OPAL IRENE JONES MARSH, Obituary, Fergus Co., MT

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Lewistown paper died 4-10-1987

Opal Irene Jones Marsh, 81, former Roy and Lewistown area resident, died Saturday evening in a Livingston 
resthome after an extended illness.

 She was born July 5, l879 at Missouri Valley, IO, the daughter of, William and Edith Jones and received her 
early schooling at Missouri Valley.

When she was 10 years old she moved to York, NE, with her parents: where she lived until 1913. In August of 
1913, Mrs.. Marsh immigrated to Montana in an immigrant railroad car to Armells. MT, then took a wagon train 
to a homestead 22 miles southeast of Roy

She then attended the Edwards School of Business in Lewistown and on July 30, 1917 she married Clifford S. 
Marsh in Lewistown.

After her marriage, Mrs. Marsh lived at Holter Dam and Great Falls before returning to the homestead near Roy 
in June of 1918 in August of 1981, she and her husband moved to the town of Roy where she lived until 1969 
when she retired.

In 1973, she moved to Lewistown where she lived until 1977 when she moved to Livingston to be near her 
daughter. She was active in community affairs in the Roy area, serving as a ~H leader in the Valley View School 
area. She was president of the Boy Women's Club (or many years, and was' active in the Valentine Community 
Club. She was also a member of the Roy Presbyterian Church.

One of the highlights of Mrs., Marsh's life was directing the community play called "Hans Van Smash" which 
featured the talents of the people in the surrounding area.

She is survived by two sons, William C.(Bill) Marsh of Gardiner. and: Robert W (Bob) Marsh of Rancho Pales 
Verdes, CA.; two daughters: Adeline Dotson of Livingston, and Irene Stephens of Corvalis, OR; 11 
grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents. one brother, one: sister and one son, Merle Dean
 
Funeral services for Opal Irene Jones Marsh were from the Cloyd Chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m. Interment will 
follow in the Roy Cemetery.