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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Helen Heier
Oct 26, 2007
Helen Louise Heier, 84, of Bozeman, passed away Friday, October 26, 2007, with her son Vince by her side. She was born February 21, 1923 in Missoula, MT, to parents Walter and Marion (Nelson) Anderson. When she was six months old they moved to Wilmington, CA. Her father died at the very young age of 30 leaving her mother with...
William 'Bill' Farrar
Oct 25, 2007
William #8220;Bill#8221; Rex Farrar, 84, of Bozeman, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2007 at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. He was born October 31, 1922 in Terrisita, Missouri to James Rex and Ruth (Williams) Farrar. At an early age his family moved to Montana. Bill graduated from Harlem High School in 1942. Bill was united in marriage to Gloria Marlow on...
Levi Scofield
Oct 23, 2007
Lawrence #8220;Levi#8221; Scofield, 26, of Bozeman, passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2007. He was born February 23, 1981 in Sheridan, MT, the son to Larry and Teresa (Thompson) Scofield. Levi had a great love of the outdoors and spent much of his time hiking and camping. He loved animals and rescued several cats over the years. He was passionate about...
William 'Bill' Farrar
Oct 20, 2007
William #8220;Bill#8221; Rex Farrar, 84, of Bozeman, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2007 at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. He was born October 31, 1922 in Terrisita, Missouri to James Rex and Ruth (Williams) Farrar. At an early age his family moved to Montana. Bill graduated from Harlem High School in 1942. Bill was united in marriage to Gloria Marlow on...
Cynthia Hepburn Neuffer
Oct 19, 2007
Cynthia Hepburn Neuffer, 72, was passionate about many things#8212;pink flamingos, old dogs, a toothless cat, The New Yorker, poetry, public radio and Mozart. She was expert at telling a tale with enough truth to engage listeners with knowing recognition and enough exaggeration to transform the ordinary into the outrageous. Cynthia was deeply devoted to her children and grandchildren, whose enduring...
Earl W. Gates
Oct 18, 2007
Earl W. Gates, 84, lifelong resident of the Gallatin Valley, passed away peacefully, on October 18, 2007. Earl was born to the late Harry O. and Helen Gates on January 29, 1923. He was one of 6 brothers and 1 sister, who as a young boy quit school and worked on the Joe McReynolds Ranch, the Flying D Ranch, and...
Wayne Lachenmaier
Oct 18, 2007
Wayne A. Lachenmaier, August 5th, 1949#8212;October 17th, 2007 Wayne Lachenmaier passed away suddenly at his home in Bozeman during the evening hours of October 17, 2007. He was the son of Erwin and Eva Lachenmaier of Bozeman, MT. He graduated from Bozeman Senior High School and went on to become a student at Montana State University. Many of his favorite...
Ronald Brown
Oct 12, 2007
Ronald Charles Brown Jr., 53, a 30 year resident of Bozeman, passed away Friday, October 12, 2007. Ron was born in Fort Wayne,Indiana, to Ronald and Shirley Brown on July 30, 1954. He grew up in a military family, and moved all over the country when young, after high school, he joined the US Army and was a medic with...
Edythe Bligh Phillips
Oct 10, 2007
Edythe Bligh Phillips, 79, of Bozeman (formerly of Laurel and Troy Montana), passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2007, following a short bout with pneumonia. She was born September 5, 1928 in Billings to Edythe Francis (Riddle) and Richard Bligh Busby. Bligh attended schools in Billings, MT and graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1946. She met Rudy Lee Phillips...
Ben Hill Slothower Jr.
Oct 7, 2007
BEN HILL SLOTHOWER, SR. Ben Hill Slothower, Sr. of Bozeman, Montana passed away peacefully on Oct. 7, 2007 in his home at the age of 82. He was born in California, moved with his family to Colorado Springs Colorado, where he graduated from high school. His college studies at the Colorado School of Mines was interrupted by the call of...
