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Leota 'June' Winchester
Jul 17, 2009
Leota June Winchester (known as June), age 80, mother, wife, grandmother, great-grand grandmother, sister, friend, and the best chocolate cake baker in history, passed away on 7/17/09. June was born on July 19, 1928 in Oologah, Oklahoma to the late Harold and Berta Brawley. She married Dwight Winchester in Garfield County, Oklahoma on March 29, 1946. They moved to Bozeman,...
Keith Anderson
Jul 15, 2009
Keith Anderson, 76, of Bozeman passed away Wednesday July 15, 2009. #8220;When the going gets tough, the tough get going#8221; was a favorite saying of his and is an example of how he lived his life and how he faced his life with cancer. Keith was born on June 20, 1933 in Fargo, North Dakota, a son to Ervin and...
Ted Morford
Jul 12, 2009
Ted Morford, 72, of Bozeman, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009. He was born July 2, 1937 in Wabash, IN, a son to Wayne and Mable (Walther) Morford. He graduated from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH. Ted was united in marriage to Anita Delia on March 2, 1967 in Cleveland, OH. He was the owner and president of Big Sky...
Mark Sullivan
Jul 11, 2009
Mark C. Sullivan, an extraordinarily kind, gentle soul passed away ever so peacefully at home with his wife and sister by his side on July 11, 2009. Mark was born to Jere and Elsie Sullivan on March 16, 1955. His parents raised him to strive to be the best at whatever he chose to do and, as well, sparked his...
Lt. Col. Walter Edwin Nygard
Jul 4, 2009
Walter Edwin Nygard passed away, peacefully, in his sleep on July 4, 2009 at the age of 91. Ed was born on a farm near the town of Tower, Minnesota on April 28, 1918 to John and Fanny Nygard. His parents were immigrants from Finland, and Ed was very proud of his Finnish heritage. After completing two years of education...
Inez Hecox
Jul 2, 2009
Inez May Hecox, 84, passed away in her son#8217;s home north of Bozeman on July 2, 2009. Inez was born November 11, 1924 in Belgrade, Montana to Oscar and Elnora (Kinsey) Coleman. She graduated from Belgrade High School and then worked for an accountant in Bozeman for 5 years. She met Wallace Gowen Hecox and were married on September 24,...
Gayle I. Dunbar
Jun 30, 2009
Gayle I. Dunbar passed away June 30, 2009. She was the only child of P.R. and Lillian (Brandon) Roberts born Nov.21, 1915 in Three Forks. She spent most of her childhood in Three Forks and graduated from high school there in 1933. That same year she married Russell M. Dunbar. They had two children, Garrell R. Dunbar and Sylvia Dunbar...
Mamie Wallenberg
Jun 26, 2009
Mamie Wallenberg, 97, of Bozeman, Montana passed away on Friday, June 26, 2009. Mamie was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 16, 1912 to Michael and Mary Lazuka. She married George Wallenberg on June 3, 1939 in Chicago. In 1952 Mamie and George moved to the East Shore of Flathead Lake. In 1976, they moved to Polson. She moved to...
Robert Daniel Blake
Jun 26, 2009
Robert Daniel Blake, January 6, 1986-June 26, 2009 Robert Daniel Blake died, unexpectedly, at his home in Bozeman on June 26, 2009. He is survived by his mother, Nancy Blake, his father, Thomas Blake, his stepmother, Victoria Blake, his grandmother Jolene Blake, aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends. Robert graduated from Bozeman High School in 2004 and from the University...
Chester Marlow
Jun 26, 2009
Chester Chet Marlow, 90, of Bozeman, Montana, passed away Friday, June 26, 2009. Chet was born on April 29, 1919 in Chinook, Montana to Edward and Anna (Rasmussen) Marlow. He married Arlie Bykonen on December 11, 1945 in Chinook. Together they had three sons, Dennis, Doug and Dick. Chet quit school at an early age to work on the family...
