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Norman Wesley Baier

Birth	:	27 Sep 1929 Fessenden, Wells County, North Dakota, USA
Death	:	29 Oct 2021 Saint Ignatius, Lake County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Seeley Lake Cemetery, Missoula County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.0508000, -113.3890000
Description	:	Normal Wesley Baier passed peacefully from this life on October 29th at his daughter's house in St. Ignatius, at the age of 92, with his wife Rose and daughter Karen beside him. Norman was born Sept. 27, 1929 in Fessenden, North Dakota, shortly before the stock market crash and the onset of the Great Depression. Consequently, his childhood, like many of that era, was basically non-existent. As with most rural families, everyone in the Baier household had to work to have money for food and clothing. His parents, Jacob Baier and the former, Emma Bender, moved the family... Read More	Normal Wesley Baier passed peacefully from this life on October 29th at his daughter's house in St. Ignatius, at the age of 92, with his wife Rose and daughter Karen beside him. Norman was born Sept. 27, 1929 in Fessenden, North Dakota, shortly before the stock market crash and the onset of the Great Depression. Consequently, his childhood, like many of that era, was basically non-existent. As with most rural families, everyone in the Baier household had to work to have money for food and clothing. His parents, Jacob Baier and the former, Emma Bender, moved the family to the Bitterroot Valley early on in Norm's life and he attended school there until the seventh grade when he decided he was better off working. Norman worked many jobs during his early years, tending race horses, laboring on pipelines, laying railroad track, etc. Shortly before he married Rose M. Williams in Hamilton, MT in 1950 he began working in the logging industry. He worked for a number of people early on, but later was the first man hired for the onset of the Jack Long Logging Co. For the next en years Norm was the wood's boss for this company that quickly became one of the largest logging, road building, log hauling entities throughout Western MT, employing hundreds of workers in the Seeley-Swan Valley alone. Eventually, Norman opted to start his own business, B and K Logging Company, which he greatly enjoyed operating, and soon became one of the largest log-producers for Van Evans Lumber Company, a major lumber mill in Western Montana at the time. He retired in the early nineties and began helping with maintenance and odds and ends at the Seeley Lake 1 Stop, that he had financed for his sons. Norman built a reputation for being a bit ornery, but at the same time, was very generous with his time and money for friends, family or any cause he felt was worthwhile. He never had much time for recreation, probably a result of the hard-scrabble years of his youth, and the struggle of providing a living for his family during the difficult early years of logging in the Seeley-Swan Valley. Norm passed away, exactly as he arrived back home to his mother as a youth, after being away working for weeks... With dollars in his pocket, and not owing money to anyone. Norman is survived by his "girlfriend" Rose, with whom he recently celebrated a marriage of 71 years, daughter Karen Stewart, sons Bill (Chris) and Bob Baier, brother James Baier and sister Jean Romanick, and many nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob and Emma, brothers Arthur and Kenneth Baier, sisters Martha and Doris, and an infant daughter Penney. Norman will be buried as he lived, simply, in a pine box, interned at Seeley Lake Cemetery, in the valley that was his home since 1957. Services for friends and family to be arranged at a later date. Published by the Missoulian, Missoula, MT on Wednesday, January 26, 2022

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Norman Wesley Baier's memorial is located at: Seeley Lake Cemetery, Missoula County, USA.
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Norman Wesley Baier death on 29 Oct 2021 in Saint Ignatius, Lake County, Montana, USA
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Latitude: 47.0508000
Longitude: -113.3890000

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