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Denver Hilary “Bud” Elmore

Birth	:	30 Jul 1926 Ekalaka, Carter County, Montana, USA
Death	:	22 Mar 2017 Miles City, Custer County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Miles City, Custer County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.3807564, -105.8246536
Plot	:	Block B Row 12 Lot 4
Inscription	:	MMM 3C US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Description	:	Long-time Miles City resident Bud Elmore, 90, passed away peacefully after a stay of one week in the Holy Rosary Hospital and one day in the Miles City Veterans Community Living Center on March 22, 2017. He was surrounded by his loving wife and daughters during his hospital and VA stays. Preceding his time in the hospital, he was affectionately cared for in his home by his devoted wife. Bud was born July 30, 1926, at Chalk Buttes outside of Ekalaka, Montana to Carter and Violet (Pierce) Elmore. He joined the United States Navy during... Read More	Long-time Miles City resident Bud Elmore, 90, passed away peacefully after a stay of one week in the Holy Rosary Hospital and one day in the Miles City Veterans Community Living Center on March 22, 2017. He was surrounded by his loving wife and daughters during his hospital and VA stays. Preceding his time in the hospital, he was affectionately cared for in his home by his devoted wife. Bud was born July 30, 1926, at Chalk Buttes outside of Ekalaka, Montana to Carter and Violet (Pierce) Elmore. He joined the United States Navy during World War II at the age of 17, serving time in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre. After kissing a local woman named Shirley “goodbye” before leaving for the war, he kissed his wife Eleanor (Pete) “hello” when returning from the war. This started a courtship which continued for 66 and a half years in this life and will continue in the next. After they were married, Bud and Eleanor moved to Miles City where Bud worked at various jobs including Miles City Packing Plant and Eleanor worked at First National Bank before they purchased and ran the Elmore Locker Plant, Elmore Ice Company, Carbon Hill Water, and finally the Culligan Water Company. Bud was an incredibly intelligent man and a hard worker who could accomplish anything he set his mind to. He was a jack-of-all-trades and master of many; carpenter, welder, electrician, and plumber. While running the Locker Plant during hunting season, Bud would wake at 3 in the morning going to work cutting and processing beef before cleaning the equipment to process wild game. During one hunting season, two thousand six hundred head of deer and antelope were processed. While visiting one of his daughters in southern California he noticed reverse osmosis bottled water machines outside grocery stores and was the first to bring the idea to Montana. With the help of his good friend, Pete Duncan, who vouched for Bud’s business sense and personal integrity while introducing him to the Buttreys store manager in Great Falls, within a short time Bud had water machines placed in all Butterys stores, as well as other stores across Montana, North Dakota, and Rochester, Minnesota. The manager of the Great Falls’ Buttreys store once remarked to Pete that if he called Miles City with a problem about the water machine at 8 o’clock the night before, Bud would be waiting at the door in Great Falls for the store to open the next morning. Everybody seems to have a “Bud” story. Frank Stoltz mentions that Bud finished first in a class of 9 on the written test to receive his private pilot license. An autoimmune-related inner ear disease that affected his balance forced Bud to discontinue the flight portion of the training and prevented him from obtaining his pilot’s license. Bud was a past member of the Elks, Eagles, and remained a member of the Miles City Golf and Country Club. He enjoyed bowling and was an avid golfer and won numerous tournaments throughout the years. Bud and Jerry McKibben teamed up for the Cow Town Roundup for years. Bud kept golfing with his regular golfing buddies, Pete Duncan, Harry Price, Jerry Devlin, Tom Zook, and Duane Mathison until a few short years ago. He and Eleanor were the first husband and wife to get a hole-in-one at the Club. Bud will forever be known for his quick wit and his even quicker smile. He was a gentleman from head to toe and from inside out. He was a classy dresser, never stepping out the door without impeccably creased pants, his ever-present hat, and cowboy boots. He had a combination of intelligence, warmth, strength, and humor found in few. He provided a safe and loving home not only for his wife and daughters, but also for his mother-in-law, Anna Peterson. He adored her and she adored him. They spent many evenings talking about world events. No matter how tired Bud must have been from hours of hard work and fighting the constant pain of autoimmune symptoms, every night he walked in the door from work, he had a smile, a chuckle, and a hug for his kids. It was as if the sun rose again at the end of each day! Family vacations were events his children would count down to as anxiously as Christmas each year. After his kids grew up with families of their own, they then counted anxiously with their own children for Bud and Eleanor’s next visit. There were 30 plus trips to California throughout the years. He is preceded in death and has been reunited in everlasting life his father and mother, his brother Dewey Elmore, his sister Thelma Berg, other loved family members and many dear departed friends. He is survived by his wife, his two daughters and their families, Joanie and Rick Gunther of El Dorado Hills, California and their children Rob, Lindsay (Rob) Herd, Cheryl (Corey “Steve”) Bradford, Dan (Elizabeth), Julie & Brian (Isolette); and Vicki and Danny Morikawa of Poway, California and their children Christopher and Katelyn. He is survived by 8 great grandchildren Angelina, Reina, Jason, Lillian, Allison, Spencer, Sophia, and Oren. He is also survived by very special nieces and nephews; good friends, their children and grandchildren, who he loved dearly and who always brought a smile to his face. Services will be held at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Please feel free to dress casually. Internment with full military honors will take place at the Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery in Miles City. After internment, we will gather to celebrate Bud’s life with a dinner at the Town and Country Club. All are welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to local charity organizations Erin’s Hope or Wake Up and Lace. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home Obituary 03/28/2017

