Josefina Josie Balois Baje, 71, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 27, 2025, after bravely and gracefully enduring a seven-year battle with cancer.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 8, at 11:00 a.m. at the Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, 201 44th Street South, Great Falls, MT 59405.

Josie was born in Hernani, Samar, Philippines, on December 27, 1953, the middle of nine children to Adelardo and Rosario Baje. She learned resourcefulness out of having very little whether it was food, clothes, a modest nipa hut home, or money. Yet she enjoyed her life as a child: climbing coconut trees, sneaking fruit from the neighbors trees with her sister, and embracing joy wherever she could find it. She grew up resilient, a strength that carried with her into adulthood and shap

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