OBITUARY:
Lefty Godbout, 65, taken by death
M.P. "Lefty" Godbout, 65, 1949 Wall, died Saturday. Mr. Godbout was president and owner of the Seven-Up Bottling Co of Butte. He was born September 26, 1907 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Arthur and Mary Godbout. He attended schools there and moved to Butte in 1945. He was a member of the BPOE Lodge 240, the Anaconda Country Club, the Butte Country Club, the United Commercial Travelers, and the Chamber of Commerce.
He married Edith Hislop in 1969 in Butte. She survives. also surviving are sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Godbout, Walla Walla, Washington; Mr. and Mrs Ronald Godbout, Butte; sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kommers, Bozeman, Mr. and Mrs. John Dick, Butte and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Claxton, Butte; step-children Mr. and Mrs. SO Dougdale, Butte, Mrs and Mrs. William Merriam, Butte, Mr and Mrs William Barry Spokane; and five grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 11 in Wayrynen- Richards Funeral Home with the Rev. Oliver Jones officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
[The Montana Standard, March 11, 1972, Page 1]
Lefty was the only son of French Canadian immigrant Arthur Joseph Godbout and Swiss immigrant Maria Manzinoja. His father died in the 1918 flu epidemic and his grandmother Anna Nett Manzinoya Staeheli died the following year.
For a time he and his mother Maria lived with her stepfather George Staeheli, as her father Peter died in Switzerland before they immigrated. Maria had three half siblings - Valentine, George Jr. and Margaret whom Lefty was raised with and very close to. Valentine and George both were heavily involved in Saint Paul, Minnesota sports - especially baseball which they mentored him and helped him to become a very good pitcher. He played in Saint Paul teams and played for professional teams in the late 1920's and early 1930's. He played in Oelwein, Iowa in the summers of 1928 and 1929 for the Chicago Great Western team. While in Oelwein he met his first wife Helen. In 1934 he married Helen Spezia who had moved to Saint Paul, they had one daughter who died at birth. They divorced in the early 1940's.
He worked as a Sales Mgr for 7-UP in Saint Paul where he met his second wife - Frances Fox, they were married on 30 Sep 1944 in Saint Paul. The family then moved to Butte, Montana when he become the Regional Manager for 7-UP (MN, MT, WA, WY,ID), followed by Manager of Seven-Up Bottling Company, and in 1957 he sold off his 7-UP distributorship and bought Coca-Cola distributorship and became the Butte Bottling Company. The business is still family owned, now under the name of Mile High Beverages.
He shared his love of baseball with his children - telling them many stories about his travels and time on the road playing professionally. It was on one of his baseball roadtrips that he had first come to Butte, Montana and gave him the idea to eventually settle and raise his family there, according to his son. He was involved in sports throughout his life including coaching and also bowling leagues in Butte.
He divorced again in the 1960's and he married Edith in December of 1969.
Lefty Godbout, 65, taken by death
M.P. "Lefty" Godbout, 65, 1949 Wall, died Saturday. Mr. Godbout was president and owner of the Seven-Up Bottling Co of Butte. He was born September 26, 1907 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Arthur and Mary Godbout. He attended schools there and moved to Butte in 1945. He was a member of the BPOE Lodge 240, the Anaconda Country Club, the Butte Country Club, the United Commercial Travelers, and the Chamber of Commerce.
He married Edith Hislop in 1969 in Butte. She survives. also surviving are sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Godbout, Walla Walla, Washington; Mr. and Mrs Ronald Godbout, Butte; sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kommers, Bozeman, Mr. and Mrs. John Dick, Butte and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Claxton, Butte; step-children Mr. and Mrs. SO Dougdale, Butte, Mrs and Mrs. William Merriam, Butte, Mr and Mrs William Barry Spokane; and five grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 11 in Wayrynen- Richards Funeral Home with the Rev. Oliver Jones officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
[The Montana Standard, March 11, 1972, Page 1]
Lefty was the only son of French Canadian immigrant Arthur Joseph Godbout and Swiss immigrant Maria Manzinoja. His father died in the 1918 flu epidemic and his grandmother Anna Nett Manzinoya Staeheli died the following year.
For a time he and his mother Maria lived with her stepfather George Staeheli, as her father Peter died in Switzerland before they immigrated. Maria had three half siblings - Valentine, George Jr. and Margaret whom Lefty was raised with and very close to. Valentine and George both were heavily involved in Saint Paul, Minnesota sports - especially baseball which they mentored him and helped him to become a very good pitcher. He played in Saint Paul teams and played for professional teams in the late 1920's and early 1930's. He played in Oelwein, Iowa in the summers of 1928 and 1929 for the Chicago Great Western team. While in Oelwein he met his first wife Helen. In 1934 he married Helen Spezia who had moved to Saint Paul, they had one daughter who died at birth. They divorced in the early 1940's.
He worked as a Sales Mgr for 7-UP in Saint Paul where he met his second wife - Frances Fox, they were married on 30 Sep 1944 in Saint Paul. The family then moved to Butte, Montana when he become the Regional Manager for 7-UP (MN, MT, WA, WY,ID), followed by Manager of Seven-Up Bottling Company, and in 1957 he sold off his 7-UP distributorship and bought Coca-Cola distributorship and became the Butte Bottling Company. The business is still family owned, now under the name of Mile High Beverages.
He shared his love of baseball with his children - telling them many stories about his travels and time on the road playing professionally. It was on one of his baseball roadtrips that he had first come to Butte, Montana and gave him the idea to eventually settle and raise his family there, according to his son. He was involved in sports throughout his life including coaching and also bowling leagues in Butte.
He divorced again in the 1960's and he married Edith in December of 1969.
