Faye Rose Louise (McCleary) Turley

Faye Rose Louise (McCleary) Turley, 95, of Billings, Montana, was granted the greatest wish of her final years, and joined her husband John, in Heaven, on December 6, 2024. Faye passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family.

Faye Rose was born October 22, 1929, in Roundup, Montana, to John P. McCleary and Josephine (McClain) McCleary. She graduated from Musselshell High School and received her Associates Degree in teaching from the College of

Great Falls. Faye married her high school sweetheart, John E. Turley, Jr., on August 15, 1952, at the Catholic Church in Musselshell and the couple started their lives together living in Bozeman, Montana, where John attended Montana State University and Faye worked as a secretary. They welcomed their first child, Jim, the following August. After graduating from MSU, John was commissioned in the US Air Force, and the couple moved the family to Tuscon, Arizona. Later John was transferred to Mather Air Force Base in Sacramento, CA, where their daughter, Marty Jo, joined the family in 1955. When John's commission was up they moved back to the family ranch in Musselshell, and soon thereafter son, Bret (1959), and daughter, Millie (1960), arrived to make their family complete.

Faye decided to go back to college at Eastern Montana College in Billings to earn

her Bachelor's Degree, when she learned that the Musselshell High School would

be closing. She and John wanted their children to have the benefit of living in town to attend school in Roudup, so Faye taught 5th Grade at Roundup Elementary School and lived in town with the kids for 10 years traveling back and forth to the ranch on weekends, holidays and summers until their youngest child graduated from high school in 1978.

Faye retired from teaching and returned to being a full time ranch wife, until she

and John left the ranch to "retire" in the big city and moved to Billings in 1983.

Never one to be idle for long, while in Billings Faye worked several different jobs,

in sales at Hart Albins, then as a secretary for Fischer & Assoc., and as a secretary/receptionist for Veeder & Broeder, P.C. making friends and leaving a lasting impression on her many co-workers along the way. She also spent time traveling and enjoyed trips abroad with her cousin Jane, including one special trip to Paris about which she often reminisced.

In their later years together, Faye and John loved traveling in their 5th wheel trailer, going south in the winter, trekking up to Alaska, and countless other adventures with their dog, Fritz, in tow. John was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and passed away in August of 2010.

Finding herself without the love of her life after 58 years of marriage proved difficult to navigate, but Faye was always a fighter. She spent her time with family and friends, keeping all in line and enjoying her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who were her greatest joy to the end.

Faye was preceded in death by her husband, John. Survivors include her sister-inlaw, Mary Cooley, children, Jim (Rita) Turley, Marty Jo (Allan) Holliday, Bret

(Michele) Turley, and Millie (Doug) Vescovi, eight grandchildren, six grandchildren-in-law, twelve great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to give a heartfelt thanks to all of the wonderful caregivers

at Synergy Home Care, WyndStone Meadowlark Landing and Novak Cottage.

You all took wonderful care of our mom and she loved each and every one of you.

You will never know how much it meant to us to have her in your kind loving care.

Funeral services will take place on January 3, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran

Church in Roundup, Montana. Burial will be at the Musselshell Cemetary, followed by a luncheon at the Musselshell School. Everyone is invited to attend.

Memorials may be made to the Musselshell School.