Juanita Willcutt, a resident of Casey's Pond Senior Living in Steamboat
Springs, Colorado passed away on December 4, 2020. Juanita grew up as
a rancher's daughter in Montana where she met and married Harvey
Willcutt, the love of her life. After Harvey passed away, she moved to
Billings where she was involved with many organizations, including PEO,
Village Golden K Kiwanis, the Yellowstone Cattle Women and served on
committees for Zoo Montana and the Alberta Bair Theater. However, her
involvement with her church was always her first priority. She is
remembered for her volunteerism, concern for others, her love of
gardening and love for her family. She resided in Billings, Montana until
2013 when she moved to Steamboat Springs to be closer to her family.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and one of the original
residents of Casey's Pond.
Juanita marveled at all the changes she saw in her lifetime of 100 years.
She grew up outside of Lodge Grass, Montana on the SU Ranch where
she rode the horse-drawn wagon school bus that her brother drove. She
attended Lodge Grass High School through her Junior year where she was
a cheerleader. During the summer of 1938 she moved to Seattle,
Washington and lived with an aunt and uncle for a year where she
attended and graduated from Garfield High. Juanita was the 1942 Big
Horn County Rodeo Queen and carried a flag in the Frontier Days Parade
in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She worked in Helena with the Bell Telephone
Company and the State Board of Equalization where she recorded state
warrants for the Secretary of State. She went back to Hardin, Montana
where she worked as the secretary for the County Attorney. There she met
her husband, Harvey. She devoted her life to working alongside Harvey on
the family's Milliron ranch south of Billings and raising her two children.
This included homeschooling them until Yellowtail Dam was built and a
bridge provided access to a public school.
Juanita is survived by her daughter, Elsie Wodnik and husband Rick,
grandson, Willis Wodnik and wife Torey, great-grandchildren Robbie and
Sasha Wodnik, granddaughter, Rebecca Gould and husband Michael and
great-granddaughters Nora and Maggie Gould all from Steamboat
Springs, Colorado and grandson, Andrew Wodnik and wife Shannon,
great-grandson Ben, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, and son Bill
Willcutt and wife Dolly Ann of Malta, Montana.
No formal memorial service is planned. For those who wish to make a
donation in Juanita's name, please send a check to Casey's Pond Senior
Living - Employees Appreciation Fund, 2855 Owl Hoot Trail, Steamboat
Springs, CO 80487. She was surrounded by a wonderful team of
associates who went out of their way to take care of her during this
unsettling time of COVID-19. They made it possible for her to go back to
her apartment from the hospital for hospice care so she could be
surrounded by her family and the things most important to her.