Sister Jill West

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BILLINGS - Terrance Terry" West, 78, an Air Force veteran and retired mail carrier, died of complications from cancer Wednesday in Billings.

Visitation is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon until the conclusion of the 5 p.m. vigil Sunday, all at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Church, with visitation at the church an hour prior to the service. Cremation will follow the service. Burial of ashes with military honors will take place Tuesday at Calvary Cemetery in Billings.

Terry was born July 27, 1930, the youngest child of Robert L. and Grace Fitzgerald West. As pioneers of Sheridan County in 1907, Robert and Grace raised 10 children on a farm south of present-day Outlook. Terry attended school in Outlook through the eighth grade, and in 1948 graduated from Assumption Abbey High School in Richardton, N.D.
He served in the Air Force from 1950 to 1954 as a weatherman in the United States and Greenland. Upon returning to Montana in 1954, Terry married Donna M. Clay of Plentywood on Aug. 9, 1954, and they settled together in Outlook to raise their family.

In 1956, Terry was appointed a rural mail carrier in Outlook, transferring to Joliet, Mont., in 1982. He retired from there Sept. 30, 1988, after 39 years of service.
Terry was very proud of his Irish roots and growing up in Outlook, where he was an avid fan of the Outlook Blue Jays. He loved his family and children and instilled in them a solid work ethic, strong moral character and a fantastic sense of humor. This was expressed at family gatherings, where you would find Terry singing songs around the fire and amusing listeners with stories of antics involving his brothers and their cousins, the McLeans and the Fitzgeralds. Terry had a great love for the Eucharist and attended Mass daily (which was followed by a good golf game at the Par 3 with his friends).

Terry was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Don, Maurice, Bill, Dick and Pat West; and his sister, Rita Helgeson.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Donna; his sons Mark (Dana), Joe (Linda), Dan (Vicki) and Jerry (Janelle); his daughters, Sister Jill West, Marie Colasanti (Mike) and Julie Scott (Corey); his sister Gertrude (Joe) Vincent; and brother, Father Robert West; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild born in January.

Terry died peacefully on March 25, 2009, with his family at his side. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends, and the family would like to extend a thank-you to the helpful nurses and staff from the Billings Clinic Hospital.

Terrance married Donna M Clay [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1920, Sheridan, Montana, United States
• Residence: 1930, Sheridan, Montana, United States

Robert married Grace Fitzgerald. Grace (daughter of Robert Fitzgerald and Mary Bridget Reardon) was born on 7 Dec 1886 in Sheldon, Sioux, Iowa, United States; died in Nov 1983 in Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1900, Round Lake Township, Jackson, Minnesota, United States
• Residence: 1920, Sheridan, Montana, United States
• Residence: 1930, Sheridan, Montana, United States

Other Events:

• Residence: 1861, Inverness, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 1870, Pike, Livingston, Illinois, United States
• Residence: 1880, Blue Mound, McLean, Illinois, United States
• Residence: 1900, Round Lake Township, Jackson, Minnesota, United States
• Residence: 1910, Saint Mary Township, McLean, North Dakota, United States
• Residence: 1920, Garrison, McLean, North Dakota, United States
• Residence: 1930, Bismark, Burleigh, North Dakota, United States

Robert married Mary Bridget Reardon on 16 Feb 1882 in Tazewell, Illinois, United States. Mary (daughter of James Reardon and Bridgett Mary Fitzgerald) was born in Aug 1858 in Illinois, United States; died in 1937; was buried in Saint Nicholas Catholic Cemetery, Garrison, McLean, North Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1880, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
• Residence: 1900, Round Lake Township, Jackson, Minnesota, United States
• Residence: 1910, Saint Mary Township, McLean, North Dakota, United States
• Residence: 1920, Garrison, McLean, North Dakota, United States
• Residence: 1930, Bismark, Burleigh, North Dakota, United States