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Don Decosse
Nov 24, 2010
DONALD JEROME DeCOSSE Donald Jerome DeCosse went home to be with his Lord on November 24, 2010 at the age of 92. Don was born on June 5, 1918, in Bismark, North Dakota, to Edmund E. and Gertrude (Anderson) DeCosse. Don was the eldest of five boys growing up in Valley City, North Dakota. The family moved to St. Paul,...
Michael Aubrey
Nov 23, 2010
Michael B. Aubrey, 58, a long-time Bozeman resident, was carried to heaven in the early hours of November 23rd, 2010. Mike was born in Talihina, OK on January 25th, 1952, the son of Sam and Dorothy Aubrey. He attended Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, and later art school in Colorado. Mike also served some time in the Army National Guard....
Douglas C. Miller
Nov 23, 2010
Douglas C. Miller, Oct. 26, 1943 - Nov. 23, 2010 It was a snowy day on Nov. 23, 2010 when our beloved Doug passed away after a long illness. Now he is peaceful, healthy and whole with his Father in Heaven. Doug began his life in Brigham City, Utah on Oct. 26, 1943. It was wartime, and the son of...
Linda Yoney
Nov 16, 2010
Linda Diane Yoney, 54, of Bozeman passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Linda was born on April 29, 1956 in Butte, Montana to Ronald and Shirley (Jackson) Brown. At an early age, the family moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Linda married Ronald Nickens and together they had a daughter, Tracy. The couple later divorced. She moved to Needles, California, where she...
Patricia Ann Schmidt
Nov 6, 2010
Patricia Ann Patty Schmidt, 77, passed away Saturday, November 6th surrounded by loved ones. She is remembered as energetic, warm and witty - a loving wife, mother, grandmother, family member, and friend. Her gift for humor lightened the darkest situation and her generous heart found her always eager to lend a hand or an ear. Patty had the unique ability...
Guy Betts
Nov 2, 2010
Guy Andrew Betts, Jr. passed away on November 2, 2010 at his home in Bozeman. Guy was born on December 25, 1924 in Hardin, Montana to Guy Andrew Betts, Sr. and Ida Mae Lethcoe-Betts. He was the middle child of thirteen. He was raised on a ranch on Sarpy Creek near Hardin, a lifestyle he dearly loved. He served in...
Louise Lyon
Oct 31, 2010
Marie Louise Lyon, 85, went to be with the Lord on October 31, 2010. She was born on November 18, 1924 in Boise, Idaho to Domingo and Benedicta Abarrategui. She married the love of her life and soul mate, James Levi Lyon, on September 13, 1958 in Couer d#8217;Alene, Idaho and they settled in Kalispell, MT where they started their...
Marilyn 'Billie' Morgan
Oct 23, 2010
God gently gathered Marilyn C. #8220;Billie#8221; Morgan into His arms on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 from her Bozeman hospital bed, surrounded both in thought and in person by three generations of her family. A life-long resident of the #8220;Valley of the Flowers#8221; (Gallatin Valley), she was born June 25, 1923 at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, the third daughter of Carl and...
Karen Hanson
Oct 22, 2010
On Friday October 22nd Karen Eileen Hanson; our loving wife, mother, sister and friend ended her earthly struggle with cancer and said goodbye to those she leaves behind. She sits with her Lord Savior Jesus until we can meet again. Karen was born in Rapid City SD on February 27, 1948 and grew up in Newell SD on the family...
Rudolph 'Bud' Tillman
Oct 16, 2010
Rudolph Conrad Bud Tillman, 81, of Three Forks, passed away on October 16, 2010 at home. He was born May 1, 1929 in Bozeman, Montana to Thomas Nelson Tillman and Maude (Dwight) Tillman. Bud graduated from Gallatin County High School in 1947 and married his sweetheart, Alice Mae Fitzsimmons. He worked 44 years for Hines Motor Supply as a parts...
