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Leona 'Mae' Donahue
May 27, 2009
Leona #8220;Mae#8221; Donahue, 81, of Belgrade, Montana passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Mae was born on September 2, 1927 in Bozeman, Montana to Henry and Minnie Parson. She married Marvin Donahue in Bozeman on September 19, 1946 after Marvin got out of the service. She was a loving mother to her children, Donnie and Marvin Jr. She had...
Elizabeth 'Betty' L. Brown
May 27, 2009
Elizabeth #8220;Betty#8221; Louise Brown, 82, of Bozeman, Montana passed away on May 27, 2009. Betty was born on April 16, 1927 in Bozeman to Joseph and Alene (Flore) Genty. She grew up in Bozeman and married Sam Brown in St. Anthony, Idaho. Betty was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary. Survivors include her children, Sharon DeShields of Bozeman, Ruth Wangen...
Ebba J. Gilbert
May 22, 2009
Ebba Joan Gilbert passed away peacefully on Friday, May 22, 2009. She was born in Dillon, MT, on Jan. 26, 1914, to Albert and Pedersine (Sine) Andersen, the youngest of three children. She attended Beaverhead County Schools, where she excelled academically and on the women#8217;s high school basketball team. She was an active member of the Order of Eastern Star....
Della Mae Johnson
May 21, 2009
Della passed away Thursday, May 21 at the age of 103. She was born September 21, 1905 in Sherburn, Minnesota to John and Minnie Nelson. Della attended Mankato College in Minnesota and after receiving her teaching certificate took the train to Roundup, Montana to start her teaching career. She returned to Minnesota and married Roald H. Johnson who served as...
Edythe Crouse
May 20, 2009
Edythe Crouse, 92, of Bozeman passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Gallatin Rest Home. Edythe was born on February 8, 1917 in Twin Bridges, Montana to Henry and Lucy Wehrle. They lived in a house on Wehrle Lane out of Twin Bridges. She rode her horse, Dolly, to the Lower Wisconsin Creek School. She attended Twin Bridges High School....
Lorna Keene
May 19, 2009
Lorna Keene, 63, of Bozeman passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Lorna was born on October 27, 1945 to Thomas and Norma Wallace. She grew up in Lynnwood, California, where she graduated from high school. After graduation, she attended Junior College in the Lynnwood area. While still living in Lynnwood, she married Art Keene, and together they had three...
Karen Ailes
May 16, 2009
Obituary for Karen Lynn Ailes On the morning of Saturday May 16, 2009 after a long fight against Multiple Sclerosis, Karen Lynn Ailes, of Bozeman, Montana peacefully passed away. She will be greatly missed by her husband and soul-mate Todd, sons Kyle and Keith (whom she was very proud of!), their loyal Golden Retriever Kirby, her family, friends, doctors, nurses...
Dick Fulcher
May 12, 2009
Richard #8220;Dick#8221; Fulcher, 66, of Bozeman passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Dick was born on January 4, 1943 in Bozeman to Charles and Evelyn Fulcher. He grew up in Four Corners, attending Monforton Grade School. He had a good, old-fashioned upbringing and graduated from Bozeman Senior High School in 1961. In 1963, he enlisted in the Air Force,...
Alice Botterud
May 11, 2009
Alice Dorothy Trunk Botterud, 93, of Bozeman passed away on May 11, 2009. Alice was born April 9, 1916 in Forsyth, MT, the daughter to Frank J. and Oona Fay (Gasaway) Trunk. Her family moved to Missoula when she was in 7th grade. She attended the Sacred Heart Academy in Missoula. During her junior year in High School, her family...
James Lyon
May 9, 2009
James Levi Lyon, 80, of Bozeman passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009. James was born on April 14, 1928 in Kalispell, Montana to Paul and Mabel (Boyer) Lyon. He met the love of his life, Louise, and the two were married on September 13, 1958 in Couer d#8217;Alene, Idaho. In 1971, they moved to Missoula before settling in Bozeman in...
