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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
A. James Kurk
May 28, 2008
A. James Kurk, 81, a lifelong resident of the Gallatin Valley, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2008. He was born to Arthur J. and Emma (Maddox) Kurk in Bozeman, Montana, on May 15, 1927. Jim married Erma Hoell on December 30, 1951, in Bozeman, and they farmed and ranched in the Bear Canyon area since. Jim was a farmer and...
Wayne Sollie
May 26, 2008
WAYNE LEWIS SOLLIE, 91, passed away after a brief illness at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings on Monday, May 26, 2008, surrounded by his loving family. Wayne was born February 28, 1917, in South Dakota to Lewis and Etta Sollie and moved to Montana in 1937. He retired from Peavey Co. where he operated grain elevators in Broadview, Laurel and...
Julian Nagorski
May 24, 2008
Julian Leonard Nagorski, 85, of Belgrade passed away Saturday, May 24, 2008. He was born July 28, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the oldest of six children. His parents moved to his grandparents#8217; farm in rural Upper Black Eddy, PA when he was two years old and this began Julian#8217;s life-long love of the outdoors. Julian graduated from Nockamixon Township High...
R. Irene Baker
May 22, 2008
Irene (Ross) Baker, 88, of Bozeman, passed away the morning of Thursday, May 22, 2008. She was born June 23, 1919 in Manhattan, Montana to the late Ray and Lena Ross, one of 14 children. Irene married Chester R. Baker in November of 1935. Together, they had five children, Joe, Dorothy, Thomas, and twins, Ronald, and Donald. She enjoyed gardening...
Willard Hahn, Sr.
May 15, 2008
Willard Hahn Sr. February 9, 1934 #8211; May 15, 2008 Willard Hahn Sr., 74, of Loveland, Colorado passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at his home. He was born on February 9, 1934 to Jake and Amelia Hahn in Billings, Montana. He lived all his life in Montana until three years ago, when he retired in the fall of...
Dr. Robert Brockway
May 15, 2008
Dr. Robert L. Brockway, longtime Bozeman resident passed away peacefully on May 15. He was 91 years old. Robert was born during a February snowstorm in a sod house in Mildred Montana near Fallon Creek in 1917. He spent his early childhood in BigTimber helping his father who ran the Sawyers Store, a local mercantile. Robert then moved to Bozeman...
Josephine Crosby
May 7, 2008
Josephine Veronica Charland Crosby passed away May 7, 2008. Referred to as Jo, Pete, and more recently, Mim, she was a first-rate mother, nurse, and teacher to many during her long and eventful life. Mim grew up in Boston, Massachusetts where she was trained as a nurse. Never one to shy away from difficult tasks, she did her initial nursing...
Clarice Crane
May 7, 2008
Clarice Carol Crane peacefully left us on May 7th, 2008. Clarice was born on December 21st, 1932 to Charles and Gracie Smith in Willow Creek, Montana. Much of her childhood was spent in Montana, including Butte and Virginia City. Clarice was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Karen Jean Craig, her son Newton Laverne Crane, and grandson Joshua...
Rita Morgan
May 6, 2008
Rita Morgan was born March 31, 1929 to Peter L. and Margaret O'Keefe Beck. She spent her young years in the Deer Lodge valley, graduated High School from Powell High and graduated from Kinman Business College. She and Tom Morgan were married in Deer Lodge in the spring of 1948. Tom was employed by the Montana State Fish and Game,...
Mary Alice Schott
May 3, 2008
Leaving us to return to her Heavenly home, Mary Alice Herem Schott passed unexpectedly from this earth on Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Bozeman, MT. Mary Alice was born on August 1, 1960, at Billings Deaconess Hospital to C. Oliver and Sarah Ann (Kennison) Herem. She grew up on the family ranch south of Absarokee, attended Absarokee public schools, and...
Dale Johnson
May 2, 2008
Dale LeRoy Johnson, 80, of Belgrade, Montana, and formerly of Amherst, New York, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 2, 2008 at Mountain View Care Center. He was born on December 4, 1927, in Newman Grove, Nebraska, to Casper and Lucy (Neuman) Johnson. He was one of 12 siblings and spent his early childhood on a farm in Nebraska. His...
Patricia Williams
May 1, 2008
Patricia L. Williams was born on June 15, 1946 in Helena, Montana, the youngest of four children to Owen and Ann Warren. She met J. Russell Williams in Junior High. The sweethearts were married on April 20, 1963. They just recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with their children and their families. She passed away at home with her husband...
Joseph Mielnik
Apr 30, 2008
Joseph Mielnik, 51, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Bozeman. He was born July 22, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan to Joseph and Helen (Kendre) Mielnik. He grew up in Sterling Heights, Michigan and moved to Bozeman in 1988. Joseph enjoyed good conversations over a cold beer. He lived a simple life and exuded kindness. He would help anyone and...
Helynn 'Lynn' Krall
Apr 29, 2008
Helynn #8220;Lynn#8221; Francis Krall died peacefully at Spring Meadows Retirement Center in Bozeman, MT on April 29, 2008. She was born to Frank and Helen Gronkiewicz in Chicago, IL on June 8, 1921. She met her husband James L. Krall (Jim) while he was stationed at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin during World War II. They were married February 16, 1946 and...
Maroney, Dale
Apr 27, 2008
Dale Patrick Maroney, 69, died peacefully at home April 27 surrounded by family, after a long, courageous silent battle with carcinoid cancer. Dale was born to John Kenneth and Mary Louise (Isbell) Maroney on February 5, 1939 in Livingston, MT. The family moved to the Springhill area in 1950.He graduated from Holy Rosary High in Bozeman in 1957 and Montana...
Dale Richard Stelter
Apr 17, 2008
Dale Richard Stelter, 61 of West Yellowstone, passed away peacefully at his home with his wife by his side on April 17, 2008. He was born in Sparta, Wisconsin, to William and Marvel (Hoffert) Stelter on February 4, 1947. Dad attended high school in Janesville, Wisconsin. He started work in the cheese factory while apprenticing for his cheese makers license....
David Dickey
Apr 16, 2008
David Dickey, 87, of Bozeman, passed away Wednesday, April 16th 2008 at his home. He was born April 29, 1921 on a farm in eastern Montana. It was quite far out of town and the ice was going off the Yellowstone River so the doctor could not get across. The story goes that the doctor had to yell across to...
Myron Vinger
Apr 13, 2008
Myron L. Vinger a long time resident of the Gallatin Valley passed away at home in Bozeman, Montana Sunday, April 13 due to a non-smokers lung cancer. Myron was born December 26, 1939 to Olive and Olaf Vinger of Wheelock North Dakota. Olaf was a settler from Norway. Myron was raised on the family farm that was dedicated to raising...
Ann Daley
Apr 12, 2008
Ann Sharon Lenon Daley, 66, passed away at the home of her brother in Bozeman on April 12, 2008. She was born to Percy H. and Margaret (Jacobs) Lenon on January 30, 1942 in Kalispell, Montana. Ann married Bill Daley in July of 1962. After completing her degree in Education at University of Montana, she taught at Lakeside Elementary in...
Loyce C. Dahl
Apr 8, 2008
Loyce Constance Leland was born in Williston, ND on September 25, 1930. She was the oldest of four children who were raised on a farm in rural Montana. Loyce was always a very strong and driven woman. At the age of 21, she became one of the first women in her family to graduate from college. She became a nurse...
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