June 11, 1972 — December 31, 2023 Robert James Stermitz of Gardiner, Montana, died peacefully in his home in Cinnabar Basin, surrounded by family, on December 31, 2023, after a twelve year battle with brain cancer. He was 51 years old. As a child, he enjoyed hiking on the family ranch, gardening, looking for arrowheads, reading, and cracking jokes. He also cherished his two sisters and his beloved childhood dog, Fritz. Rob first became an uncle in high school, where his love for his niece and nephew was an insight to the wonderful father he would become. He met the future love of his life when he was five years old and she was just two. They were high school sweethearts and married on June 15, 1996. He graduated as Valedictorian from Gardiner High School in 1990. He was an amazing high school athlete, holding 5 school track records at one time. He attended Montana State University on an academic scholarship and was a sprinter on... Read More

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February 21, 1928 – February 16, 2022 Gwen Petersen was well known around Montana and the West.  She was an accomplished poet, author and editor of dozens of books and articles, creator of the first Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering in 1986, playwright, perpetrator of the Toot, Hoot and Snoot show, illustrator, regular contributor to Range Magazine and The Fencepost agricultural publication, comedic character, and beloved friend. Gwen Petersen was born Gwendolyn Alice Norton, a lovely British girl, in Decatur, Illinois February 21, 1928. Her parents were Joseph Ingram Lyle Norton, and Mildred Mills Norton. She had four siblings: Dorothy (Jean), Tom, Harry and Janet; she and her younger brother Tom would keep in close contact her entire life.   Gwen always loved the idea of ranching and boarded the train to Montana as a young woman.  When she arrived in Livingston, she knew she was home. She worked there as a telephone... Read More

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