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Nancy Winifred Dear

Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:40 | Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:43 | Written by Gary Lynn |

Nancy Dear Nancy Winifred Dear, 93, died of natural causes Sunday, March 17, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls.

Cremation will be under the direction of Croxford Funeral Home. Her family, daughters Dee Dee Rains and Barbara Pepper (Russell) and grandchildren Traver and Matt Rains and Jamie Wood (Jeff), will host a celebration of life memorial 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Simms Lions Club Hall.

Nancy was born June 15, 1919. Born in White Sulphur Springs and raised on the back of a horse, Nancy's lifelong commitment was to the quarter horse and Angus cattle industries through her ranch, the Birdtail. Her devotion was to her family (including deceased husbands, Doug Dear and Tuck Barrett) and her church.

She was a key founding member of the MQHA and Cascade County Farm Bureau, inducted into the AQHA and Cowgirl Halls of Fame, member of ZONTA International, Angus associations, Montana Stock Growers Association and an outstanding 4-H leader. Nancy attended White Sulphur Springs High School, Kinman Business College and Montana State College, where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. Nancy has registered a quarter horse foal for the past 64 consecutive years. Proud of her stallions and mares, Nancy found the most joy in watching people discover the magic of riding a horse.

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AQHA Executive VP Visits Montana

Thursday, 19 July 2012 00:59 | Last Updated on Thursday, 14 March 2013 05:08 | Written by Gary Lynn |

Don Treadway, Executive Vice President of the American Quarter Horse Association, met AQHA and Montana Quarter Horse Association board members on July 13 at Copper Spring Ranch in Bozeman. During the meeting, Treadway updated them on issues impacting the association. The quarter horse officials also discussed future programs to increase the interest in AQHA activities in the Big Sky State. From left, participants were Don Treadway, Marilyn Randall, Ruth McDonald-Gates, Nancy LaCounte, Janet Newton, Barb Bouma, Tracy Brown, Gary Lynn Olson, Stan Weaver, Nancy Weaver and Brian Anderson.

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