Roseva Dorris Boucher,
92, of Manhattan passed away Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Belgrade. She was born eb. 25, 1917, in Pennville, Mo., to Pearl and Goldie Herndon. When Roseva was 6 weeks old, the family moved to Belmont, Mont. She attended schools in Belmont, Bozeman nd Manhattan.
In 1934, Roseva married and moved to Logan, where she worked at the Northern acific lunchroom as a combination cook and waitress. She was also the timekeeper nd pumper foreman for the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1937, she attended Melba's Beauty Academy in Lansing, Mich., and returned to Bozeman in 1938 to finish her chooling at Anderson's Beauty School. Roseva operated the first beauty shop in anhattan, where she employed three other operators. She also enjoyed bowling. Roseva went to California in 1941, where she married Jack Boucher. While there, she orked as a journeyman burner in the shipyards from 1942 to 1944. Together, Jack and Roseva raised four children, Barbara, Jack, Gene and Joanne. Roseva was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; and seven siblings, Edna, Shorty, Harold, Gene, ernon, Ralph and Gerald. Survivors include her children, Jody (Rick) Rickman, Jack Leroy Vici) Boucher, Gene (Helen) Boucher, and Joanne Leona Sharpe; grandchildren, ouglas Rickman, Ronald Rickman, Jackie Rickman, Jamie Boucher, Robert Boucher, teven Boucher, Danny Marshall, Denise Dooley, and Darcy Corbett; 17 great- grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and her sisters, Marjorie
Matthis, Marguerite Campbell, and Wilma Harrison. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Memorials in Roseva's name may be made to Rocky Mountain Hospice, 301 Edelweiss, Suite 5, Bozeman, MT 59718. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.dahlcares.com.
Published in Bozeman Daily Chronicle on November 22, 2009