MONTANA "TANA" MAY HEEB PAIGE WAS BORN IN MANHATTAN, MT OCTOBER 24, 1915 & PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME IN LONG BEACH ON OCTOBER 15, 2015. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, HAROLD WARD PAIGE, LONG-TIME LOCAL PHARMACIST & PARTNER IN VERMILLION REXALL DRUGS. HER SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER 3 CHILDREN: ANN MALMBERG (DAVE) OF LAKE ARROWHEAD, BILL PAIGE (SHERRELL) OF LONG BEACH & AVALON, AND LINDA GILBOW (BILL) OF CORONA DEL MAR, 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN & SEVERAL NEICES & NEPHEWS. SHE GRADUATED FROM HOOVER HIGH & BUSINESS COLLEGE IN GLENDALE. A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WOMAN, SHE RESIGNED HER POSITION OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF NASH CAR CO IN 1953 AT AGE 37 TO MARRY HER SISTER'S WIDOWER WHO CAME WITH 3 CHILDREN UNDER AGE 10. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER, SEAMSTRESS, & ARTIST WHO PAINTED & PLAYED 3 INSTRUMENTS. TANA WAS ACTIVE ALL HER LIFE IN CHURCHES, CHOIRS, & CHARITIES (ESPECIALLY CHILDREN'S BENEFIT LEAGUE). SHE WAS OPEN TO EVERY TRAVEL OR RESTAURANT ADVENTURE & AN AVID DODGER & VIN SCULLY FAN. AN AWARD-WINNING HORSEWOMAN, SHE FAITHFULLY FOLLOWED HER LORD IN ALL WAYS. TANA'S LIFE WILL BE CELEBRATED AT LAKEWOOD VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH 11AM ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24. 4515 SUNFIELD, LONG BEACH, 90808. HER FAMILY REQUESTS IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THAT YOU RAISE A GLASS IN HER HONOR OR DONATE TO HER CHURCH OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER 60 YEARS.
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