Hulda Mae (Fuhrmann) Tade, 89, passed away in the presence of her loving family on April 22, 2017 in Missoula, MT.
The youngest of the large farming family of Elizabeth (Fauth) Fuhrmann and Peter Heinrich Fuhrmann, she was born on April 23,1927 on her family’s homestead in northeastern Montana.
Her early life was spent on the farm surrounded by her large and extended family. She attended North Fuhrmann school with her siblings and cousins and attended Glasgow High School, graduating in 1944. Valuing higher education and the opportunities that arose from receiving it, she was a strong advocate of college education for her children.
Hulda loved music and dancing and shared her passion with her children by providing musical instruments of their choice and fundamental training. Additionally, in the days when more formal dancing was required, she taught her daughters to dance to polkas in the living room.
She also enjoyed the sociability of playing cards and a variety of games with family, including Canasta and Mexican Train Dominos. For most of her life she was an avid reader and shared this with her children.
Hulda had a strong work ethic, starting as a teenager in a drug store in Glasgow. She also worked for many years at Gordon’s Foods where she met Edward Tade, Jr. They were married in 1970. In her late 40s, she reentered the work force with the Department of Motor Vehicles in Missoula and Great Falls, where she retired in 1993.
Throughout her life, Hulda found many opportunities to travel. Trips included those with her children to Seattle to visit her sister and family, with her sisters to Hawaii, and decades of yearly pilgrimages with her parents, sisters and nieces to Canistoda, SD. In the later 90s, she enjoyed snow-birding to Arizona with her beloved husband, Ed and his siblings. She documented all of her travels through photographs, which instilled the joy of photography in generations of her family.
Hulda was preceded in death by her devoted husband Ed, her parents, and all of her siblings.
Hulda is survived by her children; Lynn Wetterling; Shirley Aitken; Margaret (Sidney) Godolphin; Nancy Aitken-Nobles (Buddy Nobles); Larry R. (Simone) Tade; Lisa (Tom) Brieske; Larry E. (Bev) Tade; Jerry (Teresa) Tade; Debbie Tade, and Vicki (Sean) Beaulieu; 20 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks, Missoula on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. A reception will follow at church. Interment will be at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, MT on 11:00 AM Saturday, May 13th, 2017.
The family extends heartfelt gratitude to Hospice of Missoula and to The Village Pearl Garden in Missoula whose staff treated Mom with such kindness and compassion. A very special thank you goes out to Jaimi White for her loving care of “Mini Tade”.
To all who knew her, may her memory be a blessing. Condolences for the family may be left at www.gardencityfh.com
LaDonna Sauer,Cheryl,Jason and Krista says
I will miss this lady forever,had many enjoyable times with her and Ed playing cards as we traveled and when they came to farm.Cheryl and Jason send their sympathy also,they loved her as well.bless her soul and may she rest in peace. My love and sympathy are with you all.l
Helen and Clarence Elkin says
Hulda was always so sweet and kind and we enjoyed the years of having them at our house over New Years for our sibling get together. We had fun playing cards, Mexican train Dominoes and other games and visiting about old times growing up.
We will truly miss her and her smile. May she rest in Peace.
Love you Hulda
Donna Combs says
Aunt Hulda was always so upbeat and a joy to be around. My sisters and I were very blessed to have her with us when we went to Canastota, and what a blast! There was no slowing her down, no matter what we decided to do. Evenings we would go for a walk and then a friendly game of Yatzee and popcorn. Her smile and enthusiasm for life was awesome! I still can hear what she would say sometimes to the three of us: “Now Girls!!!” Those were fun times!
She will remain in our hearts forever.
Janet Martz says
As we were growing up, Aunt Hulda was like a second mom to me and my 2 sisters. She was such an important part of our lives and I’m so thankful for every minute, hour & year spent with her. When we went on our family trips, on the way I’d pick her up in Great Falls. The minute she got in the car, we’d start to laugh, tell stories, and just enjoy. It was just a wonder to be around her. She had the most beautiful and sweet smile, that could also be mischievous. I will miss her terribly and know that from time to time, my pictures of her will come out to relive wonderful memories.