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Rose Eagle Menzel
1919 - 2009
Rose Eagle Menzel passed away quietly in her sleep on May 13, 2009, at the Mountain View Care Center in Bozeman, Montana.
Rose was born September 27, 1919, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Samuel Peter and Ida Carlson Eagle. She went to school in Bozeman, Montana and on to Montana State College in 1937, graduating in June, 1941. Rose was married to Herman William Menzel, her high school sweetheart, who was serving our country at that time in the United States Army.
She spent the WWII years teaching school until the return of Herm from the European theatre. Rose and Herm started a souvenir store business in West Yellowstone in 1946 where they were successful business people for over 50 years.
Rose was preceded in death by her husband Herman, and six brothers and sisters. She is survived by her two sons, Kurt and Craig, Kurt's sons Michael and Tyler of Bozeman, and Craig' kids, Rodney Zamudio of Gilbert, Arizona, and Cristina Troup of Mesa, Arizona. Rose had four great grandchildren, all of Arizona.
Rose Menzel will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. A graveside service is planned for a date to be announced. In lieu of flowers a contribution in Rose's name to any local scholarship fund would be appreciated.
Rose Eagle Menzel
There will be a graveside remembrance service for Rose Eagle Menzel, Friday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. The service will be held at Block 61 of the Sunset Hills Cemetery, in Bozeman, Mont. Those wishing to attend should meet at the east entrance to Sunset Hills at 10:45 a.m. Rose was born Sept. 27, 1919, and passed away May 14, 2009.
Clayton Leroy Parman of Joplin, MO.
1916 - 2009
Clayton Parman, roving resident of West Yellowstone, Montana died peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, September 15, at the "Ashton Living Center" nursing home in Ashton, Idaho at the still young age of 92.
Born in Sheridan, Missouri, Clayton was a proud member of the Freemasons and once served as the Grand Master of the lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana. Throughout his life he owned and operated a number of different businesses and did everything from running restaurants and grocery stores to selling cars and airplanes. But, he found his calling when he acquired the Sleepy Hollow Motel in West Yellowstone-which he ran from 1970 until he retired in 1983.
Clayton was a master of "creative" storytelling and once united with the fly fishing clientele that frequented the Sleepy Hollow, he was provided a fertile environment for a multitude of questionable tales. Many customers came back year after year just to top Clayton in a prank or story. He developed and maintained many scores of close friendships while operating the Sleepy Hollow and his annual summer sojourn to West Yellowstone (which he did religiously up until his death), allowed him to continue telling his tales and giving tours of the area. He was a permanent fixture who many people looked forward to seeing each year, anxious to hear his latest joke or story.
He was preceded in death by his wife; Maxine R. Parman; his parents; five brothers and one sister. He is survived by his sister Edith Brown; his daughter Claudine McPherson; his son Clayton Dale Parman; his grandchildren Wayne McPherson and Kathi McPherson-Johnson; and numerous "adopted" children and many beloved friends.
Clayton may be gone, but to anyone who ever met him, he will never be forgotten.
A memorial service is tentatively planned for June of 2010 in West Yellowstone, Montana.
Tom Diette
1953 - 2009
Thomas Arthur "Tom" Diette, 56, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, June 6, at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena, surrounded by his children Clay, Amy and Melissa Diette; his parents Arthur and Alice; and closest friends Pat and Ginger Povah. He had suffered a heart attack on June 4.
Tom was born in New Haven, Conn., on April 28, 1953. He attended St. Helena Elementary School, C.R. Anderson School and graduated from Helena High School in 1971. He attended Montana State University. Tom and Celeste Andrews were married on January 6, 1978, in West Yellowstone.
In addition to his children and parents, Tom is survived by his brothers, Vincent and Matthew, and a large extended family of former Hamilton Stores, Inc. employees. Tom's passions in life were Yellowstone Park, Hamilton Stores and Wilcoxson's ice cream.
Interment of his ashes took place June 9 in Park View Cemetery in Livingston.
Memorials in Tom's name are suggested to the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch, 2050 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59108; National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814; or to a charity of your choice.
Betty Reed
1929 - 2009
Elizabeth "Betty" Reed, 80, passed away June 12, peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born February 24, 1929, in Shelley, Idaho, to Ebenezer W. Morris and Elizabeth Risenmay Morris. She married Thomas Lockyer on August 14, 1948. She married Wesley J. Reed on November 29, 1968. She lived in the Idaho Falls area for the past 62 years and enjoyed walking, sewing, reading, shopping, camping, and bowling. Betty is survived by her husband: Wesley Reed of Idaho Falls; daughters: Kathleen Ward of Idaho Falls; Sharlene (Austin) Bishop-Ashby of Seattle, WA; son: Preston Lockyer of Idaho Falls; stepdaughter: Susan (B.H.) Blair of Madison, OH; stepson: Jay W. Reed of West Yellowstone, MT; sister: Merle Stringham of Idaho Falls; Eight grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, and seven step-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Kent Lockyer, her husband, Thomas, her parents, 13 brothers and sisters and a grandson. Funeral services are Friday, June 19, in Idaho Falls.
Shad Atchley
1980 - 2009
Shad Robert Atchley, 29, passed away in Cambridge, Minnesota on June 19, 2009 as a result of a train collision. He was born January 25, 1980 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Layn and Sharon (Lyman) Atchley. Shad was raised in Cambridge and he spent last summer working in West Yellowstone, Montana.
Shad's father Layn was raised and went to school in West Yellowstone. Layn and Sharon met and were married in West Yellowstone. Shad's family moved to Twin Falls, Idaho and then to Minnesota where Sharon was from.
Shad grew up and attended school in Cambridge surrounded by his six sisters. He graduated from Cambridge-Isanti High School in 1998. As a youth, he enjoyed family parties with his grandmother, Lucile Atchley, a long-time resident of West Yellowstone. He enjoyed the outdoors, and liked to go fishing and cutting wood with his cousins in Minnesota. He was a handyman and did odd jobs for people living in the Cambridge area and was employed as a truck driver for B & B Hoffman Sod for several years. He had recently purchased a motorcycle which was a new interest for him.
Shad was preceded in death by his grandmother, Ruth Lyman, and a niece Candyce Nelson of Minnesota, and both his grandfather, Jim Atchley and grandmother, Ida Lucile (Molly) Atchley of West Yellowstone, Montana.
Shad will be lovingly remembered by his mother Sharon Atchley of Cambridge; his father Layn and Anne Atchley of Bullfrog, Utah; his six sisters, Shawna Atchley of Cambridge, Shavone Atchley and Chris Hart of Cambridge, Shawntel and Archie Erickson of Isanti, Minnesota, Shalea and Mike Germain of Isanti, Shadow Larson of Cambridge, and Sharri and Chris Kenyon of Milaca, Minnesota; his grandfather, James Lyman of Aitkin, Minnesota; and 22 nieces and nephews; many other friends and relatives; and his beloved dog, Taz.
A visitation with family was held in Cambridge and the funeral service was held June 23 in Princeton, Minnesota. Interment was in the Athens Cemetery in Isanti, Minnesota.
Condolences can be sent to Sharon Atchley at 135 18th Ave., Cambridge, MN 55008 or to Layn & Anne Atchley at Box 4006, Bullfrog, UT 84533.
Larry Hultz
1937 - 2009
Larry Eugene Hultz, 71, a longtime resident of West Yellowstone and Island Park, passed away on Aug. 11, 2009 in Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Idaho Falls.
Larry was born on Aug. 20, 1937 in Pocatello, the son of Gene and Bernita Hultz. He grew up in Blackfoot and went to St. Bernard's Catholic School. He married Karen Nester in 1958.They were parents to three beautiful children, Tammy, Lorrie and Danny. They later divorced. He married B.J. (JoAnne) Benson on Dec. 22, 1967. They are the proud parents of Angela Hultz.
Larry had a very colorful childhood, as his family members can attest. However, he did live to grow up and he joined the Army to see the world at the tender age of 17.He was stationed in Germany until his discharge in 1956.While with the Army of Occupation of Germany in the 8th Infantry Division, he delighted in learning the field of explosives and escaping from"inescapable" places. After receiving an honorable discharge from the military, Larry returned to the USA and traveled to the West on the Portland Rose. He was always partial to railroads.
Larry was employed for a short time at State Hospital South in Blackfoot where he met some of the best friends in life, the Kotrason's. The "boys" would think nothing of spending weeks in the gold fields and streams of the Salmon area. The time to settle in and work came to the forefront and Larry was employed at American Potato, where he became a line foreman. Leaving that much better pay for the Blackfoot Police Department, and then the Bingham County Sheriff's Office was not a hard decision for him to make.
His law enforcement career spanned a 32 year run with Blackfoot City Police, Bingham County Sheriff's, back to the City Police, the fledgling State Bureau of Drug Control, then to service as the West Yellowstone Police Chief and finally to the Yellowstone Airport in charge of security during the days of the DB Cooper hijacking.
Larry left law enforcement (but it never left him) to make a livable wage in the plumbing and drain repair service. His father was a master plumber and had trained his son well. The Yellowstone Drain and Sewer Service, later joined by Surf's Up Septic tank pumping have been faithful servants to the Hebgen Basin, Madison Valley, Big Sky and Island Park area for nearly 30 years. Without Larry's knowledge, many businesses could not have operated year round and many residents would have been frozen out of their homes. Larry was well known and respected for the patience he always displayed even when confronted with the toughest of jobs.
While employed by Montana Aeronautics in the spring, summer and fall, his winters were filled with work at the first guided snowmobile business in West Yellowstone on his trusty SkiDoo. Larry would leave the house on frigid mornings with the biggest smile on his face guiding really wasn't work to him he loved it. Larry snowmobiled until health problems prohibited it. He enjoyed fishing and boating, which he was able to do up until the time of his death. He loved photography and was good at it. He also enjoyed learning the computer, games and chatting with his online gamers across the world at 3 in the morning.
He is survived by his wife B.J. Hultz, daughter Angela, ex-wife Karen, daughter Tammy (Rich) Griffith, Lorrie Ackley, Dan L. (Autumn) Hultz, sisters Sharon (Len) Butterfield, Barbara Hancock, Marilyn (Jerry) Smith, brother Dennis Hultz,12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A celebration of Larry's life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Little Church in the Pines in Island Park. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Larry Hultz Memorial Fund at Yellowstone Basin Bank, 216 Grizzly Ave, West Yellowstone, MT. 59758, or to the American Lung Association of the Northern Rockies, P.O. Box 7000, Albert Lea, MN. 567007-8000.
Linda Lee Heyes
1949 - 2009
Linda Heyes passed away painlessly at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena at 1 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She wanted to be remembered as the vibrant woman she was in life, so there was no memorial service.
Linda was born to Samuel and Doris (Hanson) Annas in Helena on March 4, 1949. She graduated from Helena High in 1967, received a bachelor's degree from the University of Montana and a master's degree in social work from Eastern Washington University.
Linda married Tom Heyes in Glacier Park on Aug. 18, 1973, in McGee's Meadow. Glacier Park continued to be a special place for Linda throughout her life.
She has been employed by the Montana Job Service and the Department of Family Services. She worked in West Yellowstone as the social services coordinator and, most recently, with RMDC.
Linda loved her family and friends and especially enjoyed spending time with her nephew, Michael Annas-Stoyanof. She was fiercely loyal and lived life to the fullest. She traveled but always returned to Montana, the state she loved. She hiked, backpacked, biked, kayaked, cross-stitched and loved puzzles of any kind. Toward the end, her only regret was that she didn't have the energy to climb to the top of Mt. Helena one more time.
Linda wanted her family and friends to know that she didn't fear death and chose to believe that it wasn't an end, but a new beginning.
She will be missed by all who came in contact with her, but she wanted all of her family and friends to remember that she has moved on. She requested, should anyone wish to do something for her, that a tree be planted in her memory. If that isn't possible, a donation to the Humane Society or a hospice would be appropriate.
