Donna Jewell Gottlob ^{1 2 3 4}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in School District 7, Sweet Grass County, MT on January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 139, Household 28
School District 7, Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States
Own or Rent: Own
Dana Gotlob..Daughter..0..MT
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Howie, MT on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 1A, Roll 1263, District 0008, Household 8
Howie, Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States
Donna Gottlob..Daughter..11..MT
(Living with parents and paternal grandmother.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in School District 65, Sweet Grass County, MT on 9 May 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 1A, Roll 2232, District 49-34, Family 7
School District 65, Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Sweet Grass, Montana
home owned, $2000
Donna Gottlob..Daughter..21..MT..1 year college
(Living with parents.)
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• She was buried after 18 December 2012 in the Mountain View Cemetery in Big Timber, MT.

Find A Grave Memorial #102753364
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• Her obituary was published after 18 December 2012. Donna Haarr, 93 years young, passed away from complications of multiple myeloma on Dec. 18 at Wheatland Memorial Healthcare in Harlowton.

An angel among us, she was a loving person who touched the lives of all who knew her; her memory will live on in our hearts. She was yet another of "the greatest generation" to have lived through the horse and buggy days to the technology of today '97 a life well lived!

Donna was born March 14, 1919, at the Gottlob ranch on Lower Sweet Grass, northeast of Big Timber to Peter and Bertha Gottlob. She attended schools at Howie, Lower Dry Fork, Sweet Grass High School and nursing school in Bozeman. She married Lars Haarr in Big Timber and they ranched in the Sweet Grass and Melville area before moving to Two Dot in 1949. Donna was clerk of the school district there for many years and also worked part time at the post office. She loved and collected many photos of early Two Dot history. She was a master seamstress, knitter and letter writer! Her applesauce and caramel corn were a favorite among many.

Mother will be remembered and missed by her beloved sister Kathleen (Tots) Langston of Sequim, Wash.; sons Dale (Shelly) Haarr of Kalispell, Loren of Harlowton; daughters Margaret (Leon) Lammers of Judith Gap, Elaine (Arville) Lammers of Shawmut; seven wonderful grandchildren; 15 precious great-grandchildren; special cousins, Betty Thompson of Billings, Maxine Tronrud of Melville; and many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends, far and wide.

She was preceded in death by husband, Lars; granddaughter Larissa; brothers Dale, Keith and Lloyd; and sister Bertie.

Mother was a member of American Lutheran Church, Hospital Guild and the Red Hats.

In 2010 she started knitting baby caps for the newborns at St. Vincent Healthcare. During the following three years, her cousin Maxine, friend Evelyn and daughter Margaret joined the crusade reaching a total of 824 caps knitted at the time of her passing. When she entered WMH in September, her goal was to knit 1,000 caps, so the needles will be flying to accomplish this goal by her March birthday!! Mother and Evelyn were featured in the Yellowstone Valley Woman magazine regarding this knitting project. She was also featured in the recently published book, "Visions and Voices: Montana's One-Room Schoolhouses," by Charlotte Caldwell.

Heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the loving care given our mother during her stay at Wheatland Memorial Healthcare.

Celebration of Life for Donna Haarr will be held Saturday, Jan. 5, at 10 a.m. in the American Lutheran Church in Harlowton. Internment will take place in the Big Timber Cemetery in Big Timber, Mont. The Perkins Funeral Home of Harlowton is assisting the family.

In lieu of flowers please spend time with your loved ones. Friends are asked to make memorials to the American Cancer Society/Relay for Life, PO Box 366, Harlowton, MT 59036; Wheatland Memorial Healthcare, PO Box 287, Harlowton, MT 59036, or the charity of their choice and they may be left at Perkins Funeral Home.
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Donna married Lars Haarr, son of Anders Egebakken and Gureine Haarr, on 11 June 1945 in Bozeman, MT. (Lars Haarr was born on 15 January 1903 in Egersund, Rogaland, Norway,⁵ died on 27 January 1986 in Harlowton, MT ⁵ and was buried after 27 January 1986 in Big Timber Township, Sweet Grass, MT ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Lars Haar
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jun 1945
Event Place: Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana
Age: 42
Birth Year (Estimated): 1903
Father's Name: Anders Egebakken
Mother's Name: Gureine Haar
Spouse's Name: Donna Jewell Gottlob
Spouse's Age: 26
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Spouse's Father's Name: Peter Gottlob
Spouse's Mother's Name: Bertha Walker

Citing this Record:
"Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F34S-XCK : accessed 22 Jul 2014), Peter Gottlob in entry for Lars Haar and Donna Jewell Gottlob, 11 Jun 1945; citing 8103, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana; FHL microfilm 1942756.
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