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The Billings Gazette, MT.
Funeral services for Harley Everett Abarr of Forsyth were Friday afternoon, Dec. 21, 2012, in the Chapel of Stevenson and Son's Funeral Home of Forsyth.
Interment, with full Military Honors, followed in the Forsyth Cemetery, Forsyth, MT.
Mr. Abarr passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, in the Glendive Veterans Home with his brother Lorin by his side.
Mr. Abarr was born Sept. 7, 1924, in Bismarck, N.D., to Carl and Lillian Jones Abarr.
He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and served in World War II. Mr. Abarr was a gunner on a destroyer in Kasson Bay in 1943, and he also served on several war ships. When Mr. Abarr was discharged from the Navy he decided to continue with his passion of being a cowboy. He worked on ranches large and small in Montana and Wyoming.
He met the love of his life Doris on the Valley Dude Ranch around Cody, Wyo. They were married on Aug. 6, 1969. To this union one son, John, was born.
Mr. Abarr is survived by his loving wife, Doris; son, John; two grandchildren, Eric and Andromeda of Great Falls; sisters, Edith Bentley of Forsyth and Anna May Roan of Broadview; brothers, Don Abarr of Cody, Wyo., and Lorin Abarr of Fallon; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Lillian; and a nephew, Robert Abarr.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mr. Abarr's name to the Rosebud County Museum or to Gideons.
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The Billings Gazette, MT.
Funeral services for Harley Everett Abarr of Forsyth were Friday afternoon, Dec. 21, 2012, in the Chapel of Stevenson and Son's Funeral Home of Forsyth.
Interment, with full Military Honors, followed in the Forsyth Cemetery, Forsyth, MT.
Mr. Abarr passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, in the Glendive Veterans Home with his brother Lorin by his side.
Mr. Abarr was born Sept. 7, 1924, in Bismarck, N.D., to Carl and Lillian Jones Abarr.
He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and served in World War II. Mr. Abarr was a gunner on a destroyer in Kasson Bay in 1943, and he also served on several war ships. When Mr. Abarr was discharged from the Navy he decided to continue with his passion of being a cowboy. He worked on ranches large and small in Montana and Wyoming.
He met the love of his life Doris on the Valley Dude Ranch around Cody, Wyo. They were married on Aug. 6, 1969. To this union one son, John, was born.
Mr. Abarr is survived by his loving wife, Doris; son, John; two grandchildren, Eric and Andromeda of Great Falls; sisters, Edith Bentley of Forsyth and Anna May Roan of Broadview; brothers, Don Abarr of Cody, Wyo., and Lorin Abarr of Fallon; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Lillian; and a nephew, Robert Abarr.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mr. Abarr's name to the Rosebud County Museum or to Gideons.
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