Anika McCauley, 59, educator

Anika McCauley entered into her next life at 7 a.m. on May 11, 2020. Though she overcame many challenges in her lifetime she could not overcome the challenges of a glioblastoma brain tumor. 

Anika was born Nov. 3, 1960 in Shelby, Montana, to James W. and Betty J. Sigurdson.  Jim’s job with Mountain Bell Telephone took the family from Shelby to Great Falls, Fort Benton and finally Boulder.  Anika graduated from Jefferson High School in 1979.

After graduation she followed in her family’s footsteps to Mountain Bell, where she became a telephone operator in Helena.  This didn’t appeal to her so she went to work on the construction of the interstate between Boulder and Butte.