Joyce Little
Jun 24, 2009
Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you... On Wednesday, June 24th, 2009, Joyce Little(67), born July 8th, 1941 in Bozeman, MT passed away peacefully, embraced by her loved ones. Joyce's love, laughter and passsion for life will live on hereafter, in the hearts of her family and friends. The legacy of a daughter,...
Ruth Gordon
Jun 24, 2009
On Wednesday morning, June 24, 2009, Ruth (Thompson) Gordon passed away at her home. She was born in Northwood, Iowa in 1918 to Nettie and Lawrence Thompson. She was the third of four children, sisters Geniveve and LaVonne and brother Newton, all of whom are deceased. Ruth married William W. Gordon in Seattle, Washington in 1944. Following the war, they...
Florence Covington
Jun 23, 2009
Florence Ellis Covington, 93, of Knoxville, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Neil Lynch, of Gallatin Gateway, Montana. Florence was born on November 15, 1915, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 10th of 15 children of Franklin and Nettie Ellis. Prior to Tuesday, Florence was the eldest of four surviving siblings....
Ilah Stevens
Jun 17, 2009
Ilah Glee Lund Stevens passed away 17 June 2009 following a nine month battle with plaura mesothelioma (asbestos caused lung cancer), at the family home with her husband, Ron, and daughter, Leigh Webber by her side. Ilah was born 22 January 1936 in Cutbank, MT and spent her first eight years in Kevin, where her father, Connie Lund worked in...
Norton Smith
Jun 16, 2009
Norton Duane Smith, 58, of Bozeman passed away unexpectedly on June 16, 2009. He was born on March 10, 1951 in Livingston, MT to Norton and Gladys (Scollard) Smith. Norton served in the US Army for four years. He married Penny Keyser in 1979 and they were blessed with a beautiful daughter, Sabrina. Norton enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, hunting and...
Peggy Nieskens
Jun 13, 2009
Peggy Nieskens, 71, of Bozeman, passed away on June 13, 2009. She was born on April 24, 1938 in Bozeman, the daughter to Verna and John R. Cloniger. Peggy lived her entire life in Bozeman. In high school she was the Head Cheerleader. She graduated from Gallatin Valley High in 1957. She married Leon #8220;Buzz#8221; Nieskens on July 13, 1958....
Sherman Lessley
Jun 10, 2009
Sherman Lessley, a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away at home on June 10, 2009. Sherm was born to Glen and Irene Chappell on November 18, 1929 in Murray, Utah. He was raised by Frank and Irene Lessley. He married the love of his life, Ruth, on August 26, 1953. Along with his three sons and her son...
Dorothy 'Darby' Bailey
Jun 9, 2009
Darby (Dorothy) Jessie Wood Bailey Darby Bailey, 83, of Bozeman passed away on June 9th, 2009, at her home in Bozeman. Darby was born on February 28, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA to Walter W. Wood and Ethel Fisk Wood. She attended grade school in Mount Vernon, NY and moved to Syracuse, NY in 1940 to attend Central High School, graduating...
Donald Debates
Jun 4, 2009
After a long battle with heart, lung, and kidney failure, Donald C. DeBates, 84, of Logan went to be with his Lord and beloved Avice on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Don was born in Jasper, Minnesota on July 10, 1924 to Henry and Lena (Gaertner) DeBates, and the third of four children. Lena took Don and his brother, Frank, to...
Kirsten L. Anderson
Jun 4, 2009
Mary Kirsten Anderson was born in Bozeman, MT on May 3, 1941 to Paul and Edith (Waterman) Anderson. She was the maternal great-granddaughter of Gallatin Valley Pioneers Christopher H. and Catherine (Boyle) Waterman and William H. and Ellen (Flannery) Arnold. She graduated from Bozeman Sr. High and Montana State University. She retired from teaching Math in Jefferson County, CO in...
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