OBITUARIES
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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Dennis Bohne
Feb 11, 2010
Dennis Bohne, 66, of Bozeman passed away January 11, 2010. He was born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on October 2, 1943 to Vernon and Shirley Bohne. Dennis retired from the United States Air Force, and at the time of his retirement was a Master Sergeant. He worked as a bookkeeper and accountant for Total Energy in Bozeman. Survivors include his...
Madeline 'Lal' Landes
Feb 7, 2010
Madeline Ann 'Lal' Bing Landes, 91, died Sunday, February 7, in Bozeman, Montana, at the Hamilton House where she had been lovingly cared for during the past seven years. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, on April 15, 1918, Madeline was the daughter of British immigrants Robert Valentine and Hilda France Walter Bing, the fourth of six children. Madeline attended Regina...
Jeannie Taylor
Feb 7, 2010
Jeannie Lou Taylor went to heaven on Feb. 7, 2010. Born in Livingston, Jan. 3, 1950, to Charles and Georgia (Sarver) Taylor, she spent her early years on the ranch in Tom Miner Basin. She graduated from Gardiner High School in 1968, then attended Bozeman VoTech, where she proudly earned her LPN. For Jeannie, nursing and life were all about...
Avis Zopfi
Feb 5, 2010
Avis (Butler) Zopfi, 97, of Bozeman, Montana passed away Friday, February 5, 2010. Avis was born and grew up in Williston, North Dakota in 1912. She enjoyed a very happy childhood with three siblings and loving parents. She attended college for two years at Valley City, ND and taught a combination of third and fourth grades in Alexander, ND for...
Linda Davis
Feb 3, 2010
Linda Ann (Heilman) Davis, 55, of Bozeman, passed away February 3rd, 2010 surrounded by family. She was born October 7, 1954 in Hoven, South Dakota to Francis and Otillia (Imberi) Heilman Sr. Linda graduated from Bowdle High School, South Dakota in 1973. She married and later divorced Dean Turner. She then married Phillip Davis Sr on April 1, 1979 in...
Wilson 'Kyle' Ritchey
Feb 3, 2010
#8220;Better to live one day as a tiger, than one thousand years as a sheep#8221; Tibetan Proverb Wilson Kyle Ritchey died in Bozeman, Montana on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. He was born in the old Bozeman hospital on October 23, 1983. Kyle lived in West Yellowstone, Montana until 1999, at which time he and his family moved to Bozeman. He...
Bernice Gilman
Jan 28, 2010
On January 28, 2010, while she slept, the Angels came to Spring Meadows Assisted Living and guided Bernice (Bea) Gilman to Heaven to meet her Lord Jesus Christ. She was 94. Bea was born on May 17, 1915 to Isaac Hagel and Emma Alice (Trober) Fancher, in Blair Township, Clay County, Illinois. She spent her childhood and early adult life...
Russell Leonard
Jan 25, 2010
Russell Eugene Leonard, 77, of Bozeman passed away Monday, January 25, 2010. Born in Winslow, Arizona on May 20, 1932, he was the eldest of two boys born to Francis and Edith Leonard. Russ served in the Marine#8217;s on the front line during the Korean War. He survived even though two of his platoons lost their lives during the conflict....
Loretta Reiser
Jan 25, 2010
Freda Loretta Reiser of Bozeman passed away Monday, January 25, 2010, surrounded by her family, from congestive heart failure. She was born in Deer Lodge, MT to Joseph W. and Freda M. Clawson on April 24, 1933. She lived and went to school in Drummond, MT. After graduation from high school, she moved to Bozeman to attend Montana State College...
Mary Lou Vellinga
Jan 22, 2010
Mary Lou Vellinga went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 22, 2010, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital after suffering a stroke. She was born on Oct. 29, 1933, in Rock Rapids, Iowa, to Hans and Tille Wilken. She attended Country School and later graduated from Central Lyon High School in Rock Rapids. Following graduation she attended the University of...
Monty 'Bud' Breeton
Jan 19, 2010
Monty #8220;Bud#8221; Breeton, 72, of Bozeman, passed away January 19, 2010. He was born November 26, 1937 in Dentaybow Township, MN to Henery and Muriel (Wold) Breeton. At the age of 9, Bud and his family moved to Montana, first living at the Kings Hill Ski Area, then Niehart and later White Sulphur Springs. In the summers Bud and his...
Virginia Preddy
Jan 17, 2010
Our sweet and much-loved mother and grandma died of sepsis on January 17, 2010, after a very brief illness. Virginia Preddy was a resident of Bozeman Lodge, moving here just last June to be near family. Born in Oklahoma in 1916, she and husband Ed raised their three daughters in Wichita, KS. After retirement, Virginia and Ed moved to Beaver...
Nicholas Uzenski
Jan 11, 2010
Nicholas K. 'Nick' Uzenski, 21 of Bozeman, MT, died while serving our country as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps in Afghanistan. He was born December 30, 1988 in Sidney, NY to William 'Bill' and Lisa Uzenski. He graduated from Franklin Central High School in Franklin, NY. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps on January 14, 2008...
Gretchen Locher
Jan 11, 2010
Gretchen Locher passed away peacefully at 11:17pm on January 11, 2010. She was born in Ploestie, Romania on April 7, 1915 of American parents, where her father worked in the oil fields close by. She grew up there (along with her husband-to-be Walter Locher) and returned to reside in the United States during the 1930#8217;s. After marriage, she and Walter...
Dallas Raymond Thiesen
Jan 8, 2010
Dallas Raymond Thiesen, 82, of Bozeman, passed away on January 8 due to pneumonia and Parkinson#8217;s disease. Dallas was born on the family farm near Lake Williams North Dakota on July 1, 1927 to Jacob and Elizabeth Thiesen. His brothers, Lyle and Merland preceded him and he is survived by his brother Don of Bozeman and sisters Virginia of Salem,...
James Daniel
Dec 29, 2009
James F. Daniel, 86, lifelong Gallatin Valley resident, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at his home in Gallatin Gateway surrounded by his loving family. James was born on June 6, 1923 to John #8220;Fred#8221; and Myra (Frank) Daniel at their home on Wilson Creek Road near Salesville, Montana. He attended Gallatin County High School. Following graduation, he enlisted into...
George Cox
Dec 29, 2009
George P. Cox, 93, of Bozeman went to be with his Lord and Savior and his wife Virginia #8220;Lover#8221; who joined the Lord in Heaven eighteen days earlier. George was born September 23, 1916 in Los Angeles, CA to James and Hazel (Timmerman) Cox. At the age of four his first job was selling newspapers on a street corner in...
Ole Olson
Dec 28, 2009
Ole F. Olson, 85, of Bozeman passed away Monday, December 28, 2009. Ole was born December 7, 1924 in Sherbrook, North Dakota to Ole F. and Myrtle (Thomas) Olson, and spent his life working as a bridge and road engineer for the Department of Transportation. He was an Army Corporal during World War II. He was preceded in death by...
Sam Curtis
Dec 17, 2009
Samuel G. Curtis I#8217;m dead of lung cancer at age 69, after 34 years of not smoking, anything. It#8217;s one of life#8217;s little editorial comments. What an eye-opener life turned out to be! Born to H. Gould Curtis and Alice Turner Curtis in Connecticut in 1940, I was a shy, unsure kid who finally ran away from dancing school at...
Virginia Cox
Dec 12, 2009
Virginia Irene Cox, 90, of Bozeman, Montana went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 12, 2009. Virginia was born November 25, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio to John and Barbara (Cleboska) Padewski. When she was six months old, the family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she was raised and educated. She graduated from Franklin High School in...