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Richard Grant Lyon
Dec 22, 2023
Richard Grant Lyon passed away after a short illness on Friday, December 22, 2023, in Bozeman, MT. He was 77 years old.
Born on July 13, 1946, in Wilmington, DE, to Donald and Martha Lyon, Richard was a graduate of Brandywine High School, Haverford College, and Harvard Law School. He was a devoted alumnus of Haverford and in 2018 was...
Frank Diebold
Dec 22, 2023
In the early morning hours of December 22, 2023, Frank E. Diebold woke up in heaven. He had planned to live 120 years with near daily workouts, but in the last year of his 88 years on earth, he struggled bravely with heart and kidney failure from years of untreated sleep apnea. And as with all of us at some point, our...
Jonathan Dale De Los Reyes
Dec 21, 2023
In Loving Memory of Jonathan Dale De Los ReyesJonathan Dale De Los Reyes, a beloved brother, uncle, son, grandson and cherished friend, passed away tragically on December 21, 2023. Shocked and devastated by his untimely departure, we mourn the loss of a remarkable soul.Jonathan was born on June 8, 1988, in Bakersfield, CA, but grew up in Las Vegas, NV, and...
Connie Marie Zarr
Dec 21, 2023
Connie Marie Zarr, 73, of Belgrade, passed away December 21, 2023, after having complications from Breast Cancer. Connie was born July 18, 1950, in Glendive, MT, to Robert & Bonnie Ward. Connie grew up in MT & WA, graduating high school in 1968 in Centralia, WA. After high school Connie attended Cosmetology school in Billings, MT.
Connie met Donald Zarr in the summer...
Richard William Saltzman, Sr.
Dec 21, 2023
The Highway man traveled his last road. Richard William, Sr., aged 93, passed away from stomach cancer on December 21, 2023.
Reunited with his beloved Norma, wife of 69 years. He was one of the Greatest Generation. None like them!
Born in Denton, MT to Lottie (Williams) and Walter Saltzman on October 18, 1930. He was the 9th of...
Jerily Doherty Lessley
Dec 20, 2023
Jeri Lessley, a treasured member of the Belgrade community, passed away December 20, 2023. She was born Jerilyn Faye Doherty in Bozeman, MT two months after Pearl Harbor on February 13, 1942. She lived in Bozeman, Butte, and Hamilton in those early years, moving to Ogden, Utah in 1952. Her little brother Curt’s job was to torment her, and she...
Mickael Flaa
Dec 20, 2023
Mickael “Mike” Flaa, 70, passed away December 20, 2023, in Cameron, MT. Mike was born December 22, 1952, in Port Townsend, WA, to Ivar Flaa and Sonia (Myklebust) Green. He was raised in Edmonds, WA and graduated from Woodway High School in June 1971. While attending Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA, where Mike received a BA in Accounting and...
Douglas Boylan
Dec 20, 2023
Douglas Boylan passed away Wednesday, December 20th, at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a twenty year long battle with cancer. Doug was born in Bozeman and raised by his parents, William "Boyd" Boylan and Norma Mae Nuber. He attended Hawthorne, Whittier, Emerson, and Wilson schools and graduated from Bozeman High School in 1964, where he was a three...
Richard Schwaller
Dec 10, 2023
Dr. Richard, L. Schwaller, Ph.D., passed away on December 10th, 2023. He was blessed with 97 years of a “Wonderful” life.
“Dick” was born to Raymond and Clara Schwaller in Appleton WI, on September 5th, 1926. Despite the Great Depression, Dick held happy memories of his childhood, where he received no shortage of love and necessities. Dick was always grateful...
Nancy Neff Wilshire
Dec 3, 2023
Nancy Neff Wilshire, 93, of Fallbrook, CA and Bozeman, MT, passed away on December 3rd peacefully, and in her home, after a slow, beautiful and graceful progression into old age. She smiled and laughed till the end.
Nancy was preceded in death by her husband, William Mann Wilshire, III and sister-in-law, Nancy Vail of New Jersey. She is survived by...
Patricia F. Scarrah
Dec 3, 2023
Heaven rejoices this Advent Season with the addition of a new soprano to the angel chorus. Patricia “Pat” Florence Scarrah earned her angel wings on December 3, 2023, the first Sunday of Advent.
On June 11,1935, Pat began her journey as the only daughter, a middle child, born to Florence and John McDonald of Butte, MT. Older brother Jay...
Saralou Vernette O'Brien
Dec 3, 2023
Saralou Vernette O'Brien entered eternal life on December 3, 2023, surrounded by family, at the age of 90. Saralou was born December 4, 1932, the last of four children to James D. and Maroie (Sampson) Leaphart in Missoula, MT. She attended schools in Missoula. After high school, she attended the University of Montana and was in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority....
Eileen Gail (Eustice) Hansen
Nov 30, 2023
Our partner, mother, grandmother, and friend, Eileen Gail Eustice Hansen, passed away at her home in Bozeman, MT, on November 30, 2023. She was the heart and soul of our tight-knit, beautiful family, and we will miss her deeply and forever. There was nothing as important to Eileen as her family. She gave us everything and never wanted anything in...
Oral Swanson
Nov 29, 2023
Marilynn Oral Swanson, 81, of Belgrade, MT, passed peacefully November 29, 2023. No services are planned at this time.
Carol T. Hemingway
Nov 29, 2023
In loving memory of Dr. Carol Thompson Hemingway, born in Kansas City, KS, on July 29th, 1930. Carol passed away on November 29th, 2023, surrounded by her family.
Carol, having received a MFA at Yale Drama School and a Doctorate in Dramatic Theater from Carnegie Mellon, began her career in theater as the Head of the Department of Directing and Playwriting...
Kay Coleen DeMeritt
Nov 28, 2023
Kay was born March 1, 1939, to Willis (Bud) and Marie (Wierenga) Holloway in Beloit, Kansas, joining her sister Marilyn. She lived on a farm near the small town of Ionia until 1950 when the family moved to Beloit. After graduating from Beloit High School in 1957, she attended Fort Hays Kansas State College completing a one-year business course.
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Richard Peter Kuhn
Nov 25, 2023
Dick would like to let you know that his work here is done. He received a call, a sort of offer if you will, which he can't refuse. This offer is for an appointment from which he will not be returning. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus: a reunion with family and friends he has not seen in...
Dorothea Elisabeth Jude
Nov 19, 2023
Dorothea Elisabeth (Lattorff) Sterner Jude, 85; of Belgrade, MT; passed away on November 19, 2023, while bravely battling Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. Born on April 25,1938, in Magdeburg, Germany daughter of Eberhard and Elisabeth (Müller) Lattorff. Preceded in death by parents; brother, Gunter Müller; and former husband Leon Sterner of Pennsylvania and Florida, and late husband, William Jude of...
Dennis Rowe
Nov 18, 2023
Dennis Roland Rowe was born March 3, 1946 in Whitehall, MT, and passed away November 18, 2023 at the age of 77.
He spent his formative years living on the family ranch outside of Norris, MT. His family moved to Bozemanin 1957. Dennis graduated from Bozeman Senior High in 1964, then attended and received his business degree from the University of Idaho. The following...
Christine "Christy" Gore Berg
Nov 16, 2023
Christine “Christy” Gore Berg of Bozeman passed away Thursday, November 16, 2023.
Christy was born August 3, 1947, in Helena, MT to Donald and Helen Gore. She was raised by her parents and her dear Aunt Vinnie. Her younger sister, “Baby” Helen died in infancy and her older sister, Vinnie Mary “Mimi,” was her lifelong companion.
Christy attended...
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