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Mildred Mary Raffety
May 5, 2021
Mildred “Milly” Raffety passed away May 5, 2021. She was born on October 25,1925 to Mathias and Eva Theisen on a farm in LaMoure, ND, delivered by her second oldest brother Wilfred. Milly was eighth in a line of ten children. She attended a country school, walking three miles each way (both directions uphill, she insisted). Milly learned at a...
Pierre Martineau, Sr.
May 3, 2021
On May 3, 2021, our beloved father, husband, and friend Pierre Martineau Sr. went to that Great Baseball Diamond in the sky. Son of Pierre and Lenore, he was born July 5, 1935 in Memphis, TN. The family moved to the Chicago area where he grew up playing baseball, hockey and going to Cub games. He also met his one...
Esta Marlene Harris
Apr 29, 2021
Esta Marlene (Briggs) Harris, a resident of Bozeman, Montana, formally of Livingston, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on April 29, 2021. Esta was born in Livingston, Montana on September 25, 1938 to Herbert Anson Briggs and Thelma Louetta (Snavely) Briggs, she was the youngest of their four children. She was a 1956 graduate of...
Val Antony Mencas
Apr 26, 2021
Val Antony Mencas was born on January 7, 1976 and passed away on April 26, 2021. Val was a beautiful human, never turning down a deep conversation or a chance to be a true friend! A left hander by nature, he had a gift for baseball and carved out a pitching career for himself in high school and university. He...
Charles Russell Soha
Apr 24, 2021
Charles Russell Soha, 90, of Bozeman, passed away April 24, 2021. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:00 AM Monday, May 3, 2021 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
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...
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...
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.
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