FORMER BLAIRITE DIES IN MONTANA

Blair friends were saddened recently by the news of the death of Miss Lucy Batty, formerly of Blair but since 1910 of Hardin, Montana.

Deceased was born at Clarks, Nebraska on June 14, 1873, and passed away at Hardin on February 12, 1943. Had she lived until June she would have been seventy years of age.

Her early life was spent at Clarks, where she received her education and where she taught school. After the family moved to Blair in October of 1894, she took up her work of teaching again, her first school being the Glendale school northwest of Blair where she boarded with Anna and Henry Raver with whom she became fast friends. Her next school was in the Blair City Schools where she taught until 1910 when she and her sister, Hannah, went to Montana where they homesteaded and where they have since made their home.

The body was brought to Blair where interment was made in the Blair cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, February 17. The two sisters and several nephews and nieces were present at the last sad rites, but left immediately.

#2-The publisher of this newspaper obituary was not recorded but had a handwritten date if February 20, 1943.

Last Rites For Miss Lucy Batty

Miss Lucy Batty, former Hardin teacher passed away after a long illness at her farm home on Feb. 12. Funeral services were held in the local Baptist Church on Sunday, Feb. 14, and were conducted by the Rev. Ewan of the Episcopal Church of Billings.

Member of Jasmine Chapter No. 65 O. E. S., also took part in the final rites.

Pallbearers were C. A. Corkins, Lyle Atkins, Pete Sikkenga, Albert Olson, W. A. Wilson and W. B. Moore. Music was furnished by the Carmen chorus of Hardin High School, accompanied by A. R. Hegre.

The body was taken to Miss Batty’s old home at Blair, Nebr. to be buried beside her parents.

Lucy Batty was born at Clarkes, Nebr. on June 14, 1873. She graduated from the Clarks High School and began teaching there. Later she continued to teach at Blair until 1910, when she came to Montana. She continued in school work until 1938, when she was obliged to retire because of poor health.

Miss Batty was a charter state-honorary member of Delta Kapp Gamma Society, an honor society for women teachers, and in 1941 the first Delta Kappa Gamma figurine from Montana, honoring Miss Batty, was sent by the Billings-Hardin chapter to the national headquarters at Austin, Texas. Only two such figurines have been sent from Montana, the second one being sent by the Butte-Dillon chapter honoring Miss Lucy Darling, who more than 75 years ago taught the first school in Montana at Bannock, the first capitol of the territory of Montana.

Survivors include two sisters, Miss Hannah Batty of Hardin and Mrs. Bertha Barnica of Big Springs, Nebr., many nieces and nephews and a large number of friends.

Find a Grave Memorial # 69597288

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clipping on file at the Blair Public Library~~~