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Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Frances "Fran" Nelson
Feb 3, 2016
Frances (Krueger) Nelson, 93, long-time resident of Bozeman, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2016 at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. Frances was born on July 27, 1922 to Roy and Ethel Krueger, in her grandparents’ home in Arlington, South Dakota. She was raised in Brookings, South Dakota and enjoyed many music, church, and athletic activities while attending elementary and high school....
Lyle Edward Mckenna
Feb 1, 2016
Lyle “Flip” Edward McKenna was born a democrat to Robert and Rose McKenna in 1927 in Great Falls, MT. His early life was spent in Geyser, Montana on the McKenna Brother Ranch before moving to Bozeman, where he graduated high school as a star basketball player. He went on to play basketball for Montana State College and then in 1945,...
Ellen L. Mcguire
Jan 28, 2016
Ellen L McGuire, 89, of Belgrade passed away on January 28, 2016. Ellen was born on a farm near Three Forks on December 27, 1926 to LB and Lavina Weaver. She attended schools in Logan and Manhattan. She married Wayne McGuire on April 14, 1951 in Livingston, MT and they made their home in Belgrade. She is proceeded in death...
Mary Anne Hardies
Jan 28, 2016
Mary Anne Hardies, 92, of Bozeman, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016. Mary was born April 9, 1923 to Louis and Mary A. (Popish) Vidic in Butte, MT. She graduated from Butte High School. She moved to Seattle, WA following graduation and worked for the War Department during WWII. She married Arthur J. Hardies in 1949 in Seattle, WA. They...
Donna Marie Kostelecky
Jan 27, 2016
Donna Stroh Kostelecky, 71 of Bozeman, Montana, passed away at home on January 27, 2016. She was born on December 10, 1944 in Dickinson, North Dakota, one of thirteen children born to William Joseph and Elizabeth (Heiser) Stroh. Donna attended the Country School in Killdeer, North Dakota and graduated from Dickinson High School. She went on to attend Montana State...
Debbie Kay Dimichele
Jan 25, 2016
Debbie, 58, of Bozeman left us unexpectedly on Monday, January 25, 2016. She was born on March 12, 1958 in Gillette, WY and graduated from Campbell County High School. After, she worked at her family’s grocery store where she met her husband Chris DiMichele and had two children. Debbie was a talented floral designer who opened her own flower shop...
Virginia Rose Larson
Jan 20, 2016
Virginia Rose (Meisner) Larson died peacefully on January 20, 2016 in Bozeman, Montana. Virginia was born September 16, 1928 to Oscar and Florence (Noel) Meisner on a farm near Elkader, Iowa. She was baptized at Peace Evangelical Church in Elkader. She attended rural elementary school near her home and graduated from Elkader High School in 1946. She attended Central State...
Gene Stuart Brooks
Jan 20, 2016
Gene Stuart Brooks, 85, of Bozeman, Montana passed away on January 20, 2016. He was born on July 11, 1930 in Chestnut, Montana to James and Elizabeth (Maykuth) Brooks. Gene attended the Chestnut Rural School and graduated from Gallatin County High School in 1948. While at Gallatin High Gene was an excellent student and played Linebacker and Center for the...
Alice Agnes Putman
Jan 20, 2016
Alice Agnes Putman, 91, of Belgrade, Montana, passed away January 20, 2016. She was born May 30, 1924 in Yreka, California to John and Agnes Nunes. Alice graduated from Nursing School and practiced as a nurse for 50 years from 1940 to 1990, including over 30 years at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. She was a compassionate nurse and a liaison...
Jutta Anni Luise Davies
Jan 19, 2016
Jutta Anni Luise Davies, 75, of Belgrade, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. She was born on October 22, 1940 in Kemnade, Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1965. She worked for many years as a Cardiovascular Technician at the Vancouver University Hospital in Vancouver B.C. Canada. Jutta married the love of her life Dennis Davies Sr. on August...
