Funeral services for James “Pops” Linaburg, 82 year old Terry, Montana resident who passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022 at the Johnson County Health Care Center in Buffalo, Wyoming, will be held Saturday, August 6th at 12:00 p.m. at the Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Terry. Visitation will be held at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Terry on Friday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Interment will be in the Prairie County Cemetery with military graveside committal service to immediately follow the funeral. Donation in Jim’s memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project in care of the Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.stevensonandsons.com
James Otho Linaburg was born on June 26, 1940 in Alliance, Ohio to George and Addie Linaburg. He grew up and went to school in Alliance and graduated from Red Lodge High School in Montana. He joined the U.S. Army in 1963. He served in Germany for a year and the remainder state side at Fort Hamilton in New York State until 1969 when he received an honorable discharge. After the military he returned and made his home in Kaycee, Wyoming where he worked as a cowboy for the Irrigary Ranch and later for the Kennedy Ranch in Arvada. He worked out of Lodge Grass, Montana and in various towns in Eastern Montana. He was married in 1978 to Barbara Waits and they made their home on several ranches. He ended his career working for the Eaton Ranch near Lindsay, Montana and made their home in Terry, Montana. Barbara passed away in November of 2010 and Jim continued living in Terry until 2021 when he moved to Buffalo, Wyoming to be near family.
Jim was very committed to the traditional Catholic Church and spent many hours in prayer and devotion every day. His passion was being outside and being a cowboy. He was an accomplished bridle maker and enjoyed making wooden clocks and Rosaries for friends and family and doing leatherwork.
He is survived by two daughters, Diana Apple and her husband Robert of Buffalo, Wyoming and Melissa Poulos and her husband Michael of Rock Springs, Wyoming; one sister Nancy Sylvester of Alliance, Ohio; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one brother and seven sisters.
Service Schedule
Visitation
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday August 5, 2022
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home
300 Spring Street
Terry, Montana 59349
Funeral Service
12:00 p.m. "High Noon"
Saturday August 6, 2022
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home
300 Spring Street
Terry, Montana 59349
Graveside Service with Full Military Honors
Following the funeral service
Saturday August 6, 2022
Prairie County Cemetery
Cemetery Rd.
Terry, Montana 59349
Service Schedule
Visitation
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday August 5, 2022
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home
300 Spring Street
Terry, Montana 59349
Funeral Service
12:00 p.m. "High Noon"
Saturday August 6, 2022
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home
300 Spring Street
Terry, Montana 59349
Graveside Service with Full Military Honors
Following the funeral service
Saturday August 6, 2022
Prairie County Cemetery
Cemetery Rd.
Terry, Montana 59349
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Judy Bartholomew says
♥️ To all Jim’s beloved, I’m very sorry for your loss! May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed, through the MERCY of God, rest in PEACE! I’m very thankful to Jim to lovelingly be there for my sister, Barbara, during her illness and last days on this earth!!! He was a good man! And to all of you who took care of Jim, these last months…May God bless you all!!! ♥️😘 Love and prayers, Jim’s sister-in-law, Judy Bartholomew
marcia a. fields says
So sad the loss of this VIP in my life, my special friend and prayer partner for many years. God rest your immortal soul, Jim. And much gratitude and THANKS to his family for the love and care they have shown to Jim over the years especially since his beloved Barbara died and most especially in his last months of ill health. Jim is gone in body but not in spirit.
“The boss” but the little one ‘cuz you’re the Big Boss………………vaya con Dios………………
Marj Anderson says
I remember when Jim and Barb first moved to Terry. What a fun couple. Had many laughs at the hardware store with them. May they rest in peace together now. Cherish your memories.
Frank & Susan Shaft says
We were very blessed to have met Jim in Montana a few years ago, and again at a Traditional Catholic reunion in Georgia. He truly was one of the most devout men we knew. We will miss him, as we have missed his wife Barbara, both great defenders of the Catholic Faith. We pray that through all the sufferings he endured in the past few years Our Blessed Mother quickly sent St. Michael to scoop his soul up to the heaven he so much deserved, there to be with our Saviour Jesus. Jim, pray for us all to Jesus. Eternal Rest grant unto him O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
Don Fields says
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I am glad, at the end, he was with family. I didn’t know him that long and only met him once, but I enjoyed and definitely benefited from the prayers we said together, especially this past year. He had the Faith. He will be missed but will never be forgotten.
“Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him and may he rest in peace. Amen”