Helen Elizabeth Bruneau and Clifford Ira Huntsberger

CLIFFORD IRA HUNTSBERGER, son of NELLIE B. CARNINE and IRA KURTZ HUNTSBERGER, was born December 6, 1906 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana,⁷²³⁸ and died May 22, 1967 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana.⁷²³⁸ He is buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana.⁴⁵⁶

He married HELEN ELIZABETH BRUNEAU on December 21, 1940.¹¹³²¹ She was born October 27, 1908 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada,¹¹³²² and died April 27, 2007 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana.¹¹³²²

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• Clifford Ira Huntsberger was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana. ¹¹³²¹

Great Falls Tribune, December 22, 1940

Miss Bruneau Is Bride of C. Huntsberger

Before a Yuletide decorated altar lighted with white tapers, Miss Helen Elizabeth Bruneau, daughter of Mrs. ALfred J. Bruneau of this city, became the bride of Clifford I. Huntsberger of Great Falls, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Huntsberger of Smith River valley, Saturday morning at 9:30 at the First Presbyterian church. The Rev. Dr. Hugh B. Jones, pastor, read the service in the presence of about 75.

Mrs. Lee M. Walton, a sister of the bride, and Samuel Chapman attended the couple. Dr. Wilda Husted played "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" and traditional wedding marches on the organ and also played during the ceremony.

The bride wore a floor length gown of sunset blue velcora moss crepe made with full skirt and long sleeves and trimmed at the throat with pearls and silver. Her shower bouquet was of Talisman roses and star narcissus. Mrs. Walton wore deep wine red velvet, floor length, with long sleeves. She carried a bouquet of white carnations.

Only the immediate relatives and members of the bridal party were present at a breakfast which followed the ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Ellis, 1127 Third avenue north, brother-in-law and sister of the bride. A four-tiered wedding cake centered the table. Floral decorations were pink and Talisman roses.

Mr. and Mrs. Huntsberger left by car for San Francisco. As a going away costume, the bride wore a crushed cherry woolen frock trimmed with silver buttons and buckle, a matching turban, a gray coat and black accessories. THe couple will return here the first of the year and will reside at 1410 Third avenue north.

Great Falls Tribune, September 21, 1930¹¹³²³

LEAVE FOR COAST

Miss Helen Bruneau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bruneau of Deep Creek, and Miss Lois Zeigler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Parker Zeigler, 1315 Third avenue north, left Thursday morning for Los Angeles, where they will study for their master degrees at the University of California. Miss Bruenau was graduated from the physical education department at the State university at Missoula last spring. Miss Zeigler received her degree in language from the State university at the same time.

Great Falls Tribune, May 23, 1967¹¹³²¹

C. I. Huntsberger Dies; Funeral Is Wednesday

Clifford I. Huntsberger, 60, was unexpectedly stricken at his home at 2115 3rd Ave. N., and pronounced dead on arrival at a Great Falls hospital early Monday. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. H. R. Anderson Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under direction of Chapel of Chimes Funeral Home.

A Montana Power Co. senior electrical engineer. Huntsberger was a mechanical engineering graduate of Montana State University, Bozeman, and began working for Montana Power here as a lineman in 1939. He served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps from early 1944 to October 1945, and was assigned to the Edgewood Arsenal.

He returned to the power company as a junior engineer upon his military discharge and later was assistant engineer and about 10 years ago was made senior engineer.

He was born in Great Falls Dec. 6, 1906, and was graduated from Great Falls High School. After graduating from college he spent several years in Bellingham, Wash. He married Helen Bruneau Dec. 21, 1940.

An active member of First Presbyterian Church, Huntsberger was a church trustee and chairman of the worship committee.

Survivors are the widow, Helena; children, Penny M. and Richard L., both attending University of Montana, and Lynda A. and David J., at home, and a sister, Mrs. Harold (Irene) Patrick, Sacramento, Calif.

Cascade Courier, May 3, 2007¹¹³²²

Helen Yaw

Helen (Bruneau) Huntsberger Yaw, 98, of Great Falls; a former physical education teacher, died of natural causes Friday at her home.

A family memorial service will be held at a future date, with her ashes to be spread at her home on the Missouri River. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Chapel of Chimes Funeral Home.

Survivors include her daughters, Penny (Keith) Huntsberger of Great Falls, and Lynda (Bill) Hillmar of Cascade; a son, David Huntsberger of Great Falls; stepchildren Larry (Phyllis) Yaw of Colorado and Ron Yaw of Bozeman; two grandchildren, Jennifer (Dean) Keith and Greg Hillmar of Lolo; and numerous step-grandchildren.

Helen was preceded in death by her two husbands, Clifford Huntsberger and John Yaw; a son, Dr. Richard Huntsberger; and sisters Vivian Ellis and Frances Walton.

Helen was born October 27, 1908, in Maple Creek, Canada, to Antoinette and Alfred Bruneau. When she was two-years old her family moved back to the family ranch on the Smith River across from the Deep Creek Schoolhouse.

Helen attended the University of Montana, where she became a lifelong member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. After graduating in 1932 with a Bachelor of Science in physical education, she received a master's degree from UCLA.

While living in Great Falls, Helen taught physical education at Paris Gibson High School from 1933 to 1940. In 1936 Helen began building her beloved home on the Missouri River, south of Cascade. Here Helen began her family with her husband, Clifford Huntsberger. They had four children: Penny, Richard, Lynda, and David, and moved into Great Falls to raise their family on 3 Avenue North.

Helen had a daily exercise program, "Slim and Trim," on DRTV in the 1960s, and was also the field director of the Great Falls Campfire Girls. Shortly after Cliff's death in 1967 Helen moved back out to her home on the Missouri River where, until recently, she was an active member of the Dearborn Garden Club. In 1974 Helen married John Yaw, a noted Great Falls photographer.

Memorials are suggested to the Dearborn Garden Club.