Rooney Family Tree

Marvin Funston was born October 10, 1913 in Spain, South Dakota. He moved to Broadview, Montana when he was nine years old and moved to Moore in 1929. He married Agatha Mary Rooney September 18, 1932 at Hobson, Montana. He worked on Fort Pick Dam from 1935 to 1937. He moved to Hobson where he worked in construction from 1941 to 1943. He also worked at the Anaconda, Montana smelter in 1943. He moved to Tacoma, Washington where he worked in the Todd Pacific Shipyards as a welder and as a civil service worker in the Fire Department on the Bay. He moved to Great Falls, Montana in 1949 and worked as a milkman and a deliveryman. In 1951, he moved back to Anaconda where he owned and operated the Anaconda TV Appliance Sales and Repair. He died in Great Falls Columbus Hospital March 19, 1979 of lung cancer. He loved to ride his own horses and took several trail rides in the Anaconda areas. He loved snowmobiling during the winter months.