Theressa “Delores” Huff, 83, of St. Marie, Montana passed away Thursday, October 6, 2022 at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Montana.
Theressa was born January 3, 1939 in Louisville Kentucky to Ruben and Ethel (Murphy) Valdez. She graduated in 1957 from Winooski Vermont High School.
After graduation she joined the Air Force and was stationed in Wyoming and Texas. While at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas she saw Bert Huff walk by and she told her girlfriend that she was going to marry that man. She met him a few days later and they got married soon after on April 18, 1959.
After they married, she left the service to be with Bert in his travels. The couple lived in the Philippines and Hawaii. When Bert retired in 1972 the couple moved to Washington State. In 1992 the made the move to St. Marie, Montana.
Theressa loved to play Pinochle, to work with stained glass and was very active in St. Raphael’s Catholic Church. The prayer groups that she belonged to will miss her little reading and jokes she would bring and her never give up attitude. Even with all of her cancer, treatments and COVID illness she always had a smile and was an inspiration for all who would see her. She loved her church family very much.
Preceding Theressa in death in 2004 was her beloved husband, Bert; her parents and her brother, Gregory.
She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews, her church family and many special friends in St. Marie.
A Vigil and praying of the Rosary will be 6:00 p.m., Monday, October 10, 2022 at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church. A Funeral Mass will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at St. Raphael’s. Burial with military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery. Coffee and cookies will be serviced after the burial at St. Raphael’s Parish Center. Condolences for the family may be left at bellmortuarymontana.com.