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Emily Currie was born on October 18, 1919 on a farm 25 miles outside
of Glendive, MT, on Box Elder Creek,
with a mid-wife in attendance. She attended schools in Glendive,
Bell Parie County School and Miles City, MT. On July 1, 1939, she
married Andy Blades. Three children were born to them, Darlene
Jackson of Ronan, Joe Blades of Laurel, and Larry Blades of Warden,
WA. Emily was a cook at Rocky Bar O dude ranch at Bigfork. She was
the camp cook for George Moore in Glacier Park, also for Walking
Wilderness Society, Herb Tolke in the Bob Marshall Wilderness,
Holland Lake Outfitters and her family hunting camps. She loved to
fish and play horseshoes. She belonged to the Flathead Lake Good
Sams and American Legion Auxiliary. Emily worked at Western Bee and
Marshall Saw Mill in Polson, St. Joseph Hospital and cooked for Day
Care Center in Polson. Her parents Louie and Leila Chrest of Polson,
her husband Andy Blades, granddaughter Lona Mae Sauerbier, her
second husband Roy Currie, whom she married in 1977, brother Russell
Chrest of Glendive, and her sister Amy Howell of Polson preceded her
in death. Surviving Emily are her children Darlene, Joe and his wife
Carol, and Larry and his wife Mary Jane, her grandchildren Mike
Sauerbier of Missoula, Brett and Seth Blades of Billings, Matt
Blades and Katie Davison of Billings, 2 great-grandchildren Nicole
and Caleb Sauerbier of Walla Walla, WA, one sister Arlene Tompkins
of Big Arm, MT, her step-children Ronnie and Dan Currie and Jeri Ann
Halford of Polson, several nieces and nephews. The family gives
special thanks to her niece, Una Rose Graham, for everything over
the past years. A memorial service will be held on Monday November
5, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the Grogan Funeral Home with Rev. John Payne
officiating. Inurnment will follow the service at Lakeview Cemetery.
A reception will follow the services at Grogan Funeral Home for
memories of Emily and family gathering. The family requests
memorials be made to the Dogs for the Deaf, 10175 Wheeler Road,
Central Point, OR 97502.
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