Dorothy “Fay” Candee

Funeral services for Dorothy “Fay” Candee, 85 of Richey are at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at the Lonsdale United Methodist Church in Sidney. Pastor Dan Ashton will officiate with musical selections by Warren Willoughby and Alice Engen. Jackie Duncan will be the organist. Casketbearers will be; Kendal Kallevig, Butch Candee, Garey Candee, Roy Fatzinger, Greg Rauschendorfer and Grant Olson. Honorary Casketbearers will be all her many friends and neighbors. Ushers will be Allen Swihart, Guido Vaira and Jerry Whiteman. Interment will be in the Sidney Cemetery in Sidney under the direction of the Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney. Dorothy Fay Freeman Candee was born April 12, 1919 in Williston, North Dakota to parents Fay and Dorothy (Holt) Freeman. The family lived in Williston where Fay started schools. Later they moved to Conrad, MT before returning to the family homestead near Richey, MT. Fay graduated from Richey High School with the Class of 1937. Following graduation she worked for the County Superintendent in Sidney. On December 17, 1938 she was united in marriage to Alfred Candee. They made their home on the Candee homestead near Richey. She loved farm and ranch life, where she worked beside her husband. They were one of the first ranchers in the area to raise Angus Cattle. She also enjoyed Alfred’s Arabian horses. Fay and Alfred operated HiLine Equipment where Fay sold many Versatile parts. She was an excellent bookkeeper and kept the books for all their businesses. Fay spent many hours working in her yard. She was so proud of the big pine trees she started as seedlings and fed and protected the deer, pheasants and wild turkeys in her yard. Each year she would push the lava rock, which defined the yard, out a bit further. It was a happy day in 1952 when electricity finally arrived on the homestead. Fay enjoyed the spring time and all the new calves. She especially enjoyed cooking for the hired hands Alfred had. Alfred died in 1997 and Fay continued to make her home on the ranch. Fay loved to read and kept up her daily dairy. Fay appreciated all her many neighborsespecially Allen and Jeanette Swihart, who checked on her every day and their daughter Colette. A highlight in Fay’s life was a trip to Great, Falls, MT. where President Kennedy picked her out of a crowd and shook her hand and asked her about life in Montana. She enjoyed her many years as election judge at Grandview Hall. Fay moved to town so her children could come into Sidney for high school. Fay would comment that the happiest day of her life was when she married Alfred. She loved her children and grandchildren and put up with the pet antelope, “Bucky”. Dorothy “Fay” died early Saturday morning, January 29, 2005, at the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility. Survivors include her son Bob Candee of Richey, MT; a daughter Charlotte and her husband Jim Kennedy of Yuma, AZ.; Grandchildren, Tracy Rude, Scott Hukill, Tanya Asbeck, Bryan Candee and Boyd Candee; 7 Great grandchildren; a sister Lillian Dasinger; special nieces Becky Kallevig and Lynn Engum. Fay was preceded in death by her parents, husband Alfred, and brother William Thomas at 3 years old.