Obituaries

Lynwood Ray Hunt (Lynn)

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Lynwood Ray Hunt (Lynn) passed away September 29, 2021, at home surrounded by his family.

Clarice Louise (Arthun) Hedrick

Clarice Louise (Arthun) Hedrick was born on January 8, 1935 in Columbus, Montana, the daughter of Joseph and Jessie (Boylan) Arthun. She lived around Absarokee all her life. She was baptized and confirmed into the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Absarokee. She went to school at West Rosebud School on Fiddler Creek and Spring Creek. She graduated from Absarokee High school in 1953.

Hilda Louise (Boe) Fredericks

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Hilda Louise Fredericks’ life journey ended where it began in Big Timber, MT. She was born Dec 20, 1943 and passed away from heart failure Oct 26, 2021. She was 77 years young.

Donald Dee Blair

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Donald Dee Blair passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at the age of 87, in Deer Lodge, Montana, at The Ivy.

Marguerite “Margie” Leona Replogle

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It’s with very broken hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend.

George Chapel

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George Edward Chapel-77, formerly of Vaughn, MT, passed over the great divide to be with the angels at his home in Hereford, AZ, with his family at his side. He was born to Gene and Marie Chapel December 20, 1943, on the family ranch north of Gibson, MT. He attended the Sharonite grade school with his mother as his first teacher. He also attended Sweet Grass High School in Big Timber and was very active in school activities such as FFA (he was the state president) and football (he lettered.) It was during high school that he developed his love for pickups, as he had a blue 1957 Chevy he maintained and loved throughout his high school years.

Marcella Lucy Kelly

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Marcella Lucy Kelly, 74, of Rapelje left this Earth on Sept. 28, 2021.

Carol Perry Van Cleve Kirby

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Carol Perry Van Cleve Kirby “Buckshot” Carol Perry Van Cleve Kirby was born in Billings, MT on June 13, 1947 to Paul Ledyard Van Cleve III and Barbara Knudson Van Cleve, their youngest child. She attended the Settlement school and then went on to Sweet Grass High School, graduating in 1964. She started college at Duchesne in Omaha, NE then transferred to Greeley and received her degree in secondary education/English from MSU-Bozeman. Carol began teaching English at Sweet Grass High School, married John Kirby, and together they raised two daughters, Shannon and Kelly.

James “Jim” Earle Shipman

James “Jim” Earle Shipman, 84, of Big Timber, MT, formerly of Hamilton, MT, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 19, 2021, at Spring Creek Inn Memory Care in Bozeman, MT where he had been residing for a short time. Jim lived with Parkinson’s disease and dementia for many years.

Sandra Louise Boylan Hart

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Bozeman Senior High School lost the prettiest Prom Queen! Sandra Louise Boylan Hart, was a kind, caring, loving, mother & wife who left this world on Sunday, August 22, 2021.