Robert Bruce Owen, 69

Robert Bruce Owen died Nov. 3, 2007. Born April 23, 1938, in Riverside, Calif., to Dorothy Owen Powers and Lawrence Terrill Owen, he retired to his beloved Montana, a place he had visited every summer throughout his childhood.

A graduate of Claremont McKenna College and the University of Southern California, he retired as an executive vice president at Security Pacific Bank in Los Angeles.

Bruce was one of the founding members of the Bigfork Rotary Club and served as an elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Kalispell. He also attended a Friday morning Bible study group, affectionately known as the Dirt Bags.

He loved reading and sports, and he had a lifetime passion for the study of the history of Montana and the West.

He will be remembered for his generosity, integrity and quick wit.

He will be dearly missed by his wife, Brenda, of 39 years; daughter, Ashley, of London, England; and son, Jeffrey, of Pasadena, Calif.; and brother, John Terrill Owen of Castle Rock, Colo.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Bigfork Community Cemetery on Swan River Road.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the First Presbyterian Church of Kalispell, 540 South Main Street, Kalispell, MT 59901.