Robert Dean Holstine passed away unexpectedly September 12, 2010 from heart failure.<\/p>\n
Bob was born July 17, 1940 and raised in Viola, Arkansas.He left Viola at a young age and moved to Chelan, Washington where he worked the apple orchards and tended bar. There he met and married Peggy Williams and they had a son J. Scott Holstine. Bob and Peggy divorced and he moved to Spokane, Wa. There he attended and graduated from the Moller Barber College. While in Spokane he met Marjorie Maurer. They moved to Helena, married and had two daughters, Colette and Kimberly. Dad was known as “Bob the Barber” in Helena as he cut hair in our community for more than 47 years. He closed the doors of the Depot Barbershop in 2008 but never retired his clippers. He would travel near and far to give a hair cut and was always happy to visit with past clients, friends and family.<\/p>\n
In his early years, Bob’s passion was team roping. In 1974 he won the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo Team Roping Championship. He enjoyed the outdoors, trail rides with The Wilderness Wonderers, camping and fishing. In later years Dad spent his time gardening, taking care of his horse & donkey, restoring old horse tackle, early morning drives to scout wildlife, visiting his neighbors, terrorizing his best buddy Clayton Sheets and most importantly spending time with his family. We are very proud to say that Dad overcame his addiction to alcohol and had been sober for 3 years. Dad was a kind, generous man and had a huge heart. We will greatly miss his pranks, great sense of humor, $5.00 handshakes, home baked chocolate chip cookies and stories of his funny adventures with Clayton. We will miss you terribly Dad and look forward to seeing you again one day. Bob is preceded in death by his mother Tressie Holstine Worsham, brother Don Worsham and nephew Kevin Worsham, in-laws Ed & Ruth Maurer, nephew Tyrel Berg. Surviving family members included his wife Marge (Helena), son Scott Holstine (Washington), daughters Colette Holstine (Helena), Kim &Dennis Parvinen (Helena), Adopted daughter Tracy & Nate Halubka (Helena), grandchildren Trevor Parvinen (Rapid City, SD), Keaton Kanta & Karen Baumgart (Billings), Rebecca Holstine (Spokane,Wa), Kansys Kanta & Nick Kessler (Helena), Tagert Parvinen & Taustin Parvinen (Helena) and one great grandson to be “The Kanta-Kessler Bun” due in November.<\/p>\n
Brothers & Sisters R.C. & Tempa Worsham (Viola), Ewell & Jackie Worsham (Missouri),Betty Hewitt (Viola), Kay & Cliff Gould (Viola), Jacquita & Roger Garner (Viola), Sister in-law & Brother in-law Kathy & Russ Berg (Martinsdale) niece Melinda Berg (Martinsdale) and several other special nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Family will begin to receive friends on Friday, September 17, 2010 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home from 4-6 p.m.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/249834_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/650","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=650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}