Sheila Margaret (Barlow) Hammitt obituary

STEVENSVILLE — Sheila Margaret Barlow Hammitt, of Stevensville, passed away on May 3, 2019, in Missoula. A memorial service is planned for May 23 at 11 a.m. at the Stevensville United Methodist Church.

Sheila was born in Ilford, Essex County, England, to Raymond and Margaret Barlow on May 5, 1928; she was the oldest of three children. She completed her schooling at 15, and she started her career as a stenographer for a law firm. Her teen years were influenced by World War II. She would recount the family’s experience of spending an average of four nights a week in the nearby bomb shelter. The next morning, they would go home, get washed up, and report to school, work, maintaining as normal a routine as was possible then. This shaped Sheila’s approach to the rest of her life. She was strong, resilient. She always focused on the big picture, i.e., what was important was duty, honor, family. “Love always makes a way.”

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