Lydia Sharpsteen

Lydia Sharpsteen of Olympia died March 27 1984 in Hwaco She was 91 She was born Aug 8 1892 at Eureka SD where she also received her schooling.

In 1925 she married John Sharpsteen at Great Falls Mont and they established their first home there. The couple moved to Washington state in 1930 and to Olympia in 1937.

He preceded her in death in 1962.

She is survived by five daughters Claire Wentworth of Long Beach and Lauretta Wheeler Cal Papiez Lyda Moore and Mary Anderson all of Olympia: 22 grandchildren 49 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild Mrs Sharpsteen was also preceded in death by two daughters and two sons.

The birthdate recorded by Eileen Martin Bone in her family history account may be incorrect as it is only four months after the date she gives for his older sister. More likely it may have been 1881. There are also some unlikely tales in her history about William Duard Huff. She writes that in 1889 he went to Montana to work in his brother Joe’s blacksmith shop and that when he left Missouri he was in love with a girl named Nellie Roberts.4231 These dates and circumstances seem unlikely. Possibly it was 1899 when he went to Montana, when he would have been about 18 rather than 8.

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1910 Census of Fergus Co MT
Household Members Age Relationship
William D Huff 29 Head
Mary E J Huff 68 Mother
Mary E Moore 32 Sister
Dewey G Midkiff 11 Nephew

1920 Census of Lewiston, Fergus Co MT
Household Members Age Relationship
William D Huff 39 Head
Lydia Huff 27 Wife
Glen E Huff 7 Son
Dorothy Huff 5 Daughter
Calanthe Huff 3 Daughter
Lydia E Huff 1 Daughter
Mary E Huff 0 Daughter

1930 Census of Lewiston, Fergus Co MT
Household Members Age Relationship
William B Huff 49 Head
Glenn E Huff 17 Son
Calanthi Huff 14 Daughter
Lydia E Huff 11 Daughter

William D. Huff4232
By Tribune Correspondent
LEWISTOWN — William D. Huff. 69, longtime resident of Lewistown and central Montana, died Sunday at a local hospital. Huff had suffered extensive injuries Sept. 6 in an auto accident eight miles east of Harlowton. Alex Lowrie, Belmont, was killed and Henry Hankinson received serious injuries in the same accident. Funeral services for Huff will be conducted Thursday at 2 p. m. from Creel's chapeL Huff was born in Missouri April 24. 1880, and came to central Montana as a young man. He had lived here over 42 years and at the time of his death was employed as a blacksmith at the Dan Morrison & Son Co. here. He was a member of the Baptist church and the Moose lodge. Survivors include his wife, Carol, Stockton, Calif., four daughters, a son, two brothers and several nieces and nephews.