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Wise River Funeral for Fritz Mathes in Dillon
Funeral services were held at the Wise River hotel for Fritz Mathes who died Thursday of a heart attack at the Frank Husted ranch. The Rev. W. H. Bessire officiated with Walter Goose and Alice Ralston singing. Mathes, a Swiss native born in 1868, worked at the Husted ranch and was found in an irrigation ditch after a lunch disappearance. Burial followed in Dewey cemetery as many friends sent floral tributes and pallbearers were named.
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Wise River
Fritz Mathes
Frank Husted
W. H. Bessire
Missoula
Walter Goose
Alice Ralston
Isle of
Somewhere
Mathes
Switzerland
Husted
Brundage
Dillon
Fred Gill
Marcus P. Trueman
Verne Stanchfield
Dan Pendergast
Leslie Jones
James Adkins
Dewey Cemetery
W. R. Allen
Gloria Allen
Billy Allen
Butte
Gloria
Thomas Q. Richards
Detroit
Donald H. Schuette
Youngstown
Ohio
Charles Chayne
Flintich
Lois Ellwood
Rollin
Mont
Presbyterian Bible Camp
Flathead Lake
Charles H. Hale
Russell Graham
Elkhorn
Bob Wine
Clarence Farry
Helena
John Wright
Jess Tope
Ralph Potts
Anaconda
Anna Samal
Charles Woods
Frank Dodgson
Fred Miller
Roberta
Dana
Ben
Lowell Mallon
Colonel Combs
Reichle
al Muchmore
Frankie
Patty
Dickie Joe
Wisdom
Shelby Sweet
Alvin Thorson
Bob Ellwood
Janet
Walter Jones
Martin C. Messner
Patricia