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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...
Clarence J. Redmond
Nov 6, 2008
Clarence James Redmond, 83, of Belgrade died shortly after midnight on November 6, 2008 at Mountain View Care Center in Bozeman. Clarence was born April 6, 1925 in Mosinee, Wisconsin, the sixth child (of seven surviving past infancy) of Patrick and Anna (Reidel) Redmond. On February 18, 1950 he married Joyce Alice Sagstetter in Wausau, Wisconsin, and together they raised...
Mary Ann Moyer
Nov 4, 2008
Mary Ann Moyer, 91, of Bozeman passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2008. She was born on February 12, 1917 to Joseph and Lola (Gabhert) Houston in Hutchinson, Kansas. Mary Ann married Cecil Si Moyer on May 16, 1934 in Hutchinson. They had one daughter, Shirley. Together, the couple lived in Half Moon Bay, California for 40 years. Ann had been...
Deirdre Eitel
Oct 31, 2008
Deirdre #8220;Dede#8221; Eitel, loving mother, wife, daughter, sister and dear friend, died unexpectedly Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Dede loved running along mountain trails, her dog at her side. There she now rests, cradled by the mountains she loved so dearly. Dede was born in Anchorage, Alaska, to Marvin and Kathleen Hathhorn in the middle of a snowstorm on April 15,...
June Billingham
Oct 26, 2008
June Caroline Billingham, 82, of Bozeman passed away suddenly of heart failure on Sunday, October 26, 2008. She was born June 28, 1926 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to Ralph and Florence Green, the fourth of seven children. She lived and worked most of her life in Great Falls, Montana. In 1946, she married John Billingham. Together, they raised two children,...
Alan Kilmurray
Oct 17, 2008
Alan Kilmurray, 54, of Bozeman, passed away at home on October 17, 2008 of a heart attack. He was born December 9, 1953 in Braintree, Massachusetts, a son to Earl and the late Helen (Dalton) Kilmurray. He was raised in Weymouth, MA and graduated from Weymouth South High School. He worked for a catering business on Cape Cod in high...
Charles Ray Fox
Oct 13, 2008
CHARLES RAY FOX Charles R. Fox died Monday afternoon, October 13, 2008, at Highgate Senior Living at the age of 91. Born in Lexington, OH.. Sept.. 23, 1917 to John Fox and Arinda Fogle, he finished High School and attended 2 years of college in Columbus, studing accounting. He met Dorothy Marquis in Pasadena, Calif., and they married on September...
Robert Vandercook
Oct 11, 2008
Robert Vandercook, 52, passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2008 in Butte, MT. He was born on July 30, 1956, the son of Clare Roland and Mildred Jean (Herrin) Vandercook in Alhambra, CA. Robert graduated from Dana Hills High School in Dana Point, CA where he played football and was active in the drama department. He later graduated from Lane...
Ruth Sommerfeld
Oct 10, 2008
Ruth Drovdal Sommerfeld, 92, of Bozeman, completed a fulfilling life in her home at Aspen Pointe, on Friday, October 10, 2008, thanks to the wonderful support of Bozeman Deaconess Hospice. Born September 11, 1916, in Arnegard, ND, to Olaf and Anna (Stenehjem) Drovdal, Ruth was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, teacher and friend. She was raised and...
Mary Jane Larson
Oct 8, 2008
Life-long Fort Benton resident Mary Jane (Hotvedt) Warren Larson, 90, died October 8, from complications from a broken hip. She had been residing at Gallatin Valley Nursing Home in Bozeman after a fall in July. Her memorial service will be held on October 16th in Fort Benton at St. Paul#8217;s Episcopal Church at 1 pm followed by a grave side...
Vernon Kirscher
Oct 6, 2008
Vernon M. Kirscher, 85, of Belgrade passed away Monday, October 6, 2008 at his home. He was born on September 11, 1923 in Livingston, Montana to Alvin and Mamie Kirscher. Vernon served in the Navy on the USS Execute, a minesweeper, in the Asiatic Pacific Area from April 1944 to his Honorary Discharge in April 1946. On February 20, 1950,...
Theresa Schweitzer
Oct 4, 2008
Theresa Julia Schweitzer, our dear mother, grandmother and great grandmother, was born Dec. 22, 1920 to Gertrude and Michael Schmidt in Berwick, ND. She passed Oct. 4, 2008 in Belgrade, MT of natural causes. At age 18, she moved to Montana to help her older sister Mary with her three young children as they lived on a farm and had...
Father John Ward
Oct 3, 2008
Fr. John Francis Ward, born September 13, 1931, died at the Livingston Memorial Hospital on Friday, October 3rd after valiantly fighting heart disease and cancer. John was born in Melrose, IA, the 5th child of Thomas and Lorraine (D#8217;Autermont) Ward. John is survived by his best friend and life companion, Joannie Lee Warnke and his beloved little miniature poodle, Kiki....
Steven Palmer
Sep 30, 2008
Steven Richard Palmer, 51, passed away September 30, 2008 at his home in Bozeman. Steve was born July 19, 1957 in Cutbank, Montana to Sherwin Eugene and Lois Kjose Palmer. He graduated from Cutbank High School and attended college towards a degree in Business Administration. Steve worked as an auto and farm machinery salesman, and parts salesman. He lived in...
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