Montana Obituaries
The Anaconda Standard 11/06/1905
Ruth Higginbotham (1903-1905) MT
Ruth, the two year and six months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Higginbotham, died last evening at the family residence, No. 1505 North Main Street, Walkerville.
The Billings Gazette 12/12/1949
Edward Christopher Higginbotham (1915-1949) MT
Monoxide Gas Takes Life of Local Resident
Wife, Children are Reported in Serious Condition
Edward Christopher Higginbotham, 34, of
The tragedy was discovered at about 1:30 p.m. when Mr.
Higginbotham’s sister, Mrs. Ellen Cartwright of
Police and firemen were called and the resuscitator crew of
the fire department administered oxygen to the victims until the arrival of a
doctor who had the mother and children taken to a
Mrs. Higginbotham, 31, and the children, Jimmy, 6, and Rosalie, 4, were reported in serious condition Sunday night at the hospital.
Mrs. Cartwright said that Mr. Higginbotham called her at
her home in
Mel Boice,
Mr. Higginbotham was employed at the federal weather
station at the
He was born Oct. 12, 1915, in Forsyth, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Higginbotham. He attended Forsyth school and attended Eastern Montana
Normal college and
After graduation he taught school at Baker and in rural
schools near Forsyth before entering the Army ion 1942. He served three years in
the European theater of war before being discharged in 1945. He was a member of
the
He married Miss Rosina Saur Sept. 13, 1941, in
The family moved to
Besides the widow and son and daughter, Mr. Higginbotham is survived by his mother, Mrs. Margaret Higginbotham of Forsyth; three brothers, William L. Higginbotham of Laurel and Charles L. Higginbotham and Thomas Higginbotham of Forsyth; three sisters, Mrs. Minor J. Wells of Fort Worth, Texas, Mrs. Clarence Filley of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Cartwright.
The body is at Smith’s funeral home.
The Billings Gazette 07/27/1972
Margaret Steele Higginbotham (1881-1972) MN/MT
Forsyth-Mrs. Margaret Higginbotham, 91, died at
She was born June 18, 1881, in
She was married to James Higginbotham Sept. 19, 1899, in
They came to Forsyth in 1911 where he worked for the Northern Pacific railroad and later operated a dairy. He died in 1949.
Survivors include three sons, Charles and Thomas of Forsyth and William of
Laurel; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Wells of Port Orchard,
She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Forsyth and the Rosebud County Pioneer’s Association.
Rosary will be recited 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Beal’s Mortuary. Mass will be at
10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church with Father Thomas McThgue.
Burial will be in
The Billings Gazette 07/21/1975
William Lewis Higginbotham (1901-1975) Canada/MO/MT
Laurel-William Lewis Higginbotham, 74, died Saturday of a
heart attack at his home in
He was born June 22, 1901, in
On May 4, 1936, he married Virginia M. Denzer in Red Lodge.
They lived in Colstrip for six years, before moving to
Mr. Higginbotham was a member of
Survivors include the widow; two brothers, Charles F. and
Thomas J., both of Forsyth and three sisters, Mrs. Minor Wells of Port Orchard,
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in