Marie Jeanne died unexpectedly at home of Pulmonary Thromboembolism December 21 .
She came from the French Pyrenees when she was seventeen to live with her aunt and uncle Dolly Ruth and John Ansolabehere at their ranch in Boone canyon. She rode with Uncle John and learned to handle cows and tractors, and to cook with her aunt Dolly.
After Johns death in 1968 she managed the ranch for Dolly Ruth. She had learned well, she opened new country with spring and well development, extended pipelines and tanks; dealt with BLM, the Forestry and cared for Dolly Ruth.
She continued on the ranch for nine years after Dolly’s death in 1997, but found age and aches were making it too difficult to deal with ranching.
She sold the ranch and bought a smaller place near Fallon, taking the old horses,pet sheep and favorite cows with her
