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Jeanne McGraw Obituary
Our mother, Jeanne McGraw, spent her final days surrounded by family in Billings Clinic. My brothers, Dan and Paul Schulze, and I, Lana Sangmeister, along with our respective spouses, Becky and Teri Schulze and Charles Sangmeister, and extended family, said our final goodbyes to Mom on July 4, 2017. Mom was born on July 7, 1927, to parents Walter and Pauline Bryant, on a homestead southeast of Jordan.
She married our father, Ray Schulze, in the Portland/Vancouver area in 1946 after he was discharged from the service. They moved back to Montana shortly afterward and settled in Billings. They divorced after 30 years together. During their marriage, they enjoyed square dancing and camping, which instilled in us a great love of the outdoors. She later married Peter McGraw. After they retired, they moved to Las Vegas, where they enjoyed many happy years. We moved Mom back home to Billings in 2010. Shortly afterward, she became a resident of St. John's Lutheran Ministries.
Mom had a wonderful sense of humor, loved to have fun, and was very witty. She was a good role model in many ways. We never heard her complain, although at times she had a very challenging life. When faced with adversity, she always picked herself up and forged ahead!
Mom was the third oldest in a family of nine children. She is survived by us, her children and our spouses; seven grandchildren, Danyel, Travis (Christina) and Lisa Schulze, LaRell (Jim) Baldwin, and Shane (Julie) and Cade Schulze, all of Billings, and Craig (Kim) Nash of Littleton, Colorado; and numerous extended family and friends. She was predeceased by our stepfather, Peter McGraw, in 1996; her parents; four siblings and a daughter-in-law.
A full obituary is posted on the Michelotti-Sawyers website.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America by using the "Donate Now" button on their web page at http://myasthenia.org/.
The family is planning a private memorial at a later date.
Condolences may be offered at www.michelottisawyers.com.
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