OBITUARIES
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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Gerald Frederick Carisch
Jun 27, 2020
“This is a terrific place to be,” Jerry Carisch said, ascending The Fingers at Bridger Bowl. Normal obituaries provide the reader with a series of significant events that make up a life, but I can’t write a normal obituary for a man who refused to be normal, or do things as they’d been done before. Who lived myriad lifetimes within...
Clifford Bruce Cox
Jun 15, 2020
Clifford Bruce Cox, 77, of Belgrade, passed away June 15, 2020. No services will be held.
Carol Wainright
Jun 8, 2020
Carol Wainright, 74, of Belgrade, passed away June 8, 2020. Carol was born and raised in Denver, CO. She graduated South High School, Colorado College (now University Northern Colorado) and earned an MA in Education. Carol was a homemaker and assisted her husband at the Village Vet Animal Hospital in Damascus, OR. She lived in Denver, Loveland and Conifer Mountain,...
Mary Gennevieve Overlie
Jun 5, 2020
Mary was born in Terry, Montana and moved to Bozeman when she was six years old. At the age of 17 she jumped on a freight train leaving town and made her way to San Francisco where she began her career as a dancer and choreographer. From the moment she could walk she danced. Her focused dedication to dance and...
Richard Dean Garmer
Jun 4, 2020
Richard Garmer, 84, of Bozeman, MT passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 at HighGate Senior Living. A Celebration of Life will be held at 9:30 AM, Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Dahl Funeral & Cremation Service, 300 Highland Blvd, Bozeman, MT followed by a graveside service with military honors. Richard “Dick” Garmer was the youngest of three born to William...
Tina Marie Sandborgh
Jun 3, 2020
Our dear wife and mother, Tina Marie Parini Sandborgh, departed this world peacefully, surrounded by family, on June 3, 2020 due to an extended illness. She was born in Butte on March 24, 1956 to Sero and Sue Parini. Tina was an active and athletic youngster excelling at speed skating, track, and swimming. Tina met and later married Art Sandborgh...
Alta Mae Lingo
Jun 1, 2020
On June 1, 2020 our beloved Alta Mae Lingo (Slaughter) of Brighton, MO got the call from our Lord and Savior that her work here on earth was done and she would finally be going home. We know that at 3:26 AM heaven celebrated, and she was greeted by many friends and family members that had gone before her. What...
Marjorie M. Erickson
May 31, 2020
Marjorie M. Erickson, 93, of Bozeman, MT, passed quietly from this life on May 31, 2020, with hope in her God’s promises. Marge was born and raised in a small South Dakota town during the Great Depression. She had many fond memories of growing up with her brother and sisters. Her love of travel was kindled by her father’s passion...
George J. Gil
May 29, 2020
George's life began in a loving family in Brooklyn, NY, in the neighborhood known as Bay Ridge, in 1953. By the time his father Raymond passed of ALS in 1975, he had already left home. His mother Anita, now 104 years old, and her other two sons: Raymond Jr., now married to a wonderful lady Cecily, and Peter, now married...
Janis Lee Williams
May 29, 2020
Janis Lee Williams was born on July 6, 1941 in a farmhouse on 80 acres in Yale, Oklahoma to Minnie McDaniel Haydock and John Everett Haydock. It was a working fruit and vegetable farm and people came from all around to purchase their produce. Janis married Billy Joe Bradley and they had four children together. The family moved to Stillwater,...
Larilyn Lee "Lari" Miller
May 18, 2020
Lailyn Lee “Lari” Miller passed away on May 18, 2020. She was born July 22, 1933 in Glasgow, Montana, the only child of Lawrence W. Swanby and H. Gwendolyn Campbell Swanby. As a child her family moved numerous times, and settled in Three Forks, Montana. Larilyn graduated from Three Forks High School and attended the University of Montana in Missoula....
Marion "Shirley" Lytle
May 12, 2020
Marion “Shirley” Lytle was born on July 23, 1933 in Wayne, Michigan. She passed peacefully surrounded by her children on May 12, 2020. Shirley traveled for many years as an Air Force wife. During this time, she cared for her five children who were born all over the world. In 1972 Shirley and family moved to Bozeman and had since...
Anna Marie Lafountaine
May 11, 2020
Anna Marie LaFountaine, 67, passed away May 11, 2020. Anna was born October 14, 1952 to Alex and Barbara Jean (Ford Bailey) LaFountaine.in Helena, Montana. No services are planned.
Lois Czech
May 6, 2020
On the morning of Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Lois Czech passed away peacefully in Conrad, Montana at the age of 87. She would have been 88 on Mother's Day. Lois was born at her home in Glenwoodville, Alberta Canada to her parents, Frank and Leah Rodgers. She met and fell in love with Joseph Czech and they were married in...
Sandra Darlene Goodpaster
May 6, 2020
On May 6, 2020, Sandra Darlene Goodpaster passed into the next life, she was 69 years young. Born on February 14, 1951, Valentine's Day, in Great Falls, MT to Pearl and Roy Hovden, she grew up in Lewistown where she met her husband, Steve, of almost 50 years. Sandy attended college in Great Falls, where she majored in Art, before...
Ronica Lee Henning
May 4, 2020
Ronica Lee Henning, age 67, passed away on May 4, 2020 from a heart issue. Born on June 3, 1952 in Bottineau, North Dakota, she was the daughter of Neil and Lois Mikelson. Ronica was raised on a farm outside Souris, ND with her brothers and sister, and attended public school in both Souris and Minot. She married her longtime...