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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
John "Jack" Tkach
Apr 2, 2023
John "Jack" Tkach, M.S., M.D.
Dr. John Tkach, 80, of Bozeman, MT, passed peacefully on April 2, 2023. Known by most as “Jack”, he was born in Pennsylvania in a hospital that was built by his grandfather, also a physician and surgeon. His father, Dr. Walter Tkach, was the White House physician for Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon. Little Jackie (as he...
Jason James Tigart
Apr 2, 2023
Jason James Tigart, aged 50, of Bozeman, formerly of Great Falls, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Bozeman. Viewing and visitation will be held on Friday, April 7, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at O’Connor Funeral Home, 2425 8th Avenue North, Great Falls, MT, with a memorial service to be announced. Dahl Funeral and Cremation Service...
John Victor Parsons
Apr 2, 2023
John Victor Parsons was born February 1, 1941, to Henry and Minnie Parsons in Bozeman, Montana, making him the youngest of seven brothers and two sisters.
John married Dixie Harris Johnson on January 30, 1975.
In his younger years, John liked to hunt and fish, ride his dirt bike in the mountains, and do a little bit of gold panning.
John learned his...
Reta Terrell
Mar 29, 2023
Reta Terrell ~
Reta Terrell, a loving wife and mother passed away peacefully at home in Belgrade, MT, March 29, 2023. Reta was 74 years old. She was born in Silverton, OR to Edwin and Hazel Leola Hamness in 1949. Reta grew up in Newport and Toledo, OR and graduated high school in 1967 from Pasco, WA. The summer before starting...
Katherine Helen Nicole Silverstein
Mar 26, 2023
Katherine “Katie Bugg” Helen Nicole Silverstein (Pearcy), 29, of Bozeman, MT, formerly of Pocatello, ID, left this world Sunday, March 26, 2023, surrounded by her loving family.
Born August 3, 1993 in Soldotna, AK to Jeri Pearcy, now Scalise, and Kenny Pearcy. As a child Katie moved with her family to Pocatello, ID, and attended Irving Jr. High School and...
Philip Edwin Willmarth
Mar 26, 2023
Philip Edwin Willmarth was born in a farmhouse on May 13, 1933, in Sunny Side, WA, to Wendell and Betty Willmarth. In October 1951, Phil enlisted in the Air Force, where he was stationed in England and Iceland. It was in England he met the love of his life, Freda Hawes, whom he married on July 10, 1954. After Freda...
Phyllis Anne Reynolds
Mar 15, 2023
Phyllis Reynolds, 63, of Belgrade, MT, passed away peacefully March 15, 2023, surrounded by her family. Phyllis was born May 4, 1959, to Jim and Faye Dooner in Memphis, TN. The eldest child in a Navy family, Phyllis spent her childhood having adventures with her five siblings in numerous desirable locales including Barbers Point, HI and San Diego, CA. After...
Kenneth Owings Miller
Mar 15, 2023
Kenneth Owings Miller, 76, of Bozeman, MT, died on March 15th, of a sudden cardiac event while home recovering from recent heart surgery. Ken was born January 24,1947, outside of Harlowton, MT to Emerald Lily May (Owings) Miller and Lewis Henry Herman Miller. Ken was the 4th of eight kids and had a childhood full of adventure living in the...
Delynn M. Grube
Mar 14, 2023
On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, our Dad, Delynn M. Grube left this earthly world at the age of 85. He was born November 11, 1937, in St. Anthony, ID to Merle and Evelyn (McKerigan) Grube. Dad grew up on the family ranch outside Ashton, ID where the ranch hands gave him the nickname Swede. It was on the family ranch,...
Joseph Richard Schlauch
Mar 13, 2023
Joseph Richard Schlauch, known mostly as Richard to family and friends, passed peacefully on March 13th at the age of 81. He was a public school teacher for over 35 years and an avid photographer for over 60. He was always ready with a joke or quip to lighten a mood or ease conversation, and was known as the family...
Renee Cooke Jesness
Mar 12, 2023
Renee C. Jesness, 72, teacher for Bozeman Public Schools, passed away on Sunday March 12, 2023, with her husband by her side. A Memorial Service will be announced for a later date in Illinois.
E. Bernice Chestnut
Mar 10, 2023
She was born Etna Bernice Knudson to Lorena and BMR “Bert” Knudson, in Miles City, Montana. Bert was a homesteader, then successful rancher and county commissioner in Powder River County. His wife Lorena, nee Harris, was 16 years his junior. Bernie was proud of her dad as a child but worried about his health. She grew up as the youngest...
Bryan Warren Spacek
Mar 7, 2023
Bryan Spacek, 66, of Belgrade, Montana, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in the comfort of his own home.
Bryan was born September 23, 1956, in Richmond, Texas. He was the son of Bobby Spacek and Elizabeth West Smith.
On February 18, 2008, Bryan was united in marriage to Sandra Young in Hillsborough, North Carolina. They moved to Montana in 2017.
Bryan...
Joel Eugene Price
Mar 6, 2023
Joel Eugene Price, 81, of Bozeman, passed away on March 6, 2023, with his adoring family by his side. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, March 11th at 1:00 PM at The Church of Christ in Bozeman.
Joel was born on April 12, 1941, in Battle Creek, MI to Dewitt and Bernice (Carr) Price. He was raised there as...
Flore A. Hill
Mar 4, 2023
Flore Gaudry was born in St Victor, Saskatchewan on July 10, 1931, one of 12 children.
Flore’s mother, Aldea Lamontagne (maiden name) died when Flore was young. Her father, Modeste Gaudry, moved the children to St Boniface, Manitoba, on the outskirts of Winnipeg, where he built a house across the street from a Catholic boarding school. Keeping the boys at home,...
Duane Firestone
Feb 20, 2023
Duane Firestone, 64, of Bozeman, passed away February 20th. No services will be held.
Douglas "Doug" L. Kuhl
Feb 18, 2023
Doug, age 71, passed away on February 18, 2023, after a short illness. Doug was born on January 4, 1952, on the Iron Range in Grand Rapids, MN. His parents were Arlie Kuhl and Annice (Loverude) Hartman. He is one of six children. They moved from the Iron Range to Rosemount, MN and then to Lomira, WI when he was...
Gretchen Mcneely
Feb 17, 2023
Dr. Gretchen McNeely went to her heavenly home on Friday, February 17, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three siblings. She is survived by her daughter and son and their families including many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a brother and a sister.
Gretchen was a nurse who had her RN, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees. She...
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