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Patricia Leigh Holtz
Patricia Leigh Holtz, 81, of Meeteetse, Wyo., formerly of Miles City and Ismay, died Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, in Billings.
She was born on March 22, 1929, in Ismay, the daughter of Charles and Merle Goodrich. She attended grade school at Opheim and Darby before moving to Ismay where she graduated from Ismay High School.
She moved to Aberdeen, S.D., where she attended nursing school until she married
Don Holtz on Aug. 27, 1949, in Miles City. They moved to Sioux Falls, S.D., for a short while before moving back to Miles City where they worked for the Miles City Livestock Commission.
Later they would work for oilfields in Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. They moved back to eastern Montana where they worked for area ranches. In, 2005 they moved to Meeteese, Wyo., where they had made their home since.
Her survivors include her husband, Don Holtz of Meeteetse, Wyo.; her daughters, Charlotte Louise Haughian of Cody, Wyo., and Tammie Lorin (Tom) Neill of Edgewood, N.M.; her brothers, Jerry (Dianne) Shumaker of Billings, formerly of Ismay, and Gene (Kathy) Shumaker of Great Falls; and her son-in-law, Jere Wheatley of Waterloo, Iowa.
Survivors also include six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Donella L. Wheatley; and son, Clark Eugene Holtz.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at 11 a.m. in at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. A memorial service will be Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at 11 a.m. at the Episcopal Church in Meeteetse, Wyo.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Meeteetse Museum, Meeteetse Senior Center or the Ismay Fire Department.
Wiley Edward Taylor
Wiley Edward Taylor died on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, at the Horizon Hospice House in Billings. He fought a courageous battle with cancer for the past two years.
Mr. Taylor was born on Nov. 9, 1942, in Salem, Ill., to Wiley Easley Taylor and Vada Melton, both of Oklahoma. His family moved to Oklahoma before moving to Glendive. Mr. Taylor graduated from Glendive High School in 1961. He was part of the 1960 State Class A Football Championship team.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Rocky Mountain College at Billings in 1967 and also played football for them. In college he was nicknamed “bones” because he was so slim.
In 1968, he entered the Army and served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. He was awarded the Bronze Star. His Army buddies called him “the old man” because he was 24 at the time.
His first teaching and coaching job was in Westby. Coaching football and basketball was a lifelong passion. One of the highlights of his coaching career was to take the Westby Basketball Team to State and win the State C Championship. He had a gift of motivating kids to do their best. He was an excellent coach, and under his guidance, several of “his kids” were able to go on to play college ball.
In 1969, after his tour in Vietnam, he married
his college sweetheart, Lynda, and they had two children, Leah Taylor Bradley of Broomfield, Colo., and Daniel Taylor of Colstrip. This marriage ended in 1972.
Mr. Taylor’s teaching and coaching career took him to Broadus; Bel Fourche, S.D.; and Deer Lodge. He was legendary wherever he went. He could make friends with anyone, and was known all over.
In Broadus, Mr. Taylor and his roommate, Jim Coates, took in a youth who was from Oklahoma and sleeping in his car. Mr. Taylor got him on the team and gave him a place to live. Mr. Taylor had the habit of taking in strays who needed help.
Mr. Taylor was a “rolling stone” and you never knew where he might show up. He had a habit of disappearing and then showing up just when you had given up on him. He never wanted to get too tied down, and valued his independence and freedom. He had many jobs over the years and was a skilled heavy equipment operator, who had worked on many projects in different states. His last job was at the Colstrip mine as a heavy equipment operator. Mr. Taylor retired in January 2010.
He loved a good competitive game, whether it was golf, poker, pool or some other card game. Mr. Taylor loved to travel and spent many a weekend traveling with his good friends to different golf courses and tournaments in Montana, South Dakota, Arizona, Colorado and other states. He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially Reece and Dawson, his grandchildren.
His survivors include two brothers, Jeron Taylor, location unknown and Ron Taylor of Billings; his children, Daniel Taylor, Leah Taylor Bradley and son-in-law, Clark; his grandchildren, Reece and Dawson Bradley; and many friends, too numerous to mention.
He was preceded in death by his father, Wiley E. Taylor, mother, Vada M. Taylor, and sister, Deann Taylor Kaufman, all of Glendive.
Dr. Burke, the special nurses and staff on the Oncology Unit at the Billings Clinic and Horizon House gave their care and support to Mr. Taylor during his time there. Also many prayers were made for Mr. Taylor, his family and friends.
Many of Mr. Taylor’s fondest memories were in Broadus and he chose to be buried there. A celebration of life will be Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at the Goldmine Casino/Bob’s place from 4 to 7 p.m. in Colstrip. A memorial service will be Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at 1 p.m. in the Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home, 101 East Wilson in Broadus. There will be Military Honors. Cremation has taken place. A reception will follow at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall at 3 p.m.
Memorial donations may be sent to Horizon Hospice House, 1019 Neptune Dr., Billings, Mt. 59105, or the charity of one’s choice.
Danny Lee Zeiler
Word has been received of the death of Danny Lee Zeiler, 62, of Northern California, formerly of Hardin and the former husband of Marilynn Anderson of Billings, who resided in Miles City for many years. Mr. Zeiler died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. He is survived by his son, Zachary, of Bangor, Maine. Services are pending.
Lawrence Emery Pettit
Lawrence E. Pettit, 81, of Miles City died at the Holy Rosary Healthcare in Miles City on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010.
Mr. Pettit was born on the family farm to Francis and Esther Stubbs Pettit. He graduated from Mound High School. He was a member of the only Mound wrestling team to win The State Wrestling Championship in 1947. Afterward the school was renamed Mound/Westonka. The same wrestling team got together on a regular basis once a year after high school with the last meeting being only a week ago. He played baseball, third baseman for the Loretto Baseball team.
He married
and raised his family on the farm. Mr. Pettit worked on the family farm in Minnesota until he sold it and moved to Miles City. He bought his farm on Tongue River Road where he made his home.
Mr. Pettit had a true love for Montana and the West.
His survivors include his one son, Chad Pettit (Mary) and six daughters: Julie Ann Sobon (Gary), JoEllen Otten (Steve) Laure Jorges deceased (Rodger): Mary Sue Boerger (Bruce) Lisa Morrish (Rupert); Amy Pettit (Bill); two sisters: Shirley Harff and Phyllis Meister; 13 grandchildren: Steven Sobon, James and Gretchen Ingebredsten, Kate and Tracey Jorges, Collen and Angie Weisbrich, Gareth and Fiona Morrish, Jamie Friedenburg, Dan and Brian Pettit, Erik Wiitala.
A wake will be held Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Peterson Funeral Home in St. Michael, Minn. A funeral service will be Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at 11 a.m. at the St. Thomas Catholic Church in Corcoran, Minn. Interment will be at St. Jene cemetery in Corcoran, Minn., with a luncheon to follow. A time of remembrance will also be held Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
Wm. Douglas Wallin
Wm. Douglas Wallin, age 87, of Seattle, Wash., former Miles City resident, died peacefully at Mirabella on Sunday, July 25, 2010, after a period of failing health.
Mr. Wallin was born in Rosebud on Aug. 10, 1922, to Wilhelm and Margaret Wallin. His formative years were spent in Rosebud and working summers on his grandparents’ ranch located on the Rosebud Creek near Lame Deer.
In 1943, Mr. Wallin joined the Army, serving in the 104th Infantry Division (Timberwolves) in Europe until the end of World War II in 1945.
He married
his high school sweetheart, Lillian Quigley, in July, 1945. Mr. Wallin attended the University of Montana-Missoula and graduated in 1947. He was employed by Berl Stallard, accountant, in Miles City for a year following his graduation. Mr. and Mrs. Wallin then moved to Billings where he and his business partner, Leonard Gaines, operated an insurance agency. In 1955, Mr. and Mrs. Wallin welcomed a son, Clark, and in 1967 they moved to Seattle, after selling the insurance agency in Billings.
The highlight of Mr. Wallin’s career was when he joined the John F. Sullivan Company, a reinsurance brokerage firm, in the early 1970s.
During retirement, Mr. Wallin enjoyed gardening and following athletics, especially the Husky football team. He enjoyed hosting dinner parties and was an excellent cook. He was very meticulous and particular in his work and his hobbies. Mr. Wallin was a very kind and generous husband, father and friend who touched many lives. He will be missed by all who have had the pleasure of knowing him.
His survivors include his son, Clark, and daughter-in-law, Lisa; his sister, Ellen Smith, and her husband, Ted, of Olive; as well as numerous relatives.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian, in 1996; his father; his mother; and his brother, John and wife, Wilma; and a baby sister.
A memorial service was held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Seattle on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. A Celebration of Life Luncheon will be Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Forsyth. A Graveside Service will follow at 2 p.m. at the Lee cemetery, south of Colstrip.
In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Forsyth has been entrusted with these arrangements.
Cecil Archer
A Christian Memorial Service for Cecil Archer, 87, was Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Laurel.
Mr. Archer was born in Ismay on March 30, 1923, to Norvil and Hazel Lawrence Archer. He graduated from Ismay High School in 1941 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps along with his brother, Joe.
After serving in Sicily, Italy and North Africa, he returned home to Miles City where he met and married
Lois Decker in 1946.
He worked at the Nance Motor Company and also was a driver for the Model Bakery.
Mr. and Mrs. Archer moved to Conrad where they raised their children: Glapha, Jeff and Joe, and Mr. Archer had a farm implement business.
Later Mr. and Mrs. Archer managed apartments in Roundup and Absorkee. They enjoyed summers of volunteering in campgrounds after retiring. In recent years, they moved to Laurel where they were active church members and brought the joy of music to nursing home residents — he with the accordion and she with the keyboard.
Mr. Archer is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lois; daughter, Glapha of Nampa, Idaho; sons, Jeffrey of Denver and Joe of Billings; a brother, Wally Archer (Margaret) of Billings; a sister, Barbara Steinert (Irvin) of Forsyth; two grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 20 nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his brothers: Harry, Ray, Joe and Jack; his sisters, Millie Wright and Lillie Storm; and a granddaughter.
Interment will be in the Veterans cemetery in Laurel.
Ted Henry Parini
Ted Henry Parini, 86, of Butte died peacefully in Miles City while visiting his daughter on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, due to complications from pneumonia.
Mr. Parini was born the 17th of 18 children to Daniel and Olympia Tartini Parini. He was born and raised in Elk Park Valley where he grew up on the family dairy learning to milk cows at a very young age. Mr. Parini also learned at a very young age to train and work with horses whether for riding or used as teams to do the daily functions on the ranch.
He was an avid boxer and his passion for the sport was so deep that he would jog from Elk Park to Butte several times a week to train and then have to jog back home. His determination paid off and he qualified for the Olympics. One of his favorite sparing partners was John Masonovich and his idol was professional boxer Joe Lewis whom he had the honor of meeting and shaking hands.
After leaving the family ranch Mr. Parini bought the Beebe Grain feed store, owning and operating it for 46 years while being a successful business man and making many friends.
One sunny day in Butte he saw a fine looking woman walking down the street. He asked her if she wanted to go to coffee and she accepted. Little did he know he was having coffee with the love of his life. Mr. Parini and Shirlee Norbury were married
on Dec. 30, 1965, and celebrated 45 wonderful years of marriage. To this union two daughters, Shirlee and Dana, were born.
They bought 30 acres just out of Butte where Mr. Parini built their home and they began their life together. Mr. Parini lived a full life enjoying the things he loved to do most. He loved carpenter work and built many buildings including a log cabin on their acreage in Elk Park as well as numerous buildings and corrals for his children.
He loved to hunt and was able to hunt until the end. Mr. Parini loved working and training horses and passed this love on to his daughters who grew up rodeoing. He always made sure his girls were mounted on good horses that would take them to the winner’s circle. His daughters carry on the tradition where they continue to raise and train horses and barrel race. Mr. Parini was able to enjoy a day of watching barrel racing, visiting with friends and watching his daughter make one last winning run and his granddaughter run barrels just a day before he fell ill. He also loved to ride in the mountains where he rode many miles on his good horse Bugsy followed by his faithful dogs Shep and Bear.
His survivors include his wife, Shirlee of Butte; son, Tom (Becky) Parini of San Francisco, Calif., grandchildren, Mia (Carlos) Parini-Ramirez and Ted Parini; daughter, Marti (Steve) Burke of Greenwood, Neb., granddaughter Kelci (Travis) Swenson; daughter, Shirlee (Tim) Kaczmarek of Billings; daughter, Dana (Marty) Penrod of Miles City, granddaughter Rylee Penrod; daughter, Trudy (Hao) Wang of Missoula, granddaughter, Lilly (Caleb) Nelson, and great-grandson, Colton Nelson; step-son, Russ Backstrom of Marion Valley, Calif., grandchildren, RC and Elizabeth Backstrom; two sisters, Caroline Peterson of Butte and Edith Rautio of Batesville, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by his parents and 15 brothers and sisters.
Mr. Parini’s last request was to be cremated with no services pending and have his ashes taken to one of his favorite hunting spots.
Should friends desire, memorials may be sent to one’s choice of charity related to rodeo.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Andrew Lance Tonn
Andrew Lance Tonn, 58, of Miles City died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at the Holy Rosary Healthcare after a courageous health battle and a love for life.
Mr. Tonn was born Aug. 10, 1952, at Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City, the son of Helder and Virginia Gattis Tonn. He attended country school near his home on the Monte Place south of Miles City.
When he started the seventh grade, he came to Miles City to attend Washington Middle School and continued in Miles City until graduating from Custer County High School in 1970.
In the fall of 1970, Mr. Tonn started college at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., graduating in 1974. He then attended Law School at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., and graduated in 1977.
He worked for one year at the Montana Supreme Court and in 1978 he moved back home to Miles City with his wife, Jan, and began the practice of law at Lucas and Monaghan, later to become Lucas & Tonn, of which he became the sole owner in 2009. He continued the practice of law until his death.
After a brief hospitalization in Seattle, he returned home Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 1, where he was greeted by friends and family at the Miles City Airport. He spent two days in Holy Rosary Hospice where his friends and family far and near came to be with him.
His survivors include his son, Drew Tonn of Salt Lake City, Utah; his wife, Linda Tonn of Miles City; brother, Bruce Tonn; and cousins, Mike Tonn of Billings, Will Tonn of Bozeman, Libby Sylvis of Bozeman, Borisse Paulin of New York City, N.Y., Ann Quast of Buffalo, Wyo., and Cheryl Tonn of Miles City; and his family, Jessi and Svenja Kempin, Deb Tonn, Chelsea and Terell Patterson, Suzy Musser, Joanie Bechtle and Steve Curry.
Attorneys thought Mr. Tonn was a rancher with a law degree, ranchers thought he was an attorney with a ranch; but those who knew him best knew his passion was the ranch where the roots of his legacy began.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Miles City. Interment will follow at the Custer County cemetery.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church, Dollars for Scholars or a charity of one’s choice.
Mark "Bird" Wilson
Mark “Bird” Wilson, 48, of Belgrade, formerly of Miles City, died at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.
Mr. Wilson grew up in Miles City, raising cain with all of his brothers and sisters, fishing and hunting with his father and learning wisdom and love from his mother.
On Aug. 26, 1982, he married
his loving wife, Marlene. They lived in Helena for four years where Mr. Wilson worked construction and their son, Sonny, was born. In 1986, they moved to Newberg, Ore., and had their daughter, Amanda, in 1989.
In 1997, they moved back to Miles City until 2003 when they moved to Belgrade and remained ever since.
Mr. Wilson loved spending time with his children and his dogs. He enjoyed gardening and making his famous salsa, which he shared with everyone. He and his wife spent many hours riding on their Harley enjoying the fresh mountain air. Many late nights were spent playing games with family and friends.
His survivors include his mother, Connie Wilson of Miles City; his wife, Marlene Wilson of Belgrade; a son, Sonny (Tawnia) Wilson of Bozeman; a daughter, Amanda Dianna Wilson, and her fiancé, Cody, of Belgrade; three brothers, Daniel Wilson of Shandon, Calif., Dave (Wendy) Wilson of Memphis, Tenn., and Timothy Wilson of Miles City; one grandchild, Joseph Michael Casey Weber; and two step-grandchildren, Jeyden and Boston Crouch.
He was preceded in death by his father, Will Wilson; and two sisters (twins), Laurie and Linda Wilson.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Stevenson and Sons Chapel in Miles City. Funeral Services will be Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will be held at a later date.
In Lieu of flowers, due to Mark’s love of animals, memorials may be made to the Miles City Animal Shelter or to the Cancer Society.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
