text: On July, 23, 1923, Rosemary Francis Neary was born and adopted by Dr. Bernard and Dessidaria (Smay) Neary in Helena. She grew up in St. Xavier and Pryor, moving to Johnstown, Penn when she was a teenager. Upon graduation, she returned to her beloved Montana. She started nursing school at St. Vincent’s hospital. After graduation, her career at St. Vincent’s began and would span over four decades. She served in many departments at St. V’s but her very favorite was being a nurse in the New Born Nursery. It is at the hospital, that she met her future husband, Jesse Harold “Buck” Branstetter.