Monte Vincent LaBarge taught in various South Dakota public schools before he began a long career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a teacher/administrator in North and South Dakota, New Mexico and Arizona. He furthered his education by taking numerous teaching and administration courses over the years.
He retired in 1980 from the BIA in Eagle Butte and continued to make his home in Lemmon where he taught for a few years.
Monte died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, N.D., at the age of 86.
He was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Sioux Falls to Clarence J. and Carrie (Haarberg) LaBarge. He grew up in Wakonda, south of Sioux Falls, attended grade school in Wakonda and graduated from Wakonda High School. He started school at a military school in Kansas City, Mo. Monte attended college before enlisting in the U.S. Army on Jan. 20, 1940. He was honorably discharged Aug. 24, 1945, and moved to Yankton where he pursued a degree in education, graduating from Yankton College in 1947.
He was united in marriage to Norma Lorius on Feb. 3, 1973, in Lemmon.
His favorite subjects to teach and talk about were chemistry and physics. He had a terrific memory and loved reminiscing about his time spent in the military, He had a passion for fishing and photography, and capturing anything he could on film.
Surviving family members include his wife, Norma, of Lemmon; four daughters, Sharon (David) Fischer of Bismarck, N.D., Maxine LaBarge of Bluewater, New Mex., Angela (Pat) Mahlberg of Corvallis, Ore., and Monica Kallstrom of Concrete, Wash.; nine grandchildren, Jackie, Mike, Misty, Alex, Amy, John, Crystal, Scott and Cheryl; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Neale (Dorothy) Lorius of Lemmon; one sister-in-law, Ruth Lorius of Sioux City, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews, and his special family friends, the Hosmer family.
His parents preceded him in death.
Services for Monte were Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the Prince of Peace Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon with Pastor Ken Miller officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery with full military honors by the Brattvet-Green American Legion Post No. 66 of Lemmon.
Casketbearers were Michael Fischer, Jackie Fischer, C.T. Hosmer, Ree Hosmer-Groos, Grant Hosmer and Greg Hosmer.
Mobridge Tribune January 10, 2007
He retired in 1980 from the BIA in Eagle Butte and continued to make his home in Lemmon where he taught for a few years.
Monte died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, N.D., at the age of 86.
He was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Sioux Falls to Clarence J. and Carrie (Haarberg) LaBarge. He grew up in Wakonda, south of Sioux Falls, attended grade school in Wakonda and graduated from Wakonda High School. He started school at a military school in Kansas City, Mo. Monte attended college before enlisting in the U.S. Army on Jan. 20, 1940. He was honorably discharged Aug. 24, 1945, and moved to Yankton where he pursued a degree in education, graduating from Yankton College in 1947.
He was united in marriage to Norma Lorius on Feb. 3, 1973, in Lemmon.
His favorite subjects to teach and talk about were chemistry and physics. He had a terrific memory and loved reminiscing about his time spent in the military, He had a passion for fishing and photography, and capturing anything he could on film.
Surviving family members include his wife, Norma, of Lemmon; four daughters, Sharon (David) Fischer of Bismarck, N.D., Maxine LaBarge of Bluewater, New Mex., Angela (Pat) Mahlberg of Corvallis, Ore., and Monica Kallstrom of Concrete, Wash.; nine grandchildren, Jackie, Mike, Misty, Alex, Amy, John, Crystal, Scott and Cheryl; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Neale (Dorothy) Lorius of Lemmon; one sister-in-law, Ruth Lorius of Sioux City, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews, and his special family friends, the Hosmer family.
His parents preceded him in death.
Services for Monte were Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the Prince of Peace Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon with Pastor Ken Miller officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery with full military honors by the Brattvet-Green American Legion Post No. 66 of Lemmon.
Casketbearers were Michael Fischer, Jackie Fischer, C.T. Hosmer, Ree Hosmer-Groos, Grant Hosmer and Greg Hosmer.