Betsy Kuntz
Oct 2, 2007
Following a long struggle with her health, Betsy May (Padden) Kuntz was escorted by angels just four days after her 78th birthday. . Betsy May Padden was born September 28, 1929, at Camp Crook, SD at her grandmother#8217;s home. She was the second of four children of Easton and Sylvia (Davis) Padden. She attended the country schools at Rema and...
Craig Kinnaman
Sep 27, 2007
Craig Michael Kinnaman of Big Sky, passed away September 27, 2007. Craig was born to Ray Smith and Mickey Kinnaman in Torrance California on March 12, 1952. Craig grew up in Malibu and Huntington Beach, a true California surfin#8217; boy. He loved the ocean, and all water related activities, such as skiing, sky skiing and fast boats. Craig was a...
Kathyleen E. 'Kathy' Griffith
Sep 23, 2007
Kathy Griffith, 55, of Bozeman, passed away Sunday September 23rd, 2007 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Kathy was born in Billings, MT on December 15, 1951 to Mick and Dolores Fraker. She was the second of four children. She attended the tiny Pioneer grade school with her siblings by the family ranch in Clark, WY and finished...
Jerry Mcdannald
Sep 15, 2007
Jerry M. McDannald, 70, of Collinsville, Texas and of West Yellowstone, Montana, passed away September 15, 2007 in Collinsville, TX. He was born June 21, 1937 in Houston, Texas, a son to Gordon Cleaves and Lily Mae (George) McDannald. Jerry was raised and educated in Texas and had attended the University of Oklahoma and Southwest Texas State University. He became...
Danial 'Dan' Bunkers
Sep 9, 2007
Our beloved Danial Dan Leroy Bunkers was taken from everyone who loved and knew him on September 9, 2007. Dan was born March 11, 1982 in Provo Utah to Edwin Lee Bunkers and Lucinda (Moore) Bunkers. As a child Dan and his family moved around quite a bit. Starting in Utah they moved to New Mexico, back to Utah, and...
Vinnie Gore
Sep 7, 2007
VINNIE MARY #8220;MIMI#8221; GORE Vinnie Mary #8220;Mimi#8221; Gore died Saturday, September 7, 2007 after a long illness. Born in Helena on August 2, 1946, she was the daughter of Donald and Helen (Weggenman) Gore. Following graduation from Cathedral High School in l964, she entered the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Xavier Kansas. For 12 years she taught in Kansas, Missouri...
Teckla Reno Lohof
Sep 1, 2007
Lohof Teckla Reno Lohof, passed away in Bozeman, Mt., on Saturday, Sept, 1, 2007, after a long illness. Teckla was born to Floyd and Eda (Johnson) Reno Jr. on January 5, 1958, in Gillette, Wyoming. She grew up on a ranch in southern Campbell County and attended Campbell County High School. During her time on the ranch she learned the...
Kenneth Lyle Swanson
Aug 29, 2007
Swanson Kenneth Lyle Swanson 67, died August, 29, 2007, in Bozeman, Mt. . Kenneth Swanson has won victory over death in the loving arms of his savior Jesus Christ. He was born in Dagus Mines, PA, on April 4, 1940, to Lyle and Mary Swanson. Kenneth retired from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque NM in 1993 after 32 years. He...
Lori Golden
Aug 27, 2007
Golden Lori J. #8220;Kittin#8221; Golden, 47 of Belgrade, passed away surrounded by family members on August 27, 2007. Lori was born in Bozeman, on August 08, 1960 to Dan and Esther (Treichel) Nelson. Lori was a 5th generation Gallatin Valley Pioneer. Lori was a very happy child growing up in Bozeman. At the age of 9, Lori won 1st place...
James Walter Cusik
Aug 23, 2007
James Walter Cusick, born November 18, 1924, a devoted husband and family man, retired college professor, and lifelong enthusiast for the state of Montana, fishing and all things Irish, passed away August 23, 2007. He was the son of Catherine (Cassie) and Walter Cusick who lived in Laurel, Montana. His first job was in the Roundhouse for the Northern Pacific...
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