Max French Jr.

ROUNDUP ? Maxwell Sterling French, Jr., 58, of Roundup, formerly of Hardin and Crow Agency, passed away April 12, 2005, in the Billings St. Vincent Hospital.

He was born Sept. 30, 1946, in Shelby, Ohio, a son of Beatrice Hall and Maxwell French, Sr. He grew up and attended schools in Shelby, graduating from Shelby High School. He later attended refrigeration school.

Max married Virginia Kirpatrick and the couple made their home in Hardin in 1972. They were later divorced. He married Tana Quellette in 1987 and the couple resided in Crow Agency for many years before moving to Roundup in 2004.

He worked all of his life repairing refrigeration units in the area, most recently for the Crow Tribal Housing Authority during the Richard Real Bird Administration.

His father; two brothers, Martin and Ronald Hall; mother-in-law, Annie Big Man; and close friend, Dewey Bear Don't Walk preceded Max in death.

Survivors include his mother, Beatrice Hall of Ohio; his wife, Tana of Roundup; his sons, Courdell of Roundup, Matthew and Robert of Ohio; his daughters, Scarlett and Betty Jo French of Ohio; his stepchildren whom he raised as his own, Donald Spotted Tail of Hardin and Oli-Ann Quellette of Roundup; his sisters, Mary Jane French, Linda Means and Sally Young of Ohio; his brother, Terry Hall of Ohio; his precious granddaughter, Minnie-Annie Spotted Tail; nine other grandchildren and all members of the Big Man Family.

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Friday, April 15, in the Bullis Funeral Chapel.

Interment will follow in the Crow Agency Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements.