OBITUARIES
Recent Obituary Listings
Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Philip Braun
Jan 14, 2009
Philip Braun, 79, of Bozeman passed away on January 14, 2009. He was born on March 7, 1929 in Pennsylvania to Anton and Mary Braun. Phil married Irma DeLorenzo in 1953. On July 24, 1986, Phil married Mary Clark in Montana. He thoroughly enjoyed his work as a Physical Education teacher, a coach, and as an Athletic Director. Phil loved...
Jean Pittman
Jan 12, 2009
Jean G. Pittman, 84, of Bozeman, passed away January 12, 2009 at Mountain View Care Center. She was born March 5, 1924 in Lincoln, NE, a daughter to H.M. and Elen M. (Schwarz) Traver. She was raised by her grandmother. As a young woman she worked for the carnival, then moved to Texas and was working at Navy PX near...
Ann Mchugh
Jan 5, 2009
Ann Mc Hugh, whose life spanned almost a century, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2009 in Bozeman, Montana. Born Anselma Sonnhalter in Massillon, Ohio on October 10, 1910, she was the youngest of five children of Catherine and Henry Sonnhalter, a local merchant. She graduated from Mount Marie Academy in Canton, Ohio, and earned her teaching certificate at Kent...
Frances Biedron
Jan 1, 2009
Frances Barbara Biedron, 87, of Bozeman, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 1, 2009. She was born in Uniontown, PA on September 28, 1921, one of four children to parents John and Julia Gorka. On May 12, 1946, she married Louis Biedron in Chicago, IL. Frances was a loving wife and devoted mother who raised three daughters, Donna,...
Dan Joe Pitman
Dec 30, 2008
Dan Joe Pitman passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. He was born October 18, 1952, to Alvin and Ada Pitman in Lewistown, Montana. Dan graduated from Chinook High School and worked various jobs in Washington and Montana. He loved fellowship meetings and God#8217;s people. He was known as a devoted son, brother, and uncle. Dan had...
Steven Colgrove
Dec 26, 2008
Steven Ray (Lewis) Colgrove, age 35, entered into rest Dec. 26, in Bozeman. He was born Jan. 27, 1973, to Hal #8220;Sammy#8221; Colgrove Jr. and Claudette (Lewis) Schloss in Sunnyside, Wash. He was raised and educated in Sunnyside and Grandview. Steven loved spending time in the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He didn#8217;t like to sit still, always looking for...
Marvin Crane
Dec 21, 2008
Marvin Eugene Crane of Bozeman passed away from natural causes on December 21st 2008 with his loving family by his side. This world was blessed with Marvin on December 29, 1923 to Isaac Newton and Elizabeth Crane. Raised mainly in the Tobacco Root Mountains, above Laurin, Marvin enjoyed his youth filled with childhood adventures and attending elementary school at robbers...
Sharry Davis
Dec 18, 2008
Sharry Dee Davis, 70, of Bozeman passed away Thursday, December 18, 2008 after a long a courageous battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Sharry was born on May 11, 1938 in Bozeman, Montana to John and Laura (Johnson) Apperson. She graduated from Gallatin County High School in 1956, and lived in the Gallatin Valley her entire life. On March 9,...
Mary Ellen Woolley
Dec 12, 2008
On Friday December 12th, 2008 Mary Ellen Woolley stepped into eternity with Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior. Mary Ellen lived the last three years of her life at the Highgate Memory Care Cottage while Alzheimer#8217;s disease changed the sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend we knew and loved. Highgate and Rocky Mountain Hospice staff helped Mary Ellen and her...
Irene Korbin
Dec 9, 2008
Irene Korbin, 92, of San Clemente, CA passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 while in Bozeman, MT. She was born on July 17, 1916 in Newark, NJ to Gregory and Antonina (Thedorchak) Peretz. She later married Ernest Korbin and together they raised four children, Gregg, Jim, Christine, and Bill. Irene was a longtime member of St. George#8217;s Episcopal Church...
