- Priscilla Kanning
Funeral services for Priscilla Kanning were held at 10:00 AM Saturday, February 14, 2009.
Pastor Ron Martin-Dent officiated at the service at Plentywood Lutheran Church; interment was
in the Faith Cemetery in Wanso community, south of Redstone. Casketbearers were her
grandchildren, Roger Harvey, Erick, Scott, and Zach Kanning, Kim Lindsey and Kelly Obergfell;
and all of her other grandchildren were recognized as Honorary Bearers. Ushers were Sharon
Germann, John Haddix, and Lorraine Pedersen. Priscilla died early Tuesday morning,
February 10 at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood.
Priscilla was born September 5, 1924 at Fingal, North Dakota, the first child of Henry and Edna
Anderson. The family moved to Montana and settled near Dooley, where she grew up and
graduated from Westby High School in 1942. She worked in Helena for the State of Montana;
and married Harold Griffin at the Dooley Lutheran church in November, 1945. After they were
divorced in 1952 she and her children, Bonnie, Terry, Julie, and Mary, moved to Plentywood.
She met and married George Kanning, a widower with 5 children, Joan, Rodney, Elaine, Karl
and Irene; on November 25, 1953, at Reserve Lutheran Church.
and moved to the farm south of Redstone during the summers. After George’s death June 26, 1983, Priscilla continued to make her
home in Plentywood until she entered the nursing home July 3, 2001.
She ran a very successful Shaklee products sales business out of her home , earning trips to San Francisco, New Orleans, and
Washington, DC. She loved traveling, especially to visit her children and grandchildren all over the country. Attending Hostefest with
her cousins was an annual favorite; and she was one of the founders of the local genealogy club. She and George were very active
in the Democrat party, and Priscilla served as precinct committeewoman. They were active members of Plentywood Lutheran
church making sure that all the children attended Sunday school and were confirmed.
Priscilla is survived by their children, Bonnie Harvey and her husband Wes, of Austin, Texas; Terry Kanning and his wife, Myrna, of
Plentywood; Julie Gray of Bellevue, Washington; Mary Kanning and her husband Jerry Guenther, of Great Falls; Corwin Kanning and
his wife Lynne, of Reserve; Spencer Kanning and his wife Bonnie, of Plentywood; Joan Bummer and her husband Dale, of 100 Mile
House, British Columbia, Canada; Rodney Kanning and his wife Ardella, of Billings; Elaine Vitito and her husband Tom, of
McKinney, Texas; Karl Kanning and his wife Lois, of Colby, Kansas; and Irene Nielsen and her husband Dean, of Deep Gap, North
Carolina. She is also survived by a sister, Gertrude Williams, and a sister-in-law, Bertha Anderson, both of Plentywood; and
numerous grand- and great-grand children. Besides her husband, Priscilla was preceded in death by her parents Henry and Edna
Anderson, by a brother, Roger Anderson, and by brother and sister twins, in infancy, and by two granddaughters, Brandee Samura
and Kristen Kanning.
Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood had charge of arrangements.
| . . . . in Memory of . . . . |
| 1924 - 2009 |
Remembering Priscilla
Priscilla was a wonderful lady and a long time friend of my Mother (Marie Swanson). My condolences to the family.
Twila Ketterman
San Dimas, CA
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Twila Ketterman
San Dimas, CA
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