Alma Jean Renz

Alma Jean Renz, 65, left this world to be with our Lord in heaven on January 1, 2005.She died due to complications following surgery. She was born March 14, 1939 in Poplar to Wilbur and Lucille Gibbs Renz. Alma Jean graduated from Flandreau Indian School and went on to United Tribes Technical Center in Bismarck, ND. She finished her education at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, MT graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Alma Jean worked her whole life in the Poplar area at the Poplar Community Hospital, Spotted Bull Treatment Center and Juvenile Detention Center. Alma Jean’s hobbies included playing bingo, beading, reading a good book and visiting. She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter LuAnn, two brothers, Richard Gibbs and Harold Renz Sr., and one sister Maxine Vantine. Alma Jean is survived by her seven children, Don (Pauline) Jackson, Leslie Jackson, of Poplar, Ramona (Jerome) Jackson of Havre, Roberta Jackson of Poplar, JoAnn (Mike) Todd of Missoula, David (Shannon) Kirn, and Danielle (Noel) Crowe, of Poplar. Also surviving Alma Jean are her two sisters, Roberta Garfield and Nancy Samulson Foote, both of Poplar. Alma Jean has many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews surviving her. Visitation was on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 for close family and friends from 6 to 9 pm at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Poplar. Funeral services were on Wednesday, January 5 at 10 am at the Poplar Activity Center with interment in the Box Elder Cemetery west of Poplar. Condolences may be sent to the family at csmc@nemontel.net Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with arrangements.