Robert Milliron, 92, died December 25, 2012, with his daughter by his side in Helena, Montana.<\/p>\n
He was born May 4, 1920, on Camas Prairie in Sanders County Montana to George and Marguerite Milliron.<\/p>\n
Shortly after his 2nd<\/sup> birthday he moved to the Lincoln area with his four older siblings in a covered wagon pulled by a team of horses driven by his mother.\u00a0 He remembered peering out of the back as they drove through Missoula.\u00a0 He grew up in the mountains east of Lincoln.\u00a0 He attended summer school in a one room school where most of the time the only other students were his brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n After taking the state exam to pass the 8th<\/sup> grade at 14, he struck out on his own as a sheep herder to support himself and help his family out.\u00a0 From then on he was always gainfully employed on ranches, in saw mills, and in mines around Lincoln.<\/p>\n He married Louise Roe in a simple ceremony at a minister\u2019s house on April 7, 1942.\u00a0 They began their 70 years of marriage in a tent outside of Lincoln while they built a cabin to live in.\u00a0 They later bought a house in Lincoln that he had to install a bathroom in.\u00a0 In fact, he installed a bathroom in four of the seven houses they lived in.\u00a0 While living in Lincoln, he continued to be a jack of all trades.\u00a0 They owned a store for a time and for three years he drove the \u201cLincoln Stage\u201d to Helena and back every week day.\u00a0 He was responsible for the mail, picking up and delivering orders for groceries etc, and transporting passengers. He and Louise owned ranches in Boulder, Helmville, and Corvallis.\u00a0 He also worked on the road crews for Jefferson and Powell Counties as well for a road construction company for a time.\u00a0 He spent his vacations putting up the hay.<\/p>\n He took great joy in being a dad to his children Penny, Viki, and Gordon.\u00a0 \u00a0He always found time to love and support them no matter what came along.\u00a0 He and Louise also provided a home for her grandmother Lulu, her brother Bob, his nephew Jim, and others who stayed off and on with them throughout the years.\u00a0 He supported his parents and siblings anyway he could.\u00a0\u00a0 His five grandchildren always knew they could count on their \u201cGrampa Bob\u201d.<\/p>\n Bob was truly a cowboy.\u00a0 He helped start and was a charter member of both the Lincoln and Helmville Rodeo Clubs.\u00a0 He was even a pick-up-man for a time.\u00a0 He trained many horses and drove many teams in his life time.\u00a0 When he was younger, he enjoyed horseback trips into the Bob Marshal Wilderness with his family.\u00a0 After he retired, he enjoyed RV camping with family and RV trips with friends.\u00a0 He especially enjoyed the RV trips with Louise, daughter Penny and her husband Dick.<\/p>\n He liked family gatherings and a good party.\u00a0 He played many, many games of pinochle with family and friends, always complaining that he was dealt a bad hand.\u00a0 He loved to dance; he often said in the past year that he missed that the most.\u00a0 He probably had the biggest wood pile in Helena.<\/p>\n He is survived by his daughter Viki (Hugh) Spencer of Plains, brother Lawrence Milliron, and son-in-law Dick Foote of Helena.\u00a0 His grandchildren, Tom Dickinson, Bob Dickinson, and Debbie Watson all of Helena, Benjamin (Ashleen) Spencer and Brittany Spencer of Missoula.\u00a0 He is also survived by six great grandchildren, and four great, great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n He was preceded in death by his wife Louise, daughter Penny Milliron Foote, and son Gordon Milliron.\u00a0 His brothers Dan and Lynn Milliron, and sisters Flora Milliron, Hazel Miller, Dorothy Carter, and Madge Keough.<\/p>\n A memorial service will be held at \u00a01 p.m., January 2, 2013 at Retz Funeral Home. A Reception will follow at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home Banquet Hall, 3750 N. Montana Avenue. 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