Elizabeth “Eloyce” Prichard

Mass of the Christian

Burial for Elizabeth

“Eloyce” Prichard, 89 of

Bismarck, ND formerly of

Sidney, MT is at 10:00

A.M., Wednesday, June 6,

2018, St. Matthew’s

Catholic Church with Fr.

Jim O’Neil as presider.

Virgil/Rosary service is at

7:00 P.M., Tuesday, June

5, 2018, at the Fulkerson-

Stevenson Memorial

Chapel in Sidney.

Interment will be in the

Sidney Cemetery, Sidney,

MT under the care of the

Fulkerson-Stevenson Fun-

eral Home of Sidney.

Elizabeth “Eloyce”

passed away on Tuesday

evening, May 29, 2018, at

St. Gabriel’s Community

in Bismarck, ND.

Eloyce was born on No-

vember 27, 1928, in Raub,

ND the daughter of Gorge

and Vivian (Clark) Liebel.

She graduated from Minot

Ryan High School in

1946. Following high

school, Eloyce met “LeRoy

“Salty” Prichard and they

married on November 24,

1947, in Minot, ND at St.

Leo’s Catholic Church.

During the first two years

of marriage, Eloyce and

Salty moved around

North Dakota and Eastern

Montana in a box car liv-

ing quarters where Salty

was a relief telegrapher

with the Northern Pacific/

Great Northern Railroad.

In 1949, Eloyce and Salty

settled in Sidney, MT

where they began their

long residency in Sidney.

Eloyce worked for many

years for the Sidney Mill-

work for Clair Evanson

and worked at the build-

ing of the new MDU plant

in Sidney during its con-

struction and start up be-

fore starting her long

career at the Holly Sugar

Factory in the Accounting

Department. Eloyce

worked at Holly Sugar

through many campaigns.

Her husband, Salty died

in February of 2012, and

Eloyce continued to live

in Sidney until December

24, 2012, when she

moved to Bismarck, ND to

be closer to family.

Eloyce and Salty were

members of St.

Philomena’s Catholic

Church and saw the

building of the new St.

Matthew’s Catholic

Church in the early 60’s.

Eloyce and Salty retired in

the early 80’s and enjoyed

19 years in Mesa, AZ with

friends and relatives. Dur-

ing this time, Eloyce and

Salty were avid square

dancers and were active

in the local square danc-

ing club. They traveled

many miles over the years

with friends hitting every

square dance convention

they could find, even trav-

eling into Canada. Danc-

ing and teaching clogging

was Eloyce’s favorite.

Eloyce and Salty were

beautiful ballroom danc-

ers and traveled to the

Hollywood Palladium in

1970 to dance at a

Lawrence Welk TV Show.

Family was important to

Eloyce. Eloyce and Salty

traveled to many Liebel

picnics over the years and

traveled visiting many of

Salty’s family also. In

1960, Eloyce and Salty

welcomed a son, Neal

Thomas into their home.

The 60’s and 70’s were

focused on Neal and his

musical endeavors. They

never missed one of

Neal’s musical perfor-

mances.

Eloyce was a Charter

Member of the Catholic

Daughters, Mother Ca-

brini, and St. Matthew’s

Catholic Church. She also

had many furry compan-

ions over the years with

Tweety being her favorite.

Thank you to St.

Gabriel’s Community, the

staff and nurses for all of

the wonderful care and

kindness given to her over

the last three years.

Surviving her are: her

son, Neal (Pam) Prichard,

Bismarck, ND; her grand-

son, Brandon Prichard,

Bismarck, ND; her sister-

in-law’s, Verena Liebel,

Watford City, ND and

Donna Lazar, Whitefish,

MT; her nephews, Lonnie

(Monica) Liebel, River-

dale, ND, Bill (Cari)

Liebel, Watford City, ND,

Alvin (Eileen) Liebel,

Mandan, ND and their

families; her nieces,

Michelle Larson, Marion,

MT and Suzanne

Marshall, Bozeman, MT;

many great friends at St.

Matthew’s Catholic

Church, the Square Danc-

ing Club, and neighbors.

She was preceded in

death by her parents,

George and Vivian Liebel,

and her two brothers, Earl

Liebel and Lyle Liebel.