Graveside service: 1 p.m., April 10, Smart Cemetery, off Highway 14 on Smart Road, Billings; under the direction of Meadors Funeral Home, Republic
Mrs. Vonnie Jewell Merritt, 98, Billings, died April 5, 2014, in Mercy Hospital, Springfield. She was born Sept.13, 1915, in Jamestown, the daughter of George and Amy Currin.
As a homemaker, Jewell enjoyed caring for her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Loren; and a daughter, Ora Johnson.
She was survived by her four children, Rolla Merritt, Stanley Merritt, Nancy Cutbirth, and Drusilla Wheeler; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and other extended family, and friends.
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