirley was a member of the Eagle’s Auxiliary and Women of the Moose. She enjoyed playing card and dice games, bingo, yahtzee and soap operas, as well as knitting, crocheting and doll making. She was also known as a great cook. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Marias Care Center, 640 Park Dr, Shelby, MT 59474. |
Shirley
Ann (Jones) Atwood, age 74, a longtime Cut Bank waitress and
bartender, died on her mother’s birthday, Thursday, April 21,
2005 at the