Melanie O. Courchane, "Zsa Zsa", 54, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital on Saturday, September 3, 2022.  Wake services will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, September 5, 2022.  A Rosary will be said at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, and funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, all at St. Mary's Catholic Church.  Burial will follow in the Courchane Family Cemetery.  Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

Zsa Zsa was born on December 7, 1967, in Havre to Samuel and Nancy (Swan) Courchane.  She was raised primarily in Rocky Boy where she attended school.  Zsa Zsa graduated from Havre High School in 1986, and attended Northern Montana College for a while before having her daughters.   Over the years, she worked several jobs, as a teaching assistant in Havre, office assistant for HRDC, and then as a secretary for a few different offices at the Chippewa Cree Tribe.  During that time, Zsa Zsa also attended Stone Child College.  Several years ago, her health declined which caused her to retire.

Zsa Zsa was a quiet, reserved woman if she didn't know you, but once she did, she became very outgoing.  She enjoyed crafting, beading, sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, fishing, and canning.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Nancy Courchane.

Zsa Zsa is survived by her daughters, Samantha Courchane and Raani Huntley, both of Rocky Boy; grandchildren, Devan Doney, Jr., Manaya Doney, Easton Doney, and a grandchild on the way; siblings, Jackie Swan of Rocky Boy, Nadine Poitra of Big Sandy, and Samuel Courchane, Jr. and Laoma (Tim) Collins, both of Rocky Boy; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends.