Funeral Service: Monday, June 18, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment: Custer County Cemetery with full military honors provided by VFW Post #1579.
Richard Barthelmess,age 85, of California a former Miles City native, passed away on Saturday, June 9, 2007 at the Veterans Administration Hospice in Palo Alto, California after a short battle with liver cancer.
Richard was born on January 5, 1922 in Miles City, Montana, the son of Casey Sr. and Anna (Oby)Barthelmess. He was raised on the family cattle ranch on Mizpah Creek and attended schools in Miles City, graduating from Custer County High School. After his schooling, Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 20, and served in the Pacific during WWII and again in Korea as an electrician 1st Class. After his honorable discharge from the service, Dick attended Montana State University in Bozeman and earned a degree in Electrical Engineering. He spent the next thirty-five years working for PG & E in California and retired as the Superintendent of Substations in San Jose, California.
Dick was a song leader for S.I.R. br. #21 in San Jose, was a past president of the Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association, and was a member the Range Riders Museum in Miles City.
Dick was preceded in by his first wife of forty years, Jeanne EmereyBarthelmess. He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Nancy Barthelmess, a son, Scott (Erika)Barthelmess, a daughter, Jill Slawson (Randy), two step-daughters, Lisa Glaser and JillBatterson, a step-son, Matt Taylor, grandchildren: Kristin Jardine, Lauren and Carrie Glaser, Sam and Harry Taylor, and Hannah Batterson, a great grandson, Franklin Jardine, four brothers; Robert (Betty Ann) Barthelmess, Casey Barthelmess Jr., Leo (Mary Emily) Barthelmess, and Dr. Randall (Judy) Barthelmess, a sister Rosemary (George) Zettler and several nieces and nephews.
A Prayer services will be held on Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 18, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery with full military honors provided by VFW Post #1579. Condolences may be sent to the family by visitingwww.stevensonandsons.com
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Range Riders Museum, or to the charity of one's choice.
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