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Petie Rockafellow
Apr 24, 2021
Petie (Teresa Kathleen) Koerber Rockafellow passed away on April 24, 2021. She was born on June 3, 1935, in Manhattan, MT to Joseph Koerber and Emma (Simonyi) Koerber, one of seven children. She was raised in the Manhattan area and graduated from Manhattan High school in 1953. After graduating high school, Mom went to work at Mountain Bell as an...
Lavonne "Bonnie" Elizabeth Recktenwald
Apr 24, 2021
Bonnie Lutes Recktenwald died April 24, 2021 at the age of 85 from Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born December 5, 1935 in Bozeman to Ernest H. and Marjorie Gamble Lutes, the second of three children and a fourth generation Montanan. Her given name was LaVonne, but she always went by her nickname “Bonnie”. She attended local schools, graduating from Gallatin...
Arlan Ralph Wentzel
Apr 23, 2021
Arlan Ralph Wentzel of Bozeman, MT passed away on April 23, 2021 at the age of 86. Arlan was born on February 22, 1935 to Melvin and Marie (Lengel) Wentzel in Reading, PA. Arlan married Estelle Mason in 1954 and they had two children, Deborra and David. He moved his family to Bozeman in 1968. Arlan was a cabinetmaker by...
Yurii F. Richards
Apr 23, 2021
Yurii Richards was born in Syracuse, New York and grew up in the Finger Lakes area of New York State. He graduated from Trumansburg High School and went on to become a talented chef. He apprenticed with a well-known chef in Philadelphia and got the rest of his training, he said, from the “school of hard knocks.” He cooked in...
Brant V. Gilbert
Apr 22, 2021
Brant V. Gilbert, 49, of Belgrade, passed away April 22, 2021. Services will be held at a later date.
Erma Louise Gilliland
Apr 22, 2021
A dear friend to everyone she met, Erma gave away hugs and served as confidant to many. While living in Billings, MT between 1960 and 2012, she was active in Red Hatters and Mayflower Congregational Church. Erma worked as a temporary switchboard operator and secretary for numerous Billings companies. She enjoyed sewing clothing for many years and designed and made...
Vicki Johnson Mcmillen
Apr 21, 2021
Vicki Johnson McMillen, 72, of Belgrade, passed away April 21, 2021. No services to be held at this time.
Sean Francis Reed
Apr 21, 2021
Sean Francis Reed, 54, of Bozeman, passed away April 21, 2021. No services to be held at this time.
Connita Linn Harlow
Apr 20, 2021
Connita Linn Harlow, 56, of Belgrade, went to join her Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 20, 2021, after a lengthy battle with pulmonary hypertension. Connita was born on March 6, 1965 to Larry and Gerry Hawkins in Mexico, MO. It is there that she met her lifelong partner and husband Charlie. They were married on June 27, 1987 and soon...
Zane D Rentfro
Apr 18, 2021
Zane D. Rentfro, 41, of Belgrade, passed away April 18, 2021. No services to be held at this time.
Erica Corlan Bowles
Apr 17, 2021
Erica Corlan Bowles, 36, died in a single car accident on April 17, 2021. Above all she was a dedicated and loving mother. She is survived by her son, Dexter Williams, 11, of Belgrade, her parents, Steve and Susie Bowles of Livingston, her sisters, Stacy Stenzel of Portland, OR and Kari Bowles of Livingston, her grandmother Elinor Bowles of Bozeman,...
Ricky Albert Disbrow
Apr 17, 2021
Ricky Albert Disbrow, 51, passed away April 17, 2021. Ricky was born on March 1, 1970 to Rodney Albert and Dorothy Louise (Baumgart) Disbrow in Klamath Falls, OR. In 1981 the family moved to New York where Ricky went to high school. Ricky lived in Oregon, New York, and Montana, and worked in construction, as a heavy equipment operator and...
Christopher James Rangel
Apr 16, 2021
Christopher James Rangel went to be with the Lord April 16, 2021. He was born November 25, 1963 in Worland, Wyoming to Ruth Mackmiller and James Rangel. He spent his early years in Worland and learned the values of hard work with his Grandpa Tony Pimentel. Through the years his Uncle Steve Pimentel was his mentor and was a large...
Jason D. Hodill
Apr 15, 2021
Jason D. Hodill passed away April 15, 2021 of natural causes in his home where he loved living surrounded by the mountains and trees. Jason proudly served in the US Navy after high school. He currently lived in Big Sky, MT with his wife LaTawnia and four dogs (Otis, Baby, Sig & Tac). Jason was a man of few words...
Leslie Ann Alexander
Apr 12, 2021
Leslie Alexander, 68, of Pasco, Washington, passed away April 12, 2021.
Mike Nicholas Steiner
Apr 9, 2021
A golden heart stopped beating, hard-working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best. (by Frances M. Coelho) Mike Steiner passed away on April 9, 2021 under the grace of God, surrounded by the love of his eight children. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth, his parents and his...
Lynda Arlene Groscop
Mar 27, 2021
Lynda Groscop, 73, of Belgrade, MT, passed away March 27, 2021, with family and friends by her side. She was born to Wesley and Viola Kellogg, May 19, 1947, in Billings, MT. Lynda graduated from Laurel High School in 1965. She married Glenn Fink April 30, 1966 and later divorced. She went on to marry Rich Groscop on November 2,...
Thelma Mccarthy Petrik
Mar 24, 2021
Thelma McCarthy Petrik, a Sidney native and Bozeman resident for the last 21 years, passed away at the grand age of 94 on March 24. She died peacefully holding her daughters’ hands and surrounded by her devoted family. Thelma Jean “Tommy” was born January 15, 1927 in Sidney to William J. McCarthy and Ethel Walter McCarthy. She attended public school...
Nicole Ann Bakich
Mar 21, 2021
It is with great sadness we share that Nicole “Koko” Ann Bakich, age 48, of Bozeman, MT, passed away March 21, 2021, from COVID-19 pneumonia. Nicole was born in Red Lodge, MT, October 27, 1972, the daughter of Mily and Gerry Bakich. She was the youngest of four children, and grew up on a ranch just outside of Belfry, MT....
Benjamin David Dirks
Mar 20, 2021
Benjamin David Dirks came into this world singing on September 8, 1928, in Moundridge, KS, and continued using his voice to encourage others until his death on March 20, 2021. He and his four sisters grew up in rural Kansas as pastor’s kids. Orlo and Dorothy Dirks pastored and held tent meetings which provided Ben many opportunities to minister in...
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