Richard Baker
May 3, 2009
Fair Winds and Following Seas Richard J. Baker (Dick), 70, of Belgrade passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2009. Dick was born on October 20, 1938 to James and Alvina Baker in Bozeman, Montana. He graduated from Gallatin County High School in 1956. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became a Commissaryman (which eventually would be renamed...
Geraldine Ward
May 1, 2009
Geraldine Ward, 90, of Bozeman passed away Friday, May 1, 2009 at her home, with her twin by her side. Geraldine was born on October 8, 1918 in Clarksdale, Illinois to Patrick and Anna Ward. She attended St. John#8217;s Nursing School in Springfield, IL, graduating in 1938. Following graduation, she worked as an Occupational Nurse in Chicago and a Geriatric...
Carl E. Moddrell
May 1, 2009
Carl Eugene Moddrell, 63, of Three Forks, passed away, Friday, May 1, 2009 at his home. He was born February 22, 1946 in Spokane, WA to Clarence (Gene) and Juanita(Campbell) Carr and later adopted by Richard and Dorothy (Warron) Moddrell. Carl married Eileen M Carter September 10, 1964 in Idaho Falls, ID. The couple made their home in Bozeman. He...
John Anderson
Apr 30, 2009
John Anderson, 62, of Belgrade passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009. John was born on February 9, 1947 in Logan, Utah to Ross and Jeneal Anderson. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he lived in Idaho, where he owned the largest Union paint company in the state. John was a true western man; he loved to hunt, fish, boat,...
Timothy Johnson
Apr 29, 2009
Timothy Francis Johnson passed away unexpectedly on April 29, 2009. He was born September 1, l950 to Joseph Harvey Johnson and Mary Smith Johnson in Utica, New York. Tim grew up in the Adirondack region of New York loving the outdoors, hunting, fishing and hiking. His work career spanned a wide range of talents including teaching disabled children and adults,...
Bill Hiscock
Apr 21, 2009
Bill Hiscock, 57, died April 21, 2009, in Bozeman Deaconess Hospital after an 18-year-long battle with light-chain deposition disease. He was born on Oct. 31, 1951, in Santa Monica, Calif., to William and Shirley Hiscock. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1968 and graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif., in 1969. He received a B.S....
Frederick Pitt
Apr 21, 2009
Frederick John Pitt, 72, of Bozeman, passed away April 21, 2009 in Bozeman, MT. He was born May 23, 1936 in Seattle, WA, the son of Edward Dawson and Bessie Florence Ena (Capern) Hiscock. He was raised and educated in Seattle. Fred married Patricia Carroll on July 21, 1955 in Seattle. She passed away on April 15, 1985. Fred worked...
Bob Kerney
Apr 19, 2009
Robert #8220;Bob#8221; Allen Kerney, 43, of Belgrade, Montana passed away April 19, 2009 doing what he loved most, riding his motorcycle. He was born on June 24, 1965 in Long Beach, California, the son of Don and Betty (Erickson) Kerney. He grew up in Spokane, Washington, and graduated from high school in Salem, Oregon. Bob was a chef in Spokane,...
Colleen Hops
Apr 14, 2009
Colleen Lynch Hartman Hops was born December 28, 1908 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Carrie Lynch and Adam A. Hartman. On April 14, 2009 after encountering complications from a broken hip, Colleen left this life to begin a new journey. Late last fall, Colleen celebrated her 100th Birthday with many family members and friends from out of town in Bozeman,...
Irene Wilson
Apr 12, 2009
Irene Ruth Wilson, 80, of Bozeman passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2009. Irene was born in Butte, Montana on November 24, 1928 to Lawrence and Marguerite (Kroger) Harris. She married the love of her life, John Wilson, on March 3, 1951. Irene was preceded in death by her parents, her infant daughter, and brother, Roy Harris. Survivors include her...
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