Nora Helen Bossert
1925 - 2012
Nora Helen Bossert, age 87, died March 1 at Parkview Acres Care and Rehabilitation Center in Dillon.
Born Aug. 27, 1925, in Roberts, to Dominic Obert and Ida Smith, she graduated from Belfry High School and enrolled in business school in Billings.
For a time she was employed at Belfry as a telegrapher, dispatching trains for the Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad at Bear Creek.
She married Otto John (Dutch) Bossert, Nov. 1, 1947, in Columbus. She and Dutch ranched and farmed on Red Lodge Creek and Willow Creek for a few years. She then served as a rural mail carrier for 10 years.
In 1969, she and Dutch moved to Dillon, where Dutch was employed by the Beaverhead National Forest, and Nora was employed at the Dillon Tribune.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her sister, Grace Krum.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Otto Bossert; a daughter, Linda Gilbert, and her husband W.G. Gilbert, III, all of Dillon; a brother, Mickey Obert, Belfry; a sister, Irma Poknary, Cody, Wyo.; granddaughters, Jennifer Scott, Las Vegas, Nev., Laura and Ben Parrish, and their daughter Mariah, Spokane, Wash., and Lisl and Robert Scott, and their son Silas, Belgrade.
A rosary was held at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, with a Mass of the Resurrection, March 6. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery.
A guestbook is available on-line at www.brundagefuneralhome.com.
Ethel S. Turner Salovich
1920 - 2012
Ethel S. Turner Salovich, 91, of Las Vegas, Nev., passed away Feb. 17.
She was born, one of five children, Oct. 26, 1920, to Kurtis and Katie Banning, in Dillon.
Ethel was loved by everyone who met her.
Ethel worked in the Sunrise Hospital Admitting department in Las Vegas, Nev., for 19 years, and loved playing bingo every day after retirement.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, William (Bill) Turner.
Ethel is survived by her husband, George Salovich; a son, Wayne (Sherrie) Turner, Whitehall; and a daughter, Rita (John) Anderson, Dillon; and four step-children.
She will be greatly missed by her eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, and all of her bingo buddies.
Gloria May Eighorn
1936 - 2012
Gloria May Eighorn passed away early Sunday morning, March 4, at her home at Maiden Rock.
Born to Edward and Fayle Dupuis on Sept. 28, 1936, she spent her childhood in the Twin Bridges-Sheridan area. They moved to Melrose in 1946, where she met and married George James Eighorn, and where she spent the rest of her life on the family ranch raising five children, cattle, sheep, chickens, and anything else that happened to land on the place.
Never to be known to have idle hands, there were many things that needed to be done every day. Her life was fulfilled with everyday chores that kept the garden without weeds, a fence without holes, a clean barn, and most of all, five children busy and one happy husband, most of the time.
She was active in the Melrose Mothers Club, the Church of the Big Hole, the Ella Circle, and served as a 4-H Club leader. Most importantly, her life was a witness to her faith in God.
Gloria will be remembered by her gracious ways that could be recognized by anyone who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Fayle Dupuis; and her sister, Pauline Lenegar.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Jim; her children, Julie (Larry) Boksich, Toni (Dixon) Robison, Jess Eighorn, Marta Nicholls and Luke (Joel) Eighorn; 15 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; her brothers, Dennis (Helen) Dupuis, Russel (Donna) Dupuis; sisters, Eddie Lou (Dean) Stanchfield, Vicki (Dan) Heckford; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be on Saturday March 10, at 11 a.m., at the Church of the Big Hole, Melrose.
Memorials may be made to the Church of the Big Hole, Melrose, or Highland Hospice.
A guestbook is available on-line at www.brundagefuneralhome.com.
Robert Steven Piper
1951 - 2012
Robert Steven Piper, 60, left this earth for his final journey on Feb. 18.
Self-labeled “a man of simple means and dreams or so it seems”, he was known by friends as ‘Bob’ or ‘Piper’, and in his youth, “Bobby”.
Bob was born Dec. 5, 1951, in Stockton, Calif., to Ron and Aurora Piper. He grew up in Greenbrea, Calif., where he made many of his life-long friends, playing little league baseball, basketball, Pop Warner youth football and high school football.
He graduated from Redwood High School in 1970, and then attended the College of Idaho. Between high school and college he worked as a camp counselor at a football camp for mentally challenged youth. He often spoke of the camp as the most uplifting work of his life.
Bob loved nature, fishing and backpacking. He made long, solitary trips into the Sierras in order to attain the peace that comes from nature.
He loved running, jumping, playing baseball, and especially football. And he loved the Oakland Raiders.
In 1987 he bought a home in Dillon to be in the wide-open spaces and mountains he so adored, even though he traveled frequently to California to work in the family business.
He was a philosopher-poet who loved numbers. He wrote:
“The longer you stay trapped
the more acceptable the cage becomes
and you end up living a life
of necessity rather than desire!”
Robert lived a life of desire, especially after meeting Virginia Cook. From the moment they met, they were thrilled to be alive together. His friends day he was the happiest he’d ever been when he was with Virginia.
Bob was preceded in death by his mother, Aurora Santiago Piper; and his brother-in-law, George Percy.
He is survived by the love of his life, Virginia Cook; her two sons, Devon Compton and Aidan Compton; his father, Ron Piper; his sister, Nancy Percy; nephew Ryan Percy, and his fiancee Keely Volker, and nephew Stephen Percy.
“In Life we worry about
and hate the thought of Death.
Who knows?
In Death we may worry about
and hate the thought of Life.”
-- Bob Piper
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