OBITUARIES
Recent Obituary Listings
Local Obituaries for Bozeman, MT, Gallatin County & Surrounding Areas
Rosemary Zentner
Jun 3, 2014
Rosemary “Rosie”, “GG” Zentner, 81, of Bozeman, passed away June 3, 2014. She was born July 5, 1932 in Dickenson, ND to George and Katherine (Olheiser) Reisenuer, the fourth youngest of fourteen children. Rosemary was raised and educated in Dickenson. While she was working at the City Cafe in Dickenson she met Thomas Zentner. The couple was later married on...
Michael Joseph Doll
May 29, 2014
Michael Joseph Doll, 90, of Bozeman, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014 at his home. He was born August 31, 1923 in Mandan, North Dakota. He was the second of three sons. He grew up in Mandan attending St. Joseph Catholic School and Mandan Public High School. During his senior year in high school he enlisted in the United States...
Sarah 'Beth' Huffine
May 23, 2014
Sarah “Beth” Huffine passed away May 23, 2014. She was born March 2, 1920 in Bozeman, MT to Edward and Olive (Bumgarner) Ross. Beth was raised on a farm east of Belgrade, MT and graduated from Belgrade High School in 1938. She married Lewis Huffine in 1939 and the couple made their home north of Bozeman, on Springhill Rd. Beth...
Ann Fitzpatrick Watkins
May 21, 2014
Ann Fitzpatrick Watkins, 88, of Middletown, NJ, passed away in Bozeman, MT Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Ann was the daughter of Leo and Annabelle Fitzpatrick and loving wife of Walter Watkins (deceased). She passed away at High Gate Senior Living after a short illness. Ann was born on July 22, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY. She lived in Chatham, NJ before...
Louis Nathaniel Dixon Jr.
May 21, 2014
Louis Nathaniel Dixon Jr. passed away May 21, 2014. He was born June 26, 1920 in Kansas to Louis and Ola (Depew) Dixon. He grew up with one brother, Ralph J. Dixon Louis was a welder at Kaiser Shipyards in Portland, Oregon during World War II (1944-1945) and then an Auto Mechanic after the war for a brief period (1946)....
Annette Isabel Alderson
May 20, 2014
Annette Isabel Alderson was born on June 7, 1940 in Salt lake City, Utah, to Margaret Isabel Mendenhall Alderson and Charles Alfred Alderson. She passed on to be with her Lord and Savior on May 20, 2014. Annette moved as an infant with her parents to Boise, Idaho, where her brother John was born, then to Twin Falls, Idaho, where...
William 'Bill' E. Butler
May 13, 2014
William (Bill) Edward Butler was born on July 18, 1970 in Atlanta, GA and died in Bozeman, MT on May 13, 2014. He graduated from Dalton High School in Georgia and the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, BA. Commissioned into the US Marines in 1993 as 2nd LT., Bill completed Ranger and Airborne School the following year graduating second in...
Christopher 'Chris' Donahue
May 12, 2014
Christopher 'Chris', aka Donny Evil, Donahue, a local young, versatile musician passed away May 12, 2014, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital after a lingering illness. Chris was born at the same hospital on March 22, 1982 and was the only child born to Lynda (Strickler) Donahue and Lloyd Rodney Donahue. He attended local schools and graduated from Bridger Alternative High School...
Edward J. Farrell
May 12, 2014
His time on earth complete, Edward J. Farrell, Jr. departed in search of the new Sunday Times crossword and the next installment of NPR’s “Says You” early morning, May 12, with his devoted wife of forty-three years beside him. Moving to Bozeman in 1998 added years and quality to his life, and Ed especially enjoyed working with the local programs...
Robert Lawrence Marten
May 10, 2014
Robert Lawrence Marten, 90, of Bozeman, passed away on May 10, 2014. He was born in Kenilworth near Big Sandy, Montana to Lawrence and Grace E. (Maxwell) Marten on September 17, 1923. Bob’s early years were spent in the Kenilworth area where he attended Ferndale grade school. In 1935 he moved to the family farm southwest of Big Sandy and...
Madge Enid Nelson
May 9, 2014
Enid was born on October 1, 1935 in Webster WI to Elmer Gene Kleckner and Madge Edith (Larrabee) Kleckner. Enid had a lifelong desire to live in Montana but found herself drawn back to Danbury, WI several times where she was a member of the Danbury Methodist Church. Enid dedicated her life to Health work in both Wisconsin and Montana....
Bernice Mackersie
May 7, 2014
Bernice Olive Butts MacKersie, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Parkhaven Retirement and Assisted Living in Manhattan, Montana. Bernice was born to George and Irene Richardson Butts on July 14, 1909, in Nevis, Minnesota. In 1912, the family moved to Barryton, Michigan, where Bernice attended school and graduated in 1927. She received a business degree from Davenport Business College in...
Margaret Emelia Devous
May 3, 2014
Margaret Emelia Devous passed away May 3, 2014. She was born March 3, 1914 to Christian Peter and Maria Flora (Panzenhagen) Volquardsen. She lived her entire life in the Gallatin Valley except for the two week travel back from New Ulm, Minnesota where she was born. Margaret attended Bozeman schools. First Leverich School, then Emerson School and finally graduated from...
Catherine Blean Story
Apr 25, 2014
Catherine Story passed away gently on April 25, 2014. She was very loved by all who had the fortune of knowing her. Catherine was a very kind and spiritually minded person. She was a dedicated wife and mother, and cared deeply about her family, church, and community. Catherine was born in Ithaca, New York in 1945. After spending her childhood...
Frieda Rebecca Slavish
Apr 24, 2014
Frieda Rebecca 'Becky' Slavish, 92, of Ennis, passed away on April 24, 2014. She was born on September 10, 1921 in Bridger, Montana to Henry and Sophie (Hergett) Meinhardt. Becky grew up on a farm outside of Bridger and graduated from Bridger High School. After High School she worked at the Bridger Creamery. On July 7, 1942 she married John...
Thomas Charles 'Opa' Reihman
Apr 21, 2014
Thomas C. “Opa” Reihman, 74 of Bozeman, passed away on April 21, 2014 in Reno, Nevada while on vacation. He was born on June 12, 1939 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to John F. and Johanna (Kippenhan) Reihman. Opa was raised in Amana, Iowa and graduated from Amana High School. He attended Iowa State University and received a B.S. in Mechanical...
George Richard Hagan
Apr 14, 2014
George Richard (Rich) Hagan Born in 1924 in Hannibal, Missouri to George & Hazel Hagan, Rich passed away April 14, 2014, of natural causes in Bozeman, Montana where he had lived for the past four years. Previously, Rich resided with his late (August, 2012) wife, Milly (Barnes) Hagan in Loveland, Colorado where, together, they built their own home. Rich grew...
Katherine 'Kay' Smith Bergsland
Apr 10, 2014
Katherine “Kay” Smith Bergsland, 79, of Bozeman, passed away Thursday April 10, 2014 due to interstitial lung disease. Kay was born in Evanston, IL to Robert Dawes Smith and Jeanne (Davis) Smith. She earned a BA in Education from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and a Masters in Special Education from University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Kay married Tom Bergsland on September...
Derek William Calvin
Apr 10, 2014
Marine PFC Derek William Calvin, age 19, of Bozeman Montana, died unexpectedly, Thursday, April 10th, 2014 at home. He was born December 14, 1994 in Bozeman, MT., son of William A. Calvin and Monica Stewart. Derek graduated from Bozeman High School Class of 2013. He recently fulfilled a childhood dream of joining the United States Marine Corps in August 2013....
Nicholas James 'Nick' 'Iv' Mohs Iv
Apr 8, 2014
Nicholas James Mohs IV, 21, of Bozeman MT, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Nick, (IV) was born in 1992 on New Year’s Eve in Fort Collins, CO to Nicholas J. Mohs III and Mickey Woulfe Mohs. He was raised in Highlands Ranch, CO and graduated from Mountain Vista High School. Following his graduation he moved to Bozeman, MT to...