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Mary Hespen
May 12, 2011
Mary Louise Hespen passed away May 12, 2011 after a brief battle with pneumonia. Born in Conrad, MT on September 25, 1923, Mary spent her 87 years with us teaching us about tolerance, respect for nature and love of learning. In 1927, the family moved to Billings, MT where her father had accepted a position on the science faculty of...
Jean Phelps
May 10, 2011
Jean Audrey Phelps, 92, of Bozeman, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at her home at the Bozeman Lodge. She was born June 8, 1918 in Jacksonville, Florida, a daughter to Carl and Hazel (Bounderant) Braun. She was raised and educated in Florida. She married Warren Phelps, they were married for over 60 years, and he preceded her in death...
Norma Madan
May 7, 2011
Norma Eileen (Talbot) Madan of Three Forks passed into the arms of Jesus on May 7, 2011 surrounded by her daughters, sister, and husband. Norma was born August 15, 1944 in Eagle Pass, Texas. She graduated from Mr. Mack's Beauty College, which started her lifelong love of cosmetology. Norma worked in Bozeman for over 30 years teaching and mentoring at...
Margory Mcdonald
May 6, 2011
Margory May Armstrong McDonald was born on September 5, 1921 in Glasgow, Montana #8211; the seventh child of Andrew and Hazel Armstrong. She died on Friday morning, May 6, 2011, in Bozeman, Montana, surrounded by the love of her family. Marge grew up on a farm in northeastern Montana with four brothers and four sisters and graduated from Fort Peck...
Charles Nayaert
May 4, 2011
Charles L. #8220;Chuck#8221; Nayaert, 67, of Manhattan, Montana passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in Bozeman, Montana. Chuck was born May 10, 1943 in Clifton Springs, New York to Alphonse and Margaret Nayaert. He was raised in Phelps, New York until he joined the US Marine Corps. Upon his discharge from the Marines, Chuck married Cheryl Taggart on...
Carrie Mae Folts
May 3, 2011
Surrounded by her family and friends, Carrie Mae Folts went peacefully to be with Jesus on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011. Carrie was born July 16th, 1931 to Albert Syrena Simons in Stewart, Minnesota. Soon after, her family moved to Temple City, California where she graduated from Alhambra High School and worked as an administrative assistant. In 1953, she married Herbert...
Eva Neils
May 1, 2011
Eva Rutherford Neils, (formerly Eva LaCroix), 88, of Belgrade, passed away while attended by family on Sunday, May 1st, 2011 at the Gallatin Valley Rest home from injuries sustained during an auto accident. Born February 4th, 1923 to Paul Cole and Eva Kaye Rutherford, she grew up in the Lake Harriet area of Minneapolis, MN with her two sisters, Janet...
Keyth Pierzina
Apr 30, 2011
Keyth Alwyn Pierzina of Belgrade, Montana passed away peacefully on April 30, 2011 at the age of 84, with his family at his bedside. Keyth was born January 24, 1927 in Beach, North Dakota, the son of Benjamin and Mary Pierzina. He went to school entirely in Beach, was active in all sports, and graduated at the top of his...
Michael Lankford
Apr 28, 2011
Michael Fanoy Lankford, 51, of Bozeman passed away Thursday April 28, 2011. Mike was born June 16, 1959 in Clovis, California to Fanoy and Irene (Parker) Lankford. He grew up in California, attending school there before eventually moving to Bozeman. He enjoyed his work as a Master Carpenter. He loved the outdoors and spent many hours hunting, camping, and fishing....
Robert Greer
Apr 25, 2011
Robert R. #8220;Bobby#8221; Greer, Jr., 25, of Bozeman, Montana passed away April 25, 2011 as a result from injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident. Robert was born November 26, 1985 in Butte, Montana to Robert Greer Sr. and Lorna Greer. Robert was the middle child of three children. On February 14, 2010, he became engaged to the love of...
Lawrence Oscar Rueter
Apr 21, 2011
Longtime farmer, rancher, artist, and scholar, Lawrence Oscar Rueter, 98, died April 21, 2011 at his residence in Bozeman, Montana. Lawrence was born 12/12/12 in Wauneta Nebraska, the seventh of nine children born to Lawrence Melchior Rueter, a Lutheran minister turned farmer and his wife, Elizabeth Neuhart. The young Rueter family learned to farm with a team of horses, and...
Virginia Labert
Apr 21, 2011
Virginia A. Labert, 77, of Bozeman passed away very early on Thursday, April 21, 2011. Virginia was born on July 9, 1933 in Deerfield, Michigan to Silas and Beatrice (Miller) Duval. She was raised and educated in Deerfield. Virginia was united in marriage to Marvin Labert on February 3, 1951 in Deerfield, Michigan. The couple made their home in Deerfield...
Margaret Bickle
Apr 14, 2011
Margaret Bickle, 92, formerly of Roundup, Gardiner, Livingston, and Belgrade, passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2011, at Springmeadows Assisted Living in Bozeman, with her son and daughter at her side. Marge was born April 24, 1918 to Florence and Harvey Nash on the family farm near Broadview, MT. She was big sister to Dean, Reva, Hazel and Dale. She...
Jo-Anne Scott
Apr 13, 2011
On Wednesday, April 13th, 2011, Jo-Anne Patricia Scott passed away peacefully at her home in Bozeman. Jo-Anne was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to New York after high school graduation. She received a Nursing degree from Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, graduated from Columbia University, and received her Master#8217;s Degree from New York University. She moved to Helena, Montana in the...
Patricia Thomas
Apr 11, 2011
Patricia J. Thomas, 80, of Bozeman passed away Monday, April 11, 2011. Patricia was born November 23, 2930 in Butte, Montana to Ralph and Josephine (Holte) Evans. She was born and raised in Butte and on June 14, 1953, she married William H. Thomas at the Mountain View Methodist Church in Butte. Together, they raised three children, Sally, Ralph, and...
Brandon James Renkin
Apr 7, 2011
Brandon left us peacefully on Thursday, April 7th in his mother#8217;s arms, and was surrounded by people who helped care for him. This was the end of a lifelong struggle with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy. Brandon was born on January 18, 1993 to Roy and Diane (Ihle) Renkin. He lived his whole life in, and was embraced by, the Gardiner/Mammoth community....
Annice Booth
Apr 6, 2011
Annice Booth was born on May 28, 1920. She made her transition in Bozeman on April 6, 2011. Annice attended the University of California in Berkeley and studied Latin and French. On May 30, 1940 she married Lester Booth and they had a son Lawrence William Booth (Larry) born April 28, 1943. In addition to raising her son, Annice helped...
Inda Cole
Mar 31, 2011
Inda Mae Cole passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011, at the age of 70 from complications due to diabetes. Inda was born July 2, 1940, to John Henry and Wilma Mae Kastner in Lewistown. The oldest of five children, Inda had two sisters and two brothers, Ruth Lyda of Powell, Wyo., Alice Walker, John Kastner and Don Heiman, all of...
Delores Morton
Mar 27, 2011
Grandma Delores Delores Imogene Morton, 80, passed away suddenly after a very brief illness on March 27, 2011. She was born January 13, 1931, to Leonard and Imogene (Vaught) Bopp in Joliet, Montana. Delores grew up in the Bozeman area. She married Sidney Morton on March 2, 1947, and they were married for sixty-one years. They raised their sons, Ron...
Raphaella Baker
Mar 24, 2011
Raphaella Baker, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Baker and sister to Malachy and Liam was stillborn on March 24, 2011. After five months in her mother's womb, now called to her heavenly father's loving arms. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:00 am at Dahl Funeral Chapel. All friends of the family are welcome.
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