Mobridge Tribune January 10, 2007
Monte Vincent LaBarge taught in various South Dakota public schools before he began a long career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a teacher/administrator in North and South Dakota, New Mexico and Arizona. He furthered his education by taking numerous teaching and administration courses over the years.
He retired in 1980 from the BIA in Eagle Butte and continued to make his home in Lemmon where he taught for a few years.
Monte died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, N.D., at the age of 86.
He was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Sioux Falls to Clarence J. and Carrie (Haarberg) LaBarge. He grew up in Wakonda, south of Sioux Falls, attended grade school in Wakonda and graduated from Wakonda High School. He started school at a military school in Kansas City, Mo. Monte attended college before enlisting in the U.S. Army on Jan. 20, 1940. He was honorably discharged Aug. 24, 1945, and moved to Yankton where he pursued a degree in education, graduating from Yankton College in 1947.
He was united in marriage to Norma Lorius on Feb. 3, 1973, in Lemmon.
His favorite subjects to teach and talk about were chemistry and physics. He had a terrific memory and loved reminiscing about his time spent in the military, He had a passion for fishing and photography, and capturing anything he could on film.
Surviving family members include his wife, Norma, of Lemmon; four daughters, Sharon (David) Fischer of Bismarck, N.D., Maxine LaBarge of Bluewater, New Mex., Angela (Pat) Mahlberg of Corvallis, Ore., and Monica Kallstrom of Concrete, Wash.; nine grandchildren, Jackie, Mike, Misty, Alex, Amy, John, Crystal, Scott and Cheryl; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Neale (Dorothy) Lorius of Lemmon; one sister-in-law, Ruth Lorius of Sioux City, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews, and his special family friends, the Hosmer family.
His parents preceded him in death.
Services for Monte were Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the Prince of Peace Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon with Pastor Ken Miller officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery with full military honors by the Brattvet-Green American Legion Post No. 66 of Lemmon.
Casketbearers were Michael Fischer, Jackie Fischer, C.T. Hosmer, Ree Hosmer-Groos, Grant Hosmer and Greg Hosmer.
Mobridge Tribune January 10, 2007
He retired in 1980 from the BIA in Eagle Butte and continued to make his home in Lemmon where he taught for a few years.
Monte died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, N.D., at the age of 86.
He was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Sioux Falls to Clarence J. and Carrie (Haarberg) LaBarge. He grew up in Wakonda, south of Sioux Falls, attended grade school in Wakonda and graduated from Wakonda High School. He started school at a military school in Kansas City, Mo. Monte attended college before enlisting in the U.S. Army on Jan. 20, 1940. He was honorably discharged Aug. 24, 1945, and moved to Yankton where he pursued a degree in education, graduating from Yankton College in 1947.
He was united in marriage to Norma Lorius on Feb. 3, 1973, in Lemmon.
His favorite subjects to teach and talk about were chemistry and physics. He had a terrific memory and loved reminiscing about his time spent in the military, He had a passion for fishing and photography, and capturing anything he could on film.
Surviving family members include his wife, Norma, of Lemmon; four daughters, Sharon (David) Fischer of Bismarck, N.D., Maxine LaBarge of Bluewater, New Mex., Angela (Pat) Mahlberg of Corvallis, Ore., and Monica Kallstrom of Concrete, Wash.; nine grandchildren, Jackie, Mike, Misty, Alex, Amy, John, Crystal, Scott and Cheryl; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Neale (Dorothy) Lorius of Lemmon; one sister-in-law, Ruth Lorius of Sioux City, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews, and his special family friends, the Hosmer family.
His parents preceded him in death.
Services for Monte were Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the Prince of Peace Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon with Pastor Ken Miller officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery with full military honors by the Brattvet-Green American Legion Post No. 66 of Lemmon.
Casketbearers were Michael Fischer, Jackie Fischer, C.T. Hosmer, Ree Hosmer-Groos, Grant Hosmer and Greg Hosmer.
Mobridge Tribune January 10, 2007
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