Beth Leanore Meyers Kitchin
1915 - 2011
Beth Leanore Meyers Kitchin passed away on July 27, at Parkview Acres Care and Rehabilitation Center in Dillon, from heart failure.
She was born in her grandparents’ farmhouse in Dickey County, North Dakota, on Nov. 27, 1915.
Her parents James Guy Meyers and Mary Ann McKeague Meyers were farmers who relocated to Glendive, to homestead.
After graduating from Dawson County High School, Beth married Glenn Kitchin of Glendive in 1935; they had two children James O. Kitchin and Mary Jane (Janie) Petersen.
Beth and Glenn lived in several Montana towns early in their marriage while Glenn was involved in the grocery business. When Glenn returned from the Navy after World War II, they joined family in Gardiner and operated their own business.
They left Gardiner, spent time in Butte, and eventually moved to Deer Lodge. Beth graduated from Butte Business College and worked as assistant registrar of Motor Vehicles in Deer Lodge before her retirement.
She loved to travel and was proud to tell she’d visited Europe, Canada, and Mexico and all of the states except Hawaii.
When she was suddenly widowed in 1975, she moved to Dillon, and worked at the State Bank for a period while establishing her independence.
Until the last month of her 95 years, she continued to live a healthy, independent life. She enjoyed fishing and camping, was a wonderful seamstress, an avid reader, and a sports fan who rarely missed a televised football game or Braves baseball game.
Family and her true devotion to Christ and the Methodist Church were priorities in her life. She was a lifetime member of the Methodist Church, and the Royal Neighbors of America.
Beth is survived by her daughter Janie and son-in-law Jim Petersen, Dillon; her daughter-in-law Myrna Kitchin, Missoula; eight grandchildren, James (Janet) Kitchin, Missoula; Keith (Jerry) Kitchin, Dutton; Kevin (Cristine) Kitchin, Shepherd; Denise (Jeff) Tribble, Missoula; Colleen (Doug) MacDonald, Missoula; Tod (Amber) Petersen, Bozeman; Jed (Amy) Petersen, Dillon; and Troy (Elizabeth) Petersen, Medford, Ore.; sister-in-law, Lorraine Meyers, Ellensdale, Wash.; several nieces and nephews.
Beth adored her 21 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren, and they adored “Granny.”
She was preceded in death by her husband and best friend Glenn; her son, Jim; her parents; a great-grandson James Glenn; a brother and sister.
Cremation has taken place, and Beth requested a family graveside service to be held at a later date in a family plot in Glendive.
Please consider memorials to the Methodist Church, Methodist Relief Fund, the Dillon Library, or the Shriner’s Hospital.
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