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Rocky Rockafellow
Feb 10, 2024
Rocky (Ellis D) was born on September 24, 1929, in Corvallis, Montana to Richard Samuel and Ruth Adelaide (Moore) Rockafellow. On February 10, 2024, Dad was welcomed into the open arms of Jesus and loving arms of his wife, Petie.
Dad’s dad died when he was five and his mom got a job with the government to help with the war...
Joan Lucille Isaacs Smith
Feb 7, 2024
Joan Lucille Issacs "Jo" was born to Herman and Lucille (Perso) Isaacs on September 10, 1937 in Lewistown, Montana. She lived on dairy farms with her parents in Lewistown and Great Falls before moving to Gladstone, OR.
She graduated high school at Gem State Academy in the spring of 1956 and married her high school sweetheart Charlie Smith in September of...
Maria Benda
Feb 4, 2024
Maria Benda (Mester), 91, passed from this life into the arms of Jesus Christ on February 4th 2024.
Maria was born in Kecskemet, Hungary, to Janos and Erzsebet Mester on September 10, 1932. She grew up in that town, located in the plains of central Hungary during the 2nd World War, with German occupation, followed by Soviet occupation after the war....
Adam M. Maleski
Feb 4, 2024
Adam Maleski passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024, in Bozeman, MT. He was born in Helena, to Mark and Theresa Maleski. He has one brother, Luke J Maleski. Adam attended Kessler Elementary school, CR Anderson Middle School and graduated from Capital High School in Helena. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman for Art.
Adam was very athletic. His favorite...
Elaine H Livers
Jan 29, 2024
Elaine Livers, 97, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2024. She was born Elaine Hammerstrom on April 10, 1926, in her grandmother’s house in Rosebud, Montana, to Oscar and Edith (Halliday) Hammerstrom. As a young child, she attended several schools in Montana and Wyoming. The family moved permanently to East Helena in 1936, and Elaine graduated from Helena High in...
Anne Agnes Gwaltney
Jan 28, 2024
Anne Gwaltney, 96, of Bozeman passed away on January 28, 2024, at a local care facility. Anne was born on March 25th, 1927, in Butte, MT, to Jack and Mary (Milkolich) Prevetz. The family moved to Cinnabar Basin when she was four, where she attended Cinnabar Basin School until the 8th grade, often skiing to school in the winter. Anne...
Patricia M. VanGalen
Jan 25, 2024
Patricia Marie Van Galen, 91, of Albany, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2024, in Bozeman, MT, after a long battle with a chronic neuromuscular disease.
Pat, a native of Albany, NY, was born on April 23, 1932. She was the daughter of the late Anna M. Conley and Willard Conley, predeceased by her sister, Eileen A. Lyons, and brother, James...
Charles Rogers
Jan 23, 2024
Charles Stanley Rogers II was born on March 12, 1942, in Jersey City, NJ to loving parents Blanche and Charles and big sister Carol (b. 1940). Growing up in Fort Lee, the backdrop of NYC, he learned that he loved family trips to remote Roscoe, NY, more than the subway ones into Manhattan. He attended the grade school across the...
Patricia A. Shampeny
Jan 19, 2024
Pat Shampeny, 78, of Bozeman, passed away January 19, 2024, following a brief illness. She is survived by her daughter, Lynn Zoubok (Michaud) of Somers, NY; son-in-law Sergej Zoubok; grandchildren, Emma and Alex; sisters Pam (Albany, NY) and Gloria (Minerva, NY); brothers, John (Manhattan, MT), Worthy (Lake Placid, NY) and Gary (Billings, MT); her niece, Katie Rowse (Shampeny); and nephew,...
Bart Bauer
Jan 16, 2024
Bart Bauer, 64, of Bozeman, MT, passed away on January 16, 2024. Bart was predeceased by his loving wife, Linda Bauer, on August 9, 2023. Bart and Linda were married on September 29, 2001. Bart, born in Concord, CA was the son of Robert and Marilyn Bauer. Linda was born at Loring AFB, Maine, the daughter of Warren and Patricia...
