![]() ![]() She loved being a farmer and knew a lot about it. After Ed’s passing in 1980, she continued farming with help at different times from her boys. Together they had nine children and Barbara took on the roles of wife, mother, ranch hand, and farm hand. At some point later she was introduced by a friend and future sister-in-law to Edward Hentges.īarbara and Edward were married in 1953. After work, she and a group of friends would go dancing when local bands would play in the Wolf Point area. After high school, she worked for Shell Oil Company as a dispatcher. ![]() She graduated from Wolf Point High School in 1952. ![]() She primarily grew up on her grandparent’s homestead on Wolf Creek, north of Wolf Point, where she rode horses and helped her grandparents with their sheep. Mom was born on January 1, 1934, at her Aunt Flossie’s house on the north side of Wolf Point to William and Ione (Sugden) Wilkinson. Barbara Jean (Wilkinson) Hentges the matriarch of our family passed away at her home in Frazer, Montana on July 28, 2023. ![]()
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