OBITUARY:
Lefty Godbout, 65, taken by death
M.P. "Lefty" Godbout, 65, 1949 Wall, died Saturday. Mr. Godbout was president and owner of the Seven-Up Bottling Co of Butte. He was born September 26, 1907 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Arthur and Mary Godbout. He attended schools there and moved to Butte in 1945. He was a member of the BPOE Lodge 240, the Anaconda Country Club, the Butte Country Club, the United Commercial Travelers, and the Chamber of Commerce.
He married Edith Hislop in 1969 in Butte. She survives. also surviving are sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Godbout, Walla Walla, Washington; Mr. and Mrs Ronald Godbout, Butte; sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kommers, Bozeman, Mr. and Mrs. John Dick, Butte and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Claxton, Butte; step-children Mr. and Mrs. SO Dougdale, Butte, Mrs and Mrs. William Merriam, Butte, Mr and Mrs William Barry Spokane; and five grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 11 in Wayrynen- Richards Funeral Home with the Rev. Oliver Jones officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
[The Montana Standard, March 11, 1972, Page 1]
Lefty was the only son of French Canadian immigrant Arthur Joseph Godbout and Swiss immigrant Maria Manzinoja. His father died in the 1918 flu epidemic and his grandmother Anna Nett Manzinoya Staeheli died the following year.
For a time he and his mother Maria lived with her stepfather George Staeheli, as her father Peter died in Switzerland before they immigrated. Maria had three half siblings - Valentine, George Jr. and Margaret whom Lefty was raised with and very close to. Valentine and George both were heavily involved in Saint Paul, Minnesota sports - especially baseball which they mentored him and helped him to become a very good pitcher. He played in Saint Paul teams and played for professional teams in the late 1920's and early 1930's. He played in Oelwein, Iowa in the summers of 1928 and 1929 for the Chicago Great Western team. While in Oelwein he met his first wife Helen. In 1934 he married Helen Spezia who had moved to Saint Paul, they had one daughter who died at birth. They divorced in the early 1940's.
He worked as a Sales Mgr for 7-UP in Saint Paul where he met his second wife - Frances Fox, they were married on 30 Sep 1944 in Saint Paul. The family then moved to Butte, Montana when he become the Regional Manager for 7-UP (MN, MT, WA, WY,ID), followed by Manager of Seven-Up Bottling Company, and in 1957 he sold off his 7-UP distributorship and bought Coca-Cola distributorship and became the Butte Bottling Company. The business is still family owned, now under the name of Mile High Beverages.
He shared his love of baseball with his children - telling them many stories about his travels and time on the road playing professionally. It was on one of his baseball roadtrips that he had first come to Butte, Montana and gave him the idea to eventually settle and raise his family there, according to his son. He was involved in sports throughout his life including coaching and also bowling leagues in Butte.
He divorced again in the 1960's and he married Edith in December of 1969.
Lefty Godbout, 65, taken by death
M.P. "Lefty" Godbout, 65, 1949 Wall, died Saturday. Mr. Godbout was president and owner of the Seven-Up Bottling Co of Butte. He was born September 26, 1907 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Arthur and Mary Godbout. He attended schools there and moved to Butte in 1945. He was a member of the BPOE Lodge 240, the Anaconda Country Club, the Butte Country Club, the United Commercial Travelers, and the Chamber of Commerce.
He married Edith Hislop in 1969 in Butte. She survives. also surviving are sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Godbout, Walla Walla, Washington; Mr. and Mrs Ronald Godbout, Butte; sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kommers, Bozeman, Mr. and Mrs. John Dick, Butte and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Claxton, Butte; step-children Mr. and Mrs. SO Dougdale, Butte, Mrs and Mrs. William Merriam, Butte, Mr and Mrs William Barry Spokane; and five grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 11 in Wayrynen- Richards Funeral Home with the Rev. Oliver Jones officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
[The Montana Standard, March 11, 1972, Page 1]
Lefty was the only son of French Canadian immigrant Arthur Joseph Godbout and Swiss immigrant Maria Manzinoja. His father died in the 1918 flu epidemic and his grandmother Anna Nett Manzinoya Staeheli died the following year.
For a time he and his mother Maria lived with her stepfather George Staeheli, as her father Peter died in Switzerland before they immigrated. Maria had three half siblings - Valentine, George Jr. and Margaret whom Lefty was raised with and very close to. Valentine and George both were heavily involved in Saint Paul, Minnesota sports - especially baseball which they mentored him and helped him to become a very good pitcher. He played in Saint Paul teams and played for professional teams in the late 1920's and early 1930's. He played in Oelwein, Iowa in the summers of 1928 and 1929 for the Chicago Great Western team. While in Oelwein he met his first wife Helen. In 1934 he married Helen Spezia who had moved to Saint Paul, they had one daughter who died at birth. They divorced in the early 1940's.
He worked as a Sales Mgr for 7-UP in Saint Paul where he met his second wife - Frances Fox, they were married on 30 Sep 1944 in Saint Paul. The family then moved to Butte, Montana when he become the Regional Manager for 7-UP (MN, MT, WA, WY,ID), followed by Manager of Seven-Up Bottling Company, and in 1957 he sold off his 7-UP distributorship and bought Coca-Cola distributorship and became the Butte Bottling Company. The business is still family owned, now under the name of Mile High Beverages.
He shared his love of baseball with his children - telling them many stories about his travels and time on the road playing professionally. It was on one of his baseball roadtrips that he had first come to Butte, Montana and gave him the idea to eventually settle and raise his family there, according to his son. He was involved in sports throughout his life including coaching and also bowling leagues in Butte.
He divorced again in the 1960's and he married Edith in December of 1969.
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