

Sharon and Bear would have had their 62nd anniversary on September 3, 2023. She and Bear were blessed with three children: Carlo, born in 1962, Carmen in 1964, and Marlo in 1966. They eventually moved to Glasgow where they still reside. Bear worked at the McChestney Feed Ranch while Sharon was working for Stuart Thompson at Pay-n-Save wrapping meat in his butcher shop. She and Bear lived in Saco after they were married.

Sharon married Robert “Bear” Berrisford on September 3, 1961, at the Lutheran Church in Hinsdale, Montana. Sharon received her education at Saco Public Schools, graduating from SHS. She was born March 11, 1944, in Glasgow, Montana to George and Esther (Sunford) Peterson. Services will be held Friday, September 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Sharon Kay Berrisford, Age 79, of Glasgow, Montana died August 24, 2023, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. Condolences may be left for the family at. Services are planned for 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 5, 2023, the Glasgow Evangelical Church, with burial at Highland Cemetery, in Glasgow, Montana. Viewing is at Bell Mortuary on Sunday, September 3, 2023, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. sister, Barbara Johnson, her children: daughters: Alanna (Mark) Brand, and Roxann (Kelly) Bagley, and son Cameron (Kim) Shipp, seven grandchildren: Joel and Joshua (Alanna) Alexa and Trevor (Cam), and Whitt, Wyatt and Syndr (Roxann) She is survived by her brother, Raymond Jr. brothers: Chet, Stan, Chuck, Gerald, Gordon, Delmer, and Arnold and sisters: Shirley Baxter, Darlene Dolney and infant sister, Lois. Janice was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle Shipp granddaughter Cassandra Lynn parents, Lucy and Raymond Sr. Janice was a great storyteller and often had the family’s attention as she told stories about her youth and the many escapades with her brothers and sisters. She truly spent her life doing what she loved. She loved the cattle and enjoyed looking after and working with them. She greatly enjoyed mowing the ranch and could always be seen cruising around on her lawnmower and taking care of the many trees she planted. She could be found in a constant cycle of painting the ranch barns and fences. She enjoyed the farm life and took great pride in the look of the ranch.

Janice loved her trip to town daily for lunch and Diet Coke with no ice. Together, they welcomed three children: Alanna of Great Falls, Montana, Cameron of Glasgow, Montana, and Roxann of Williston, North Dakota. On August 28, 1962, she married Lyle Shipp and together they spent their life in Glasgow on their Rambling Acres Ranch, in the country, that they loved. Janice grew up in Sidney, Montana on the family farm. Born November 22, 1943, Janice was welcomed by her mother, Lucy (Duncan) Thiel, and father, Raymond Thiel Sr. Janice Mae Shipp, 79, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Great Falls, Montana.
