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(Aug. 26, 1924 - March 20, 2015)
Arlene Adelia Dedman died peacefully in the Billings Clinic Hospital on Friday, March 20, 2015. She was 90.
Arlene was born in Belfry, Mont., on Aug. 26, 1924. She met and married Riley A. Dedman, and they made their home in Powell. She worked as a waitress at the Coffee Cup Cafe and later, after completing a course at the Billings Business College, was hired for a job she loved at Linton’s Supply, where she worked for many years as a bookkeeper.
After she retired, and upon being widowed, she moved to Billings to be closer to family living there. As matriarch of the family, she was totally involved with all family functions.
Arlene’s very happiest times were spent with family, visiting with friends and enjoying her favorite TV programs.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Rozetta West, husband Riley A. Dedman, brother Robert West and sister Nona Allen.
She is survived by a sister Marilyn McConnell of Billings; son Allen Dedman of Billings; daughter Cheryl Wilson of Billings; daughter-in-law Margaret (Peggy) Dedman of Billings; grandsons Michael Dedman of Edgar, Michael Wilson of Bismarck, N.D., Bradley Wilson of Charleston, Ill.; and granddaughter Pamela Batlemento of Orlando, great-grandsons Sam, Luke, Jack and Marc Batlemento; and great-granddaughters Brooke and Kathryn Wilson of Charleston, Ill.
Arlene will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Cremation has taken place, and she will join her husband later this spring when the wildflowers are blooming in the Beartooth Mountains.
