Dorothy Ann "Ann" Labrie

Dorothy Ann "Ann" Labrie

Butte, MT

Dorothy Ann "Ann" (Tanner) Labrie passed away peacefully at home in Butte, Montana, on April 15, 2023, surrounded by family. She was 94.

She was born in Washington, Iowa, on September 1, 1928, to Rudy and Florence Tanner. Known as Annie, she loved her early years of growing up in Iowa with her three siblings. She attended William Woods Woman's college in Fulton, Missouri, where she earned her teaching certificate. She taught school in Keosauqua, Iowa, for a year and then boarded a train with a friend to teach for a year in Whitehall, Montana. She met her future husband Bob, on a blind date and they married in August 1950, eight months later. They moved to Butte where they raised their family with a short stint in Boulder, Colorado, where Bob went back to school for a year.

She is survived by her daughter, Jane (Paul) Fuglevand; her four grandchildren, Ben and Annie Fuglevand, Sarah Costello and Emily Hicks; her sister, Jane Lambertson; brother-in-law, Jack Labrie; and sisters-in-law: Joan Dedman and Charlane Tanner, of Washington, IA.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her two brothers, Tom and Jack Tanner; her four children, Michael, William, Barbie and Jeanie Labrie Carmody; by her husband, Bob Labrie; and her nephew, Irl Lambertson.

Funeral Mass was Friday, April 21, interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Butte, MT.