- Date Of Birth: October 11, 1929
- Date Of Death: July 2, 2017
- State: Montana
Venetta Ruth Kimbrell was born on October 11, 1929 to Oscar and Lily Anderson in Creston, Montana. Venetta was raised in Lake Blaine where she went to a one-room school house. She had a number of stories about the adventures she had with her siblings and the neighborhood kids.
At 19 she traveled to Indiana where she met and married Louis. They were married on January 14, 1949 after only knowing each other for two weeks. For the next 27 years, they traveled with the US Army until Louis retired, settling in Kalispell. During this time they raised their five children: Linda, Louis Jr, Timothy, Susan, and Leila.
Venetta worked as a waitress and cook for many years. People might remember her from the Sportsman’s Cafe on Main Street.
She loved to watch and feed the birds and squirrels that frequented her yard.
She is preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Lily, her sister Della’ve and brother Oscar Jr, her son Timothy Kimbrell, and her great-granddaughter Laykin Humphreys.
Venetta is survived by her husband, Louis of 68 years, her children, Linda (Bill) Kral of Nobleford, Alberta, Louis Jr. (Anne) of Kalispell, Susan (Kelly) Hartman of Kalispell, Leila (James) Lockwood of Kalispell, 10 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, her sister Orletta Loveall of Kalispell, her brother William Lash of Texas, numerous nieces and nephews, and her beloved cat Marcy and the neighborhood cat Fluffy Pants.
