 James
Albert Dolan, 87, a retired Project Manager for the State of Montana
Highway Dept, passed away Monday, July 31, at the Marias Medical
Center due to natural causes. Funeral Mass was held at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, August 5, at St. William Catholic Church followed with
military honors. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of
arrangements.Survivors include his daughters, Vicki (Wally) Rye of Columbia Falls and Debra (Gregg) Schnee of Shelby; sister, Mildred Ruebush of Grand Forks, SD; four grandchildren, Neil Rye and Jason Rye both of Kalispell, Cody Schnee of Dillon and Brittany Schnee of Paso Robles, CA, one great-granddaughter, Emliy Rye. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife Hazel; siblings0 Frank, Charles, Edward, Elsie, Gladys and Bertha. Jim was born May 9, 1919 at Waltham, Montana to George & Sara (Zamanik) Dolan and grew up in Tracy, MT. He graduated from Centerville High School in 1937. Jim served with the US Navy during WW II and was helping build the air strip on Wake Island before his capture by the Japanese. He served 44 months as a POW and was discharged Oct. 1, 1945. Jim married Hazel Mary Emswiler June 18, 1950 at Lewistown. He worked 31 years for the State of Montana Highway Dept. retiring in 1981 as a Project Manager. He was a member of St. William Catholic Church and the Workers of Wake, Cavite and Guam WWII POWs. He enjoyed hunting, fly fishing, woodworking, and most of all his family. |