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Audelle Schneider Estes
Sep 20, 2024
Audelle Schneider Foust Estes, 95, of Bozeman, Montana, died at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital on September 20, 2024.
She was born in Baker, Montana in 1929 to Elmer Schneider and Audrey Dickey, and was their only child. Audelle attended schools in Baker, graduating in 1947. She moved to Bozeman and started college at Montana State College (now University). She married Jack Foust...
Mona Jeanne King Morgan
Sep 9, 2024
Mona Jeanne King Morgan passed away on September 9, 2024 of natural causes; she was 88 years old.
Mona was born on April 17, 1936, in Newark, New Jersey. Mona grew up in Summit, New Jersey. She had an active childhood with her two brothers and sister. She spent time swimming and playing her favorite sport, tennis. She graduated from the...
Dan E Kelley
Sep 9, 2024
Dan E Kelley, 77, passed away on September 9, 2024, after a life filled with laughter, love for his family and friends, and an enduring appetite to experience the world and share it with those he loved.
Dan was born on January 2, 1947, in Monmouth, Illinois, the son of Helen Bernice Kelley and Carroll “Casey” Kelley, a World War II...
June Droge
Sep 8, 2024
June Elaine Droge, daughter of Alden and Muriel Balfour, was born August 6, 1929, in Missoula, Montana. June, her brother Monte, and sister Elda were raised on a farm in the Moiese Valley during the depression years. Good memories of her childhood were not dulled by hardships of the depression but did give her a lifelong sense of frugality; a...
Lynette Joy Johnson
Sep 6, 2024
Lynette Joy Johnson, 60, of Bozeman, Montana passed away as a result of a car/pedestrian accident on Friday, September 6, 2024, in Bozeman. Cremation was entrusted to Dahl Funeral and Cremation Service. A Celebration of Joy’s Life will be held at 3PM on Friday, September 13th, at Dahl Funeral & Cremation Service, Bozeman and livestreamed at www.dahlcares.com.
Lynette was born August...
Stanlie June Kreitinger
Sep 4, 2024
Stanlie June (McKirdy) Kreitinger, of Three Forks, MT, passed away at the age of 90 on September 4, 2024, with peace and joy in her heart.
Stanlie was preceded in death by her parents, and 14 of her brothers and sisters. She is survived by her husband of 71 years, John (Jack) Kreitinger: her six children, Tom Kreitinger, Jackie (Kreitinger) Boshka,...
Keiko Yoshida Williams
Aug 31, 2024
Keiko Yoshida Williams passed away at home in Bozeman on Aug. 31, 2024, with family at her side. She was 93.
Keiko was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on Jan. 5, 1931, to Izumi and Tsutayo Yoshida. She was the middle of five children. Keiko’s young life was scored by her parents’ musical talents and marked by their daily tea ceremonies, by...
Janet Ann Lewis
Aug 29, 2024
Janet Ann Lewis, 64, of Bozeman, passed away August 29, 2024. Janet was born at The Doctor's Hospital in Washington, DC on September 4, 1959, to Wilfred and Joan Lloyd Lewis. She grew up in Washington, DC and Kabul, Afghanistan and graduated high school in June 1977 from School without Walls in Washington, DC. She went on to receive a...
Fred L. Richtsmeier
Aug 25, 2024
Fred Lewis Richtsmeier, age 55, of Bozeman, MT passed away of natural causes at home on Sunday, August 25, 2024.
Fred Richtsmeier was born in Saint Joseph, MO on January 4, 1969. He was the son of Larry Richtsmeier and Karen Steele. The young family moved to Forest City, IA in the summer of 1969 where Fred would grow up and...
Roger D. Johnson
Aug 22, 2024
Roger D. Johnson, 87, of Belgrade, MT, passed August 22, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family.
Roger was born March 3, 1937, in Bozeman, the oldest of two children to Melvin and Bessie (Briggs) Johnson. He attended local schools, graduating high school in 1954. Roger joined the Navy in October of the same year and served honorably for eight...
