Chloe K. Corlett

DRUMMOND - Great Falls native Chloe K. Corlett, 61, of Drummond, a retired teacher, died of ovarian cancer Saturday at her home.
At her request, no funeral services are planned. Jewell Funeral Home of Deer Lodge is in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by husband, Cy Corlett of Drummond; her daughter, Kelsey, and son-in-law, Carlos Rivera of Chevy Chase, Md; her sister, Jeri Payne of Deer Lodge; her mother-in-law, Esther Corlett of Drummond; and numerous cousins in California, Texas and Great Falls.
Chloe passed away peacefully Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at home after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was born April 11, 1941 in Great Falls. She was the first daughter of Jerry and Signe Schneider. She attended schools in Great Falls, and graduated from Great Falls High School in 1965. Then she attended the University of Montana, earning her bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education in 1969. In 1968, she married Dennis Murphy in Great Falls; they later divorced. She taught at Mountain View Elementary School in Great Falls for five years.
In 1973, she married Cy Corlett, and they moved to his hometown of Drummond in 1975. She taught school in Hall for three years. She continued her education, obtaining her special education endorsement in 1988. She attended classes and sold Discovery Toys until her daughter Kelsey started school.
In 1989 she began working at the Great Divide Education COOP in Deer Lodge, where she worked at rural schools in Powell and Granite County. She retired in 2006 for health reasons.
To know Chloe was to be blessed with her enthusiasm, generosity, perfectionism, and love of children and teaching. The joys in her life were her daughter Kelsey, her meticulous yard and beautiful flowers, her cats, and more recently the family of raccoons that came up on their deck every evening.
Her hobbies were reading, shopping, eating out, going to Lady Griz basketball games, traveling and going to book stores. Her favorite places to spend vacations were the Oregon Coast and the mountains camping with her sister. She was able to make trips to Switzerland, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Las Vegas, and Washington, DC in the past 29 months.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Signe and Jerry Schneider.
Memorials may be made to education programs or a charity of the donor's choice.
Her family expresses their sincere gratitude for the tremendous support from her many friends over the last two and a half years.
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