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Katherine Nafts

Female 1908 - 1981  (73 years)


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  • Name Katherine Nafts 
    Born 1 Aug 1908  Balzer, Saratov, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 15928 
    Died 18 Sep 1981  Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 22 Sep 1981  Ballantine, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Pleasantview Cemetery
    Person ID I15928  kukkusfamilies

    Family George Krumm-Krum,   b. 26 May 1909, Iliff, Logan, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1975, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 4 Dec 1930  Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F12644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Aug 1908 - Balzer, Saratov, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Dec 1930 - Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Sep 1981 - Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 22 Sep 1981 - Ballantine, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From the September 12, 1981 edition of The Billings Gazette, Billings, Yellowstone County, MT, USA:
      Worden - Katherine Krum farmed with her husband for many years before moving to Worden in 1972. She died at age 73 Friday in Valley Nursing Home in Billings. Born in Alf-Denhoff [sic, Dönhof], Russia, she was a daughter of Henry and Katherine (nee Wolfe [sic, Wolf]) Nafts. Her family homesteaded at Huntley Project in 1920, and in 1930 she married George Krum in Worden [sic, Billings]. Mr. Krum died in 1975. Survivors include five daughters; Mrs. Ronald (Violet) Balzer of Worden, Mrs. Robert L. (Gladys) Pierce of Pompeys Pillar, Mrs. Dick (Bernice) Pierce of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Mrs. Barry (Karen) McWhinnie of Edson, Alberta, Canada, and Mrs. Larry (Sandra) Beabout of Silver Springs, Maryland; three sons, Clarence of 614 Parkhill Drive, Raymond of Huntley, and James of Ballantine; a brother, Jake Nafts of 417 S. 30th St.; three sisters, Katie Wittman of 2818 Eighth Ave. South, Marie Walter, west of Billings, and Mrs. Lizzie Hinkle of Shepherd; 22 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Services will be 2 pm Tuesday in Bethlehem Congregational Church, Worden. Burial will be in Pleasantview Cemetery, Ballantine, with Smith Downtown Chapel of Billings, MT in charge.

  • Sources 
    1. [S247] Genealogical Information, provided by JDS.