Tamara Lynn Berkram
By Posted 09/22/05 - 09/22/2005
Tamara Lynn Berkram, age 41, a Cut Bank hair salon owner, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn., after a courageous and hard fought five-year battle with breast cancer.
Visitation will be from 1-8 p.m. Thursday and from 1-5 p.m on Friday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank, with a vigil service at 7 p.m., Friday at St. Margaret's Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, at the church with burial to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.whittedfuneralchapel.com.
Survivors include her husband, Darrol; sons, Kylan and Jace; and her father, Julius "J.R." Pfeifer, all of Cut Bank. Also surviving her are her siblings, Charlene (Ben) Droste of Lawrence, Kan.; Sharon (Jerry) Fetters of Helena; Cindy (Mike) Askelson of Great Falls; and Glen (Kim) Pfeifer of Cut Bank; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Rosemary Pfeifer in 2004.
Tami was born Jan. 17, 1964, to Julius "J.R." and Rosemary (Werth) Pfeifer in Cut Bank where she grew up. After graduating from Cut Bank High School, she attended Eastern Montana College in Billings before graduating with a degree in cosmetology from Dahl's School of Beauty in Great Falls. She owned and operated The Hairport in Cut Bank up until the time of her death.
She married Darrol Berkram on Aug. 20, 1988, in Cut Bank.
She was a member of St. Margaret's Catholic Church where she was an active member and also taught CCD, as well as being very active in her community overall. Through her long and courageous battle with her disease, she never wavered in her faith in God and was a great inspiration to all through her bravery and will to live for her kids and family. Despite her condition and the trips to the Mayo clinic for treatments, she never complained. Many across the state were touched by her inspirational story through newspaper articles and various fundraisers. One of which being the homemade "Tami Scarves" that were sold around the area, which helped spread her heroic testimony. She touched a great many lives through her love and bravery; she will be missed by all who knew her.
The family suggests memorials to the Hi-Line Women Against Breast Cancer, c/o Jan Nelson, PO Box 154, Chester, MT 59522.
Visitation will be from 1-8 p.m. Thursday and from 1-5 p.m on Friday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank, with a vigil service at 7 p.m., Friday at St. Margaret's Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, at the church with burial to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.whittedfuneralchapel.com.
Survivors include her husband, Darrol; sons, Kylan and Jace; and her father, Julius "J.R." Pfeifer, all of Cut Bank. Also surviving her are her siblings, Charlene (Ben) Droste of Lawrence, Kan.; Sharon (Jerry) Fetters of Helena; Cindy (Mike) Askelson of Great Falls; and Glen (Kim) Pfeifer of Cut Bank; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Rosemary Pfeifer in 2004.
Tami was born Jan. 17, 1964, to Julius "J.R." and Rosemary (Werth) Pfeifer in Cut Bank where she grew up. After graduating from Cut Bank High School, she attended Eastern Montana College in Billings before graduating with a degree in cosmetology from Dahl's School of Beauty in Great Falls. She owned and operated The Hairport in Cut Bank up until the time of her death.
She married Darrol Berkram on Aug. 20, 1988, in Cut Bank.
She was a member of St. Margaret's Catholic Church where she was an active member and also taught CCD, as well as being very active in her community overall. Through her long and courageous battle with her disease, she never wavered in her faith in God and was a great inspiration to all through her bravery and will to live for her kids and family. Despite her condition and the trips to the Mayo clinic for treatments, she never complained. Many across the state were touched by her inspirational story through newspaper articles and various fundraisers. One of which being the homemade "Tami Scarves" that were sold around the area, which helped spread her heroic testimony. She touched a great many lives through her love and bravery; she will be missed by all who knew her.
The family suggests memorials to the Hi-Line Women Against Breast Cancer, c/o Jan Nelson, PO Box 154, Chester, MT 59522.
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