Emma Marie Sale
Dec 3, 2008
Emma Marie Sale, of Bozeman, passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM. Marie was born April 27, 1915 in Dayton, Maryland, to William and Emma (Brown) Maloney. She had six brother's and one sister. Marie helped raise the six boys and many other Maloney and Brown children. Her mother Emma taught school and ran a family summer...
Kenneth Pasha
Dec 1, 2008
Kenneth Lee Pasha, 52, of Belgrade passed away Monday, December 1, 2008. Kenneth was born July 31, 1956 in Bozeman, Montana to William #8220;Don#8221; and Ethel (Hoell) Pasha. He attended Anderson Grade School (little red schoolhouse) as well as Holy Rosary and graduated from Bozeman High School. Kenneth married Patricia Jaskot of Sidney, MT on November 15, 1975. They had...
Dohris Marx
Nov 30, 2008
Dohris Marx, 88, life long resident of Bozeman, passed away November 30, 2008 at Gallatin Rest Home. She was born January 25, 1920 in Bozeman, the daughter to William Clarence and Mabel Polly (Jones) Ford. Dohris graduated from Gallatin High School and married Jake Marx in 1938. They had two children, Karen and Bill. Dohris was a very special lady...
Betty Mae Burris
Nov 20, 2008
The worn black and white snapshot shows two smiling young girls, probably 10 or 12 years old, leaning up against a weathered wooden building. On the back of the photo in faded pencil are these words: #8220;Betty Mae Oliver and Mina Nelson at the Elkhorn School, we were the only students.#8221; That photo was taken in the mid 1930s in...
John C. Howell
Nov 20, 2008
John C. Howell, 64, of Belgrade, passed away suddenly Thursday, November 20, 2008 at his home. He was born May 4, 1944 in Beloit, Wisconsin the son of Jim and Sally Howell. He served in the US Army; following the service he married Joellyn Buell in Red Wing, MN. He worked for Northwestern Bell in Rochester, MN. He also owned...
Rudy Lee Phillips
Nov 19, 2008
Rudy Lee Phillips, 81, of Troy MT (formerly of Laurel), died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday November 19, 2008 at his home on Angel Island. He was born December 26, 1926 in Laurel, MT, the fourth of six children, to William Julia (Hackert) Phillips. His wife, Bligh, and his brothers, Hack, Cliff, Harry and Jim, preceded him in death....
Heather Jean Prelat
Nov 15, 2008
Heather Jean Prelat of Bozeman, Montana went to be with our Lord Saturday afternoon, November 15, 2008 at her home. Heather was born on June 29, 1971 and was raised in Missoula, Montana. Heather spent her adult life in both Missoula and Bozeman, moving to Bozeman in 2001. She was preceded into the heavenly kingdom by her mother Sheryl Prelat...
Roselee Faust
Nov 11, 2008
Roselee Faust, 55, of Bozeman passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008. She was born on July 26, 1953 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Charles and Bula (Gibson) Lett. She graduated from Benton High School in 1971 and attended Missouri Western State College. She met Russell Faust in 1976 in Seattle, where the two spent the next three years skydiving together....
Lillian Miller
Nov 11, 2008
Lillian Miller, 83, of Bozeman passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008 surrounded by her family. Born August 27, 1925 as the only child to Frank and Dorothy (Gaffga) Davis in Greenport, New York, she attended the one and only Greenport school from Kindergarten through High School. From there Lillian went on to graduate with honors from Lennox Hill Hospital School...
Frances Jochem
Nov 10, 2008
Frances Buell Jochem, 91, passed away November 10, 2008, surrounded by her loving family. Frances was born October 8, 1917 at Glen Haven Ranch, at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains, north of Buffalo, Wyoming to the late Miles William and Helen White Buell. Growing up she loved the mountains and all the great outdoors. She worked at the...