Mary Jane (Shawl) Crowe passed away on September 1, 2021 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point, Montana.
Mary was born in Cass Lake, Minnesota on December 15, 1952 to Melda Mable (BlackHoop) and Joseph Matthew Shawl. Mary grew up in Fort Belknap where she attended school in Harlem, Montana. Mary gave birth to a son Christopher M. Belgarde. Mary met Patrick Evans and, in this union, they had a set of twins girls who were born sleeping. They then had a baby boy Ryan Evans. The couple eventually moved to Browning, Montana where they lived there for a couple of years before moving to Heart Butte, Montana. Mary and Patrick got divorced and went their separate ways. She bartended for a time. She liked to travel, she lived in Missoula with her son Chris, her sister Becky and niece Honey for a time.
Some years later Mary came to Wolf Point where she was introduced to her husband Nelson Crowe. They soon got married and lived in Poplar, Montana. Mary worked as a CNA at the Faith Lutheran Home for a couple of years. Mary attended the Fort Peck Community College where she graduated with a degree in Teaching. She worked at the Poplar High School for a couple of years.
Mary is survived by her son Christopher Belgarde, sister Rebecca (Shawl) Douglas, special daughter Cari Jo Shawl, nieces Denise (Roger Sr) BearHill, Lisa (Victor) Arapaho, Honey (Don Jr) RedBoy, LaToya (Tazz) Clark, Kareen Shawl, Tracey Ryder, Stephanie Jackson, Jennifer (Gibb) Medicine Cloud, Kelly (Ray) Aune; nephews Dennis Shawl Jr, Michael (Cassandra) BearHill, Raymond BearHill, William Shawl Jr, David (Alicia) Ryder, Sage Blue Horse; grandsons Cody Belgarde, Fernando BearHill, Roberto BearHill, Camarillo (Brittany) Burshia, Matthew Shawl, Trey FourStar, Jayde FourStar, Jerreth Shawl; granddaughters Maste Shawl, Keya Law, Katelynn Jones Clark; aunt Martha Shawl Lambert; cousins Barbra Shawl Perry, Ronald Lambert Sr, Michael Lambert, Mora Lee Lambert, Donald Shawl, Nadine Shawl McClammy, Ruth Shawl Jackson.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents Joseph Shawl and Melda (BlackHoop) Shawl, paternal and maternal grandparents, her husband Nelson Crowe, her twin girls, son Ryan Evans, sisters Marie Shawl Bull, Celia Shawl Sack and Lola Mae Shawl, brothers Kenneth Shawl, Dennis Shawl Sr, and William Shawl Sr, cousins Norma Shawl Azure, Georgaline Shawl, Daniel Lambert, Jimmy Lambert, Holly Lambert, Tommy Shawl, niece Cassandra Shawl, nephews Scobey Baker, Joseph (JoJo) Shawl, grandsons Joseph L Burshia, Scobey John Baker, granddaughter Melda Q Clark.