Gilbert L. Longmire Sr. was born on April 3rd, 1925 in Great Falls, MT and passed away on May 14th, 2011 after a long illness in Helena.<\/p>\n
He Served in the Army Air Corp during WWII. He met and married Mary Jane Williams on November 3rd, 1947. His wife, Mary Jane, passed away in 1989. Gil then met and married Clara Wagner on January 12th, 1990. He worked at Fort Harrison as a Supervisor and retired after 27 years of service.<\/p>\n
Gil was an avid sportsman who had a great love for the outdoors. He worked hard and was very proud of the family he built.<\/p>\n
Gil leaves behind two sons: Rick (Tina) Longmire and Gilbert Jr. (Alma) Longmire and two daughters: Patty (Doug) Donaldson and Donna (Gary) Schwarz. He also leaves behind eight step children: Shirley Grandlund, Sharon Meyer, Richard Wagner, Darrell (Kathy) Wagner, Terry (Debra) Wagner, Jerry Wagner, Jim (Nina) Wagner, Debra (Mel) Briese. He is survived by three brothers: Fred, Bob, and Leroy Longmire. Gil also has numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.<\/p>\n
Preceding him in death are his parents George and Vinie Longmire; two daughters, Julie Hembre and Anna Longmire; and one step son, Rodger Wagner.<\/p>\n
A viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Retz Funeral Home Chapel with family receiving friends and relatives from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. A funeral service is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at Retz Funeral Home Chapel. Burial with Military Honors will follow at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Ft. Harrison. A reception will be held at the Waterford after the burial. Memorials are suggested to the Liberty House at Ft. Harrison, or to the charity of the donor\u2019s choice. To offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Gil, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1160573.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}