Mary Carey

A T O U C H O F V E N U S VENUS IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS EARTH’S SISTER FOR THE PLANET STAR IS CLOSER TO EARTH THAN ANY OTHER ONE. AND VENUS IS THE THIRD BRIGHTEST IN THE SKY AFTER THE SUN AND MOON. REMINDS ME OF MARY. MARY ELLEN CAREY WAS BORN ON JUNE 12, 1932, IN BAKER, MONTANA ,TO JOE AND MILDRED KORTUM CAREY. MARY ELLEN WAS THEIR FIRST-BORN AND ALSO THE FIRST GRANDCHILD OF WALTER AND IVA KORTUM. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BABY ACCORDING TO ALL HER WELCOMING RELATIVES! AND FAMILY LORE HAD IT THAT THE STORK CAME TO BAKER AND DROPPED HER IN THE LAKE! VERY FITTING FOR A “VENUS”, NOT BORN LIKE OTHER MORTALS! MARY GREW UP IN EKALAKA AND ON THE FAMILY RANCH IN CHALK BUTTES . SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL (GRADES 1-4)) AT EKALAKA GRADE SCHOOL FORMERLY LOCATED ON WHAT IS NOW MORMON STREET NEAR THE ORIGINAL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE THEN ATTENDED THE DENNY SCHOOL ON POWDER RIVER, SPRING CREEK SCHOOL ON BEEBE RD. ABOVE POWDERVILLE AND 6TH GRADE IN MILES CITY (LINCOLN SCHOOL). GRADES 7-8 SAW MARY AT BRADSHAW AND FOSTER SCHOOLS IN CHALK BUTTES. SHE THEN WENT TO CUSTER COUNTY HIGH IN MILES CITY FOR TWO YEARS AND RETURNED TO EKALAKA TO GRADUATE FROM CARTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1950. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL MARY ATTENDED ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE IN BILLINGS, MT. , AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA AT MISSOULA. IN BETWEEN HER SCHOOLING SHE ALWAYS WORKED AND PRETTY WELL WAS SELF-SUPPORTING WITH JOBS IN BANKING AND INVESTMENT FIRMS IN EKALAKA, MILES CITY, MISSOULA, MT. ,ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, PALO ALTO ND SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA. SHE RETIRED IN EUGENE, OREGON, WHERE SHE OWNED A BEAUTIFUL HOME, CAR, THE FINEST OF EVERYTHING SHE COULD AFFORD AND A SECURE LIFETIME RETIREMENT INCOME. SHE WAS ABLE TO GO TO EUROPE, AFRICA AND WHEREVER SHE CHOSE TO VISIT IN THE WORLD. MARY DID NOT WED THOUGH SHE HAD OPPORTUNITIES IF SHE CHOSE. SHE HELPED TO RAISE ONE NIECE (KERRI ELLEN MARSHALL) AND FOUR NEPHEWS (DANIEL AND MATTHEW MARSHALL, DONALD AND JON CAREY). THE LOVE OF MARY’S LIFE, PERHAPS, WAS HER POODLE, ” JACQUO”. IF HE DIDN’T GET HIS WAY AND BIT HER, SHE WOULD JUST SAY “BAD BOY” AND FORGIVE HIM! MARY WAS THE MAID OF HONOR FOR HER SISTER, JOAN’S WEDDING TO WES MARSHALL, AND FOR HER NIECE, KERRI’S , WEDDING TO ANDREW MURAY. WE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT ALSO BE MAID OF HONOR FOR HER NIECE, MICHELLE MARSHALL (DAN ‘S DAUGHTERI) BUT SHE DECIDED TO LEAVE BEFORE MICHELLE HAS DECIDED TO MARRY! LEFT TO MOURN MARY’S PASSING ARE HER SISTER, JOAN MARSHALL (WES), BROTHER, JOE CAREY (CAROLE) OF EKALAKA; NIECES, KERRI MARSHALL (ANDREW MURAY); NEPHEWS, DANIEL MARSHALL (AIDA) AND MATTHEW MARSHALL (SARA) , DONALD CAREY (BONNIE) AND JON CAREY (LYNN), PLUS MANY COUSINS THROUGHOUT MONTANA AND WASHINGTON. A PRIVATE MEMORIAL SERVICE IS PLANNED FOR LATER IN NOVEMBER.


Burial Date: November 26, 2016