Longtime Great Falls resident Lucille Snyder Osburn, 74, died of cancer Sunday night at a nursing home in Polson. Cremation has taken place and no funeral services are planned.
Born in Great Falls on Nov 27, 1912, she was raised and educated here. She graduated from Great Falls High School in 1930.
On Feb 27, 1938, she married Don I Osburn in Newport, WA. Together they started and ran Osburn Pest Control Service in Great Falls until he died in 1975. After retiring as president of the firm in 1976, she spent summers on Polson and winters in Southern California.
Active in Eastern Star and Daughter of the Nile, she helped organize and train the Saphira Temple Dancers and joined the group in dancing at two national Daughter of the Nile dance group competitions.
Survivors include her commonlaw husband, M.W. "Smitty" Smith of Great Falls; her stepmother, Gertrude Snyder of Great Falls; a daughter, Donna Staley of Great Falls; and two grandchildren, Wilton Warren and Willow Staley of Great Falls.
