OBITUARIES

Mar 5, 2008

Our sweet, darling mother and friend to all, Karen Neibauer (Lynch) of Bozeman, went to be with Jesus on March 5th surround by her loving family members and her newest family at Elsie#8217;s assisted living. She was 68 years old. Karen spent her childhood in Shelby, later moving to Belgrade where her father opened Lynch Flying service, later he moved...

Mar 3, 2008

Emil F. #8220;Jr#8221; Hoell, 76, of Bozeman MT, passed away Monday, March 3, 2008 after his courages 4 year fight with many medical illnesses.. He was born January 5, 1932 at the family ranch up Bear Canyon. Jr was educated at the LaMotte School. After morning chores he and his sister walked to school no matter the weather, he was...

Feb 27, 2008

Vander Jagt Rick Allen Vander Jagt, 49, of Bozeman, passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, February 27, 2008. He was born in Kalispell, MT on May 28, 1958, to Paul and Connie (Teeple) Vander Jagt, the second of four children. He moved with his family to Bozeman in 1973, and graduated from Bozeman Senior High School in 1979. After...

Feb 25, 2008

Kenneth Michael Spain passed away the morning of February 25, 2008. He was born in Denver, Colorado on September 17, 1945 to Louis and Mary (Sheriff) Spain. The Spains moved to Bozeman shortly thereafter. During his youth, Ken enjoyed raising numerous animals as pets, including Freddie Fang, the MSU bobcat, several hawks and a fox. Ken graduated from Bozeman High...

Feb 23, 2008

Scott Wiseman passed away Saturday, February 23rd, 2008, at his home in Bozeman. He was forty-eight years old. The third of four boys, Scotty grew up in a highly mobile military family, attending eleven schools in twelve years, a factor that no doubt contributed to his adventurous lifestyle and restless spirit. He graduated in 1978 from C.M. Russell high school...

Feb 21, 2008

Margaret #8220;Maggie#8221; (McGowan) Wood, born February 3, 1916 on an Alberta, Canada homestead near the Peace River passed away at age 92 at her home in Bozeman, Montana on February 21, 2008. The daughter of an Irish train engineer and a Polish immigrant mother, Maggie, her sisters Eleanor and Mary, and her brothers Mac, John and Pat grew up on...

Feb 17, 2008

Helen Dutton Cowles Helen Dutton Cowles, the last surviving member of the Dutton family raised on the Dutton Ranch, passed away Sunday February, 17, 2008 of natural causes at Spring Meadows Assisted Living Facility in Bozeman. Helen, the youngest of nine children, was born May 20, 1913 on the Dutton Ranch twelve miles south of Big Timber. Her father, William...

Feb 13, 2008

Fred J. Nikles, 91, of Belgrade, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008. He was born to Julius and Elsie (Sharrer) Nikles on September 24, 1916, in the upper Bridger Canyon area. He was raised by his aunt and uncle Alfred and Anna Nikles, and attended the Upper Bridger School. #8220;Freddy#8221; married Ellen Fogh on December 5, 1945, in Livingston, Montana,...

Feb 13, 2008

Pederssen Ralph Edward Pederssen, 55, of Bozeman, MT, passed away on February 13, 2008. He was born on October 3, 1952, in Brooklyn, NY. He married Tina Gasner and together they had 3 children, while living in California and New York. Ralph and Tina divorced in 1986 and Ralph remarried Linda Pederssen. Together they had a son named William Pederssen...

Feb 13, 2008

Arnold Arnie Happel, age 94, of Bozeman, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 from complications of Parkinsons and pneumonia. Arnold was born in Bozeman, Montana September 8, 1913, to Fred and Hattie (Toepper) Happel and attended Gallatin Co. High School. At a young age, his father Fred passed away, and Arnold moved to Canada, where he spent a year...

Feb 12, 2008

Feb 6, 2008

Robert (Bob) Davis passed away on February 6, 2008 at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. He was born in Jewett City, Connecticut on May 22, 1924, the son of Jack and Alice Davis. Robert was predeceased by his wife Doris who passed away on March 4, 2004. Robert worked for the Southern New England Telephone Company for 35 years and was a...

Feb 5, 2008

Feb 3, 2008

David L. Biggar, 83, of Belgrade, formerly of the Bigfork and Polson area, passed away February 3, 2008, at the Billings Deaconess Hospital. He was born January 28, 1925, in Littleton, CO, to David N. and Ella (Borgen) Biggar. His mother passed away when he was very young. His father later remarried and he was raised by his step-mother Millie...

Feb 2, 2008

Fanoy Calvin Lankford, 71, of Bozeman, formerly of Fresno, CA, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2008. He was born October 4, 1936 in Stidham, Oklahoma, to the late Floyd and Hazel Lankford. Fanoy married Irene Parker, June 11 1955, in Las Vegas, NV, together they enjoy 52 years of marriage, raising 2 children, while he worked construction in the...

Feb 1, 2008

Jack W. Greenway, Jr. of Bozeman passed away suddenly on February 1, 2008. He was born to Jack and Mary Greenway on August 29, 1948 in Norman, Oklahoma. Raised in a military family, they traveled extensively. The family moved to Montana in 1965, where he graduated from Bozeman Senior High in 1966. Following in his fathers#8217; footsteps he soon enlisted...

Jan 27, 2008

Shirley M. Halligan World War II Vet, Navy Shirley Halligan passed away at her Bozeman home on Sunday, January 27, 2008. She is survived by her daughters Deborah Kristof and husband Gary of Bozeman, Anne #8220;Ginger#8221; Halligan and her husband George Thompson of Bozeman, and son William Halligan of Lancaster, PA. Shirley also leaves behind grandchildren Jessica Kristof , Carrie...

Jan 27, 2008

Victor Vic#8221; Timothy Hager, 52, of Belgrade, MT, passed away on January 27, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer. Victor was born July 8, 1955, in Townsend, MT. He grew up in the Gallatin Valley, and graduated from Belgrade High School in 1975. After high school, he married Theresa #8220;Terri#8221; Vesely on August 13, 1977; together they had three...

Jan 25, 2008

Kallie Sue Hamilton, 48, of Lewistown, passed away January 25, 2008. She was born September 18, 1959 in Bozeman to Bill and Pegge (Stevens) Gregory. Kallie graduated from high school in California and moved back to Montana in 1993. She lived in Livingston for a couple of years and then in Norris where she helped her mother who owned the...

Jan 23, 2008

Clara Smullen Becker, 83, passed away peacefully at her home in Bozeman on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. Clara was born on August 6, 1924 in Norwood, Penn. She graduated from Glen Nor high school in Norwood in 1942, and received her R.N. from Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing in Pennsylvania, two years later. She met the love of her...