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Where is Denver Hilary “Bud” Elmore's memorial?
Denver Hilary “Bud” Elmore's memorial is located at: Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Miles City, Custer County, USA.
When did Denver Hilary “Bud” Elmore death?
Denver Hilary “Bud” Elmore death on 22 Mar 2017 in Miles City, Custer County, Montana, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Denver Hilary “Bud” Elmore's memorial?
Latitude: 46.3807564
Longitude: -105.8246536

Family Members:

Parent

Carter Dewey Elmore

(1899 - 1985)

Violet Beatrice Pierce Elmore

(1908 - 1996)

Siblings

Unamed Baby Elmore

(1923 - 1923)

Thelma Arline Elmore Atkinson Berg

(1924 - 2015)

Baby Carter Elmore

(1928 - 1928)

Dewey Carter Elmore

(1932 - 2007)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery
Miles City, Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.3807564, -105.8246536

2. Old Calvary Cemetery
Miles City, Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.3807600, -105.8246500

3. Calvary Cemetery
Miles City, Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.3816986, -105.8249969

4. Custer County Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.3891983, -105.8264008

5. Pine Hills School Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.4077988, -105.8167038

6. Fort Keogh Cemetery
Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.3800011, -105.8874969

7. Pine Crest Cemetery
Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.4564018, -105.7789001

8. Hathaway Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.2616997, -106.2185974

9. Rosebud Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.2689018, -106.4381027

10. Powder River Supply Depot Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.7302900, -105.4350800

11. Rock Springs Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.7847800, -106.1411500

12. MacKenzie Family Cemetery
Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.1569500, -105.1448000

13. Knowlton Cemetery
Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.3210983, -105.0710983

14. Prairie County Cemetery
Terry, Prairie County, USA
Coordinate: 46.7881012, -105.3443985

15. Little Flat Community Cemetery
Fallon, Prairie County, USA
Coordinate: 46.4598000, -105.0291700

16. Forsyth Cemetery
Forsyth, Rosebud County, USA
Coordinate: 46.2689018, -106.6528015

17. Cottonwood Cemetery
Custer County, USA
Coordinate: 46.4294014, -104.9674988

18. North Stacey Cemetery
Powder River County, USA
Coordinate: 45.7569008, -105.8814011

19. Fallon Cemetery
Prairie County, USA
Coordinate: 46.8168983, -105.1327972

20. Little Flat Community Cemetery
Fallon, Prairie County, USA
Coordinate: 46.7659300, -105.0487600

21. Bean Cemetery
Rosebud County, USA
Coordinate: 45.8535995, -106.4011002

22. Lutheran Cemetery
Fallon, Prairie County, USA
Coordinate: 46.8320800, -105.1120100

23. Mildred Cemetery
Mildred, Prairie County, USA
Coordinate: 46.6850204, -104.9543457

24. Brown Cemetery
Colstrip, Rosebud County, USA
Coordinate: 45.8321991, -106.4180984