Comments on: Barbara Mary Hoven https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/ Assisting the Montana communities of Helena, East Helena, Townsend, White Sulphur Springs, Montana City, Clancy & Lincoln Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Julie (Hail) Steab https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-292 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-292 Dan and Family –

I am so very sorry to hear of your loss. I don’t remember a time when I saw Barb that she didn’t have a smile on her face and a kind word to say. She always made me feel welcome – whether at your home for a Christmas party, or at the ball field for a Babe Ruth tournament. May God keep you close and help you heal during this difficult time.

]]> By: Bill and Barbara Flynn https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-606 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-606 Dan,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your sons.

Bill and Barbara Flynn

]]> By: Jennifer Balsley https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-576 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-576 Dan, Derek, Michael and families:

With Barb’s passing know that you are all in many thoughts and prayers.

]]> By: Dallas Stuker https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-567 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-567 Dan, Mike, and Derek: Sorry to hear of your loss, know that you are in our thoughts and prayers, hang in there

Dallas

]]> By: dave and helen cogley https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-525 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-525 Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. May you find peace and comfort in the memory of Barb’s laughter and the good times you shared.

]]> By: Henry and Kim Flatow, Kevin Flatow https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-460 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-460 Dan and family,

Our hearts go out to you at this time of loss. Barb was a wonderful person. Her smile and cheerful attitude was exceptional. She will be sorely missed by all who loved her.

]]> By: Sheila Wirt https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-422 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-422 I am so deeply sorry to hear of your wife’s passing. I did not know her personally but I heard a lot of lovely and positive comments about how wonderful she was with children. My deepest sympathies to all of you.

]]> By: Dan Vebber https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-421 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-421 Derek, I count myself lucky to have been able to experience your mom and her stellar sense of humor in person, even if it was only a few occasions. All of the LA Vebbers are keeping you and your family in our thoughts.

]]> By: Pam, Charles & John Brown https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-415 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-415 Dear Hoven Family ~

Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time of sorrow. Barbara was such a lovely lady and we enjoyed talking to her at the Rep/Senator Baseball Games.

May God Bless,
Pam, Charlie & John Brown

]]> By: Pam Tyree https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-373 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-373 I was so very sad to learn of Barb’s passing. She had such a great smile and such a quiet sense of humor. She loved going to Arizona so much. When I asked about grand babies she just beamed. My deepest sympathies to all of Barb’s family.

Pam Tyree

]]> By: Steve Browning https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-222 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-222 Barbara Hoven

I am Steve Browning, and I am proud to be able to speak tonight about our dear departed friend, Barbara Hoven.

I was asked by Barb’s family to say a few words from the perspective of her connection with Dan’s law firm, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven — known by many of you as BKBH,.

Barb was closely connected to BKBH through her husband. Dan you may recall started practicing law with BKBH [actually it was BK at the time] in December 1984.

One of the best ways to explain Barb’s connection to BKBH is by telling you about one of our law firm’s Guiding Principles, which I would like to quote to you:

“At BKBH, we recognize our obligations to our families and to the community in which we live and work.”

We all know that “supporting your family” is a responsibility that was always on the top of Barb’s personal guiding principles. I can’t think of anyone I know who cared more about her family than Barbara Hoven.

It makes me proud to know that our law firm’s devotion to Barb stems in no small way to our recognition of the importance of family to our law firm.

Let me also say that knowing Barb, during her struggle with Cancer these past five years, was illuminating to me in so many ways.

I am sure that everyone here tonight saw, first hand, Barb’s thoroughly positive attitude, her radiant smiles and her enduring courage during that tough period.

Just one example of Barb’s approach to her illness still sticks with me as a guiding principle all of her own. Two years ago, knowing that she had a terminal disease, Barb took a course in a foreign language. She learned conversational Spanish, and she was really getting good at it. Isn’t that amazing? She was approaching the future with a positive attitude.

I will close with a comment that I will always remember when Walter Mondale gave the eulogy for his friend, Hubert Humphrey.

Mondale said: “He taught us how to live and he taught us how to die.”

Barb Hoven taught us the same lessons. Good bye, Barb! We won’t forget you…

]]> By: Suzi Kopec https://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/barbara-mary-hoven/#comment-615 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helenafuneralhome.com/?post_type=case&p=414#comment-615 My sincere sympathy to your family. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

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