Arthur
Henry Rossman, 84, a retired Shelby school bus driver and service station
operator, passed away Monday, September 4, 2006, at a Great Falls hospital due
to a sudden heart attack. Visitation is Friday from 1:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the
Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9th, at
the Community United Methodist Church in Shelby followed by burial with military
honors in the Veterans’ Section of Mountain View Cemetery.
Survivors include his daughter, Marthella (Marty) Carlson of Billings; brothers,
Walt (Odna) Rossman of Cut Bank, Fred (Roberta) Rossman of Colorado and Raymond
(Florence) Rossman of California; brother-in-law, Cecil Sinnema of Washington;
nine grandchildren & three great-grandchildren; his very special friend, Ann
Tesch and family of Great Falls; and his dog, Chomper.
Art is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Josephine; son, Charles Irvin;
son-in-law, Harold Carlson; sister, Norma; brother, Richard; and granddaughter,
Carrie Lynn.
Art was born January 29, 1922 at Rolla, ND to Gustoff & Rose (Christofferson)
Rossman where he grew up and was educated. He moved to Cut Bank in 1940 where he
worked on a turkey farm. He and Josephine Irvin were married July 23, 1950 at
Shelby. Art served with the US Marine Corp during WWII from 1942-45 and during
the Korean Conflict from 1950-51. The couple operated the Rainbow Conoco Station
in Shelby for 10 years. Following that, he worked for the Shelby School District
for 12 years as bus driver and maintenance man before retiring.
After his wife’s death in 1998, Art devoted his daytime hours to transporting
the elderly from the Marias Heritage Center to their various appointments around
town. He used his own vehicle (the white taxi as they called it) to get people
to church, hair and doctor appointments or wherever they needed to be and back
again. He was also a constant in the Marias Care Center where he would assist
the elderly with their lunches. Art had received volunteer awards from the
Marias Medical Center as well as the Marias Heritage Center. He will be greatly
missed. He was a man with a big heart who enjoyed baking apple pies for people,
dancing, playing cards and fishing.
Art was a life member of the Cut Bank Moose Lodge #234 and Past Commander of the
Shelby Three Buttes VFW Post #8952.
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