Edward R. Gray
Jan 16, 2016
Edward R. Gray, 54, of Belgrade, MT passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 in Deer Lodge, MT from natural causes. He was born November 24, 1961 in Stanford, NY to Andrew and Emily (Mead) Gray. Ed graduated from High School in Roxbury, NY. He moved to the Gallatin Valley in 1992, where he worked as a general contractor in the...
Sarah "Susie" Nell Litsey Bookout
Jan 16, 2016
Sarah (Susie) Nell Litsey (Lightsey) Bookout, of Montgomery, Alabama and Bozeman, Montana, passed away on January 16, 2016 after many years with Parkinson’s disease. She is survived by her husband, Henry Ellis Bookout; her daughter, Marilyn “Sue” (Jim) Hamilton of Bozeman; her granddaughters, Erin (Wyatt) Larson and Katrina Hamilton of Bozeman; her great-grandchildren, Keilan Segi and Carmen Larson; her sister-in-law...
Betty Jean Lee
Jan 12, 2016
Mom went peacefully to heaven surrounded by her loving family, Tuesday, January 12, 1916. Betty was born in Bozeman, MT to Thomas N. Tillman and Maude Ruth (Dwight) Tillman on June 17, 1932. Mom was the 11th child born into a family of 13 children. Betty attended Bozeman Public School, graduating in 1950. Betty married Joe Madison Lee on June...
Marvin Backer
Jan 10, 2016
Marvin Backer passed away on Jan. 10 from complications of metastatic prostate cancer. He was born on Feb. 7, 1937, in Schenectady, N.Y., to Lena and Louis Backer. He spent his childhood years in Amsterdam, New York, earned his B.A. from Cornell, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Marv served...
Beatrice Mae Blessum
Jan 7, 2016
Beatrice Mae Blessum, 86, of Great Falls and most recently Bozeman, passed away on Thursday morning, January 7th, 2016. A memorial service will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Great Falls at a later date. Bea was born June 6th, 1929, in Edmore North Dakota to Palmer and Clara (Askelson) Malmin. As a young energetic girl, she helped her...
Marcella Nadine Scheer
Jan 7, 2016
Marcella Nadine Caltvedt Scheer, 89, died on Thursday, January 7, 2016. She was born on April 5, 1926 in Marshalltown, IA, to Laila Mildred (Henderson) and Silas Walter Caltvedt. Her father died when she was 10 years old. On June 25, 1947 she married Alfred Carl Scheer in Nevada, IA. They were married 68 1/2 years until his death two...
Gail Renaldo Raty
Dec 31, 2015
Gail Renaldo Raty was born on March 22, 1925 and sadly passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at home in Big Sky, MT with Daughter Linda and Son-in-Law John. Gail was born in Challis, ID to Steve and Oma Raty. Gail moved to California in 1934 with his parents, five brothers and sister. Gail proudly joined the Navy during...
Donald Joseph Traubert
Dec 30, 2015
Donald Joseph Traubert (Don), 92, of Bozeman, died at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Billings, MT on December 30, 2015 from complications of a long life. Don was born in Wellsburg, West Virginia to the late George and Grace (Densmore) Traubert on September 7, 1923. He attended St. John’s Catholic School and Wellsburg High School. He graduated from West Virginia University with...
Alfred Carl Scheer
Dec 28, 2015
Alfred Carl Scheer died on Monday, December 28, 2015. He was born on the family farm in Knox County, Nebraska on February 1, 1926 to Werner and Mabel (Jensen) Scheer. During WWII he was in the US Army Corps of Engineers, and installed anti-submarine fences in the San Francisco bay. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering...
Michael Lawrence Nelson
Dec 27, 2015
Michael Lawrence Nelson, 64, of Laramie, Wyoming, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, December 27, 2015 in Billings, MT while traveling to Bozeman with his son Mark to visit his mother. He was born March 17, 1951 in Burlington, Wisconsin to Lawrence and Frances (Krueger) Nelson. He and his family moved to Hamilton, MT, when Michael was three, and 6 years...
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