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Fabian Joseph Spogis
May 2, 2012
Fabian Joseph Spogis, aka “Joe”, “Fabe”, “F.J.”, “Pap”, “Pappy”, “Grand Pappy”, “Uncle Joe”, 87, of Bozeman, passed away peacefully May 2, 2012. He was born March 16, 1925 in Calumet City, Illinois to Ignatius and Anna (Gapszewicz) Spogis. His early years were spent in the Chicago suburb where he was the son of a railroad Switchman, explaining his lifelong love...
Glenda Jean Perkins
Apr 29, 2012
Glenda Jean (Eyre) Perkins went to be with her Heavenly Father on April 29, 2012. She died at home peacefully with many family members surrounding her. Glenda was born February 20, 1943 in Glendive, MT to Glen E. Eyre and Emma Faye Anderson, joining two sisters Joyce and Faye. She married Robert Perkins in 1968 and raised 7 children. She...
Shirley Lee Luhrsen
Apr 28, 2012
Shirley Lee Luhrsen, 89, of Bozeman, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2012. She was born October 16, 1922 in Owatonna, Minnesota. Her mother Donna Rosebrock raised her in Owatonna and being a Librarian, encouraged Shirley’s passion for reading, which provided her lifelong enjoyment. Following Shirley’s graduation from high school, she earned a degree in Natural History from Carlton College in...
Craig Castle Brawner
Apr 25, 2012
Craig Castle Brawner, 80, of Bozeman, passed away at his residence on April 25, 2012. He was born September 7, 1931 in Cambridge, MA to Craig C. and Ida (Duensing) Brawner. The Brawner family moved to Great Falls, Montana when Craig was a young boy. He attended grade school and high school in Great Falls. Craig served our country in...
Jared Kendal Lawley
Apr 22, 2012
Jared Kendal Lawley, 20, of Bozeman, passed away April 22, 2012 in a car accident. He was born October 9, 1991 at Pine Creek, MT to Mark and Alicia Lawley. Jared’s early years were spent in Paradise Valley where he enjoyed the outdoors while camping, fishing, rafting and swimming. He attended schools in Paradise Valley until the family moved to...
Michael Andrew Beebe
Apr 22, 2012
Michael Andrew Beebe, age 51, of Clyde Park, Mt., passed away unexpectedly Sunday, April 22, 2012. Mike was born January 5, 1961 in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Katharine and William Beebe. Mike and his family moved to Scituate, Massachusetts where he was raised and educated. He moved to Bozeman in 1979 to attend MSU, graduating in Agricultural Education. Michael...
Robert (Bob) L. Mcgray Sr.
Apr 21, 2012
Robert (Bob) L. McGray Sr., born 09/27/1925, passed away 04/21/2012 quietly at home among loved ones. Bob is survived by: his loving wife of 68 years Flo Mc Gray; granddaughters Katie McGray and Sherri Rabren of Bozeman; grandson Michael McGray of Michigan; and three great-grandsons. He is preceded in death by his daughter Cathy McGray-Reichstetter. Bob was a WWII and...
Helen 'June' Carrig
Apr 12, 2012
Helen “June” (Foreman) Carrig, 78, of Bozeman passed away at her home on April 12, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. June was born June 10, 1933, to George and Juanita (Andrews) Foreman in the Bracket Creek area of the Bridger Mountains. She attended Bozeman schools growing up and graduated from Gallatin County High School. June married James Carrig on...
Ernest Smith
Apr 10, 2012
Ernest (Ernie) D. Smith passed away April 10, 2012 at Gallatin Rest Home in Bozeman. He was born July 29, 1917 in Colony, OK to David and Pearl Smith. Ernest was a sharecropper, ordained minister and retired as an analyst/chemist from Climax Molybdenum in Colorado. He moved to Bozeman in 1982 from Salida, CO. He loved hunting and was an...
