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Kyle Ann Oder McGuire, Ann, died on July 21, 2003, in Bigfork, MT where she had lived for about 25 years. She was born January 12, 1943 in Amarillo, TX. The family moved to Lincoln when Ann was in grade school. After graduation from LHS Ann worked for LT & T and later as a sales associate for a mechanical parts company. She married classmate Mike McGrath in 1963. In 1965 they moved to Austin, MN. Ann graduated from Mankato State College, MN with a degree in Education, majoring in Reading Instruction and French. She taught in the Albert Lea, MN, Public Schools. Because of a love of all out-of-doors activities a move to Salt Lake City, UT was perfect and Ann again taught Reading and French in junior high. She loved to camp, fish, hunt, hike and ski. In the 1980’s she became owner of a small fishing/hunting resort, Echo Lake Resort, near Bigfork, MT. She later sold the resort and continued to enjoy the beauty of Montana and all it had to offer. In 1980 Ann married Jack McGuire. Ann was a magnificent gardener and loved to bowl and play bridge. She died at home on July 21, 2003. She is survived by her husband and her brother, John and several nieces and nephews. Her desire to have her ashes spread over her “Beloved Montana” was fulfilled.
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Cathy Stump (Rauch)
My family moved from my life long home at 20th and F St. when I was 9, to 43rd and B St. (in those days, the suburbs), a move that left me sad, lonely and afraid. But I was blessed with a neighbor my same age, Ann, who also had just been uprooted. Her plight was far more tragic than mine. At age 8, her father died. She hid her grief and together we roamed that new neighborhood. We climbed in and out, over and under skeletons of homes in the process of being built. We walked through the corn fields north of A St. and east of 45th, where now Christ Methodist Church stands. We explored more vacant lots and dirt paths north of Mohawk St. and east of 44th. Then partly a dirt road, we traveled 44th Street on our bikes. Together we entered our new elementary school, Randolph, and then through Lefler Junior High on our way to dear LHS. Ann moved away from Lincoln in 1965 and rarely came back. But we always kept in touch. She faced tough odds and fought like a warrior to overcome loss, disappointment and family addictions. Ann always will be part of my heart and soul. That determined woman almost beat the most overwhelming odds.