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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Raegene Wickham
Apr 29, 2013
Raegene Wickham left this earthly home on Monday, April 29, 2013 surrounded by all her sons and their families. She was 86. Raegene was born in Leaf River, IL in 1927, daughter to Harvey and Hazel Garner. Her father ran the local feed store in Leaf River. She attended Leaf River High School and Illinois Normal State University, majoring in...
Josephine 'Grandma Jo' Schwartz
Apr 26, 2013
Josephine “Grandma Jo” Schwartz, 82, of Bozeman, formerly of Billings, passed away on April 26, 2013. Jo was born May 20, 1930 in Bear Creek, MT to Joe and Josephine (Fagel) Meyer. Jo’s father was killed in the Smith Coal Mine disaster of 1943. The family moved into Red Lodge following his death. After 6 months in Red Lodge, they...
Samuel 'Sam' Henderson Lombard
Apr 26, 2013
Samuel Henderson Lombard was born March 6, 1991, in Spokane, and left us April 26, 2013, to go and play in the highest mountain powder he could find. Sam, a senior, studied architecture at MSU. Many in Bozeman will recall seeing the little truck that flew a pirate flag. That was Sam. He will long be loved and missed by...
Charles Norris Caughlan
Apr 25, 2013
After long life well lived, local political activist Charles Caughlan died April 25, 2013 at the age of 98 surrounded by his wife Helen and members of his family. Charles was a 73 year resident of Bozeman. He was born in Pullman, Washington January 20, 1915 to Ada and John Caughlan. John was a progressive Methodist minister whose social activism...
Leo Stockton
Apr 23, 2013
Leo Stockton, 88, of Bozeman, formerly of Billings, passed away April 23, 2013 in Bozeman. He was born June 2, 1924 in Huntley, MT to William Lloyd and Sue (Buckner) Stockton. Leo spent his early years in Montana, Washington and Idaho. In his youth he worked as a farm hand, lumberjack and mechanic. Leo served in the United States Army...
Ann Evans Driscoll
Apr 21, 2013
Ann Evans Driscoll passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013. She was born October 3, 1915 in Bozeman to Philip and Etta (Pearson) Evans. She attended Bozeman Public Schools and graduated from Gallatin County High School. She then went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Education at Montana State Normal School in Dillon in 1940. Ann served our country in...
Patricia Ann Strouf
Apr 21, 2013
Patricia (Patsy) Ann Anderson Strouf, best known as “Cookie Gma” passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 due to complications from a series of strokes. She was born July 1, 1941 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lewistown, Montana. Patsy was raised by her loving grandparents Oscar and Ann Anderson on a ranch in Stanford, Montana. She attended Stanford schools through the...
Tom Lutey
Apr 14, 2013
Tom Lutey, 67, suffered a stroke on Holy Saturday and slid into a coma, from which he never awoke. He died April 14. Our lives will never be the same. If you ever found yourself lugging grocery bags home in a blizzard, Tom was the guy who gave you a ride. He was the Irving School dad who volunteered to...
Calvin Steele Beauregard
Apr 14, 2013
Calvin Steele Beauregard Devoted husband, loving father ,retired FoMoCo executive, Business Owner, & confirmed car-nut, Calvin Beauregard passed away today, (4.14.2013) Born 10.29.1929 in Suffern, New York, he returned there to begin a long 33 year career with the Ford Motor Company after a brief stint in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. If you ever saw a Lincoln...
Barry Francis Wolfe
Apr 9, 2013
Barry Francis Wolfe, 64, of Bozeman, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013, with his family by his side. He was born August 21, 1948 in Quakertown, PA. He graduated from Pennridge High School in Perkasie, PA. Barry earned a degree in Forestry from Penn State, Mont Alta Campus, following his graduation he served our country in the United States Army,...
Kirby Russell Lewis
Apr 7, 2013
Kirby Russell Lewis, 65, passed away April 7, 2013 from natural causes. He was born March 28, 1948 in Spencer, Iowa to Russell and Maxine (Spitzer) Lewis. He graduated from C.M. Russell High School in Great Falls, Montana where he was the 1967 AA High School Javelin State Champion. Throughout his life Kirby lived in: Spencer, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; Evreux,...
Clara Olena Ditton (Skaar)
Apr 5, 2013
Clara Olena Ditton (“Skaar”), 87, formerly residing at Bozeman from 1959 through 2001, died Friday, April 5, 2013, in a nursing home in Fort Collins, Colorado, from end-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Clara was born in Beach, North Dakota, on July 10, 1925, to Edward and Anna Skaar who immigrated from Norway at the turn of the 20th century. She graduated as...
Nina Mae Severin
Apr 4, 2013
Afflictions’ charms have bound you for awhile Rerouted your ideas of time and place But pain and grief has not erased your smile Or changed the contour of your pleasant face On April 4, 2013, after a long battle with cancer, Nina Mae Severin was called home to be with the Lord. Our Mom was 82 years of age. Nina,...
Alec Leighton Fesler Lennemann
Mar 29, 2013
Alec Leighton Fesler Lennemann, 17, of Missoula, passed away suddenly on March 29, 2013. He was born December 23, 1995 in Billings, MT to Scott Lennemann and Anna Fesler Lennemann. Alec went to elementary school in Las Vegas, NV, middle school in Lolo, MT and was currently a student at Sentinel High School in Missoula, MT. He had worked for...
Shirley J. Callantine
Mar 29, 2013
Shirley J. Callantine, 83, died March 29, 2013 in Bozeman. She was born August 25, 1929 in Livingston to Thomas and Hazel (Davidson) Gleason and the third of five children. She graduated from Park County High School and attended Montana State College for four quarters. On December 26,1948, she married Ellis J. Callantine of Bozeman in Livingston. They raised three...
Donald 'Bud' Counts
Mar 29, 2013
Donald 'Bud' Counts, 56, of Belgrade, passed away March 29, 2013 at Mountain View Care Center. He was born April 28, 1956, to Don and Leona Counts. Prior to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Bud worked in the construction field as a heavy equipment operator and was an accomplished truck driver. In his younger years he was an avid dirt...
Johnny Bruce Nelson
Mar 27, 2013
Johnny Bruce Nelson, also known as “Curley”, son of Boyd and Bonita Nelson, was born May 14, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He left this life to be with the Lord on March 27, 2013 after losing a battle with cancer. Johnny spent his early years on a farm in Oklahoma. He enjoyed mechanics and machinery, especially a backhoe. He also...
Darrel Wayne Hansen
Mar 25, 2013
Darrel Wayne Hansen - October 13, 1922 - March 25, 2013 Darrel Hansen, 90, of Hill City, died March 25, 2013, in Bozeman, MT, with his son and daughter by his side. He had made a 'gentleman's agreement' with death and met it as he had lived--with grace and equanimity. He was born on October 13, 1922, in Spencer, IA,...
George Francis Gallagher
Mar 21, 2013
George Francis Gallagher passed away Thursday March 21, 2013 in Bozeman, MT surrounded by his loving family. He fought a courageous 6 year battle with cancer. He was born February 19, 1943 to Veronica Marie Rickerl Gallagher and Clifford Paul Gallagher in Cresco, Iowa. They moved to Bozeman in 1945. He attended Holy Rosary School and graduated in 1962. He...
Sarah Jane Mcclure Johnson Shaw
Mar 18, 2013
Sarah Jane McClure Johnson Shaw rode off into the Sunset March 18, 2013 She was 84. She had her horse waiting for her already saddled, raincoat and jacket tied over her saddle bags, bridle over one side of the horn, easy boots tied securely on the other. She had him ready, picketed at the trailhead so he could graze. A...
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