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- Billings Gazette
May 7, 1975
Ernest A. Jewell, 64, of Arco, Idaho and formerly of Garneill and Judith Gap, died Saturday night in an Arco hospital after a long illness.
He was born Jan. 8, 1911, in Garneill, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi B. Jewell. He attended school in Judith Gap.
Mr. Jewell worked at the Great Northern Railroad in Havre until 1932, when he started ranching north of Havre. He retired in 1966, due to ill health. He lived in Missoula and Great Falls before moving to Arco in December 1974, to lve with a daughter.
He married Edith Mae Hickethier July 6, 1928, in Havre. She died in December 1969.
He was an avid horseman and a member of the Havre Saddle Club. He was also a 30 year member of the Havre Eagles Lodge.
Survivors include two sons, Robert of Great Falls and Edwin of Libby; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Fay Tinker of Arco; the mother, Mrs. Edith Kelly of Lewistown; three brothers, Jack and Frank, both of Lewistown and Paul of Missoula; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Schye of Glasgow and Mrs. Edith Asele Willems of Great Falls and eight grandchildren.
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