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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas

Linda Yoney

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Lea Miller

Lea Miller

Sep 19, 2010

Lea Mae Miller, 46, of Belgrade passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010. Lea was born on October 26, 1963 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia to Warren and Patricia (Miller) Johnson. She grew up in Point Pleasant and moved to Colstrip in 1982. In 1995, she came to the Bozeman area to pursue a college education. In 1999, she graduated, with...

Marian E. Hollenback

Marian E. Hollenback

Sep 11, 2010

Marian E. Hollenback, 81, of Bozeman, passed away September 11, 2010 with her family by her side. She was born June 25, 1929 in Salesville (now Gallatin Gateway) . She attended grade school in Bozeman and she graduated from Belgrade High School. Marian was working as a telephone operator for Mountain Bell in Belgrade when she met Frank Hollenback, a...

Alice Glenn Johnson

Alice Glenn Johnson

Sep 10, 2010

Alice Glenn Johnson was born on August 11, 1920 in Wilsall, MT. She moved to Bozeman at the start of the Fourth grade. Following her graduation from Gallatin County High school in 1938, Alice took a beauty course and worked at the Baxter Hotel fountain. She graduated in 1938. In 1939 she moved to Everett, WA and worked at a...