Billings resident Joseph William Cahill, age 79, passed away on March 20, 2023. Joe Cahill was born on January 24, 1944, to Lt. William Lloyd Cahill and Wilda Davis at Ft. F. E. Warren in Laramie, Wyoming. After his father’s tour of duty ended, the family relocated to Bozeman, Montana.
Joe attended Holy Rosary High School in Bozeman, Montana, and left in 1962. After studying at Carroll College, he joined the Holy Cross Brothers in Rolling Prairie, Indiana. After finishing his time with the Brothers, he returned to Carroll and earned his degree in 1968.
A Look at the Remarkable Life of Joseph Cahill
Joseph started working for Montana’s welfare department as a social worker. After stints in Big Timber and Great Falls, he was promoted to lead the welfare organization in Pondera County in his current position as county director. In 1972, he uprooted his life and headed to Memphis, Tennessee, to pursue a Master of Social Work degree.
He later relocated back to Yellowstone County to lead the Welfare Office there. After working as a supervisor in numerous counties surrounding Billings, he relocated to Lewistown and took on a similar role in several counties. Before he retired from the state, he worked as the Head Start Program’s social worker in Lewistown.
After serving in the Air Force, he returned to Great Falls to work for a private company that supplied social workers to the military. When his five years were up, he “retired” for good. He eventually settled back in Billings, now working as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at St. John’s Nursing Home. Once he had “fully” retired, he opened up shop as a “Granddaddy Day Care.”
That covers the fundamentals. The exciting part is now upon us. Approximately on August 10, 1970, Mary Kathryn Shown, a petite Southern beauty, strolled into the Great Falls office to begin her social work career. After he asked her out, they went on their first date on August 12. They went on a few dates before SKI SEASON started. In Nashville, her best friend believed she’d find her Marlboro Man.
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Kay responded that she had been unable to locate him and had instead met a social worker who aspired to live the lifestyle of a “Ski Bum.” Every weekend after that, she went skiing with him until he decided she was ready for Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana. She decided to ski down the mountain once and then relax in the lodge with a good book. After lunch, they climbed the hill and boarded the ski lift. After four and a half hours, they reached the foot of the mountain (the ride had been closed for 30 minutes). Why?? There’s a lot to tell.
Soon after, he proposed, and they set their wedding date for July 31, 1971, in Nashville. Everything was going swimmingly. After 52 years of marriage, it still was. Joe always said we weren’t sure if things would “work out” yet. To put it simply, yes. Edward Joseph Cahill (wife: Jenn Wittman) lives in Bayport, New York, and Alicia Kathryn Cahill Hutzenbiler (husband: JJ Hutzenbiler) resides in Billings, Montana. Lorelai Kathryn Hutzenbiler (Billings), Logan Edward Hutzenbiler (Missouri), and Aila Rose Cahill (Bayport, New York) are our cherished grandchildren (Billings).
Joseph William Cahill, 79, of Billings, will be remembered at a Memorial Service on Friday, March 24, at 11:00 a.m. in the Day Chapel of St. Pius X Catholic Church.
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