Graveside service: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City. Family and friends will meet at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home at noon and will proceed with a horse drawn procession to the cemetery together. Outriders are welcome.
Lynne Taylor, age 73, of Shepherd formerly of Miles City, left us on March 12, 2008 and rode his horse towards the sky.
Lynne was born near the Red Wall at Kaycee, Wyoming January 10, 1935 to Sandy and Peggy Taylor. The family ranched atKaycee near the "Hole in the Wall" and lived in the Red Cabin. At the age of 12, his Dad moved the family to Miles City, Montana to trade ranches. He graduated from Custer County High School, where he was an outstanding athlete and a honor society student. The first bucking horse he rode was when he was a sophomore in high school. He said then "my sole purpose in life is to ride bucking horses." He was attending college when he decided to enlist in the army before he was drafted, where he was shipped to Germany. He returned to the states and went to college at Colorado State University where he was on the rodeo team.
In between seasons he worked for the Kramer Horse Ranch near Cohagan, Montana. He was a pickup man forBrookman Rodeo Company and Linger Rodeo Company for many years and was the pickup man for the first seven PRCA Circuit Finals in Montana. Besides riding broncs, bulls, and picking up, he also team roped off of his pickup horses. He went to work for the Bureau of Land Management where he was assigned the management of the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range, for 18 years. He was head Wrangler for the Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive in 1989, where he was entrusted with a crew of 80 men and 3,337 horses.
He retired from the BLM in 1990 and followed his dream of raising his own horses. He developed a line of rope horses who are smart, gentle, well mannered, and owned three outstanding studs. He was happiest riding colts to the end. During his adventures he married and raised three children. He was a featured story in the September 2006 issue of Western Horseman. He was to be recognized this summer for being a top bronc rider for the college rodeo during a 10 year stretch.
He is survived by his wife Marion, three children, Tim (Sandra), Sandy (Tom), Christy (Jim), three grandchildren, Derek, Jordan, and Dustin, his two brothers, Russell, Colin and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Whether you were working horses or cattle two words you always heard were "Thanks Lynne." It's been a big circle for Lynne and one well ridden. He stayed horse back until the end. From Kaycee, Wyoming to Eastern Montana, Lynne had proven himself to be the ultimate cowboy.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday March 17, 2008 at the Cremation or Funeral Gallery in Billings. A reception will follow at The Feed Lot Steak House in Shepherd. Interment will take place Tuesday, March 18, 2008, in Miles City at the Custer County Cemetery with military honors. Friends will gather at noon at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home for a horse drawn procession starting at 1:00 pm. Visitation will begin at 9:00 am. Mounted riders are welcome. Memorials may be made to the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Wolf Point, 218 3rd Ave S. Suite C, Wolf Point, Montana 59201.
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