Pearl Marie Edwards, 99

Pearl Marie Woods was born in Butte, Montana, on July 29, 1925. She was the first child of Earl Woods and Grace Weingart Woods and was raised on the Weingart Ranch in Silver Star. She attended the one-room schoolhouse until it consolidated with Twin Bridges. She graduated from TBHS at 16 in 1942 along with her classmate, Russell Edwards, whom she married on May 5, 1946.

Pearl attended MSU in Bozeman and earned her RN nursing degree. She was a member of the Nursing Corps during WWII and worked at the Ruby Valley Hospital in Sheridan for over twenty years after the war. She and Russell raised four children and lived in Twin Bridges all of their married life until he died in 2006.

She enjoyed dancing, camping, gardening, walking, knitting, and reading, but most of all she loved being with her family. Pearl was an active community member with a kind and gentle soul.

For the past nine years of her life, she lived at Big Sky Senior Living in Butte. During that time, she became very close with the staff, and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts for the wonderful care and love they gave her. We would also like to thank Enhabit Hospice for the excellent care she received in the last few months of her life. She recently fell and passed peacefully on May 16, 2025.

Pearl was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Edwards; her daughter, Diane (James) Lenington; her parents, her in-laws Ira and Mae Edwards; her brothers, Richard and Tony Woods; her sisters-in-law, Billie Jo and Ruth Woods; her brothers-in-law, Fred Siebert and Russell Hartse; and her great-grandson, Burke Mellem.

Pearl is survived by her children, Clayton (Donna) Edwards of Sebring, Florida; Janet (Clint) Trask of Whitehall; and Earl (Mary) Edwards of Clancy. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Rory (Nicole) Edwards of Ennis; Chris (Kelcy) Edwards of Hamilton; Jennifer (Lawrence) Morrisroe of Dillon; Hilary Biggerstaff of Bozeman; Liz (Ryan) Mellem of Missoula; Jesse Lenington of Missoula; Jake (Sheevaun Khaki) Lenington of Portland, Oregon; Taylor (Josh Nagel) Edwards of Helena; Megan (Josh Wagner) Trask of Denver, Colorado; Lisa (Jason) Szatmary of Cohasset, Massachusetts; and Beth (Billy) Seabourne of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. She is also survived by her two sisters, Lois Hartse of Missoula and Jessie Siebert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with 21 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services for Pearl will be at the Church of the Valley in Twin Bridges at 2 PM on Saturday, May 31st. If you so choose, memorials may be made to the organization of your choice.