Dear Editor: About the Rock Lady

Dear Editor,

As a sibling and friend of the community’s beloved rock lady, I wanted to add a little more to the profile that came out recently!

The profile touched on Pam being a nature lover, and oh boy is she. As children, I remember her going out after a fresh rain to save the worms that had crawled out of the Earth. She’d pluck them off the sidewalks and put them back into the grass where they could safely return underground. Nowadays, you can find her helping calve in the spring, floating the river in the summer, rock hounding in the fall, and hiking in the winter.

You may know Pam for her rocks or incredible interior design work, but she’s a person of many passions. In high school, she was an active student and a spunky cheerleader. After graduating high school, she found her passion in retail working at Classic Clothes in Butte. This drove her to move to California, where she continued to explore her excitement for retail work at Nordstrom. When she married and moved to Massachusetts, she never stopped learning. She is proud of her associate’s degree in child development and applied what she learned to her own kiddos. However, she kept wanting to return to retail.

After many years doing interior design on Cape Cod, raising children, and enjoying the ocean; she felt called back to the mountains. Since she’s been here, Settings and the community have been at the center of her world. You may only see her during store hours, but she’s always planning events, coming up with ideas, and thinking about how else she can give back to the community where she spent most of her childhood.

I may be biased as a little sister who benefited from her enthusiasm and loyalty, but Pam is one extraordinary lady. And yes, if you stop by the store, there is an entire room dedicated to her rocks. Ask her about them. She’ll be more than happy to tell you about her beautiful gems.

Charlotte Lombardi

Whitehall, MT