Marvin H. Brookman

Visitation: Friday, January 27, 2006 from noon to 7 p.m. at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel

Funeral Services: Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 10 a.m. at the Wolf Point High School Gymnasium

Interment: to follow at the Greenwood Cemetery

Marvin H. Brookman, one of the PRCAs oldest stock contractors and a Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee, died at the Harada House in Wolf Point, MT on January 23, 2006, at the age of 92.

He was born to Clyde and Wavie Brookman on September 10, 1913.

Brookman resided in the Benrud community north of Wolf Point and enjoyed living a cowboys dream. He married Doris Mann in June of 1935. In April of 1936, his first daughter, Cleita, was born. In 1936, Marvin joined the Cowboys Turtle Association, which is now known as the Professional Rodeo cowboys Association. He served as a pickup man in the 1930s. He enjoyed being a cowboy and a part of the Western Heritage. He has supplied stock to every National Finals Rodeo, except one since its beginning. In May of 1939, his second daughter, Reita, was born. He provided stock for the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede since 1941. He loved the rodeo life and watching his horses buck.

In June of 1960, Reita married Jim Reinhart and they together worked with Marvin on the ranch tending to the livestock and farming needs. That same month and year, Cleita married Jim Ashley and later moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where Jim was stationed in the Air Force. When the Wolf Point Stampede celebrated its Diamond Anniversary, he was named the grand marshal. At that same time Marvin received the highest honor bestowed by the Assiniboine Tribe as they named him the Rider of the Horse, which was Joe Days grandfathers name. The Stampede Grounds was renamed to the Marvin Brookman Stadium in 1992. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, CO in July of 2005.

Marvins passion was to drive around in Ol Dent (which he had many of) and watch his horses and bulls roam the prairie and watch the new prospects be born. His greatest thrill was to watch them grow and then perform at the rodeos. While watching or chasing his livestock, he always managed to find the biggest snowbanks, mudholes, or rock piles to be stranded in, often leaving the family pushing or walking home to seek help.

His wife, Doris, and his son-in-law, Jim Ashley of Tyler, AL, a sister, Clarada Mann, and his brother, Bruce Brookman, all of Wolf Point, preceded him in death.

Marvin is survived by his two daughters, Cleita Ashley of Tyler, AL and Reita and Jim Reinhart of Wolf Point; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Marty and Terri Ashley, Danika and Audrina of Mobile, AL, Randy and Kristi Estes, Kaitlin, Randall, and Riley of Demopolis, AL, and Alex and Kari McColman of Myrtle Beach, SC, Dean and Christie Steinley, Mattie and Bill of Sidney, Joe and Tammy Reinhart, Pilar and Hunter of Wolf Point, and Dave and Cathy Wieferich, LaTasha, Tesa, and Tate of Sidney; and a sister, Freida MacDonald of Wolf Point.

Visitation will be held on Friday, January 27, 2006 from noon to 7 p.m. at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 10 a.m. at the Wolf Point High School Gymnasium with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made in Marvins name to the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame or the charity of one's choice.