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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Warren Fagan
Oct 1, 2009
Warren Martin Fagan #8211; Montana Entrepreneur and Avid Outdoorsman #8211; passed away at his Bozeman residence on Thursday, October 1, 2009 after a five-year battle with cancer. Warren was born on July 6, 1943 in Manhattan, New York to Edward Patrick, Sr. and Terese Anne (Friedl) Fagan. Warren was proud of his Irish/Austrian New Yorker heritage and was raised in...
Linda Wilson
Sep 30, 2009
Linda Cathryn Wilson returned home to her heavenly father on September 30, 2009. She was born on March 21, 1952, the first of three daughters born to Dale LeRoy and Mary Ann Johnson in Des Moines, Iowa. Growing up she lived in Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and New York. Linda graduated from Amherst High School, Amherst, New York and attended Ohio...
Fred Happel
Sep 30, 2009
Fred Happel, age 86 passed away peacefully in his sleep Sept. 30th of natural causes. He was born July 2nd 1923 in Bozeman to Fred J. and Hattie (Toepper) Happel. At age 8, his father passed away and Fred went to California to live with his sister. He returned to Bozeman 4 years later and completed high school at Gallatin...
Michael Wentz
Sep 27, 2009
Michael Wentz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1961, and passed in the one place he loved, Montana, on September 27, 2009. The family he left behind is Regina Wentz, his wife; his two nephews Steven and John; his sister in-law Renee; his brother in-law Steve; father in-law Les; and his mother in-law Toni. The family he had...
Gertrude Coffin
Sep 23, 2009
Gertrude D. Coffin died September 23, of the effects of Multiple Infarct Dementia at the Highgate Senior Living Memory Cottage. She was born September 13, 1932, to Edgar and Exilia Dupuis in Berlin, New Hampshire, where she attended parochial and public schools. English was her second language. On January 10, 1956, she married Arthur, also a native of Berlin, and...
Cashton Cole Erickson
Sep 21, 2009
Cashton Cole Erickson #8220;Cash#8221;, seven weeks, of Belgrade passed away suddenly Monday night, September 21, 2009 of SIDS. Cashton was born on July 31, 2009 in Bozeman, Montana to Cody and Shianne Erickson. While only a short time with us, he touched so many lives and will never be forgotten. His brothers, Brayden and Easton, loved him so much; Brayden...
Donald 'Newt' Wright
Sep 21, 2009
Donald N #8220;Newt#8221; Wright, long time horse trainer and farrier, passed away September 21, 2009, at Bozeman, Montana of a sudden illness. Newt was active right up until the end, in fact he had been working horses the day before he was stricken with a virulent bacterial infection Newt was born April 30.1935, at Hardin, Montana to Maxon T. #8220;Ted#8221;...
Marian Cook
Sep 20, 2009
Marian Ruth (Henry) Cook, 82, of Gresham, Oregon passed away quietly in her sleep on Sunday, September 20, 2009. Marian was born on August 27, 1927 in Laurel, Montana to Conrad and Sophie (Hettinger) Henry. She was raised in Laurel and it was there that she married Ken A. Cook on August 31, 1946. She worked as a nurse, a...
Shirley Beeghly
Sep 12, 2009
Shirley Mae Beeghly passed away Saturday September 12, 2009 after a brief illness. Shirley was born in Foster County, North Dakota on November 7, 1936. She was the oldest of four children. She grew up around New Rockford on the family farm. Her mother died in childbirth and consequently, she lived with her uncle and aunt in her younger years....
Duane Julien
Sep 12, 2009
Duane Julien, 62, of Anthem, AZ and Bozeman, MT died of a lengthy illness on Saturday morning, September 12, 2009, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. Duane was born in Duluth, MN on March 6, 1947. In 1948, his family relocated to CA, where he developed his enthusiasm for the outdoors and a deep appreciation for nature. As a great dad to...
Edward 'Ned' Haeussler
Sep 12, 2009
Edward #8220;Ned#8221; Harry Haeussler, 56, of Missoula, Montana passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2009. He was born on April 15, 1953 to Edward and Adele Haeussler in St. Louis, Missouri. He enjoyed his work in heavy equipment sales. Ned was an avid outdoorsman, who loved fishing and hunting. He delighted in art, and proudly displayed the work given to...
Sylvia Miller
Sep 8, 2009
Sylvia (Medenwaldt) Miller, 67, of Bozeman, Montana passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Sylvia was born August 4, 1942 in Hankinson, ND to Norman and Winifred Medenwaldt. The second oldest of 12, she grew up on a family farm near Fox Home, Minnesota, graduating from Campbell High School in 1960. She met and married Marvin Miller, and with him, had...
Dorothy Davidson
Sep 7, 2009
Dorothy Lee Davidson died peacefully on September 7, 2009 at the age of 96. Dorothy was born June 28, 1913 to James R. Pulliam and Gracalie Conner Pulliam in Baltimore, Maryland. She spent her childhood in Winchester, Virginia graduating from John Handley High School in 1932. After high school she moved to Washington, D.C. and obtained a job as a...
Mary Margaret Leritz
Sep 6, 2009
Mary Margaret Leritz of Bozeman passed away on September 6, 2009 at the Gallatin Rest Home. Mary was born on July 1, 1912 to German immigrants Matt and Katherine (Stocker) Leritz in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She spent a short time there before moving with the family to Minnesota where her father farmed and was an accomplished carpenter. Mary became a...
Yaeko Miyakawa
Sep 5, 2009
Yaeko Miyakawa, 62, of Bozeman, Montana passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2009. Yaeko was born on September 18, 1946 in Los Angeles, California. Private family services will be held.
Ruth Cusick
Sep 3, 2009
Ruth D. Cusick, loyal and loving wife and mother, deeply committed to her faith, family, and friends, passed away on September 3, 2009. Ruth was born Sept. 6, 1921, the 7th of 8 children born to John and Grace (Gordon) Dwyer. In her youth, Ruth enjoyed hiking and horseback riding in the mountains around the family cabin outside of Butte....
Walter Russell
Sep 3, 2009
Walter A. Russell passed away in Bozeman, MT on September 3, 2009 after an illness with cancer. Walt was born on October 15, 1929 to Roy and Alice Wood Russell in Glasgow, Montana. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1947. He served in the Korean War as a cryptographer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and was honorably discharged...
Alma Hunziker
Sep 1, 2009
Alma (Berndroth) Hunziker of Bozeman, Montana, formerly of Santa Clarita, California, passed away from lung cancer on Sunday, August 30, 2009. She was born in Michigan, a daughter to German immigrants Gus and Alma Berndroth, who arrived in America in 1929. She was the eldest (by six minutes) of identical twin sisters. Alma worked at General Motors, where she met...
Geneva Provins
Aug 31, 2009
Geneva Marie (Young) Provins, 92, passed away of cancer on August 31, 2009 at Bozeman Lodge. She was born in Valentine, Nebraska on June 26, 1917. Geneva was preceded in death by her parents and her son Bob. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, William Robert Provins; her daughter Judy Walker her husband, Frank; six grandchildren, Doug...
John Lawson
Aug 31, 2009
John P. Lawson, 85, of Bozeman passed away on Monday, August 31, 2009. John was born on June 5, 1924 in Fishtail, Montana to John Earl and Margaret Myrtle Lawson on his family#8217;s homestead. The family moved to Billings, Montana and he attended Fratt Memorial School, and then graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1942. He entered the Army...
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