Arlan Patterson

Glendive, Montana: Arlan “Pat” Patterson, age 82, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 10, 2013 with his loving wife, Rose by his side. He succumbed peacefully at his home due to complications following pneumonia. Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the Evangelical Church of North America in Glendive with Pastor Robert Canen officiating. Interment will be held in the Dawson County Cemetery in Glendive at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Pat was born in Glendive on Easter Sunday, April 22, 1930, the son of Byard and Edna (Lease) Patterson. He had many interests in his eighty-two years that included hunting, fishing, cooking, collecting coins and agate picking along the Yellowstone River in Glendive. Pat’s favorite hobby was collecting and restoring antique furniture. He loved the sport of finding a good deal and giving an old piece of furniture new life. If there was a piece missing, he would create a replica using one of his many tools at “The Shop”. At a young age Pat helped his father in building the Rock Log Lodge Cabins in Glendive in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. In the early 1950’s, Pat’s father helped him build his log home on North River Avenue in Glendive where he resided until the day of his death. They later also built a cabin at Hell Creek on Fort Peck Dam, which was enjoyed for many years. Pat attended Glendive schools and graduated from Dawson County High School in Glendive with the class of 1948, where he played the saxophone in the marching band and was an accomplished tennis player. Pat hired out on the Great Northern Railroad in 1949 in Havre, Montana where he met and married Virginia. The young couple returned to Glendive in late 1951 when the Northern Pacific Railroad was hiring. Pat’s entire life, with exception of these two years, was spent in the Dawson County Badlands that he dearly loved. His other playground was the beautiful Flathead Valley in western Montana where his daughters live. Pat was a member of the Glendive Elks Lodge #1324 and United Trainman’s Union #486. Pat was preceded in death by his beloved first wife of forty years, Virginia (Matoon); his parents, Byard and Edna and his brother, Laddie of Billings. Pat is survived by his wife of twenty years, Rose (Boese) of Glendive; his son, Steve and wife Sandy of Glendive and their children, Todd, Scott, Jason (Judy) and Christina (Rob); daughters, Arla and husband Kerry Culver of Kalispell, Montana and their children, Nathan, Noah and Nyles; Cathy and husband, Ken Siderius of Kalispell, and Julie Taylor of Kalispell and her sons, Philip and Cole; step-children, Brenda and husband, Randy Bolton and their son, Madison of Florence, Montana, Doreen and husband Ken Merkel and their children, Karson and Andrew of Wichita, Kansas, Garett and wife Ruth Boese and their children, Brenna, Bryson and Alyssa of Billings, Montana, and Gordon and wife Carrie Boese and their childen, Jared, Orrin, Tyrel, Darian and Bethany of Grand Junction, Colorado and numerous great-grandchildren. Pat was loved and respected by many and enjoyed telling good stories and relating the history of his town. As one friend said, “One of my favorite Glendive stops in the past many years was visiting your Dad. He was one of a kind whose absence leaves Glendive without one of its great characters.” He was a living library of knowledge. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silvernale-silhafuneralhome.com.

Arlan Patterson

April 22, 1930 - March 16, 2013

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April 22, 1930 - March 16, 2013

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