Alphabetical list of members

Members by District

CMC, AAE & MMC

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Name: Gayle McPherson
City Or Town: Big Timber
Position Held: Deputy Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 5-1/2 years
Prior Experience/Background: Tax Assessor for 10 years; Head Teller for American Bank 3 years
Community Involvement: Lutheran Church, American Legion Auxillary
Interests/Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, sewing, reading
Married: Wayne
Children: None
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: For being a self-starter


Name: Jayne Devlin
City Or Town: Black Mountain Software
Position Held: Analyst and Customer Support
How Long: 11 years
Prior Experience/Background: Graduated from University of North Dakota in 1977. Worked as a Radiologic Technologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Polson for 5 years, operated a retail fabric store for 7 years, and worked briefly as a paralegal. Served as City Clerk of Polson for 5 years before joining Black Mountain Software.
Community Involvement: PTA (President, Treasurer, and Secretary positions for the last eight years) Sunday School Superintendent for two years and Teacher for eight years; Volunteer for Reading Recovery Program
Interests/Hobbies: Walking, hiking, swimming, traveling, reading, motorcycles, flower gardening, bowling, skiing, crafts including sewing
Married:  
Children: Jeremy-16; Timothy and Jeffrey-10
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Honesty and Commitment; Consideration for Others


Name: Deanna Hay
City Or Town: Bridger
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 10 years
Prior Experience/Background: Teacher for 4 years
Community Involvement: Methodist Church, Support School activities 100%, will be at BB games MSU-B and DSU 99-2000!
Interests/Hobbies: Read, paint, carve
Married: 21 years
Children: Heather-20, Spencer-18
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being a good Mom and a good friend


Name: Tonia Wickum
City Or Town: Chester
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 2-1/2 years
Prior Experience/Background: 8 years as Manager of grocery store
Community Involvement: Member of Investment Club; supporter of swim team
Interests/Hobbies: Boating, river floating, camping, fishing, cross-stitch
Married: 21 years
Children: Jason-20; Magen-deceased 2 years ago at 16
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being fair, friendly and helpful. Generous/kind


Name: Lorraine Mulonet
City Or Town: Chinook
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 9-1/2 years
Prior Experience/Background: Assistant City Clerk for 7 years; I have a Teaching Degree
Community Involvement: President of St. Gabriel's PCCW, Women's Golf, Very Active in Church Activities
Interests/Hobbies: Music, Reading, Needlework
Married: 28 years
Children: 3 children, 2 grandchildren
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being a Good Person


Name: Leona (Lee) Huidekoper
City Or Town: Chouteau
Position Held: Administrative Assistant
How Long: 10 months
Prior Experience/Background: 15+ years non-profit business management
Community Involvement: Chamber of Commerce, Ski Patrol, Search and Rescue
Interests/Hobbies: Skiing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Golfing
Married: yes-2 months!-Dan - First marriage lasted 17 years.
Children: None
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: I want to enjoy life-will I be remembered for that? Who cares!


Name: Leslie Bales
City Or Town: Columbia Falls
Position Held: Payroll/Personnel Officer and Deputy City Clerk
How Long: Almost 11 years
Prior Experience/Background: 5 yrs Columbia Falls aluminum and 2 yrs FMC
Community Involvement: Sunday School and Offering Counter, PTO
Interests/Hobbies: jet skis, quilting, cross stitch, reading
Married: 24-1/2 years
Children: Brian-19, BrieAnna-18
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being nice.


Name: Pam Ames
City Or Town: Columbus
Position Held: Deputy Clerk
How Long: 9 years; 4 years as Clerk-Treasurer in Hysham
Prior Experience/Background: 2 years ASCS, 5 years Banking
Community Involvement: Co-organizational Leader 4-H (10 years)
Interests/Hobbies: Horses, dancing, music
Married: 25 years in July 1999
Children: Holly-19 and Jeremy-12
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being a good Mom and for being an honest person.


