Terrance West

1930 - 2009  (78 years)

• Name	Terrance West
  Nickname	Terry
  Born	27 Jul 1930	Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Mar 2009	Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States
  Person ID	I17558568529	Master Tree | Descendants of John Fitzgerald and Mary Fruin
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Robert L West,   b. 2 Sep 1888, Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States ,   d. 17 Dec 1969, Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Grace Fitzgerald,   b. 7 Dec 1886, Sheldon, Sioux, Iowa, United States ,   d. Nov 1983, Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States  (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F16053352089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Donna M Clay
  Children	1. Mark West   2. Joe West   3. Dan West   4. Jerry West   5. Sister Jill West   6. Marie P West   7. Julie West
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F16053352094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Jul 1930 - Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States Died - 25 Mar 2009 - Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  BILLINGS - Terrance Terry" West, 78, an Air Force veteran and retired mail carrier, died of complications from cancer Wednesday in Billings. Visitation is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon until the conclusion of the 5 p.m. vigil Sunday, all at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Church, with visitation at the church an hour prior to the service. Cremation will follow the service. Burial of ashes with military honors will take place Tuesday at Calvary Cemetery in Billings. Terry was born July 27, 1930, the youngest child of Robert L. and Grace Fitzgerald West. As pioneers of Sheridan County in 1907, Robert and Grace raised 10 children on a farm south of present-day Outlook. Terry attended school in Outlook through the eighth grade, and in 1948 graduated from Assumption Abbey High School in Richardton, N.D. He served in the Air Force from 1950 to 1954 as a weatherman in the United States and Greenland. Upon returning to Montana in 1954, Terry married Donna M. Clay of Plentywood on Aug. 9, 1954, and they settled together in Outlook to raise their family. In 1956, Terry was appointed a rural mail carrier in Outlook, transferring to Joliet, Mont., in 1982. He retired from there Sept. 30, 1988, after 39 years of service. Terry was very proud of his Irish roots and growing up in Outlook, where he was an avid fan of the Outlook Blue Jays. He loved his family and children and instilled in them a solid work ethic, strong moral character and a fantastic sense of humor. This was expressed at family gatherings, where you would find Terry singing songs around the fire and amusing listeners with stories of antics involving his brothers and their cousins, the McLeans and the Fitzgeralds. Terry had a great love for the Eucharist and attended Mass daily (which was followed by a good golf game at the Par 3 with his friends). Terry was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Don, Maurice, Bill, Dick and Pat West; and his sister, Rita Helgeson. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Donna; his sons Mark (Dana), Joe (Linda), Dan (Vicki) and Jerry (Janelle); his daughters, Sister Jill West, Marie Colasanti (Mike) and Julie Scott (Corey); his sister Gertrude (Joe) Vincent; and brother, Father Robert West; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild born in January. Terry died peacefully on March 25, 2009, with his family at his side. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends, and the family would like to extend a thank-you to the helpful nurses and staff from the Billings Clinic Hospital.