Mary Genie Dowlin, obit. BIG HORN COUNTY

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Mary Genie Dowlin
      FORSYTH - Mary Genie Dowlin, 78, of Forsyth, died Friday morning,
June 5, 1998, at the Rosebud Health Care Center.
      "Auntie Mary" was born March 7, 1920, at her beloved ranch on West
Armell's Creek, the daughter of Charles and Genie Philbrick Dowlin. It
was said that the event of her birth coincided with a memorable and
welcomed break in the harsh winter weather. In typical Montana fashion
the weather that morning was 20 below and by afternoon had reached a
balmy 40 degrees. The family had so many reasons to celebrate that day.
She spent her youth on the ranch and attended Trail Creek School
graduating from Rosebud High School. She attended Billings Polytech,
which is now Rocky Mountain College, for two years, returning to work
the ranch at the outbreak of WWII.
      She dedicated her life to assisting her mother in ranch operations,
and in working for the proper and kind care of all animals. Mary
managed a band of sheep, a herd of cattle and paint horses. It was also
usual to see an orphan deer, or an injured raccoon, rabbits, a well-fed dog
and several cats surrounding her on travels about the ranch.
      She was a charter member of the Colstrip Community Church, a
lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, the Humane Society,
the National Wildlife Association, the Stockgrower's Association and the
Northern Plains Resource Council.
      She is survived by her sister, Patty Dowlin Kluver of Rosebud Creek;
three nephews and their families: Karson and Marie Kluver and their
children, Jan, Kathleen, Abner and Freeman; Kirby and Freida Kluver and
their children, Coralei, Cortney and Casey; Kelly and Barb
Needham-Kluver and Tanner Bell; her niece, Colleen and her husband,
Thomas J. Johnson and their children, Erin and Trevor. Mary was
preceded in death by her father, Charles Dowlin, in 1934, and her mother
Genie Philbrick Dowlin Fulmer in 1979.
      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 1998, at
the Beals Mortuary Chapel in Forsyth. Interment will follow in the
Forsyth Cemetery. Memorials may be made to one of her member
organizations. Beals Mortuary of Forsyth is in charge of the
arrangements.