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Jean Chauner
Jun 2, 2008
Jean Martha Haynes Chauner passed away on Monday, June 2, 2008 in Petaluma, California following a brief illness and surrounded by family members. Born in Helena, Montana on April 19, 1921, Jean spent her first years in Clancy and moved to Bozeman in her fifth grade year. Jean graduated from Gallatin County High School in 1939 and Montana State College...
Jon Manke
Jun 1, 2008
Jon Manke, 62, of Manhattan, Montana passed away June 1, 2008. He was born to the late Robert and Dorothy (Nielsen) Manke on May 4, 1946 in Santa Barbara, California. Jon attended high school in Hayward, California, and later became a star wrestling champion in college. He had an invitation to be part of the U.S. Olympic Team, but enlisted...
Nina Morin
Jun 1, 2008
Nina Claudine Morin, 87, of Bozeman, passed away June 1, 2008 in Billings. She was born May 3, 1921 to George Lee and Gladys (Chandler) Chesnut, in Bozeman. Nina grew up in Bozeman, graduating from Gallatin County High School. She worked at JCPenney, Bennett Travel Agency, Montgomery Wards, as well as working at a retail establishment in Portland, Oregon for...
Elnor 'Eileen' Forester
Jun 1, 2008
Eileen Forester, 86, of Bozeman, Montana, peacefully passed on to the ultimate life on Sunday, June 1, 2008. She was born to Herbert Nona Butcher on June 8, 1922 in Noble, Oklahoma. She married Dick Forester in 1946 as he began his career in the United States Air Force. Eileen was a dedicated wife, mother of their three children, and...
Joy Myers
Jun 1, 2008
Joy Myers passed at her home on June 1st in Bozeman, Montana due to a stroke. She was born September 30th, 1940 in Eugene, Oregon to mother Gladys Evyln Bauman and father George Edward Bauman. She married at age 34 to Gregory Dale Myers in Quilcene, Washington on April 22nd, 1975. She is preceded in death by husband Gregory Dale...
James Olson
May 28, 2008
Olson, James On May 28, as winds gusted and dark skies thundered overhead, James Lewis Olson died peacefully in his home, surrounded by the love of family members. He is deeply mourned by his steadfast wife, Joanie, of 55 years, and his large family and many friends. Born youngest of four on a Hysham, Montana, farm, James grew up fishing...
A. James Kurk
May 28, 2008
A. James Kurk, 81, a lifelong resident of the Gallatin Valley, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2008. He was born to Arthur J. and Emma (Maddox) Kurk in Bozeman, Montana, on May 15, 1927. Jim married Erma Hoell on December 30, 1951, in Bozeman, and they farmed and ranched in the Bear Canyon area since. Jim was a farmer and...
Wayne Sollie
May 26, 2008
WAYNE LEWIS SOLLIE, 91, passed away after a brief illness at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings on Monday, May 26, 2008, surrounded by his loving family. Wayne was born February 28, 1917, in South Dakota to Lewis and Etta Sollie and moved to Montana in 1937. He retired from Peavey Co. where he operated grain elevators in Broadview, Laurel and...
Julian Nagorski
May 24, 2008
Julian Leonard Nagorski, 85, of Belgrade passed away Saturday, May 24, 2008. He was born July 28, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the oldest of six children. His parents moved to his grandparents#8217; farm in rural Upper Black Eddy, PA when he was two years old and this began Julian#8217;s life-long love of the outdoors. Julian graduated from Nockamixon Township High...
R. Irene Baker
May 22, 2008
Irene (Ross) Baker, 88, of Bozeman, passed away the morning of Thursday, May 22, 2008. She was born June 23, 1919 in Manhattan, Montana to the late Ray and Lena Ross, one of 14 children. Irene married Chester R. Baker in November of 1935. Together, they had five children, Joe, Dorothy, Thomas, and twins, Ronald, and Donald. She enjoyed gardening...
Willard Hahn, Sr.
May 15, 2008
Willard Hahn Sr. February 9, 1934 #8211; May 15, 2008 Willard Hahn Sr., 74, of Loveland, Colorado passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at his home. He was born on February 9, 1934 to Jake and Amelia Hahn in Billings, Montana. He lived all his life in Montana until three years ago, when he retired in the fall of...
Dr. Robert Brockway
May 15, 2008
Dr. Robert L. Brockway, longtime Bozeman resident passed away peacefully on May 15. He was 91 years old. Robert was born during a February snowstorm in a sod house in Mildred Montana near Fallon Creek in 1917. He spent his early childhood in BigTimber helping his father who ran the Sawyers Store, a local mercantile. Robert then moved to Bozeman...
Josephine Crosby
May 7, 2008
Josephine Veronica Charland Crosby passed away May 7, 2008. Referred to as Jo, Pete, and more recently, Mim, she was a first-rate mother, nurse, and teacher to many during her long and eventful life. Mim grew up in Boston, Massachusetts where she was trained as a nurse. Never one to shy away from difficult tasks, she did her initial nursing...
Clarice Crane
May 7, 2008
Clarice Carol Crane peacefully left us on May 7th, 2008. Clarice was born on December 21st, 1932 to Charles and Gracie Smith in Willow Creek, Montana. Much of her childhood was spent in Montana, including Butte and Virginia City. Clarice was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Karen Jean Craig, her son Newton Laverne Crane, and grandson Joshua...
Rita Morgan
May 6, 2008
Rita Morgan was born March 31, 1929 to Peter L. and Margaret O'Keefe Beck. She spent her young years in the Deer Lodge valley, graduated High School from Powell High and graduated from Kinman Business College. She and Tom Morgan were married in Deer Lodge in the spring of 1948. Tom was employed by the Montana State Fish and Game,...
Mary Alice Schott
May 3, 2008
Leaving us to return to her Heavenly home, Mary Alice Herem Schott passed unexpectedly from this earth on Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Bozeman, MT. Mary Alice was born on August 1, 1960, at Billings Deaconess Hospital to C. Oliver and Sarah Ann (Kennison) Herem. She grew up on the family ranch south of Absarokee, attended Absarokee public schools, and...
Dale Johnson
May 2, 2008
Dale LeRoy Johnson, 80, of Belgrade, Montana, and formerly of Amherst, New York, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 2, 2008 at Mountain View Care Center. He was born on December 4, 1927, in Newman Grove, Nebraska, to Casper and Lucy (Neuman) Johnson. He was one of 12 siblings and spent his early childhood on a farm in Nebraska. His...
Patricia Williams
May 1, 2008
Patricia L. Williams was born on June 15, 1946 in Helena, Montana, the youngest of four children to Owen and Ann Warren. She met J. Russell Williams in Junior High. The sweethearts were married on April 20, 1963. They just recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with their children and their families. She passed away at home with her husband...
Joseph Mielnik
Apr 30, 2008
Joseph Mielnik, 51, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Bozeman. He was born July 22, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan to Joseph and Helen (Kendre) Mielnik. He grew up in Sterling Heights, Michigan and moved to Bozeman in 1988. Joseph enjoyed good conversations over a cold beer. He lived a simple life and exuded kindness. He would help anyone and...
Helynn 'Lynn' Krall
Apr 29, 2008
Helynn #8220;Lynn#8221; Francis Krall died peacefully at Spring Meadows Retirement Center in Bozeman, MT on April 29, 2008. She was born to Frank and Helen Gronkiewicz in Chicago, IL on June 8, 1921. She met her husband James L. Krall (Jim) while he was stationed at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin during World War II. They were married February 16, 1946 and...
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