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| '''Donald Byers''' <br/>1/22/2003 1:37:01 PM 
| Rex Andrew Matthiesen<br/> BILLINGS — Rex Andrew Matthiesen, 82, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999, at his home in Billings. <br/> <br/> Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1999, at the First Baptist Church in Billings. Officiating will be the Rev. Dale Taylor. Burial will be at Union Cemetery under the direction of Sisson Funeral Home, Billings. <br/> <br/> He was born June 29, 1917, on the Matthiesen homestead east of Billings, the son of Andrew and Lillian Mason Matthiesen. He was a graduate of Billings High school and Northern Oklahoma College. Matthiesen was a B-17 co-pilot, completing 32 missions with the 401st Bomb Group, United States Army Air Corps, during World War II. <br/> <br/> Matthiesen married Pearl Beck Feb. 11, 1944, in Marland. A farmer/rancher in the Billings area, he served as a deacon for the Baptist Church for 60 years, and as a member of the Glenrose and Billings boards of education. He was a committee member for the Noble County ASCS, and a Billings city councilman. Matthiesen was a member of the American Legion Post in Billings and was instrumental in the organization of the Billings Senior Citizens Nutrition Center. He also served as a board member and officer for the Billings Union Cemetery Association. <br/> <br/> He is survived by his wife, Pearl, of the home; three sons, Duane Matthiesen of Boston, Mass., Bob Matthixesen of Billings, and Preston Matthiesen of Fort Worth, Texas; a sister, Andrea McCluskey of Billings; two daughters-in-law; six grandchildren; and one great-grandson. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters. <br/> <br/> Memorials may be directed to the Billings First Baptist Church or the Enid Hospice Circle of Love, in care of Sisson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 41, Billings, OK 74630. <br/> <br/> <br/>  
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