Georgia Medreth Hanks

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Ravallie Republic
Serving the Bitterroot Since 1889
Friday, November 14, 2003

Georgia Medreth Hanks Dyer, 80, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at Valley View Estates in Hamilton.

She was born August 29, 1923, in Lawton, Okla., to Ross and Medreth Vaughan Hanks.
Georgia graduated from high school in 1943. Following high school she went to Wilmington, Calif., where she worked at Calship yard as a journeyman electrician. She returned to Lawton early in 1945 and worked at Ft. Sill.

She met Carroll Dyer while still in high school but waited for him to return from the service overseas. They were married in Lawton, Dec. 23, 1945.

In 1950 they made their home in Orono, Maine. In February 1967 she went to work for the plants and soil department of the University of Maine in the soil testing laboratory. She retired in 1981.
Georgia and Carroll moved to Hamilton in October 1981.

She belonged to the Corvallis Methodist Church, helped at the Commodity Center in Hamilton and was on the Hospital Guild at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital.

Survivors include her husband, Carroll, of Hamilton; children, Duane Allen of West Jordan, Utah, and Kevin Ross of Kodiak, Alaska.; brother, Ted Hanks, of Wichita Falls, Texas; sisters, Grace Linville of Paradise, Calif., Johnnie Mae Leonard of Hamilton, Nadine Swindells of Kentucky and Nancy Hale of Fletcher, Okla.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Leslie Jean; brother, Del Hanks, and sister, Annabelle Lewis.

A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Private family urn placement will take place. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton.
The family suggests memorials to Haven House or to a charity of the donor's choice.

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Georgia married Carroll Leslie Dyer on 23 Dec 1945. Carroll was born on 22 Apr 1916 in New Portland, Somerset County, Maine; died on 17 Jul 2007 in Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]