Louie Breding

Funeral Service for Louie Charles Breeding, 99 of Ekalaka, MT will be 11:00 a. m. Saturday, July 8, 2006 in the Chapel of Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker, MT with Father Thomas Tobin celebrating. Burial will be in the family lot in the Beaver Lodge Cemetery at Ekalaka, MTwith Linda Suchy, Ann Kohler, Helen King, Anita Malmquist, Amanda Kennedy, Olivia Hannon, Mark Domagala and Joe Breding as pallbearers. Visitation will be 2:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. on Friday, July 7, 2006 and continuing on Saturday, July 8 from 9:00 a. m. until the time of service in the Chapel of the Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. Arrangements are under the direction of the Stevenson Funeral Home of Baker and Ekalaka, Montana. Louie passed away Monday, July 3, 2006 at the Fallon Medical Complex Nursing Home. Louie Charles Breeding was born December 7, 1906 in Coleridge, Nebraska, the oldest of eight children to Henry and Pearl (Becker) Breding. As a very young boy, his family moved to Randolph NE, where Louie went to school until the 6th grade. In the spring of 1920, he moved to the Winner, South Dakota area with his family and worked on the family farm. When Louie got older he bought a place of his home next to his parent?s farm, 12 miles SW of Winner, where he started farming and ranching with horses, and later with a tractor. Then in 1933 he met is soul mate (love of his life), Alice Petersen at a local dance. The young couple was soon married on July 24, 1933. They lived on a ranch outside of Winner where they started their family together. In May of 1951, the family moved to the Ekalaka area to ranch with their eight children. Here the family grew by three more children. The family built and moved into a new home in 1970 where they enjoyed electricity and running water for the first time, and in 1978 Joe got a phone for them for the first time. Louie and Alice made their home on the family ranch for 50 years until they moved into Fallon Medical Complex, after Louie broke his hip and leg. Louie and Alice celebrated 72 amazing years of marriage. He was a hard worker and belied in getting work done before play (but he played hard too), he always said that God helps those who help them selves. He was a very self-sufficient man, taking care of many of the family medical needs, including delivering all of the children, except for the last three, and even setting a broken arm using a medical book for reference when needed. Louie enjoyed being a farmer and rancher. He enjoyed working with his horses. His real enjoyment was being with his family, especially the young. Anyone with a baby or a little child made Louie?s day. Later on in life, Louie and Alice enjoyed their travels in the fall of the year to visit family out side of the area. On July 3, 2006 Louie went to be with his wife, Alice as he missed her so. Louie is survived by his three sons: Louie ?Bud? Breding, Bowman, ND; Johnny (Sue) Breding, Ekalaka, MT; Joe Breding, Ekalaka, MT; seven daughters: Alice Ward, Ekalaka, MT; Betty (Mike) Simonitsch, Ekalaka, MT; twins, Ida (Herb) Schade and Ella Schaaf, Bowman, ND; Dorothy (Richard) Noack, Ennis, MT; Lois (Kenny) Burghduff, Belle Fourche, SD; Esther (Tim) Hannon, Aurora, CO; a daughter-in-law, Connie Bowers, Buffalo, SD; two sisters, Vera Mcfadden of Ontario, CA , Aileen Anderson of Bridgeport, NE; 29 Grandchildren, 48 Great-Grandchildren, and 2 Great-Great Grandchild. His parents, his wife Alice, two sons, Bill Breding and an infant son; four sons-in-law; a granddaughter, Peggy Koch; five sisters: Clara, Wilma, Edna, Dolly and Agnes preceded him in death.


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Burial Date: July 8, 2006
Funeral Home Ekalaka, MT

Funeral Service: Stevenson Funeral Home; Baker, MT; Saturday