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Jean Baucus, Mother Of Senator, Dies At 94
Jean Baucus, a rancher, patron of the arts and mother to U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has died at the age of 94.
Baucus died at her home in Helena on Saturday. Baucus was raised both in Helena and on the family's Sieben Ranch, about 20 miles north of the Montana capitol.
She earned a degree in economics from Stanford University in 1939 before returning home to Helena, where she married John J. Baucus.
Baucus has written four books about Helena and was known in the region as a patron of the arts, particularly the Holter Museum of Art. She has three children, including Sen. Max Baucus, Karen Kallay of Fredericksburg, Va., and John Baucus of Helena.
Associated Press
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