James Baird
Oct 12, 2010
James E. Baird, 71 of Belgrade passed away Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at his home. Jim was born December 2, 1938 in Estelline, South Dakota, to Glenn and Lucile (Montgomery) Baird. Following World War II the family settled in Newcastle, Wyoming. Jim and his siblings grew up in Newcastle. After graduation from high school, he attended business school in Minneapolis....
Perry 'Mike' Metcalf
Oct 6, 2010
Perry Mike Metcalf age 52 was called home to the lord October 6th. Mike was born in Bozeman October 5th 1958 to Bette (Arnold) Metcalf and Perry Metcalf. He graduated from Bozeman High School in 1976 and moved on to become a mechanic. In 2002 he moved back to Bozeman to spend the remainder of his life with family and...
Denise Laroche
Oct 3, 2010
Denise Marie LaRoche, 47, of Bozeman passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2010 from complications after battling breast cancer. Denise was born on January 3, 1963 in Lake Preston, South Dakota to Jerome and Shirley (Jepson) Sweeney. She graduated from Arlington High School before attending the University of South Dakota. In 1987, Denise moved to Montana where she attended Montana...
Donald Hansard
Oct 3, 2010
Donald R. Hansard Sr. 85, of Bozeman, MT, passed on Sunday, October 3, 2010. Don was born on September 4, 1925 in Breckenridge, Texas to Robert and Ruby (Hellums) Hansard. He lived in Breckenridge until the age of nine, when the family moved to North Hollywood, California. At the age of 16, he became an Eagle Scout. When he was...
Patricia Theresa Letendre
Sep 30, 2010
Patricia Theresa (Kimmitt) Letendre passed away on September 30, 2010. She was born in Great Falls, MT on January 6, 1931 to Floyd and Lydia (Rocky) Kimmitt. Her childhood was full of many wonderful adventures with her vividly recalling trips to Canada to see family relations; attending girl scout camp; countless adventures with her sister Beverly; fond memories her grade...
Denver Black
Sep 26, 2010
Denny Black was a man on the go. Couldn#8217;t ever just do nothing. If he wasn#8217;t snowmobiling off cliffs, then he was jumping off bridges with a rope around his ankle. He was everyone#8217;s friend: Kissing their babies, fixing their fences which earned him the name of Mayor Black in some circles. He would give the shirt off his back...
Vernie Evaline Mitchell
Sep 25, 2010
Evaline Mitchell, 105, of Bozeman, passed away September 25, 2010. She was born June 4, 1905 in the Springhill Community to Noah and Lydia (Dale) Bennett. Evaline grew up in the upper basin, just above Maudlow; she attended the Lincoln School through 8th grade. In the summers she worked for Mamie and Frank Morgan. Evaline married Oscar Callantine, on December...
Beverly Ganzel
Sep 23, 2010
An angel got her wings early Wednesday morning. It was a beautiful, crisp, sunny morning. Beverly left this world with her daughter Melissa and good friend Cindy by her side. Beverly was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts to Katherine and Manual Travers. At the age of 18 Bev attended Massachusetts General where she earned her nursing degree. Bev worked as...
Judith Parnell
Sep 20, 2010
Judith Parnell, 71, of Gastonia, North Carolina passed away in Bozeman, Montana on September 20, 2010. Judy was born on August 15, 1939 in Logan, Ohio to Hubert and Bernice (Leadbetter) Casto. She graduated with a Masters of Nursing in Public Health from UNC #8211; Chapel Hill. She was very active in church, where she was a Sunday School teacher...
Irene Kirkpatrick
Sep 19, 2010
Irene Clarambeau Kirkpatrick, age 89, passed away at home in Bozeman, MT, on September 19. She was born in Red Deer, Alberta, to Charles and Hulda Blain. She grew up in Burnt Lake, a small prairie town outside of Red Deer, and for several years attended high school at Canadian Union College in LaCombe, Alberta. Her parents moved to Oregon...
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