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Loretta Smith Backstrom
Feb 23, 2021
On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, Loretta Smith Backstrom, loving mother, sister, and dear friend, passed away at age 62. Loretta was born on February 7, 1959 in Kahuku, Hawaii to Joseph and Alice (Zemp) Smith. She was always proud to be born in Hawaii, especially in the same year that Hawaii became a state. After fond childhood memories as a...
Edward Andrew Wells
Feb 23, 2021
Edward Andrew Wells, 52, passed away February 23, 2021. A Remembrance Gathering will be held 1-3PM Friday, March 12th, at Dahl Funeral & Cremation Service Tribute Center.
Carol Jean Murphy
Feb 19, 2021
Carol J. Murphy, age 86, passed away unexpectedly on February 19, 2021 in her home in Jacksonville, FL from complications of ALZ. She is survived by her husband of 65 years Robert J. Murphy, her son John R. Murphy, sisters Helen Diffenderfer, Janet Cawlfield (George), and Barbara Morgan (Carl), as well as nieces and nephews living in Arizona and Montana....
Donald Lee Walters
Feb 16, 2021
Don Walters of Bozeman passed away February 16, 2021 at the age of 92. Don was born in 1928 in Milwaukee, WI. His father worked at A. O. Smith company making bombs, and his mother was a welder when he was growing up. He was raised on his grandmother’s dairy. In 1946 Don quit school at the age of 17...
John Robert Tamminga
Feb 16, 2021
John Robert Tamminga, 86, of Bozeman, passed away February 16, 2021. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to tinytimandfriends.org which provides Medical, Nutritional and Psych-Social Support to Vulnerable HIV+ children, adolescents and pregnant women in Zambia or a charity of your choice. A Celebration of Life will be held later after Covid.
Rosemary Newman
Feb 12, 2021
Dr. Rosemary Kramp Newman, a retired dietician, diabetes educator, Montana State University professor emeritus and author, passed in her hometown of Bozeman, MT on February 12, 2020 at the age of 92. Rosemary is survived by her husband Walter Newman, her daughter Carrie Miller, her grandchildren Angie Gross (Brian), Amber Keith, Sean Miller, and Jenny Schmitz (Kyler), and her six...
Patrice B. Schmitt
Feb 11, 2021
Patrice B. Schmitt, 82, of Port Charlotte, FL, died peacefully surrounded by family on February 11, 2021. Patrice was born September 6, 1938, in Springfield, MA, resided in Guilford, CT until retiring to Port Charlotte, FL. She was the oldest of seven, a loving wife, mother of four and grandmother of ten. Patrice graduated from Albertus Magus College, where at...
Richard R. Moline
Feb 10, 2021
Corporal Richard Raymond Moline, 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Richard was a decorated veteran who served in the Korean War and spent another couple of years in service. Richard was born on August 28, 1933 in Webster County, Iowa on his parents, Wally Moline and Fern Irene Early, farm. He graduated high school...
Gretchen Alice Ridge
Feb 9, 2021
Gretchen A. Ridge, age 82, died of natural causes February 9, 2021, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, Bozeman, MT. Gretchen was born January 2, 1939, in Alexandria, LA, to Albert and Elsie (Beauregard) Ridge. She and her two brothers and one sister were raised in Shreveport, LA. She received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Louisiana Tech in Ruston, LA, and...
Donald Eugene Barker
Feb 8, 2021
Donald Eugene Barker, 93, of Cheyenne, Wyoming passed away on February 8, 2021 while a resident at Spring Creek Inn in Bozeman, Montana. Don was born on August 22, 1927 in Glaymorgan, Wise County, Virginia. He was the second of nine children born to William Wade and Lilly Collins Barker. He is survived by brothers Jack, Jim, and Dallas Barker....
Sharyn Anhalt
Feb 2, 2021
Sharyn Kay Anhalt, 59, creator of YarnScout, the LYS, crossed over the fiber frontier February 2, 2021. Born June 14, 1961 to Jack and Judy (Hammerer) Anhalt in West Allis, WI, Sharyn spent her early life in the Milwaukee area, escaping to work summers in Yellowstone NP in 1980 where she met lifelong friends and her future husband George, settling...
Helen Bernice Scheer
Jan 27, 2021
Helen Bernice Scheer, loving mother, grandmother, and friend was called home to be with her lord and loved ones on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at the age of 89. Helen was born April 24, 1931 in Iona, ID to Joe and Bertha Louk. Many of her younger years were spent in the Bone hills above Iona. She loved telling stories...
Bonnie Mae Lawson
Jan 23, 2021
Bonnie Lawson was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was called home to be with the Lord after a valiant fight with cancer at the age of 74. Bonnie was born July 7, 1946, in Ventura, CA to Christopher J. Waugh & Evelyn M. Baird. Bonnie saw the world as her canvas and her perspective on life made everything...
Charles Glen Hammar
Jan 21, 2021
Charles Glen Hammar passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 75. Glen was born in Spokane, Washington on December 25, 1945 to Samuel and Ella Hammar. Glen thoroughly enjoyed growing up in Spokane. He loved playing with his siblings and friends, spending time in the outdoors, and attending...
Carol L. Weidinger
Jan 21, 2021
Carol lived a long and full life as a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister before going peacefully to Heaven to be with our Lord Jesus on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Born as Carol Cook on December 13, 1946 to Hobart Cook and Weymouth Palmer in Billings, MT, she grew up in Billings with her sister Judy and...
Katherine Louise Johnston
Jan 19, 2021
Katherine Louise Johnston, 65, of Bozeman, passed away January 19, 2021.
Norma Gay James
Jan 17, 2021
Norma Gay Siren James, aged 81, passed away on January 17, 2022, in Bozeman, MT. Norma was born June 5, 1940, in Afton, WY to Wayne and Lillian Siren. She lived and attended grade school in Smoot, WY and graduated from high school in Rock Springs, WY. Norma met her future husband, Bently Ray James in 1956 in Jackson Hole,...
Julia Elizabeth Zoll
Jan 17, 2021
Julia Elizabeth Zoll, 93, of Bozeman, MT, passed away on January 17, 2021 after a three-year long battle with cancer. She was born in Chicago, IL on July 8, 1927 to George and Julia Chovanec. Julia worked for Social Security until her marriage to Herbert Zoll, Jr. on November 6, 1955. After marriage, they moved to Westchester, IL, and were...
William Emmett Arnado
Jan 12, 2021
William Emmett Arnado, 78, of West Yellowstone passed away January 12, 2021. No services will be held at this time.
Ruel Elgen Brown, Jr.
Jan 11, 2021
Ruel Elgen Brown Jr., 86, returned with honor to his Heavenly home on Monday January 11, 2021. Ruel was born to Ruel Elgen Brown and Effie Vilate Averett Brown on the family farm in Lovell, WY. He was the 5th of six children. His character was deeply influenced by his mother and father’s serviceable example. Ruel married his sweetheart Sherry...
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