Dr. Ellen Lorene Purser Jones
Jan 14, 2024
Doctor Ellen Lorene Purser Jones, 71, departed this life unexpectedly January 14, 2024, after a brief illness. She was born in San Jose, California on August 24, 1952. She lived a life full of adventure and thrilled at the beauty of nature. She felt deeply. She loved to serve others. Her patients knew her as a caring, compassionate, and skilled...
Dolores May Cockerham
Jan 9, 2024
Dolores Cockerham, 89, of Belgrade, passed away January 9, 2024. No services will be held.
Laura Lee Hager
Jan 5, 2024
Laura Lee Hager, 64, of Bozeman, MT, took her last breath on Friday, January 5, 2024, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, the end of her struggle with multiple health conditions.
One of the youngest born into a blended family, Laura was born on April 17, 1959, to parents Jack Hartry and Merlie (Robinson) Hartry in Glasgow, MT. In the late 1960s, Laura’s...
Mary Ann Fender
Dec 23, 2023
Mary Ann Fender, 74, of Bozeman, Montana, passed peacefully in her sleep on December 23, 2023. She was born on August 18, 1949, in Decatur, Indiana to Germaine (Geimer) and Ambrose Spangler. After graduating from Decatur Catholic High School in 1967 she went on to graduate from St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing. She would later receive her BS in Nursing from Wichita State...
Glenn B. Huntsman
Dec 23, 2023
Glenn B. Huntsman, 88, of Bozeman, passed away December 23, 2023. Glenn was born December 31, 1934, the youngest of three children, to Alvin "Jack" Huntsman and Hazel (Baker) Huntsman. He lived in Bozeman his entire life and graduated from the "original" Gallatin High School in 1953. Right after high school he joined the army where he served until 1955....
Richard Grant Lyon
Dec 22, 2023
Richard Grant Lyon passed away after a short illness on Friday, December 22, 2023, in Bozeman, MT. He was 77 years old.
Born on July 13, 1946, in Wilmington, DE, to Donald and Martha Lyon, Richard was a graduate of Brandywine High School, Haverford College, and Harvard Law School. He was a devoted alumnus of Haverford and in 2018 was...
Frank Diebold
Dec 22, 2023
In the early morning hours of December 22, 2023, Frank E. Diebold woke up in heaven. He had planned to live 120 years with near daily workouts, but in the last year of his 88 years on earth, he struggled bravely with heart and kidney failure from years of untreated sleep apnea. And as with all of us at some point, our...
Jonathan Dale De Los Reyes
Dec 21, 2023
In Loving Memory of Jonathan Dale De Los ReyesJonathan Dale De Los Reyes, a beloved brother, uncle, son, grandson and cherished friend, passed away tragically on December 21, 2023. Shocked and devastated by his untimely departure, we mourn the loss of a remarkable soul.Jonathan was born on June 8, 1988, in Bakersfield, CA, but grew up in Las Vegas, NV, and...
Connie Marie Zarr
Dec 21, 2023
Connie Marie Zarr, 73, of Belgrade, passed away December 21, 2023, after having complications from Breast Cancer. Connie was born July 18, 1950, in Glendive, MT, to Robert & Bonnie Ward. Connie grew up in MT & WA, graduating high school in 1968 in Centralia, WA. After high school Connie attended Cosmetology school in Billings, MT.
Connie met Donald Zarr in the summer...
Richard William Saltzman, Sr.
Dec 21, 2023
The Highway man traveled his last road. Richard William, Sr., aged 93, passed away from stomach cancer on December 21, 2023.
Reunited with his beloved Norma, wife of 69 years. He was one of the Greatest Generation. None like them!
Born in Denton, MT to Lottie (Williams) and Walter Saltzman on October 18, 1930. He was the 9th of...
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