Mary Smith 1926 – 2025

Mary Louise (Beezie) Hallett Smith passed away in the early morning hours of April 24, 2025 at the age of 99. The Treasure State lost a true treasure. She was born in Glasgow, MT on March 1, 1926, the second child, and only girl, of George and Myrtle (Knight) Hallett. She was the granddaughter of William and Mary Knight and great-granddaughter of Milton Sanders and Louisa Knight, who were early settlers in Redstone, MT.

When she was three or four, her family moved to South Gate, CA where her father found work. They later moved to Redstone where Beezie attended the Redstone school for her first three grades. They then moved back to Glasgow where her father worked on the Fort Peck Dam, the largest earth-filled dam in the US. As a child she loved playing with grasshoppers, snakes and many more of nature’s creatures. Once she heard her mother mention there were mice and crickets in the basement so she caught a bull snake and put it in the basement to take care of the problem. Her mother, who was deathly afraid of snakes, was none too pleased to say the least! Growing up in a family of all boys, she did everyt...