Ethel Erickson
Apr 8, 2012
Ethel Pearl Erickson, age 89, of Bozeman, MT died peacefully at home on Easter Sunday after a family visit to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus whom she loved and faithfully served. Ethel was born in Saskatchewan, Canada as a “Morgenstern” and lived on a farm near Maple Creek. She immigrated to Montana in 1948 with her minister husband,...
Donna Ruth Atkins
Apr 7, 2012
Donna Ruth Atkins, 80, life-time Bozeman resident passed away suddenly Saturday, April 7, 2012 at her home. Born to Orba and Nona Atkins in Bozeman on November 25, 1931, Donna graduated from Gallatin County High School. She was a telephone operator with Mountain Bell Phone Co. starting her senior year of high school. She worked there until the operators were...
Eric Brent Hilde
Apr 5, 2012
Eric Brent Hilde, 52, of Belgrade passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012 at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital after battling a long and complicated illness. He was born October 12, 1959 in Mt Vernon, WA a son to Arnold Iven and Elaine Nadine (Jensen) Hilde and was raised on the family dairy farm in the Skagit Valley. Following graduation from Stanwood...
Judy Keeler
Apr 1, 2012
Judy Keeler, born Judith Carolyn Mooney in Brooklyn, New York in 1942, moved to Uysses, Kansas when she was six years old and her mother divorced her father to become a wheat farmer’s mail-order bride. She attended Emporia State Teachers College then received her BA and MA at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. In the early Seventies, she taught...
Lawrence William Sage
Mar 30, 2012
Lawrence William Sage, age 85, passed away on Friday, March 30, 2012 at his home in Bozeman. Larry (“Bill” or “LW”) was born on July 12, 1926 in Poplar, the youngest child of Howard and Beulah (Avery) Sage. He graduated from Poplar High School in 1944, enlisting in the Army on his graduation day, and eventually serving in Japan until...
Virginia 'Ginger' Lichterowicz
Mar 29, 2012
Virginia “Ginger” Lichterowicz, 60, of Livingston, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 at her home. She was born May 2, 1951 in Lynwood, CA. She is a daughter to Hayes and Daisy (Dickerson) Luna. Ginger graduated from Mt Miguel High School, and later from San Diego State University with almost a Masters Degree in Education. She served our country as...
Kenneth Ray Easler Md
Mar 28, 2012
KENNETH RAY EASLER MD, 79, a former resident of San Diego, peacefully died in his Montana home March 28, 2012 following an illness. He will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, and lively storytelling. Ken, “Boots”, was born February 8, 1933 at St. John’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA to Joseph C. and Irene (Weismann) Easler, the third of six children; brothers...
Patricia Harth
Mar 26, 2012
Patricia Harth, 89, of Emigrant passed away March 26, 2012. A private cremation service will take place at 11:30am on Friday, March 30, 2012 at Dahl Funeral Chapel.
Elizabeth 'Betty' Louise Mcgowen
Mar 22, 2012
Elizabeth “Betty” Louise McGowen passed away peacefully on March 22 at Livingston Health and Rehabilitation Center. During her last years, she had suffered from what is thought to be Alzheimer’s disease. Betty lived to be 88 years old, having one younger sister Lucinda May Dore who still survives; three husbands who proceeded her in death: Carl Albert Harris, Carl Thomas...
Esther Alice Kjar Ferguson
Mar 21, 2012
Esther Alice Kjar Ferguson, 99, of Bozeman, passed away March 21, 2012. She was born March 6, 1913 in Lexington, Nebraska, one of 6 children to Edward and Minnie (Pierce) Mitchell. She was raised and educated in Lexington. As a young woman she taught herself how to play the piano. Following her graduation from high school she married William Kjar...
Margaret Harker Heppler
Mar 19, 2012
Margaret Harker Heppler, 91, of Bozeman, formerly of Missoula, passed away Monday, March 19, 2012. She was born September 22, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Charles and Ella (Parker) Harker. Margaret married Mack Garth Heppler in Salt Lake City, they moved to Missoula in from 1940 to 1944, then again in 1946. They lived in Missoula for over...
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