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Regena Ely

PABLO — Regena Fay Ely passed away on Oct. 31, 2021. She was born to George Aldrich and Joan Hawkins, but raised by her dad, Charles Hawkins. She grew up all over the U.S. as an army brat and finally made her permanent home in Montana. Here she met and married Daniel Bisson and later married Steve Ely. She worked eight plus years for St. Luke as a CNA, taking pride in caring for others.

Regena is preceded in death by her parents, Joan and Chuck Hawkins; her brother, Kevin Aldrich; her mother-in-law, Audrey Ely, and her sister-in-law, Kathy Snyder.

She is survived by her children: Charity Bisson, Dani Bisson and Hope Long (Adrian). She has eight grandchildren: Donovan, Julian, Nathaniel, Nehemiah, Josiah, Sadie, Austin and Jazzy. She also has two very special “plus” grandchildren: Jeffrey Partida and Christa Ann Red Crow. Her surviving siblings are Lori Sebestin, Tammy Jo Guardipee, Cindi “Sam” McPherson, Dawne “Peaches” Scott, Keith Hawkins and Cory Hawkins, sister-in-law, Tammy Ely and brother-in-law, Bodie (Bobbie) Ely.

She loved the outdoors, friends and especially her family. She always had a giving hand and was willing to help anyone in need. She also was a funny woman and could take other people’s jokes or pranks, like running from grasshoppers or fake mice. One time someone put some blocks and strings together to make something that looked like a mouse and threw it in her room, while she was watching TV in the dark, and she ran out screaming. Once she saw what it was she was laughing as hard as everyone else. Another funny thing was when she would mishear or mess up words. Charity once asked her, “Would you like a hole dug?” as in hole in the ground dug and Regena replied, “Yea, I want one of them, what’s a holedug?”

She always tried to have a good time with anyone she was around and loved her family very much. The Elys welcomed her and her children into the family immediately and will forever be a part of it.

There was a special place in her heart for all of her nieces and nephews as well as many bonus kids.

 

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