Patricia LaVerne Hallett

Patricia “Pat” Hallett passed away on Monday, October 13th at Valley View nursing home after a 3 ½ year battle with bone marrow cancer.

Pat was born in Cummings, Iowa to Harold & Mildred (Snyder) Miller. Harold was working on his uncle’s farm and had moved the family there. When her grandma Deliah Snyder found out that she was born, she brought her and Mom, Mildred, back to Nashua because she didn’t want to be so far away from her precious “Patsy.”

Pat attended all of her school years in Nashua, graduating valedictorian of her class of 1959. Pat married Lloyd Hallett on June 8, 1958 in Nashua. They added four children; Nanci, Bonnie, Doug and Sue, to their family before divorcing in 1972.

Pat was a stay-at-home Mom for a lot of her life, babysitting many kids so she could stay home with her kids. There was never a shortage of homemade popsicles and fudgesicles for all the kids in the neighborhood to enjoy. She made such an amazing home for us to grow up in. Our birthdays were amazing and special with cakes she made for us and for the parties we got to have.

Pat was known for her pie baking. Her most popular became her peach blueberry pie.

Mom’s life was a life of service. For thirty years she worked for the State of Montana in the welfare department, first as a secretary and then as an eligibility technician, helping two generations of families. She was an active volunteer with the Blessing Tree project making sure that kids and adults received things that they needed and at least one thing they wanted. “Everyone should get at least one thing they want for Christmas” was what she always said. She was an active volunteer with the Glasgow Food Bank for many years; filling the bags of food that were given out, making the orders, getting people to unload the trucks that would come with the food, and of course volunteering her family to serve as well.

Mom loved her community of Nashua. She served on the Nashua City Council for six years and mayor for six years. She was actively involved in working with the State of Montana to get the overpass project to come to Nashua. This was a vital and necessary project which gave access to the southside of town when the only other route was blocked by a train sitting on the tracks. She was so happy to see Dry Prairie Rural water come to Nashua and was delighted to turn the hydrant on to get the water flowing into the town. Mom’s favorite community event was the All School Reunion. She worked on the reunion from the very first committee in 1966 until 2021. She enjoyed all the planning that went into bringing the reunion to Nashua and visiting with all the alumni who came back for the reunion.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents Harold and Mildred Miller, her sisters Tootie (Susan) Poling and Barbara Laroque, her Grandmother Deliah Synder and her favorite aunt and uncle Dottie and Spud Snyder.

Pat is survived by her four children: Nanci Schoenfelder of Glasgow, Bonnie (Leroy) Novak of North Nashua, Doug (Sonia) Hallett of Glasgow, and Sue (Shane) Hoyer of Fort Peck, and her sister Char (Mark) Arneson.

She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Joel (Jody) Novak, Jenna (Lee)McCafferty, Alison (Randy) Moyer, Sean(Shannon) Schoenfelder, Cassidy (Zak) Thompson, Kellen (Madyson) Hallett, Kaiden Hallett and Michael Hoyer. Six great-grandchildren: Travis Novak, Mara Schoenfelder, August Moyer, Rowan Moyer, Rhett Tompson, and Hayze Hallett. She is also survived by her good friends Laurie Koessl, and Ron & EJ Nixdorf. Also surviving Pat are numerous nieces and nephews.

Services for Pat will be held on Saturday, October 25th at 10:30a.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua. A time of fellowship will be held in the social hall following the service. A private family burial will follow at the Nashua Cemetery.