Ella Mae Stevens born on August 28th 1938 to Elmer and Goldie Rhodes in Kalispell, MT. Ella Mae passed away at the Montana Veterans Home on July 8th 2014 after a long battle with breast cancer.
Ella Mae grew up in the Flathead, graduated from Flathead High School in 1956, went on to Kinman Business College and continued her education at FVCC over the years.
One of her first jobs was at the Liberty Theater while her future sister-in-law Kitty, worked at the Strand Theater in Kalispell.
Ella Mae and her daughter moved to Seattle, WA.  Where she met and married Harley Duane Stevens, they were married for 33 years.  The family moved back to the flathead after several years in Seattle, WA, and then moved to Sweetgrass, MT. where Ella and Harley both worked at the brokerages for the port on the US/Canada border.
Ella Mae was very proud of the time she and Harley spent as campground hosts at Bad Medicine Campground on Bull Lake in their retirement years.
Ella Mae loved her special dog Onyx who was always there for her to make her smile.
She shared many special moments with her caregivers at her home, and her brief stays at Whitefish Care & Rehabilitation Center and the Montana Veterans Home.
Ella Mae was preceded in death by her parents Elmer and Goldie Rhodes, Husband, Harley Stevens; brother, Charles (Chuck) Rhodes; sister, Verda Stevens; and half-brother, Cecil Rhodes and his wife Betty.
Ella Mae is survived by her Daughter, Vicki Stevens (Woods) & Dave of Missoula; two sisters, Ruby Rhodes of Turner, OR, and Velma and Ike Treat of Eureka; sister-in-law, Kitty Rhodes of Columbia Falls; brother & sister-in-law, Steve and Mary Stevens of West Glacier; and several other relatives.  
Funeral services will be held @ 11am Saturday July 12, 2014 with a visitation 10:30-11am at Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home.  Burial to follow at Spring Creek Cemetery.

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