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Gertrude Baron
Oct 19, 2009
Gertrude Elaine Baron, best known as #8216;Trudy#8217; to her friends and relatives passed away on the afternoon of 19 October just short of what would have been her 90th birthday. She was born in Alameda, California across the bay from San Francisco on 2 November 1919 and graduated from Alameda High School (1937). Her parents were Freda and Loren Taylor;...
Richard 'Gene' Gilbert
Oct 18, 2009
Richard#8220; Gene#8221; Gilbert, 73, of Bozeman, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2009. He was born December 3, 1935 in Holdenville, OK to Myron and Martha (Cates) Gilbert. Gene married Ann Smith in Manassas, VA and throughout his life lived in Beltsville, MD, Phoenix, AZ, Prosser, WA and Bozeman, MT. Gene earned a PhD. in Plant Pathology and Soil Microbiology which...
Denzil 'Denny' Merry
Oct 17, 2009
Denzil #8220;Denny#8221; Merry, 84, of Bozeman, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2009. He was born January 11, 1925 in Livingston, MT to Bruce and Margaret (Boucher) Merry. Denny was raised and educated in Livingston, graduating from Livingston High School. He served our country in the Navy, during WWII. He married his high school sweetheart Harriett Swingley on August 21, 1944...
Ann Gardner
Oct 15, 2009
Ann Gardner passed away October 15, 2009. Born in 1921 to parents Dr. Alpheus and Shirley Hafford, Ann grew up and graduated from high school in Albion, Michigan. She attended Michigan State University where she met her husband Harry Gardner. She left MSU for Washington, DC to work at the Pentagon, but returned to Michigan to marry Harry before he...
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Oct 15, 2009
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, New Age author and spiritual leader, passed away Thursday at her home in Bozeman, Mont., after a long battle with Alzheimer#8217;s disease. She was 70. Her family is comforted that the ordeal is over and that their mother is at peace. Mrs. Prophet founded Church Universal and Triumphant in 1975. She led the church until her retirement...
Veronika Guillard
Oct 14, 2009
VERONIKA GUILLARD of Big Sky passed away October 14, 2009 at Evergreen Health Rehab in Livingston of natural causes. Veronika was born in Gerlafingen, Switzerland to Josef and Julia Glanzmann on May 28, 1921. She was the third youngest child in a family of ten. She grew up in the beautiful Alps of Switzerland and stayed close to her large...
Byrdie 'Irene' Reynolds
Oct 14, 2009
Byrdie #8220;Irene#8221; Cassatt Reynolds, 84, passed away October 14, 2009. Irene was born on January 29, 1925 in Barton County, Missouri to Ira and Viva Cassatt. She was sister to one brother, Vernon and two sisters, Juanita and Erma. Irene married James Albert Reynolds, Jr. in 1959. He preceded her in death in 1989. Irene leaves behind her sister Erma,...
Josephine 'Dolly' Snedeker
Oct 14, 2009
Josephine #8220;Dolly#8221; Snedeker, 88, passed away Wednesday, October 14, at the home of her son Bob Snedeker in Belgrade, Montana. She was born August 20, 1921 in New Brunswick, NJ the daughter to John and Josephine (Aini) Muscle. Dolly graduation from Highland Park High School in Highland Park, NJ. Dolly married her high school sweetheart Harold Snedeker on February 20,...
Richard Ames
Oct 3, 2009
Edgar Richard Ames, age 85, of Bozeman, Montana passed away at his home on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Richard, known as Dick, was born on September 2, 1924 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Henry and Lucille (Gillette) Ames. He was raised in Kansas, where he graduated high school. He saved and borrowed enough money to buy a full size airplane...
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...
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