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Marjorie Asbury
Sep 5, 2018
Marjorie Asbury, 92, of Bozeman, passed away at her home Wednesday, September 5, 2018, with family members by her side. A memorial service will be held at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, IL, on October 27, 2018. The Columbarium there will be her final resting place. Marjorie was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas and...
John "Randy" Litschauer
Sep 3, 2018
John “Randy” Litschauer passed away on the afternoon of September 3rd, 2018. He was born on May 16, 1959 to Charles “Jay” and Nadine (Cotton) Litschauer in Bozeman, Montana. Randy was a Bozeman native and was well known in the community. He attended the Bozeman schools. He spent most of his time in Montana where he met and later married...
Evelyn A. Shaw
Sep 3, 2018
Evelyn A. Shaw passed away September 3, 2018 in Bozeman, MT surrounded by family, having just turned 97 two days before; she was the last of nine Deshner siblings. She is survived by her children Beverly Jacobson, Cliff (Betty) Anderson, Bill (Cindy) Shaw, Gary Shaw, Cathy Shaw, Therese (Ed) Michalson; grandchildren Melody Martin, Lea (Merle) Frank, Kristine Anderson, Alex (Billie...
David James Jillard
Sep 2, 2018
David James Jillard died September 2, 2018 doing what he loved most, riding his motorcycle in the mountains while camping with his family. It was a sudden departure from this world, but we are left knowing that Dave’s spirit is soaring among the tree tops and mountain peaks where he lay down. Dave was born in Birmingham, England on January...
George Raymond Tate
Aug 27, 2018
George Raymond Tate passed away on August 27, 2018 in the early evening with almost all his family present with him. With mom at his side, his passing was peaceful and serene. Tears followed and then gave way to chuckles and teary laughter as we began to look back with cherished memories of dad. Dad was a kind, gentle, quiet,...
Edwin Dale Hoadley
Aug 23, 2018
April 5, 1949 – August 23, 2018 Ed Hoadley, 69, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, August 23, 2018, after a long battle with a brain degenerative disease. His wife was by his side, as she has been through the past 45 years, including his daily care through this battle. He was born and raised in Bozeman, Montana and...
Randall "Randy" Wayne Mccray
Aug 23, 2018
Randy McCray of West Yellowstone, MT, passed away from a heart attack on August 23, 2018 at Highgate Senior Living in Bozeman, MT. Randy was born in Ogden, UT to Howard and Lois McCray, and the family moved to West Yellowstone when he was nine. He graduated from West Yellowstone High School in 1970, and on June 21, 1972, married...
Constanze "Connie" Hull
Aug 20, 2018
Constanze “Connie” Hull, 59, of Belgrade, passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 while she was on a vacation in Alaska. She was born March 27, 1959 in Wiesbaden Germany. Her parents Bill and Erika (Wilken) Page, moved to the states with her shortly after she was born. Connie was an Army brat and moved often with her family. Her father...
Richard George Hoyt
Aug 18, 2018
Richard George Hoyt, 66, of Bozeman, Montana, passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 18, 2018. Richie, as his family knew him, was born in Leonia, N.J. on October 25, 1951. He graduated from Leonia High School after which he served in the U.S. Navy. Richie spent most of his life living in in the western part of the...
Virginia June Traubert
Aug 14, 2018
Virginia June Traubert (Hanners) was born September 13, 1931 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Augusta (Rotan) and C. Thomas Hanners. She passed from this life August 14, 2018 in Bozeman, Montana due to heart failure. She grew up as an only child in a series of dirt floor cabins in lumber towns in Oregon and northern California, where her family...
Barbara E Arpin
Aug 14, 2018
Barbara E. Arpin passed away peacefully with family at her side Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at the age of 93. Barbara was born February 11, 1925 to Nellie and Arthur Klingler in Harlem, Montana. She had four sisters, Helen, Bernice, Thelma Ann and Arline and one brother, Russell. She and her siblings were raised on her family’s ranch in Savoy,...
Donna Christensen Sundby
Aug 12, 2018
Donna Christensen Sundby passed away late in the day on August 12, 2018, in Manhattan, MT. She was born Donna Jeanne Jeannette, the fifth of six children, to Fred and Ellen (Nelson) Propp on November 15, 1928, in Raub, ND. The family moved to Washburn, ND, in 1934 where Donna grew up and graduated from Washburn High School in 1946....
James O Martin
Aug 12, 2018
James O. Martin, 73, of Bozeman, MT, passed away August 12, 2018. He was born November 20, 1944 in Latrobe, PA to Robert and Irene (Myers) Martin. He and his parents moved to Poughkeepsie, NY when he was 5 and he remained there until he moved to Bozeman, MT in 1970. He married Jeanette Oberg on August 10, 1968 in...
George Jack Gallagher
Aug 7, 2018
I was born in San Diego in 1941 and was adopted a few days later by Jack and Mary Gallagher. I was raised in the San Diego area by Mary, along with my younger sisters Connie and Florence. I went to Sweetwater High School. After high school I went to San Diego State on a two-year program. I had such...
Margaret Lonardo
Aug 6, 2018
Margaret Lonardo died peacefully in her sleep on August 6, 2018 at Gallatin County Rest Home. She was born on August 14, 1924 in Warren, Rhode Island to Margaret and Antone Mello, and grew up on the family farm along with one sister and four brothers. As a child of the depression era, she was forced to quit school at...
William "Willie" Henry Fahrman
Aug 5, 2018
William “Willie” Henry Fahrman, 70, of Bozeman passed away August 5, 2018, due to brain cancer. Willie was born October 28, 1947 in Great Falls, MT. He lived for the first 6 years in Black Eagle (across the river). He moved back to Great Falls to attend and graduate from public schools. Willie was an Eagle Scout and very proud...
Georgia Marie Pearson
Aug 4, 2018
Georgia Marie Pearson passed away August 4, 2018 at the age of 67. She was born on June 5, 1951 to George F. and Nancy Antonovich in Butte, MT at St. James Hospital. Georgia was raised in Livingston, MT and graduated from Park High School in 1970. After high school, Georgia attended college for 2 years at Vo-tech in Butte,...
Clyde C. Zirbel
Jul 28, 2018
Clyde C. Zirbel, MD, 89, passed away on July 28, 2018 in Roseville, California with family at his bedside. Born in Oakland, California to Clyde and Dorothy Zirbel on June 13, 1929, he graduated from Boulder Creek High School in Santa Cruz County. He received his medical degree from Stanford University in June 1955. He married is beloved wife, Margaret...
Melvin Earl Runge
Jul 27, 2018
Melvin Earl Runge, AKA "The Hawk", 78, of Bozeman, passed away at his home on Friday, July 27, 2018. He was born in Redding, CA. Mel was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and his son, Timothy. He is survived by his son, Michael Runge (grandson Michael Jr.); his daughter, Samantha and son-in-law, Mark Hernandez (grandchildren Jennie Foster...
Betty Daily
Jul 15, 2018
Betty (Hurst) Daily, formerly Betty West, passed away July 15, 2018, with her family at her bedside. Born October 8, 1942 in Townsend, Montana to Russell and Bertie Hurst, Betty was raised by her Aunt Nell Walter, due to the untimely death of her mother. She enjoyed her time with Aunt Nell and her uncles on their family ranch. Later...
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