Timeless Family Memories

September 28, 2016

Timeless Family Memories: Gaylon Lum Owens

Montana Serial Entrepreneur The entrepreneurs of the world have been blessed with an overactive, innovative mindset. From Henry Ford’s assembly line system to Elon Musk’s Interplanetary Transport System, SpaceX, they’ve been responsible for changes that have affected all our lives. Gaylon Owens was just such a man. His Father nicknames him after the 1940’s radio comedian Lum of the comedy duo “Lum and Abner.” At the age of 16, “Lum” entered the timber industry as a tail-sawyer in a tie plant. In 1958 he purchased a used Mack log truck, with funds borrowed from his mother. That was the start […]
July 5, 2016

Timeless Family Memories: The McMasters

Do you know a couple who have different cultural backgrounds? I have a friend who is Oriental and his wife is Caucasian. Their young son is very bright and cute. I’m sure you have friends that have married someone from a different cultural background. The mixing of diverse cultural heritage in interracial marriages brings out some of the best qualities in the human race. Our story this month is fascinating and entertaining. Dan, a Sergeant in the US Air Force Security Services, in the 1950’s was stationed in Japan. He met a young, attractive Japanese girl who caught his eye. […]
May 31, 2016

Timeless Family Memories: Todd & Sharon

  I was sitting at my desk making phone calls when a young woman walked in. She started to describe Todd to me. I began to form a mental picture of the man she loved and lost. Todd loved the outdoors, fishing and hunting in the mountains of Montana. Their journeys to the mountain lakes found them enjoying the outdoors together. During our conversation, she said, “He was the ‘love of my life’”. “I want something to honor and respect the life we had together. I was thinking about a plaque or something simple to remember him by.” We discussed […]
April 12, 2016

Timeless Family Memories: The Fauley’s

The National Parks in America are a source of pride and admiration. The beauty of each of the parks touches us at a very deep emotional level. Clyde and Rae Marie Fauley had the privilege of living most of their lives in these national park monuments. Both were born close to Glacier National Park to parents who worked in the National Park systems. Clyde attended grade school in East Glacier Park and Rae Marie in Apgar. They both loved all animals and had 4 Norwegian Elkhounds, 2 cats, a Barred Owl and a Lop Eared Rabbit for pets. Clyde graduated […]