Margaret Edwina (Harvat) Hruza

Margaret E. (Harvat) Hruza, 91, of Livingston, Montana passed away Sunday, September 7, 2014. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 2 P.M., Saturday Sept. 13, at St. Marys Catholic Church in Livingston. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Committal and interment will be held at Calvary Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sr. Dorothy Harvat Scholarship Fund at: University of St. Mary, 4100 South 4th St.; Leavenworth, KS 66048 or alumni@stmary.edu. Margaret was born on December 30, 1922 in Livingston, MT; the second of three daughters to parents Edwin J. and Helen (Schustrom) Harvat. She attended St. Marys Catholic grade school and graduated from Park County High School the class of 1940 in Livingston. She attended the Sisters of Charity School of Nursing in Great Falls, MT and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from St. Mary College in Leavenworth, KS. The Harvats and the Hruzas were great friends. Margaret and Bill Hruza were encouraged by family to correspond during WWII as Bill was a doctor and Margaret a nurse. Bill served as a Battalion Surgeon with the 25th Regiment, 4th Marine Division. Those letters soon turned into love letters. On December 25, 1945, Margaret and Bill were united in marriage in Livingston, MT. They moved to Minneapolis, MN where her husband completed his residency in Family Practice and Surgical Medicine. Their marriage was blessed with four daughters all of whom were born in Minnesota. The family enjoyed many trips to Montana to visit parents and relatives that remained in Livingston. In 1985, Margaret and Bill retired back to Livingston and spent their summers in Silver Gate, MT at their cabin with family and friends. Margaret loved sewing, music and most of all her family. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Bill, her parents, sister, Dorothy Harvat and an infant sister, Agatha. She is survived by her four daughters. Daughter, Mary (Richard) Selland, their children, Troy Selland, Jennifer (Chris) Scheihauer and their son Tucker, Jeffery (Michelle Redwine) Selland, Jessica (Aaron) Dailey and their son Elliot; Daughter, Chris (Bill) Hruza-Iams, their children, Jason Seeler and his daughter Ellie; Daughter, Manette (Richard) Nichols and their children Toby (Ayesha) Phillippe, their children Solomon and Rafael, and Erika (Jason) Scholl, their children, Adon and Zander; Daughter, Kathy (Nathan) Hirsch, their children, Hailey Hirsch and Emily (Ben) Catlin and their son Sheilds. We will miss her dearly. Arrangements are under the care of Franzen-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory.