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Lon Banderob
May 3, 2010
Lon Douglas Banderob (April 5, 1961 #8211; May 3, 2010) passed away due to diabetic complications. He was born a treasured son of Robert and Coleen Banderob of Darby, Montana and lived his childhood there. Following MSU graduation, Lon thrived in anthropological and military careers. He is mourned by his parents and brothers, Jay, Kirk, and Ryan, extended family and...
Gary Stewart
May 2, 2010
Gary #8220;Stewey#8221; Stewart, 60, of Belgrade passed away Sunday, May 2, 2010. On November 22, 1949, Gary came into this world with his twin brother Lary in Deer Lodge. His early years were spent in Willow Creek and Bozeman where he graduated from high school in 1969. A short time later, he entered the Army and spent most of his...
Jeffrey Champion
Apr 29, 2010
Jeffrey Carl Champion, 53, of Bozeman, passed away April 29, 2010. He was born August 27, 1956 in San Fernando, California, a son to Carl and Mariam (Barnes) Champion. Jeff was raised in Southern California; he was a California surfer, skateboarder and motor cross rider. He graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1974. He moved to Chicago in 1977...
Ada Pitman
Apr 28, 2010
Ada Heath Pitman, 95, beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Springmeadows Assisted Living in Bozeman, Montana. Born June 23, 1914 to George W. and Lura Ellen (Smith) Heath, Ada was the second youngest of eleven children. Originally from Somerset, Kentucky, Ada#8217;s parents moved to Montana just after the turn of the century. An...
Mary Patton
Apr 26, 2010
Mary (Bonemeyer) Patton, 48, passed away on April 26 following a courageous three-year battle with ovarian cancer, and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was born Jan. 6, 1962 in Grand Forks, ND, to Ray and GeorgeAnn Bonemeyer, and resided on the banks of the Gallatin River near Big Sky, Mont. During her youth, the family...
Jacqueline Skerritt
Apr 24, 2010
Jacqueline #8220;Jackie#8221; Ann Skerritt, 51, of Bozeman, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2010. She was born January 11, 1959 in Bozeman, MT to Donald and Mary Ellen (Kjar) Skerritt. Jackie had dealt with disabilities throughout her life. Jackie started her education at the school for Handicapped Children at the age of 3 learning life skills with physical therapy, learning to...
Mike Gabel
Apr 23, 2010
Mike Gabel passed away Friday, April 23, 2010, of metastatic lung cancer. He bravely fought the cancer and side effects from treatment for nearly a year. Surrounded by his family, he gave up the battle and is now safe and pain free in heaven where we will see him again someday. Michael James Gabel was born Dec, 25, 1954, to...
Avery Jacobs
Apr 19, 2010
Avery Nicholas Jacobs was born on April 22, 1999 and taken to be with our Lord on April 19, 2010. Avery, #8220;Little Bud#8221;, loved playing with family and friends. He especially enjoyed playing sports, video games, and G.I. Joe#8217;s. He was a straight #8216;A#8217; student at Bozeman Christian School. Avery was a leader, always committed to helping others, whether it...
Timothy Fitzgerald
Apr 19, 2010
Timothy Paul Fitzgerald, age 93, passed away April 19, 2010, in Bozeman, MT. He was born on December 27, 1916, in Waterbury, CT, and attended elementary and high school in Waterbury, Oakville, and Danbury, CT. He graduated from high school in June 1935, and on October 2, 1935, enlisted in the U.S. Navy. His first assignment was to the Medical...
Sandra Hastings
Apr 5, 2010
Sandra Hastings died of cancer and associated complications in Bozeman on Monday, April 5, 2010, the day after her 74th birthday. She was born in Polson on April 4, 1936, the first daughter of Ellsworth B. and Kirsten E. (Walseth) Hastings, formerly of Billings and Glendive. Sandra is survived by her younger sister, Lynn Kirk and brother-in-law, Dwight Kirk of...