Shirley W. Armstrong
Aug 22, 2024
Shirley was born on January 28, 1928, to Stanley F. Wood and Edith M. (Mattason) Wood in Tyrone, New York. She joined siblings June, Loren and Jack. After Shirley were siblings Betty, Richard, Roger and Raymond.
Shirley went to elementary school in Wayne, New York and later graduated from Hammondsport New York High School. Then she trained in nursing at Binghamton...
Glen Thomas Crosby
Aug 20, 2024
Glen Thomas Crosby, 76, of Bozeman passed away on August 20, 2024. Cremation has been entrusted to Dahl Funeral and Cremation.
“Croz” as Glen was known as will be remembered for many things including his sense of humor, his time in the Army in Vietnam, and being a Mail carrier for over 30 years in Livingston. He will be missed by...
Bette L. Onsager
Aug 20, 2024
Bette Lynn (Stanton) Onsager—wife, mother, grandmother, faithful friend-- went home to the Lord she loved and followed all her life on the afternoon of August 20, 2024.
Bette was born to Briden Stanton and Agnes Linnea (Nelson) Stanton on April 4,1936 in Rugby, North Dakota. She spent her growing up years at first on the family farm and later, in the...
Loretta Good
Aug 19, 2024
Loretta Ann Good passed away on August 15, 2024. Cremation was entrusted to Dahl Funeral and Cremation Service.
Loretta was born on February 2, 1963, to Milton and Loretta (Johnson) Wiloya in Nome, AK. She grew up there and spent years in Anchorage as well as Buckley, WA. She had a passion for learning, going to school and bettering her education....
James "Jim" Harlan Heckman
Aug 14, 2024
James "Jim" Harlan Heckman passed away peacefully on August 14, 2024, surrounded by his wife, children and special friends. James was born to John and Helen Heckman on May 11, 1960, in Libby, MT. He grew up in Bozeman, MT and graduated from Bozeman High School, class of ‘79.
James completed Journeyman Lineman apprenticeship training and worked for many powerline construction...
Robert Vaughn Esperti
Aug 14, 2024
Robert Vaughn Esperti, born February 15, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan died instantly in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. He is survived by his wife, Windy, and children, Dani (18) and TJ (13), parents Bob and Lisbeth Esperti of Tucson, brother and sister-in-law, James and Michele Esperti, and nephews Lucas (18) and Vincent (18) of Bozeman.
Rob was a...
John Lester Schlegel
Aug 4, 2024
John Schlegel, 68, of Manhattan, MT, passed away at his home August 4, 2024 with family at his side.
John was born in Bozeman March 11, 1956, one of three children to Charles and MaryLou (Lester) Schlegel. Shortly after graduating from Bozeman High School, John spent a bit of time in Saudi Arabia working in a civil service capacity supporting the...
Vera Denison
Aug 1, 2024
On Thursday, August 1, 2024, Vera Chandler Denison’s life journey came to an end. She was born September 16, 1934, in Bozeman, Montana to Arthur and Vivian Orr Chandler. She joined her older sister, Louise, completing their family.
She grew up in Bozeman, attending Irving, Hawthorn, Emerson and Gallatin County High Schools, graduating in 1952. The following year, she married C.E....
Frank Theodore Sundeen
Jul 29, 2024
Frank Sundeen died peacefully at age 87 on July 29, 2024, in the home of his son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters in Bozeman, MT.
Frank is preceded in death by his beloved wife Barbara with whom he spent nearly 50 wonderful years. He is survived by his son Curtis and daughter-in-law Kristina (Bozeman), his cherished granddaughters Emma (Waltham, MA) and Lila (Bozeman),...
Ed C. Barry
Jul 26, 2024
“Ed, you are one in 7 billion,” remarked one of the many Big Sky kids that knew Ed.
Another described Ed as a deeply quiet spirit who gained strength from solitude and who was generous with his time.
Ed, Eddie, Barry gained his eagle’s wings on Friday, July 26, 2024, passing away due to complications from a stroke. In the few hours...
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