Name: Nancy G. McKinney
Name: Darby
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 2 years as Clerk; 1 year as Interium; 1 year as part time
Prior Experience/Background: Bookkeeper for personal business; Baseball Association and Softball League Sec/Treas
Community Involvement: Girl Scouts, Darby Athletic Boosters; Darby Women’s Club
Interests/Hobbies: Gardening, crafting
Married: 25 years
Children: 1 married, 2 in college
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being efficient; courtesy to others; Compassion


Name: Lynn Acord
City Or Town: Encampment, Wyoming
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer and Clerk of Court
How Long: 2 years
Prior Experience/Background: Degree in Food Science from U.W. Worked as a truck driver in the mines, a veterinary assistant, a marketing technician, school bus driver, feed store manager, BLM contractor, convenience store clerk
Community Involvement: Xi Beta Delta Sorority (past president), community choir, member of Planning Commission, Grand Encampment Museum, Grand Encampment Opera Company, U.W. alumni Association, Chug and Tug Tractor Club
Interests/Hobbies: Photography, crafts, old stuff, cross country skiing, scuba diving, camping, fishing
Married: David for 16 years
Children: Boy-14 years, Girl-11 years
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being an honest, good person, good Mom and Wife


Name: Graycie Sharbono
City Or Town: Fairview
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 5 years as Clerk-Treasurer; 17 years total
Prior Experience/Background: 12 years part time in city office; water clerk during 10 years of that time
Community Involvement:
Church Circle, Homemakers
Interests/Hobbies: Watching football, computer, spending time outside with husband
Married: 27 years to Ken
Children: Jennifer-25-married, Michelle-23-married, Michael-23-single, One wonderful grandson - Parker - 7 mo
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For:  


Name: Julie Jenssen
City Or Town: Glasgow
Position Held: Assistant City Clerk
How Long: 10 months
Prior Experience/Background: 11 years in Grant Writing and Administration
Community Involvement: Girls softball
Interests/Hobbies: Camping, reading, sports
Married: Yes
Children: Jennifer-12, Caitlin-9, Lisa-6
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: My smile


Name: Katie L. Shrum
City Or Town: Hamilton
Position Held: Deputy Clerk/Billing Clerk
How Long: Since August 1996
Prior Experience/Background: Bachelor of Science in Physics; Bachelor of Science in Physical Science-Humboldt State University
Community Involvement: Member of Soroptomist International of Hamilton-Secretary on Board; Active with Michael Wallace Foundation for critically ill kids
Interests/Hobbies: Music-piano; rubberstamping, custom greeting cards; scrapbooking; internet (HTML) making webpages
Married: Carter since July 1993
Children: 2 cats-Nordie and Bianca-silver shaded persians
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Not sure!


Name: Brenda L.Schneider, MMC/CPFA
City Or Town: Town of Superior
Position Held: Town Clerk/Treasurer
How Long: 23 years
Prior Experience/Background: 4 months deputy clerk
Community Involvement: Church Treasurer, Friend of Library
Interests/Hobbies: Travel, Knitting, needlework, crafts
Married: Bill ----- 25 years
Children: Sheila ----- 20 years
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Helping People


Name: Debbie Havens
City Or Town: Helena
Position Held: Clerk of the Commission
How Long: 9 years
Prior Experience/Background: Helena Deputy City Clerk from 1989-90
Community Involvement: Celebrate 2000 Committee, Helena Housing Board of Directors, Juvenile Justice Council, Fundraising committee for hockey
Interests/Hobbies: Camping, fishing, gardening, antiques, hockey-parent rep, football-parent rep
Married: No
Children: Melissa Lesmeister-19-freshman MSU in Billings and Tyson Lesmeister-15-freshman at Capital High School
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Good Mom. Honesty and Dependability


Name: Diane Baldry
City Or Town: Hot Springs
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 14-1/2 years
Prior Experience/Background: Retail Sales Manager in record store. Bank Teller-New Accounts/5 years. Bookkeeper local business
Community Involvement: Chamber of Commerce. Husband is basketball coach and teacher. No real time to volunteer. Job is enough community involvement.
Interests/Hobbies: Crafting and Crafting
Married: yes
Children: Jake-23 years and Jeannette-20 years
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being a good mother and strong person


Name: Anita Feland
City Or Town: Kevin
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 6 months
Prior Experience/Background: None
Community Involvement: Kevin Fun Days Committee
Interests/Hobbies: Camping, fishing, boating
Married: Yes
Children: Two
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: That I lived through this job.


