Lurene Neill

Mae Lurene Neill, 91, of Dutton, Montana, a retired teacher, passed away at Peace Hospice in Great Falls on Sunday, December 20, 2015. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Dutton United Methodist Church at 10 a.m. with a graveside service in Stanford at 2 p.m. Lurene attended high school in Fort Benton and graduated from the College of Great Falls with a teaching diploma. She received a B. S. Degree from Northern Montana College in 1968. She taught 33 years with the last 26 years in Dutton and Stanford. She retired in 1986. She married her husband, Hugh W. Neill, of nearly 70 years in December of 1945. She loved her family, teaching, gardening and quilting. Lurene is survived by her sister Evelyn Spoonhiem; children Christine Proff (Alan), Janis McRae (Jerry) and Richard Neill (Angie); grandchildren Rich Proff (Andrea), Melisa McRae, Brian and Kevin Neill; two great grandchildren, Riley and Jacob Proff; and her nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gladys and Arthur C. Anderson; sister Bernice Mortenson; and her husband, Hugh, in September 2015. Memorial gifts are requested to the Great Falls Peace Hospice or the Great Falls Rescue Mission.