Donald Melvin Walker Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Donald M. Walker, age 80 of Glendive, Montana, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana. A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Friday, July 8, 2022 at the Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. A Funeral Service will start at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Glendive with Brother Guy Pontoriero officiating. Interment will follow in the Dawson Memorial Cemetery in Glendive. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Born: May 25, 1942 in Glendive, MT son of Judd & Lillian (Raisl) Walker Died: July 5, 2022 Billings, MT after a short illness and heart failure Don is preceeded in death by his parents and younger sister Carol Walker Overlie. Don is survived by his wife Jackie (Monforton) Walker whom he married November 9, 1968; two children: Shawn Dallas Walker, Julie Dawn Walker (Brian Troxel); two grandchildren: Lane Walker, Kasidi Walker; sisters: Ilene Robins (Robin Robins), Judy Latka (Steven Latka); numerous cousins, nieces, nephew and long-time friends. A lifelong resident of eastern Montana, Don attended his early years of school in Bloomfield, MT. While attending high school at DCHS in Glendive he shared an apartment in town with his sisters until his graduation in 1960. He played a variety of team sports in high school and college in addition to working on his family farm/ranch. He participated in football, basketball and rodeos. He was a team roper and bulldogger. He attended DCC, Eastern Montana College and graduated with a degree in Agricultural Business from Montana State University Bozeman. During the 1960s Don worked for the Forest Service in Western Montana (Darby area) and ran mule pack trains supplying materials to various trails and campgrounds. This is where Don found his love of mules. He has owned several mules including Roscoe who was often the star of the brandings to which he would go to. Don was an extra in the movie Far & Away (1992) and can be seen during the land rush scene. Don’s current team of mules (Sugar and Spice) will take him to his final resting place just was he would have wanted. After working for the Forest Service Don returned to eastern Montana and purchased his own ranch raising black angus cattle. He also farmed raising alfalfa for hay. Don served as the Dawson County Weed Board chairman for a period of time. During the Montana Centennial Celebration (1989) and the Wyoming Centennial Celebration (1990) Don served as the Green Circle Wagon Master. He was one of a select few that had the honor of being a Wagon Master. Don loved rodeos and was always up for watching one, any place anytime. His bucket list was to see the big rodeos with friends and family. He ventured to Las Vegas annually to take in the National Finals Rodeo. He traveled to Oregon for the Pendleton Roundup (twice), Canada for the Calgary Stampede, and Washington for the Omak Stampede. Most recently he travelled to the Sisters Rodeo in Sisters, Oregon as a birthday surprise to his daughter Julie. Don’s life was filled with ranching, farming, rodeos and helping others. He will be greatly missed by his family and those who knew him well.

Donald Melvin Walker

May 25, 1942 - July 5, 2022

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