Name: Mary Embleton
City Or Town: Laurel
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 1 month
Prior Experience/Background: Clerk-Treasurer of Cut Bank from 8/94-5/98. Worked for State Dept of Revenue-Appraisal Clerk 11/87-8/94
Community Involvement: Not much in Laurel yet! Involved in youth baseball, church, 4-H, Saddle Club, and local economic organization in Cut Bank.
Interests/Hobbies: Golf, Racquetball, Horses
Married: Since 8/12/78
Children: Jessica-18 and Michelle-16
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Honest, steadfast, friendly, straight-forward


Name: Julianne Brown
City Or Town: Livingston
Position Held: Admin/Recording Secretary
How Long: 10 years
Prior Experience/Background:  
Community Involvement: JSEC Committee, Holiday Lights Inc-President, Red Cross, Oktoberfest
Interests/Hobbies: Camping, Boating, Reading, Traveling, my kid's sports
Married: 2-1/2 years
Children: girl-17 years and boy-14 years
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For:  


Name: Gene Koch
City Or Town: Malta
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 5 years
Prior Experience/Background: Accountant-Champion International (payroll, payables, cost accounting)
Community Involvement: Chamber of Commerce
Interests/Hobbies: Fishing, gardening, travel
Married: 39 years
Children: 4; one died 1998
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Helping City pay off unsecured SID bonds


Name: Victoria Sue Ellison (Vicki)
City Or Town: Manhattan
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: April 1975 – 22 years
Prior Experience/Background: Housewife/Mother. High School Bookkeeping
Community Involvement:  
Interests/Hobbies: Biking, snow and water skiing, jogging, sewing, reading, alternative medicine (herbs, supplements, accupuncture, zone therapy)
Married: 35 years
Children: 3 children (2 boys, 1 girl – ages 31, 29, 27) and 4 grandchildren (2 boys, 2 girls)
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Kind, a good example, genuine (not fake)


Name: Patty Huss
City Or Town: Miles City
Position Held: City Clerk
How Long: 10 years
Prior Experience/Background: 17 years with city government – Sec-Deputy Clerk
Community Involvement: First Lutheran Church
Interests/Hobbies: Pets, golfing, sewing, my son’s sports
Married: No
Children: Christa, Lyndsay, Trevor
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Honesty and Integrity


Name: Linda Wildman
City Or Town: Miles City
Position Held: Deputy City Clerk
How Long: 10-1/2 years
Prior Experience/Background: 5-1/2 years-City Engineer Office, 8-1/2 years-Treasurer’s Office
Community Involvement: Church
Interests/Hobbies: Sewing, Yard Work, Grandchildren
Married: 25 years
Children: Jodie-23 and Jenny-19
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being a loving mother and wife and a good friend to those who know me.


Name: Marty Rehbein
City Or Town: Missoula
Position Held: City Clerk
How Long: Since December 1994
Prior Experience/Background: Admin Secretary U.S. Senate Staff
Community Involvement: ARMT-Big Sky Chapter President
Interests/Hobbies: Gardening, reading, travel
Married: Dennis
Children: No
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Integrity


Name: Merle Bauman
City Or Town: Moore
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 27 years
Prior Experience/Background: Waitress and Mother
Community Involvement: Sunday School Teacher, Eastern Star, Women's Club
Interests/Hobbies: Music-piano, accordion, sing; Grandchildren
Married: No
Children: 6 children; 18 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Being helpful and kind


Name: Kelly Thiel
City Or Town: Plentywood
Position Held: City Clerk
How Long: 3 years
Prior Experience/Background: Office Manager for insurance company; Loan Sec for Bank; Deputy Clerk for 6 months
Community Involvement: Sunday School Teacher; Boy Scouts-Sec/Treas; Eucharist Minister
Interests/Hobbies: Horses, gardening
Married: 19 years
Children: 3 boys-17, 15, 11
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: For being fair-under all areas-work, family, co-worker


Name: Kori L Pray
City Or Town: Saco
Position Held: Clerk/Treasurer
How Long: 9 months
Prior Experience/Background: NONE!
Community Involvement: Sec/Treas Philips County Saddle Club, member Milk River Wagon Train, 2 yrs girls basketball coaching experience
Interests/Hobbies: Saddle Club, Wagon Train, Coaching, Genealogy, Thoroughbred horses, Beadwork
Married: yes
Children: no
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Sense of humor, light-heartedness


Name: Tammy Cahill
City Or Town: Scobey
Position Held: Clerk/Treasurer
How Long: 2-1/2 years
Prior Experience/Background: various fun jobs, Big Mountain, Glacier Wilderness Guides, MPA-MSU Bozeman, Program Manager-Governor's office of Community Service
Community Involvement: church choir, chamber of commerce
Interests/Hobbies: music, movies, baking, travel
Married: yes-Charlie-almost 4 years
Children: Dakota the Dog, Buddy the Cat
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For:  


Name: Brenda Schneider
City Or Town: Superior
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 16 years
Prior Experience/Background: Deputy Clerk for 4 months
Community Involvement:  
Interests/Hobbies: Motorcycling, Traveling, Needlework
Married: Bill - 18 years
Children: Sheila - 12
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For:  


