Elizabeth 'Bette' R. Dyrdahl

Elizabeth 'Bette' R. Dyrdahl of Helena, age 94, passed away on July 24, 2017 with family by her side.

Bette was born June 5, 1923. Her parents were H. H. and Mary Behrman-early day settlers in north Phillips County, Montana.

Bette graduated from the Loring High School with a class of eight students in 1940. She married Delmar Dyrdahl on June 15, 1941, and they raised their family of six children on the Behrman/Dyrdahl ranch, 12 miles NW of Loring, Mont. Many fond memories remained of those 50-plus years in that community.

In 1974, the Dyrdahl family moved from the ranch to their new home in...