Larry J. Watterson<\/p>\n
Larry Watterson passed away September 16, 2011. He was born May 23, 1921 in Dodge, North Dakota, the son of Albert and Margaret Watterson. He was raised and graduated from high school in Fairview, MT. He next moved to Dillon, MT where he began his college career at MSNC and played football for a year before enlisting in the Army in 1942. He served in the African Campaign and after WWII resumed his education in Bozeman, MT at MSC where he met his wife, Betty Johnson. They were married on October 15, 1947 and spent 63 wonderful years together. Larry completed his education with a master\u2019s degree in education from the U of M.<\/p>\n
Larry and Betty moved to Harlem, MT in 1949 where he began his teaching career as the Vo-AG teacher and started the FFA department. In 1954, he became the Superintendent of Harlem Schools and spent 14 rewarding and memorable years in Harlem before moving his family to Townsend, MT to open a Coast to Coast Store, which he and Betty owned and operated for 9 years. In 1972, they returned to Harlem where Larry was once again Superintendent of schools. After 5 years, they returned to Townsend to take a position with the USDA until his retirement in 1983.<\/p>\n
Larry was always school and community minded. He was involved in many projects over the years with the American Legion, VFW and his school activities. He loved his students and teaching colleagues and many have become life-long friends.<\/p>\n
Larry and Betty also spent a total of 34 years in Townsend and have many fond memories and dear friends in the area. Larry had many interests including fishing, reading and was a sports fanatic. He enjoyed watching high school track meets, football games, the Yankees, Bobcat and Carroll football and Gonzaga basketball. His last moments were spent watching the Boise State game.<\/p>\n
We will miss Him!<\/p>\n
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Richard and Pat and his sister Caroline. He is survived by his wife Betty of Helena; daughter, Linda (Slade) Teigen,Ashley, Shae, Stevi and Tucker of Helena; son, Steve (Kimber) Watterson, Keyara of Spokane, WA; sisters, Lucy, Elizabeth, and brother, Con; sister-in-law, Louise; brother-in-law, Kenneth and numerous nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
A service will be scheduled at a later date. Memorial may be sent in Larry\u2019s name to that of donor\u2019s choice. To offer a condolence or share a memory of Larry, please visit: www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1264872.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\/23373","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=23373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}