Charles Tennstedt
Apr 4, 2010
Charlie Russell Tennstedt, 53, of Bozeman and Big Sky passed away on April 4, 2010. He was born on August 8, 1956 in Stamford, CT to Charles R. and Emily (Goeckler) Tennstedt. Charlie graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, FL. Charlie has been a pilot his entire life. He worked as a corporate pilot for GE, a test pilot...
James Henry
Apr 4, 2010
James Gerald Henry, 82, of Bozeman passed away on April 4, 2010. James was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 3, 1927, to Forrest Henry and Margaret Lowery. James served as a Corporal in the Air Force during World War II. He met and married Patricia Kennedy, the love of his life, on February 14, 1952. They had two daughters,...
Norman Dahl
Apr 4, 2010
Longtime Alaska resident Norman Norm Hans Dahl age 84 died Sunday, April 4, 2010, at the Anchorage Pioneer Home. A funeral vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, at the Daly #8211; Leach Chapel in Hamilton. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton. Mr. Dahl was born April...
Barbara Sundeen
Apr 3, 2010
Barbara Jean (Jamieson) Sundeen, 73, passed peacefully on April 3, 2010 at her home in Bozeman, Montana. Barb, also known as Jamie to her friends, was born January 15, 1937 to Harold and Margaret (Borst) Jamieson in Moline, Illinois. Barb was a graduate of Moline High School in 1955. In 1963, Barb married Frank T. Sundeen, originally of Orion, Illinois....
Paul Rinderknecht
Mar 22, 2010
Paul Rinderknecht, 89, passed away Monday morning, March 22, 2010. Paul was born in 1920 in Bozeman and lived in many towns in Montana, including Glasgow, Havre, Shelby, Conrad, Missoula and Great Falls, as well as Boise, Idaho, where he worked for Buttrey Foods for 45 years. Paul met his wife, Susan, in 1942, and they were married the same...
Odene Almond
Mar 21, 2010
Odene (Dee) Elizabeth Almond, 89, of Livingston passed away Sunday, March 21, 2010. Odene was born on April 22, 1920 in Wapanucka, Oklahoma to Bradford and Myrtle Huddleston. She met the love of her life, Wilfred Almond, and the two were married on November 27, 1954. They had one daughter, Debbie Jo. Odene had also lived in Jacumba, San Diego,...
Josette Geer
Mar 18, 2010
Josette Elizabeth Geer, 40, of Bozeman, passed away March 18, 2010. She was born March 22, 1969 in Philadelphia, PA. Later she moved with her family to Grass Valley, California, where she graduated from high school. Josette moved to Montana 14 years ago. While in Bozeman she raised her daughter, attended MSU, worked as a floral designer at the Posy...
Ordean Wangrud
Mar 8, 2010
Ordean Theron Wangrud, our sweet husband, brother, daddy, grandfather and friend passed away on March 8, 2010. Ordean was born June 28, 1935 to Lena and Al Wangrud in Scobey, MT where he grew up playing sports with his older brother Larry and younger brother Ron. After attending college in Minot, ND, he returned to Scobey where he met and...
Ralph Lindemeier
Mar 8, 2010
Ralph Henry Lindemeier, 77, known to many of those who loved him as #8220;Papa Ralph#8221;, passed away at his home in Bozeman, MT on March 8, 2010. His gentle, loving spirit will be deeply missed by all those who were fortunate enough to have known him. He was born in Carver County, MN on June 15, 1932 to Ernst and...
Hildred 'Babe' Lenehan
Mar 4, 2010
Babe Lenehan, 92, died in her longtime Belgrade home on March 4, 2010. She was born January 6, 1918 at the family home in Bear Canyon. There she was raised with her siblings, twin sister, M. Pose Dougherty, and brothers Bill and Lester. She graduated from Belgrade High School. She then married the love of her life, Art on October...
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