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Jess Claude Schwend

13 Mar 1904 – 22 Dec 1970

Birth	13 Mar 1904
Death	22 Dec 1970
Cemetery	Bridger Cemetery Bridger , Carbon County , Montana , USA
Added by	Grave Maven on 16 Nov 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91615242

Bio

from Billings Gazette HARDIN-Jess Claude Schwend,66, Hardin area rancher, died Tuesday night in Billings Deaconess Hospital of head injuries received in a farm accident. He was working with heavy plastic pipe at his ranch near St. Xavier when the injury occurred. Schwend and his son "Corky" had been active in NRC rodeos as a father and son team and had placed nationally in team tying events. He had moved into Hardin in 1967 but continued to operate the ranch since 1941 Mr. Schwend was born March 13, 1904, in Deer Lodge, a son Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Schwend. He attended Bridger schools. Before 1935 he had worked in road construction and dirt hauling, using a team of horses and wagon. He married Mildred Lorraine Shalmerdine, July 16, 1927, in Billings. He was a member of Sheridan, Wyo., Elks Club; the Big Horn County Rancher's Assoc., the National Farmers Org., the Hardin Rodeo Assoc., and the Northern International Livestock Exposition 200 Club. The Schwends raised quarter horses and cattle. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Bullis Funeral chapel. Burial and graveside services will be at Bridger Montana cemetery. Survivors include the widow and son, Glen, of Hardin; a daughter, Mrs B.J. Tally, Billings, MT; four brothers, Albert and Bill of Bridger, Walter of Roberts and Jack of Forsyth; three sisters, Mrs. Gordon Anderson of Bridger, Mrs. Ervin Ellis of St. Xavier, Mrs. Evelynn Lawson of Eaton, Colo., and Mrs.Elmer Larson of Bridger and five grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• Claude Alexander Schwend 1883–1937 FaG
• Mary Blanche Bennett Schwend 1884–1966 FaG

Spouse

• Mildred Lorraine Shelmerdine Schwend 1909–2004

Siblings

• Albert Gregor "Bert" Schwend 1906–1997 FaG
• Walter Alexander Schwend 1908–1999 FaG
• Gladys Gwendolyn Schwend Andersen 1912–1995 FaG
• Ethel Irene Schwend Ellis 1914–1999 FaG
• Baby Schwend 1919–1919 FaG
• Florence "Bette" Schwend Larsen 1922–2012 FaG
• Edward Sheldon "Bill" Schwend 1924–1976 FaG
• Jack Schwend 1927–2021 FaG

Children

• Dorothy Ann "Dolly" Schwend Tally 1929–2011
• Irvin Glen "Corky" Schwend 1930–2000

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