Garnet
Ann (Garnsie) Morning Gun Bear Child, age 44. a general laborer and
homemaker from Browning, passed away Friday at Cut Bank. The coroner has not
yet released the cause of death. A wake is in progress at Glacier Home Community
Center where a rosary will be said at 7:00 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Mass will be
at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Little Flower Parish with burial to follow in the
Holy Family Mission Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by her husband Lloyd (Harvey) Bear Child, children; Dora Connelly, Jolene Bear Child, William Bear Child, Wilbur Bear Child, Benjamin Bear Child and Douglas Bear Child all of Browning, 10 grandchildren, sisters; Henrietta Duran of Kalispell, Catherine Plouffe of Pablo, Edna Wippert of Browning, Ida LeDeau of Pablo, Cecilia Tarver of California, Patty Brockie of St. Ignatius and Margaret Wippert of Browning, brother; Benjamin Still Smoking Sr. of Browning and several nieces and nephews. Maternal Aunt Garnet Lime of Kalispell and Uncle James Boy Sr. of Browning. She is preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, 3 brothers and 3 grandchildren.
She was born May 21, 1961 at Browning to Woodrow (Lafie) and Julia (Jewell) Big Beaver Morning Gun, where she was raised by her material grandparents Edward & Margaret LeDeau where she grew up and was educated and worked as a laborer. She married Lloyd (Harvey) Bear Child in 1977. She then took time off work to be a homemaker and help raise her 6 children. After which she returned working as a housekeeper, a job she greatly enjoyed.
She was a happy go lucky person and enjoyed spending time with her family and going on picnics, beading, swimming, camping, playing horse shoes, cards, camping, cooking, berry picking, bingo and taking rides around the mountains.
She loved telling stories and making people laugh. She went the extra mile to help people. She was ambitious, hard working a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt.