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Cayden D. Longtree
Cayden Destin Longtree was born and passed away on June 7, 2005 at Northeast Montana Health Services
in Poplar. He was born to Brandy Boyd and Clarence Longtree III of Poplar. Cayden is survived by his parents, sisters Skyla, Cailee, Kylee, and Carlee Longtree, all of Poplar; and brother Casey Longtree of Portland, OR. Also surviving are his grandparents Harold Boyd, Jr. and Cheryl Boyd and Joyce Martell and Clarence Longtree, Jr., all of Poplar.
Graveside services will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Chelsea cemetery. Immediately after services a potluck luncheon
will be held at the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Poplar.
Bill Miles, Jr
Funeral Services For Wilburn Herbert “Bill” Miles Jr. will be held at Stevenson Wilson Funeral Home on Monday, October 31, 2005 at 10:00 AM. Rev. Marty Crump will officiate. Burial will follow at The Black Hills National cemetery at 2:30 PM.
Bill passed away on October 26, 2005 at the Campbell County Memorial Hospital of heart failure. He was born on March 11, 1928 in Sharp, Texas to Wilburn Sr. and Dallie (Dodd) Miles. He entered the military service in 1944 and proudly served his country as a Marine through the Second World War, Korea, and Vietnam. Bill and Dorothy Sweeney married
in 1957 and settled in Gillette in 1965. They established Miles Texico and Miles Towing at Second and Brooks that year. They moved the business to I-90 and Highway 14-16 in 1969.
Bill is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and his son, David. Bill’s son Steven passed away earlier this year.
James Love
James Love, age 71, of Miles City passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at his home in Miles City.
James was born in Miles City, Montana on September 24, 1933, the son of Paul and Dorothy (Kean) Love. He attended Sacred Heart School and Mount Angel in Oregon. He enlisted in the United States Army where he served for 12 years and was discharged as sergeant. While in the service, Jim served as a medic and operated a Browning automatic rifle. He served in Korea and was taken as a Prisoner of War. Following his honorable discharge, he returned to Miles City where he worked as a police officer. He later moved to Washington where he attended Grays Harbor College and received his Masters Degree in Speech Therapy at Central Washington College, working in Los Angeles Letterman Army Hospital as a speech therapist, moving to Ellensburg, Washington where he ranched. He also worked in E.N.T. Clinic. James married
Noreen Winterowd in 1979, in Walla Walla, Washington, making Walla Walla their home until moving to Miles City where he went to work for the Miles City School District as a speech therapist for eighteen years. James retired in 1991, and continued to make Miles City his home.
James was a member of the VFW, Sacred Heart Church, and the American Legion.
James is survived by his wife, Noreen Love of Miles City, MT; two sons: Patrick Love of Prosser, WA; and Mathew Love of Powell, WY; three daughters: Ann Love of Hartland, VT; Nechia Love of Miles City, MT; and Laura Love of Moscow, ID; a brother, Paul Love of Olympia, WA; two sisters: Beverly Stillwell of Shelton, WA; and Barbara Russell of Lacey, WA; eleven grandchildren, and one great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Patrick, and a sister Shirley.
A Vigil service will be held on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Miles City. Rite of Committal will follow in the Eastern Montana State Veteran’s cemetery in Miles City with full military honors provided by Post #1579 Honor Guard.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Special Olympics.
Peter Ronning
Peter Ronning, age 72, of Miles City passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at Holy Rosary Health Center in Miles City.
Peter was born in Miles City, Montana on June 12, 1933, the son of Peter & Elizabeth (Meyer) Ronning. He was raised at Angela, Montana until the age of five, when they moved to Jordan. He went to school at Jordan thru the tenth grade and graduated from Custer County High School in 1951. He married
Stella Bitz in 1954 and to this union, a daughter Jan was born. They later divorced and in 1961, he married
Lucille Heiss. He worked for Love Motor, later Miles City Ford for thirty years. He ran his own shop with his son for several years before going to work for Kelly Auto Repair.
Pete was a member of the Elks Lodge for 47 years, a life member of the VFW and an active member of the High Plains Car Club. Pete loved to fish and boat and spent many weekends with his friends on the lake.
Pete is survived by his mother, Elizabeth Ronning of Miles City. MT; his wife Lucille of Miles City, MT; a daughter Jan Ronning of Big Fork, MT; his sons William (Donna) Ronning of Miles City, MT; and Curtis (Toni) of Shepherd, MT; his granddaughters: Jennifer and Stacie Hilderman (Kent Fellingham), grandsons: Matthew and McCalister Ronning, Jake Hilderman, Ryan Ronning, Beau and Drew Miles; a great granddaughter, Reigen; his brothers: Alan (Beverly) Ronning of Fruita, CO, Arvid (Linda) Ronning of Miles City, MT, Oscar (Donna) Ronning of Dickinson, ND, and Leif (Alice) Ronning of Miles City, MT; a sister, Carol (Grayson Brakke) of Big Timber, MT, and numerous nieces, nephews and all his little friends who called him grandpa. He was preceded in death by his father.
Visitation will be held all day Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 with family receiving friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 6th, 2005 at 2:00 pm at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the Eastern Montana State Veteran’s cemetery in Miles City with full military honors provided by Post #1579.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the family of Peter Ronning.
Jerry "Jake" Hagwood
Jerry Ivan “Jake” Hagwood, age 65, of Terry, Montana formerly of Waynesboro, Virginia went to the “Big ranch in the sky.” Jerry died on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at Holy Rosary Health Center in Miles City where he had been a patient since March 31, 2005.
Jerry was born on August 16, 1939 in Waynesboro, Virginia, the son of Troy I. and Elizabeth H. Hagwood. Jerry was the original cowboy with a big heart who loved his family, friends and the wide open spaces. He was owner of Red Hawk Enterprises. A License Equestrian who Transported horses throughout the United States and Canada. Jerry was a great animal lover and an advocate of Animal Protection Rights. He retired and moved to Terry Montana in May of 2001.
The best part of a person’s life is not his fame, wealth, or ability. The best part of Jake’s life was the little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness he gave to others. Amen.
Jerry is survived by one daughter, Teresa Hagwood Kinzie and her husband Lawrence of Dillwyn, Virginia; one son, Thomas Allen Hagwood and one grandson Troy Allen Hagwood of Reno, Nevada; one sister, JoAnn Hagwood McClamroch and her husband Donal L. of Waynesboro, Virginia; two brothers: Troy Douglas Hagwood and wife Naomi of Waynesboro, Virginia; Jack L. Hagwood and his wife Debby of Manassas, Virginia. He is also survived by many relatives and friends in the Waynesboro, Virginia Community. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, Troy and Elizabeth Hagwood.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Terry. Cremation will follow and a celebration of life will take place for family and friends at a later date in Waynesboro, Virginia.
In Jerry’s memory, memorial contributions can be made to the SPCA, 33 Archery Lane, Staunton, VA 24401; to the youth group at Shenandoah Heights Baptist Church, 901 Shenandoah Ave., Waynesboro, VA 22980 or to the Terry Baseball Program, P.O. Box 550, Terry, MT 59349.
Sivert O. Mysse
Sivert O. Mysse, age 82, of Ingomar, passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at the family ranch near Ingomar.
Sivert was born on May 5th, 1922 in Ingomar, MT, the son of Sivert O. and Bertha Coltom Mysse. He grew up on the ranch and attended elementary and high school in Ingomar and graduated from Montana State College in 1941 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Following graduation he enrolled in the US Army. He served in the Signal Corps and spent the majority of World War II in Italy and Switzerland. Following his Honorable Discharge in 1945 he returned to Ingomar to operate and manage the family ranch until his death.
On August 29th, 1964, Sivert married
Janet Whitney in Forsyth. They made their home on the ranch near Ingomar. He continued to manage and operate the family sheep ranch, Cherry Creek Sheep Co, Inc. which had grown to become on of the largest sheep ranches, of its time, in Montana. In 1982, he and his sisters divided the ranch and he continued his lifelong ranching ambition of raising sheep under the name of Mysse Ranch Co. Inc. and added a few head of cattle to the business. In later years he leased pasture out to some of the local cattle greats. He also continued to assist Janet in her sweater design and retail yarn business called Janknits until her passing in 2003.
Sivert had many interests in life. Being civic minded, after returning from WWII, he continued to serve his community and country. He served in the Montana House of Representatives for two terms in 1955 and again in 1957, he served as a trustee on the Forsyth School District Board for 12 years, he was a long time member of the Rosebud County Search and Rescue, Montana Woolgrowers Association, Sons of Norway, Notary of Public for State of Montana for over 30 years, member of the Republican Party, Honorary State FFA Degree, Local Honorary District FFA Degree from the Melstone Chapter, one of 64 surviving members that attended the 50 year Montana State College alumni reunion and a Charter member of the Ingomar Recreation Club of which he was Treasurer until his death.
His passions and knowledge in life were very diverse. He was a warm, kind hearted and easy going man who spoke softly with knowledge and determination. When asked, he eagerly shared his life experiences and knowledge. In addition to his extensive sheep ranching skills, he also did his civic duties. In the early 1960’s he and Swede Schlesinger initiated and brought telephone service into the area ranches. Additionally in the late 60’s he was one of the first locally to pioneer the installation of a livestock pipeline watering system. In 1976 the State of Montana selected him to help represent Montana in the Bi-Centennial Exhibit in Washington DC. He exhibited a sheep wagon at the Smithsonian Museum. He made many friends region wide in the livestock business. Many times he was the volume ram purchaser at the Montana Ram Sale in Miles City. Over the years he received many phone calls from petroleum engineers, local water well drillers and ranchers regarding geology formations for oil, gas and water well drilling. On a neighbors water well that was over 2500 feet in drilled depth he was within 15 feet of the location of the water. With his electrical engineering background there never was a shortage of electrical gadgets – From having one of the first home computers to engine analyzing scopes and television tube testing equipment there simply was nothing electrical that didn’t fascinate him. He had a knack for cooking, especially fudge and barbequing; for many years he and Janet hosted a lamb barbeque at the ranch that all the local ranchers and business people attended. He also was a long time collector of weather data and a trained local weather spotter for the National Weather Service. He was active behind the scenes for many years as the official score keeper of the District FFA conventions held in Eastern Montana. While growing up on the ranch and in Ingomar he learned to play the piano and while in the US Army he developed a taste for opera and classical music. He attended as may Opera’s as possible when he was stationed in Cassrta, Italy. He also shared his musical interest with his family through his love of playing the piano. Additional interests included taking his son’s bass fishing, photography, plumbing and electrical wiring of buildings; exploring the world via the Internet, staying in touch with friends and relatives via e-mail. He also enjoyed regularly attending Billings Blazer and Bighorn hockey games, accounting for a local business, regular trips to Ingomar, Forsyth, Miles City or Billings for parts or just to get away. In the last years he also enjoyed the weekly card games at the Jersey Lilly in Ingomar, travel to Europe to see where he was stationed in WWII, to visit an “extended” family member from Germany, time with his grandchildren and he was looking forward to returning this fall to Europe and Norway to see distant relatives.
He is survived by his three sons, Sivert, III of Las Vegas, NV, Richard of Havre, MT and Jonathan of Ingomar, MT, and two grandchildren, Kate and Jess Mysse of Roberts, MT. Sivert was preceded in death by his wife Janet of 39 years, his parents Sivert and Bertha Mysse, his brother Merton, and sisters Bernice Milam and Marie Straw.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00P.M. Saturday, August 28th, 2004 in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Forsyth, Montana. Interment will follow in the family plot at the Forsyth cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday, August 27, 2004 in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Forsyth from 1:00PM until 7:00PM.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Rosebud County Search and Rescue Services of Forsyth.
Minerva Chapman Alberts
Minerva Alberts, 64, of Poplar, passed away on January 15, 2005 at her home. Minerva was born on May 19, 1940, to Nancy Cleveland of Riverside and Phillip Chapman of Fort Yates, ND. She was raised in Riverside and was the granddaughter of Grover Cleveland and Laura Iron Cloud. She was also the great-granddaughter of Chief Medicine Bear, the father of Grover Cleveland.
She worked many years as a Headstart teacher and enjoyed and loved every child in her classroom. She was also active in several powwow committees on the reservation. She served on the second annual Iron Ring Celebration committee and was the founding member of the Wahcinca Dakota Oyate powwow.
Minerva also loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, playing bingo and the gaming machines, storytelling, helping people, feeding people, and attending family gatherings and powwows. She also enjoyed singing, laughing and making others laugh.
Minerva was a very traditional person and believed in Wakan Tanka. Every morning, she prayed in the Dakota language, never praying for herself, but for all of the troubled people on the reservation and in the world.
She is survived by her children, Arlon Chapman, Marva Firemoon, Monita Chapman, Kelly Summers, Shannon Chapman, Lynette Shields, Dana Mireau, and Becky Simons, all of Poplar. Three brothers, Everett Browning of Poplar, Gerald Beahan of Kenner, LA, and Lee Paul Black Hoop of Phoenix, AZ also survive her. Other survivors include numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed and loved all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She played a big part in raising her grandchildren, especially her grandson Buddy Smith and granddaughter Sunee Smith, of whom she was very proud. A very special cousin, Mae Chaser, who Minerva adored, also survives her. Both could sit and visit for hours. Relatives, adopted relatives and friends who are too numerous to mention also survive her. Her mother, father, and her very special grandfather, Grover Cleveland, who raised her, preceded her in death.
Minerva will be missed dearly by her family and all of those who knew her.
To the greatest. Until we meet again.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 21 beginning at 3 pm with wake services at 7 pm at the Poplar Cultural Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 22, 2005 at 1 pm at the Poplar Cultural Center with interment in Poplar City cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with arrangements.
Elsie Wegner
Elsie Wegner, age 92, of Miles City passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2006 at her daughters home in Miles City.
Elsie was born on September 6, 1913 in Brainerd, Minnesota, the oldest of three children born to Emil and Ottilie Janke Adams. She spent her young years in the Pingry, Jamestown area of North Dakota. Her mother read from the Bible and Elsie still remembered her upbringing. As a teenager she and her sister went to Washington where her mother and brother had moved. When her mother moved to Billings, Elsie did also. She met John Wegner at a church baseball game. They were married
on June 27, 1935. Their first home was a sheep wagon in a cow camp. They purchased a place in Powder River County in 1943 near the Liscomb lookout. Elsie was a hard worker, she and John did most of the work and very seldom did they have a hired man. The wash water and drinking water was carried from a well over the hill, there was no electricity and her washing machine was a wringer washer with a Briggs and Stratton engine. In 1952 they purchased some more land, John added on to the house and electricity came in 1952. She did not have running water, automatic washer or indoor bathroom until 1989 when her Grandson remodeled a bedroom while she was on a trip to see her sister.
Even though the work was hard, Elsie enjoyed the country life, her chickens and especially spring when the grasses came to life. Elsie celebrated her 90th birthday with an open house at the Stacey Hall. She was overwhelmed by the number of friends and relatives who came to wish her well.
She is survived by her daughter Dorothy (Mervin) Meidinger, grandson Brian (Maggie) Dice of Stacey, Darrell Pelvit of Minnesota and Jason Pelvit of Miles City, 3 great-grandchildren Adam (Sydney) Dice, of Billings, Bethany Dice of Cody, WY and Brittany Dice attending college in Bozeman, her sister Esther Hanes of Chewelah, WA and several neices and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband John in 1988, a son David in 1944, and a brother Bill.
A Prayer service will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot in the Custer County cemetery in Miles City.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Stacey Hall, Trinity Lutheran Church Building Fund or to the charity of ones choice.
Muriel "Mert" Fulton
Muriel “Mert” E. Fulton, age 65 of Forsyth passed away on Monday, July 11, 2005 at her home from natural causes.
Mert was born on August 23, 1939 in Beach, North Dakota the daughter of Harrison and Lucille (Playle) Stedman. She grew up and was educated in the Sentinel Butte area. Following her graduation Mert was united in marriage to Maynard Fulton on June 3, 1958 in the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Beach, ND. To this union their children Ellen, Leroy, Tim, and Alicia were born and many other children became family including Jeff, Donny, and Robin. Mert and Maynard made their home in Fort Ord, California where Maynard served his country. After Maynard’s honorable discharge they moved back to the Montana and North Dakota area until settling in Forsyth in 1974. While in Forsyth Mert owned and operated Mert’s Big Sky Café and the Rails Inn Café. Mert’s home was open to everyone which made her rich with friends.
She enjoyed reading, playing cards, fabric painting, baking and especially baking for her children and grandchildren, as well as doting on her dogs. Mert was very active in the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Concordia Lutheran Church where she was very active helping in whatever roll she was needed.
Mert was a mother to all who walked through her door. She was loved and will be missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband Maynard of Forsyth; her brothers, Wayne (Marion) Stedman of Billings, Wilbur (Gloria) Stedman of Lolo; her children, Jeff (Colleen) Tesdal of East Helena, Leroy Fulton of Sparks, NV, Donny (Jackie) Hayes of Hayden, CO, Tim (Jo) Fulton of Forsyth, Robin (David) Craig of Billings and Alicia (Erik) Fritz of Forsyth. She is also survived by her grandchildren Stacey and Lisa Tesdal, Mariea and Patricia Fjelstad, Beth and Stephanie Young, Peter Fritz, Jake Fulton, Chasmine Nelson, Kyle, Daryl, Kayla, Teajay, Mariska Fulton, Emilee Craig, Kaitlynn and Keenan Hayes, and many other “grandchildren, ” as well as the entire Stedman and Fulton clan and her many friends.
Mert was preceded in death by her parents Harrison and Lucille Stedman, her daughter Ellen Fjelstad, her grandson Aaron Fulton and Nephew Will Stedman.
Memorials can be made to the Concordia Lutheran Guild,
Rosebud County Search and Rescue
or to a charity of one’s choice.
Martha Sieler
Martha Sieler left us August 1, 2004 at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington after a long illness. She was born in Plevna, Montana 11 April 1925 to Jacob and Emma Opp. Martha grew up and attended her school years in Plevna. Growing up she had an extraordinary talent for the piano, exceeding the abilities of the local piano teacher. Her dream was to be a nurse, but unfortunately because foot problems, she was not able to make her dream come true. She moved to Beulah, North Dakota where she was a clerical worker for several years. On one return visit to Plevna, she met and subsequently married
Rudolph Sieler. They lived in Miles City, MT for most of her married
life where she worked at the Miles City Steam Laundry and the Holy Rosary Hospital Laundry. When her husband died, she moved to Steilacoom, Washington to live with her daughter Eileen.
Two daughters Marilyn Higgins of Miles City and Eileen Hemman of Steilacoom, Washington, survive Martha. Her grandchildren are Shawn Wheadon of Billings and Michelle Kinnunen of Miles City who gave Martha her pride and joy of a one-year-old grand daughter, Jamie. Martha’s brothers were Emil Opp of Billings, Richard Opp of Baker, and Ruben Opp of Miles City. Her one sister is Loretta Schafer of Miles City.
Martha always brought joy to everyone’s life. As a talented musician, she played organ, piano, and accordion. For 30 years she was the pianist for the First Baptist Church of Miles City. In Steilacoom, she provided music for her church group, the Cornerstoner’s at Temple Baptist Church in Fircrest.
Martha loved to ride her scooter with her two dogs Bootsie, a poodle, and Tiny, a chihuahua, through the town of Steilacoom to see the ferry coming in and to pick up her mail at the local post office. She received smiles, waves, and warm comments from the residents of Steilacoom. Everyone knew our mother, a wonderful quiet and gentle lady.
Her passing leaves her family with a vacant place in their hearts. Such a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother will truly be missed.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, at 9:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Miles City, MT. Interment will follow in the Eastern Montana State Veteran’s cemetery in Miles City, MT.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of ones choice.
Paul T. Bunke
Paul Bunke died on February 24, 2006 at the age of 91. He is looked at as the patriarch of his family, although too humble a person to have accepted this title in life.
Paul was born in Hettinger County, North Dakota on September 14, 1914 and moved with his parents, Paul and Ragna Bunke as an infant to Hart, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church, Missouri Synod, and remained a steadfast member of the church until his death.
In 1939 he married
Adeline Glenna with whom four daughters and a son were born.
Growing up on the farm in Minnesota, where draft animals, long hours and hard labor were the norm, he attended school and completed his formal education by completing the eighth grade at Hart and Rushford schools. Demands of the depression era and helping on the family farm prevented Paul from going further in school, but he made up for this by valuing education and encouraged and supported his brothers, sisters, children and grandchildren to attain their goals.
He was the oldest of 12 children. A tragedy struck the family when his father and brother were killed, leaving Paul, his mother and 10 surviving brothers and sisters. During their married
years Paul and Adeline were a source of strength for the extended family. Paul’s children grew up with many of their aunts and uncles in the home.
After World War II, Paul and his family moved to Beach, North Dakota where he was involved in farming and ranching. Paul had obtained his commercial pilot’s license by this time and supplemented farm and ranch operations by flying light planes doing air ambulance, crop dusting, coyote hunting and pilot instruction. Flying was Paul’s “Ace in the Hole.”
In the early 1960’s, finding themselves with a difficult cattle market and two children in college, with more on the way, Paul and Adeline moved the family to Miles City, Montana, leased the farm property and started flying with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Eastern Montana Supervisor of the coyote control program. He loved flying and was well liked by those who worked with him and the woolgrowers who benefited from the program. In 1977, Paul and Adeline built and operated the Super 8 Motel until their next retirement when they moved to Forsyth, Montana. Paul liked staying busy so he and Adeline purchased the Rails Inn Motel and developed it into a going concern, operating it until sold in the mid 1990s.
After selling the Rails Inn, Paul and Adeline resided in Forsyth and most recently lived at River View Villa.
Paul is survived by his wife, Adeline, his children Betty Bellinger, Forsyth, Montana, Sharon Trollope, Billings, Montana, Dr. Sonja Holt, Arvada, Colorado, Pamela Bunke, Billings, Montana, and Garry Bunke of Miles City, Montana, his grandchildren Sarah Bellinger, Boulder, Colorado, Troy Trollope, Billings, Tonia Moore, Billings, Terra Fitzsimmons, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, Todd Trollope, Phoenix, Arizona, Jeffrey Holt, Denver, Colorado, Paula Holt, Tempe AZ, Jennifer Bunke, Colorado Springs, Amber Bunke, Forsyth, Nathan Bunke, Miles City and Rachel Bunke, Denver. He is also survived by his brothers Robert Bunke, Rushford, MN, Wilton Bunke, Rushford, MN, Dr. Clint Bunke, Marco Island, FL, Stanley Bunke, Rockford, IL, his sisters Esther Erdman, Rushford, MN, Myrtle Otis, Huston, MN, Grace Swanson, Ashland, WI.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Ed Bunke, Earl Bunke, Pete Bunke and sister Marilyn Smaby.
Paul would most want to be remembered as a good person, a friend, a Dad, Brother, Grandpa and loving and devoted husband.
Anyone can be a father but it takes a special person to be a DAD. We miss you Dad.
Memorials will be shared with Concordia Lutheran Church and the Dialysis Clinic, Billings, for training and delivery of dialysis services in rural areas.