Name: Evelyn Haidle
City Or Town: Terry
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 13 years
Prior Experience/Background: Bank teller, Payroll Clerk, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Clerk
Community Involvement: Housing Committee Member, Member of Fallon Evangelical Church
Interests/Hobbies: Attending grandchildren's events (sports, musicals, church), traveling
Married: Leroy for 43 years
Children: anne (Terry), Jolene (Billings), Brad (Fallon), Janelle (Denver) 7 granddaughters and 4 grandsons
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For:  


Name: Sharon Smith
City Or Town: Three Forks
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 24 years
Prior Experience/Background: Wife and mother. Worked part time for Attorney, Cashier at Bank, Sunday School Teacher, Girl Scout Leader (Brownie)
Community Involvement: Baptist Church Member
Interests/Hobbies: Walking my Roscoe Chow dog. Fishing with my husband.
Married: 35 years
Children: 3 children; 5 grandchildren
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Honesty, moral values, faith


Name: Penny Nordberg
City Or Town: Twin Bridges
Position Held: Town Clerk
How Long: 3 years
Prior Experience/Background: Admin Assistant; Executive Secretary
Community Involvement: Chorale Group; Lay Leader for Church of the Valley
Interests/Hobbies: Travel, Horseback Riding Groups
Married: Dean, Retired Rancher
Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons, 1 new daughter-in-law; no grandchildren, yet…
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Living each day


Name: Elizabeth Roos
City Or Town: West Yellowstone
Position Held: Administrative Assistant
How Long: 6 months
Prior Experience/Background: Bachelor Degree Public Health; University Bookstore Night Manager; Owner of “Yellowstone Juice Company”, a juice bar
Community Involvement: Sunday School Teacher, Member of Chamber of Commerce
Interests/Hobbies: Play violin and piano, biking, travel-Mexico!
Married: Yes
Children: No
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Naturally Curly Hair


Name: Valerie Anderson
City Or Town: Whitehall
Position Held: Deputy Clerk
How Long: 16 months
Prior Experience/Background: 5 years as SD Highway Patrol Accounting Clerk, 16 years banking
Community Involvement: Whitehall Low Power TV Secretary, Served as Church Financial Secretary. Many school activities.
Interests/Hobbies: Crafts, cross country skiing, camping
Married: yes
Children: Corey-21 and Janelle-12
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: As a Deputy Clerk for my first year in Billings, everyone told me I would be remembered for my laugh.


Name: Sue Downs
City Or Town: Whitehall
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 16 months
Prior Experience/Background: 1 yr Full Charge Bookkeeper for apparel store, 3 yrs Exec Sec/Bookkeeper Explosives Distributor, ten yrs A/R Bookkeeper Lead in large law firm, 3 yrs Exec Sec/Bookkeeper for Entrepreneur w/3 businesses, 3 yrs Bookkeeper in international banking at Seafirst Bank.
Community Involvement: 4H Asst Leader, Girl Scout "cookie Mom", Sunday School Teacher
Interests/Hobbies: Horses, sewing, outdoor activities
Married: Almost 30 years
Children: Kerry-28-married, Tara-26-married-1 child, Jennifer-17-graduates this year, Sarah-14, Alfred-12, Nathanael-10
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: As a clerk, I would like to be remembered for helping to heal and bring peace to our town. As a woman, I want to be remembered as a good wife and mother who taught her family Godly principals.


Name: Mary Meserve
City Or Town: Winnett
Position Held: Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 9 years
Prior Experience/Background: Water Clerk for 2 years
Community Involvement: Clean-up Committee; Hunters Safety Instructor; Cheerleader Advisor; School Bus Driver
Interests/Hobbies: Hunting, gardening, dogs
Married: Yes
Children: Paulette-24 and Dottie-18
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Putting Winnett on the map!!


Name: Julie Lazaro
City Or Town: Town of Hot Springs
Position Held: Deputy Clerk-Treasurer
How Long: 3 years
Prior Experience/Background: Journalist/Photographer Clark Fork Valley Press; Own Business Lone Pine Performance Horses-Breeder of Registered Paints and Quarter Horses
Community Involvement: Secretary HS Chamber of Commerce, Montana State Director for the American Paint Horse Association, Music Director Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Interests/Hobbies: Raising & showing horses, reading, meddling in the lives of my children & grandson.
Married: 25 Years to Chuck Lazaro
Children: Skye 23; Adam 21; Sierra 19; Grandson Garrett 3
What You Would Like To Be Remembered For: Making a difference in the lives of those I touch and breeding World Class Performance Horses!