Barbara B. Regan, age 82 of Baker City, OR formerly of Miles City.

Barbara B Regan, age 82, passed away due to complications from a stroke on July 18, 2022.

She was born in Lewistown Montana on March 8, 1940 to Meredith and Lillie Lewis. Her brother Jim was added to the family in 1945. In her early years her family lived in a log cabin up on cotton creek without the basic amenities that today are considered necessary like running water or a bathroom. When Barb was 13 her father passed away and the family leased out the ranch and moved to Lewistown where her mother remarried Orville St John. Her brother Wes was added to the family shortly after that.

In 1956 Barb married her high school sweetheart, Frank James Brady Jr. They moved to the Brady homestead outside of Moccasin Montana to work the family farm and ranch and in 1957 welcomed their son Ron to the family. Their daughter Chris was born in 1960, a second son Scott was born in 1967 and their last child Gretchen was born in 1968. Barb loved working on the ranch and raised cattle, pigs and horses to sell along with caring for her children and raising a huge garden every year. She was also an artist who loved to paint whenever she had the chance. In 1978 Barb and Frank got divorced and she moved to Billings Montana with her two youngest children, Scott and Gretchen. In Billings she opened her first in-home daycare. That allowed her to be there when her children got home from school but still make a living. She loved each and every one of her daycare children that passed through her doors throughout her many years of doing daycare both in Billings and later in Miles City. In 1982 Barb decided that Billings was getting too big, so she moved to Miles City with Scott and Gretchen who were in junior high by then. She opened a daycare, sold her artwork and gave painting lessons to make ends meet. In 1997 she married her soul mate Joe Regan and they opened a heating and plumbing business and ceramic business together. She did the book work for the business and shared her love of ceramics with Joe who really enjoyed it. Around 2003 they decided to get back into the horse business so she bought a couple of Arabian mares and an Arabian stallion and started having colts. They sold their house in town and moved out to the valley a little ways out of Miles City so that they could have more land and more horses while they continued to run the heating and plumbing business. In 2011, Barb decided that she wanted to move to someplace that had a more temperate climate. She was tired of the really hot days in the summer and the really cold days in the winter. They found their perfect place atop a mountain 13 miles outside of Baker City Oregon where she lived until she passed.

Mom was a very special person. Her door was always open to anyone who needed a cup of coffee and to sit and visit for a bit. She always had an opinion and was willing to share it even if you didn’t necessarily want to hear it! Sometimes she didn’t have much of a filter but she genuinely cared about everyone that was in her life and wanted them to be happy. Material things didn’t mean much to her. She always said as long as she had her toothbrush, her animals and the people that she loved she didn’t need anything else. She loved all animals and was always helping someone out by caring for their horse or dog when they were in a bind. When they moved to Oregon she started feeding a couple of turkey and deer that wandered into her front yard and I think the word got out because by the time that she passed, they were feeding about 50 turkeys and 25 deer a day. It was quite a sight to see 50 or so turkeys running up her road every day about 6:00 pm because that was dinner time. Mom was an artist and craftsman. She painted using just about any form out there except watercolor. She painted on anything that someone wanted something painted on like tin cans, rocks, driftwood, wood cutouts, ceramics, old saw blades, glass, canvas etc. She also sewed, knitted, cross stitched, crocheted, and quilted. Mom gave her love unconditionally and that will be very much missed.

Barb was preceded in death by her mother, Lillie, her father, Meredith (Babe), her stepfather, Orville and her brother, Jim. She is survived by her loving husband Joe Regan, her children, Ron Brady, Chris (Gary) Senef, Scott Brady and Gretchen (Shane) Hirsch. She is survived by her 5 children through her marriage to Joe, Jim (Stacy) Regan, Ann (Brad) Lee, Tom (Karen) Regan, Mary (Rob) Mathison and Mark (Krista) Regan. She is also survived by her and Joe’s 18 grandchildren Meagen, Madison, Lindsay, Grant, Ryan, Emily, Lily, Amber, Riley, Mckenzie, Megan, Brody, Robyn, Ryan, Brooke, Brian, Kyler and Chloe and 10 great grandchildren, Gavin, Cruz, Hudson, Ellie, Parker, Syvie, Blair, Nathan, Ellie and Amy and another one on the way.
She is also survived by her wonderful dog Bonnie who took very good care of her and never left her side, her lovable but not too smart Molly dog and her Corgi puppy Corabelle who she had only had a few weeks, but was having a lot of fun with. They miss her and Bonnie is still looking for her every time the door opens.

Someone once told me that with great love comes great grief. I love you Momma and will miss you forever.

Family will receive friends on Thursday, July 28, 2022 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the Custer County Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.stevensonandsons.com.

Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the local animal shelter or the charity of one’s choice.

Service Schedule

Family to Receive Friends

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Thursday July 28, 2022

Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home

1717 Main Street

Miles City, Montana 59301

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Funeral Service

11:00 a.m.

Friday July 29, 2022

Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home

1717 Main Street

Miles City, Montana 59301

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Interment

Following the Funeral Service

Friday July 29, 2022

Custer County Cemetery

Miles City, Montana 59301

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