Charlotte M. Diede

Charlotte M. Diede, 79, of Billings, passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 9, 2018, after a short, courageous battle with cancer.

She was born on July 23, 1938, in Great Falls, Montana.

Charlotte was a very loving, caring and devoted mother who enjoyed many facets of life, among them were family, traveling, sewing/quilting and playing cards.

Surviving Charlotte are her children, Kaye Butts and Vicki Krug of Billings, Sandra Sievers of Kalispell; three step-children, Mark and Les Diede of Wyoming, Dawn Ripley of Idaho; her brothers, Bill Boughton of Alaska, Bob Boughton of New Mexico, Larry Boughton of Kalispell and Joe Rogers of California; sister Jeannie Simmons of Kalispell; 11 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Diede; her parents, Ralph and Margaret Boughton; four grandsons, Tommy, Derick, Dustin Krug, Loren Diede; and son-in-law Randy Krug.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary, 1001 Alderson Ave.