Ida Marie Schlosser, age 92 of Montana City, Montana, passed away on May 9, 2011 at Country Life Assisted Living. The youngest of seven children, Ida was born on September 22, 1918 to August and Eva (Massett) Fleckenstein in Dodge, North Dakota.<\/p>\n
After graduating high school Ida moved to Montana, later marrying the love of her life, George J. Schlosser on September 2, 1939 in Anaconda, Montana. They moved to Lewistown where she and George raised their family of seven children and worked together in the grocery business.<\/p>\n
Ida\u2019s faith and education were the values by which she lived. She was involved in her parishes where she lived and supported her children through their education at St. Leo\u2019s School and in receiving their college education. Ida was also involved with modern arts, was a member of the St. Ann\u2019s Guild of St. Leo\u2019s Altar Society, the Catholic Daughters of America and the Elk\u2019s Country Club in Lewistown, Montana.<\/p>\n
Ida moved from Lewistown to Missoula in 1985 where she was involved in volunteer work with Aging Services working with four clients and was a Eucharistic Minister at St. Francis Xavier Parish. She enjoyed knitting, playing bridge, reading and traveling with her children. She finally moved to Montana City at Country Life Assisted Living where she lived the last seven years of her life with much joy. Ida was deeply loved by all who knew her.<\/p>\n
Ida was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 43 years, George, in 1981 and her siblings, Paul Fleckenstein, Tony Fleckenstein and Lawrence Fleckenstein, Catherine Kopp, Magdalena Schumacher, and Helen Fleckenstein. She is survived by her children, George Schlosser of Helena; Carolyn (John) Snively of Missoula; Fr. Richard Schlosser of Great Falls; David (Joan) Schlosser of Bozeman; John (Karen) Schlosser of Laurel; Robert (RoxAnne) Schlosser of Belgrade; Christine Schlosser of Pullman, Washington; grandchildren, Steve (Rhonda) Schlosser, Doug (Lisa) Schlosser, Travis Hudyma, Michele (Kevin) St.George, Jan (Dan Redford) Dunn, Teresa (Tim Cutler) Schlosser, John (Michele) Schlosser, Jr., Leiba Schlosser, Elisa (Keith) Toler, Benette Schlosser, Charine Schlosser, Dan Snively, Ruthie (Rob) Harper, Matthew Schlosser, Michael Skansgaard; 14 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Ida\u2019s family extends their gratitude to Bonnie Staples and her staff at Country Life who cared for Mom with much love.<\/p>\n
Vigil Service is scheduled at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at St. Leo\u2019s Catholic Church in Lewistown, Montana. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the St. Leo\u2019s Catholic Church with interment to follow at the Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of Retz Funeral Home in Helena and Creel Funeral Home in Lewistown. To offer a condolence or share a memory of Ida, please visit: www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1154717-1.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\/23326","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=23326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}