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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...
Dorothy Lillian Lynch
Dec 11, 2009
Dorothy Lillian (Dunton) Lynch, age 92, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2009, at the Mountain View Care Center in Bozeman, MT. A resident of Washington State for most of her life, she moved to Bozeman in 2001 to be near her son and his wife. Dorothy was born August 8, 1917 in Seattle, the only child of Walter Clyde...
Anne Rusoff
Dec 9, 2009
Anne Christine Rusoff Anne Christine Rusoff died peacefully at her home outside Bozeman on December 9. Anne was born on January 30, 1950, in Toledo, Ohio. She and her family moved to Missoula in 1957. As a young girl in Missoula, she found her life-long love for horses. She graduated from Hellgate High School in Missoula in 1968, and graduated...
John Wilson
Dec 4, 2009
John Wilson, 81, of Bozeman passed away on Friday, December 04, 2009. John was born in Butte, Montana on December 7, 1927 to Alexander and Rebecca(Davenport) Wilson. He married the love of his life, Irene, on March 3, 1951. John was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, his infant daughter, brothers Bob, Bill and Jim, and sister Kay....
Bruce Garbe
Dec 1, 2009
Bruce Richard Garbe, 51, of Bozeman, Montana passed away December 1, 2009 in Billings. Bruce was born August 11, 1958 to Richard and Patricia (McKinnon) Garbe in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1968, the family moved to the ranch at Big Timber, Montana. Bruce was a graduate from Big Timber High and then attended Northwest Community College in Powell, Wyoming. Bruce...
Rodger 'Rodeo' Vincent
Nov 30, 2009
Roger #8220;Rodeo#8221; Vincent, 52, of West Yellowstone passed away on Monday, November 30, 2009. Roger was born in Wichita, Kansas on April 29, 1957 to Jess and Patricia (Klenke) Vincent. Going along with the passion he had for his own dogs, Roger was an active member of the Montana Sled Dog Mushing Community. There will be a celebration of Rodeo#8217;s...
Bonita May Goforth
Nov 27, 2009
Bonita May Goforth, 66, of Logan, passed away Friday, November 27, 2009 at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. She was born September 9, 1943 in Bozeman a daughter to John #8220;Delbert#8221; and Doris Mabel (Dent) Karlstrom. Bonita was raised in Logan, attended Logan grade school and graduated from Manhattan High School. Following high school went to Santa Rosa Jr. College in...
Mary Louise 'Lou' Houser
Nov 27, 2009
Mary Louise #8220;Lou#8221; Houser, 71, of Bozeman, passed away November 27, 2009 at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. She was born November 25, 1938 in Butte, Montana to William David and Mary Jane (Carlson) Crowley. She was raised on a ranch near the Madison River with her parents and three siblings. She went to school in Three Forks and then went...
Robert E. Hedlund
Nov 26, 2009
Robert Edward Hedlund, 73, of Bozeman, Montana passed away on November 26, 2009 at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital after a brave battle with cancer. Bob was born on March 9, 1936 in Browerville, Minnesota to Edward and Mary (Pokornoski) Hedlund, a brother to Sally, David, and Delores. In 1961, he enlisted in the Army. He married Alice M. Maedche on May...
Clayton Landa
Nov 24, 2009
Clayton Lyle Landa, 72, of Sandy, Utah, peacefully passed away on Nov. 24, 2009. Clay was born on Feb. 6, 1937, in Great Falls, the son of the late Steve and Gladys Landa. One of two children, he grew up in Montana, where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and sports. He took on his first job when he was in...
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