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Barbara Joan Fitch
Jun 22, 2022
Barb, Barbie, Babs, passed away at a very young 75 years on June 22, 2022. Her beautifully feisty (and stubborn!) spirit battled her cancer until the absolute end when her body decided it had endured enough. With the wonderful support of friends and family and hospice, she was able spend her last days in the comfort of her home in...
Jeanette Kay Thayer
Jun 22, 2022
Jeanette ‘Kay’ Thayer, age 84, of Bozeman passed away peacefully on June 22, 2022, after a brief battle with cancer. She was with her oldest son, Russ, and the caring staff of Bozeman Deaconess at the time of her passing. Kay was born in Bozeman on October 15, 1937, the middle child to Bill and Rae Jenkins. She was a...
Steven John Goodpaster
Jun 21, 2022
Steven Goodpaster passed away in his home on June 21st 2022. He was a man with incredible work ethic, from Lewistown Mt. He had a passion for camping, 4 wheeling, fishing, and panning for saphires in the Belt mountains. He was meticulous, loved being in his shop, music, and playing pool with his amazing family. He has joined his wife...
Sean Carter Hasselstrom
Jun 17, 2022
Sean Carter Hasselstrom, 42, of Colorado, passed away June 17th. Sean was a young man with a heart of gold, who will be greatly missed. He loved his moments in nature by the mountains and rivers. He also enjoyed snowboarding, biking, hiking and rock climbing. He was a very dedicated bodybuilder, spent many hours at the gym, was very compassionate...
Lucille Jueanne Sorensen
Jun 11, 2022
Lucille "Lucy" Sorensen, 90, passed away peacefully June 11, 2022. The oldest of 3 girls, she was born in Norma, ND to Arthur and Margaret Hansen. She married Ralph Sorensen and raised their 5 children in Wolf Point, MT where Ralph had established an Optometry practice. Sadly, Ralph passed away in 1972 at the age of 45. After that devastating...
Adrian Joseph Petrie
Jun 4, 2022
Adrian Joseph Petrie, 66, of Bozeman, passed away June 4, 2022. Memorial Service will be held at Dahl Funeral & Cremation Service, Friday, July 8, 2022 at 3 PM.
Robert Ralph Rupert, Jr.
Jun 2, 2022
Robert “Bob” Ralph Rupert, Jr., 67, of Bozeman passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on Thursday, June 2nd after a year-long battle with gastric cancer.
Bob was preceded in death by his father, Robert Ralph Sr. He is survived by his mother, Dorothy (Carl) Rupert of Pottstown, PA; his wife of 44 years, Sue (Traunero); three sons, Christopher...
Ernest Robert Vyse
Jun 2, 2022
Beloved father, friend, teacher and family member Ernie Vyse passed peacefully in his sleep in Bozeman on June 2, 2022, after losing the love of his life of 59 years, Ruth, on April 18th of this year.
Ernie was born in Fruitvale, British Columbia, Canada, where his lifelong love of the outdoors began. He loved fishing and hunting with his father,...
Bernice L Payne
May 31, 2022
Bernice Lorene (Elliott) Payne, 89, of Gallatin Gateway, MT, for nearly 52 of those years, passed May 31, 2022, at Madison Valley Manor in Ennis, MT, deeply mourning the loss of her beloved husband Ralph who passed May 16, 2022.
She was born August 3, 1932, to Thurman and Jewell Grace (Butler) Elliott at her Grandma Elliott's home near Huron, Polk...
Douglas Ellis Daniels
May 27, 2022
Douglas E. Daniels was born March 31, 1943, the second son of Eugene and Vera Daniels in Missoula, MT. He attended elementary school in Ovando, and Missoula, MT. He graduated from Missoula High School and then attended college on a wrestling scholarship at Montana State, Bozeman, MT. He also squeezed in one quarter at University of Montana, Ohio State extension...
Sharon Anderson Iverson
May 24, 2022
The youngest of five children born to Paul Eugene Anderson and Berniece Allred, Sharon was an energetic child. She found her singing voice early and began performing, playing the violin, helping at her dad’s office supply store, and winning hopscotch competitions at her Brigham City, Utah elementary school.
By junior high, she added speech festivals, playing in the orchestra and...
Jennifer C Wilke
May 24, 2022
Jennifer C. Wilke moved to Lincoln, Montana in 1977 when she was six years old. She attended Lincoln schools and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1989 as the class Valedictorian. Jennifer earned a Full scholarship to MSU from the United States Air Force. She attended MSU and graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics. On August 24, 1996, Jennifer married,...
Emmett Stanford Lessley
May 23, 2022
Emmett S. Lessley, 84, left us on May 23, 2022, after a very bad winter. He was born in Murray, Utah, March 26, 1938, to Frank and Jenni Lessley.
Emmett was in the Army, was a champion heavyweight weightlifter and loved to hunt, camp, fish and canoe.
Emmett is survived by his wife Jeri, sons Scott and Kevin, and best dog Amber....
Wilber Benner
May 22, 2022
A bright ray of sunshine was lost to this earth as “Willie” Benner entered his eternal home to live forever with his Lord. Willie passed peacefully on Sunday, May 22, surrounded by his family. He was 97 years young.
Willie was born to John and Katharine (Fink) Benner in Worland, WY, the 10th of 11 children. He grew up in the...
Ramona Ann Stout
May 22, 2022
Ramona Miller Stout was born on October 8, 1946, to John and Kathryn Miller of Froid, Montana. She was very outgoing in contrast to her parents and brothers. On the playground she excelled and as girls at the time were not involved in recess sports she played with the boys. She could run faster than any of the boys in...
Daniel Cain
May 21, 2022
On Saturday morning, May 21st, in the early hours of daybreak our papa, husband, brother, and best friend, passed away peacefully. Our father, Daniel, more fondly known as Spud, was born in Bozeman, Montana on January 7, 1937, and passed away on May 21st, at the age of 85. There's so much to say about him, he was a larger-than-life...
Kenneth Wayne Osborne
May 19, 2022
Kenneth Wayne Osborne, age 75, of White Sulphur Springs, passed away on May 19, 2022, after losing his fourth and final battle with cancer. As he prepared to enter the presence of the Lord, he was surrounded by those he had loved so well in his life.
Ken was born in Butte, Montana on May 3, 1947, the son of Wayne...
Jeanne Marie Johnson
May 19, 2022
Jeanne Marie Johnson, 75, of Big Sky, passed away May 19, 2022. Jeanne was born to Frederick and Mae (Lemoine) DeBoe on October 17, 1946, in Hammond, IN. She attended Hammond High School and Purdue University. After raising a family in the Midwest, Jeanne and her husband Steven retired to Big Sky, where they have lived since.
Jeanne was always...
Gregory Troy Awe
May 19, 2022
Greg Awe passed away peacefully at home in Bozeman on May 19 with his wife Leila and sister Laura at his side.
Greg was a true water man - surfing the ocean, floating on rivers, paddle boarding on lakes and skiing powder. So we believe that in his last moments, he paddled his surfboard towards a perfect swell, took one...
Keitha Edwards
May 16, 2022
Keitha Mae (Fisk) Edwards, 80, passed away Monday, May 16, 2022, in Bozeman, MT after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. Keitha was born February 3, 1942, in Harlowton, MT to Russell & Ina Fisk, their sixth child in a family that would see 14 births.
While still in her teens and working at the Harlowton Café, Keitha met...
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