Florence Rosite Hiltz loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed away December 19, 2010 in Clancy, MT.<\/p>\n
Florence was born January 21, 1925, to Alta and Shirl Tanner and spent her childhood with her seven siblings on a Homestead in Ridge, MT. At the age of 23 Florence married Raymond Hiltz in Helena, MT. From this union Barbara, Raelene, Daniel and Danell joined with Florence\u2019s other children William, Tommy and Mary and were raised in the Anaconda area. The family then moved to Clancy in 1968.<\/p>\n
Florence achieved her LPN license in 1972. She worked in the Clancy and Helena area for many years before moving to Texas to be with her daughter Danell. They later moved to Oregon. Florence moved back to Clancy in 2009 to be with her daughter Raelene, and her family and to reunite with old friends.<\/p>\n
Florence was always willing to lend a helping hand, and enjoyed her time volunteering at the Food Bank in Arizona. She also enjoyed dancing, cooking, camping, traveling, doing jigsaw puzzles, playing cards and just spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n
Survivors include children Barbara (Gregg) Personette of Newport, OR; Raelene (Tim) Kemner of Clancy, MT; Daniel (Mary) Hiltz of Missoula, MT and Danell Hiltz of Medford, OR; 14 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 3 great great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Her parents, a sister, six brothers, two daughters, one son, and three grandchildren preceded her in death.<\/p>\n
The George Families became a big part of her life after moving back to Clancy. She was loved by all.<\/p>\n
A memorial service will be held at Retz Funeral Home Chapel on December 28, 2010 at 11:00 AM. A reception will follow at the American Legion Post #2, 3095 Villard Ave. (corner of Custer and Villard Ave.). To offer condolences to the family or to share a memory of Florence, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1010184-1.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}