Nellie Goroski

A Liturgy of the Word Service for Nellie Jean Goroski, 51, of Baker will be at 2:00 p. m. on Monday, September 24, 2012 in the Chapel of Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker, MT. Rite of Committal will follow in St. John?s Catholic Cemetery at Baker. Visitation with a Rosary will be at 1:00 p. m. Nellie passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2012, at Fallon Medical Complex Long Term Care Center in Baker. Nellie Jean Bondell Goroski was born on August 2nd 1961 in Baker, MT a daughter to Ben and Lillian (Kinnison) Bondell. She was the first child of three to be born to the Bondell family. Nellie grew up north of Baker on the Bondell Angus Ranch. She was a classmate of the Baker High School class of 1980. She enjoyed showing cattle and horses in 4-H at the Fallon and Carter county fairs. She was a talented artist and enjoyed leather crafts, gardening and music. Nellie was a very adventurous young woman, full of life and vigor. One of Nellie?s favorite horses was named Pride. Nellie and Pride had quite the adventures?one of those adventures of Pride and Nellie included the red wagon. Nellie hooked Pride up to the wagon and got him going fortunately before she got into the wagon as the wagon took flight as Pride took off. Nellie was a thinker coming up with ways to get little sister up on to the horse with her. There was a table that first she had to boost little sister up onto, then get the horse parked just right, climb the table boost little sister before the horse moved. As Nellie got a brother and sister more proficient at ridding the new game was playing Cowboys and Indians on horseback with Frank and Sheila. She enjoyed haying and was very proud of how many bales she could stack and her strength. In 1982, she went on a road trip with her sister Sheila from Montana to North Carolina. They had a little dispute about going thru Kentucky or to Memphis. Sheila had them heading for Memphis until Nellie saw the sign. Sheila lost out, as usual although they did stop in Knoxville, Tennessee to see the World?s Fair. Nellie married Adrian Goroski on December 30th 1983 in Baker MT. Born to this union was a daughter Chrissy in 1987. Following their marriage Nellie and Adrian made their home north of Baker. In May of 1982 Nellie was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Throughout her life she has encountered many health problems associated with the disease but was still able to enjoy her love for her family and animals. Nellie is survived by her daughter, Chrissy (Bruce) Dietz, Baker, MT; two grandchildren, Arian and Grace Goroski, Baker, MT; her husband, Adrian Goroski, Baker, MT; her parents, Eldon ?Ben? and Lillian Bondell, Gladstone, ND; her brother, Frank (LaNita) Bondell, Baker, MT and their children, Shanda Bondell (Dustin Laufer) and their daughter Tyla, Robert (Heather) Bondell and Shad Bondell and her sister, Sheila Bondell, Baker, MT and her children, Lacy (Tim Perkins) and their three children, Lukas, Trenton, Shayla and Kandace (Owen Siebert) and their daughter, Harper. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Robert & Dinah Bondell and her maternal grandparents, Daniel & Nellie Kinnison.


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Burial Date: September 24, 2012
Funeral Home Baker, MT

Liturgy of The Word Service: Monday, Chapel of Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker, MT