Marcia Mae Yule Pine

ARLEE - Marcia Mae Yule Pine, 54, went to be with the ancestors on Thursday evening at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.

A member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, she was born in New Town, N.D., on March 31, 1950, to Ignatius and Leotine (Rosetti) Winans.

Known as Sha-sha by her family, she was orphaned at a young age and raised in the Catholic orphanages.

Sha sha had a rough and colorful young life but she was strong and resilient. Her lot in life became much better when she married Jerry Yule and they had a family living in Missoula and the general area where she had done rock work and was a housekeeper for local motels. Jerry died in 1992.

She married George Pine in 1995 and they made their home in the St. Ignatius to Missoula area, eventually living in Arlee. She enjoyed watching George fish and she liked to camp and travel.

One of 17 children, she leaves behind several brothers and sisters as well as her husband George of Arlee; her children, David Yule of Missoula and John Yule of Seattle; a brand new granddaughter, Patience; her stepchildren, Dana, Tracy and Robert; eight grandchildren; her foster mothers, Margaret Finley Matt of St. Ignatius and Billie Wilson of Medford, Ore., and a very large extended family and circle of friends.

In accordance with her wishes, a wake was held at the Foster & Durgeloh Funeral Home on Saturday with the Rosary being recited that evening. After the wake cremation took place so that her ashes could be scattered in the Black Hills that she loved so much.