Daniel
Brian Connolly, 88, a rancher and horse trader from Starr School, passed away
Thursday, January 19, 2006 at a Browning hospital due to natural causes.
Visitation will begin after 10:00 a.m. today (Sunday) at the Starr School Gym
with a rosary at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will end at 10:00 a.m. Monday, with the
Funeral Mass being held at 11:00 a.m. at the Little Flower Parish. Burial will
follow in the Willow Creek Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of
arrangements.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Phyllis Connolly of Starr School; daughter; Brenda (Jim) Johnston of White Sulphur Springs; sons, Ron White, Jack Connolly and Kalvin Brian (Karen) Connolly all of Browning; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Dan was born February 9, 1917 at Browning to Brian & Ida (Johnson) Connolly and grew up in the Crown Butte Meriwether area. He attended grade school at Blackfoot, Cut Bank John School and the Cut Bank Boarding School. He married Phyllis Horn at Fort MacLeod, Alberta August 17, 1962.
Dan was an active rancher and horse trader all his life. He enjoyed participating in rodeo, hunting, fishing, working with leather, cutting studs, branding colts, sharpening knives, berry hunting, picnicking with family and friends and story telling.
The family suggests memorials to the Circle of Life at Browning.