Loving husband, father and friend, Robert \u201cBob\u201d C. Bourassa age 77, passed away October 3, 2010 from complications of Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Bob was born in Dillon, MT to Frederick and Pearl (Van Horn) Bourassa, on November 8, 1932 and spent his childhood in Dillon. After high school, Bob enlisted in the United States Army in 1950 as a paratrooper. While stationed in Fort Campbell, KY he met and married Evelyn (Creekmur) on February 6, 1953 in Cadiz, KY. He was honorably discharged in 1953.<\/p>\n
After returning to Montana, Bob and Evelyn settled in Dillon and Bob attended the Moler Barber College. After graduating, he barbered in Dillon. They moved their family to Helena in 1963 where Bob continued his barbering. After barbering, he worked at Western Drug. He then joined the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff\u2019s office and worked for Dave Middlemas. He continued at the Sheriff\u2019s office with Chuck O\u2019Reilly. He retired after 28 years in December, 1998.<\/p>\n
Bob had a wonderful sense of humor and was a very social person. He enjoyed many gatherings of family and friends. His favorite things to do in his off time were camping and fishing with his wife, grandchildren and pets and motorcycling with his wife and special nephew, Kenneth Downing and his wife Terri.<\/p>\n
Bob is preceded in death by his father and mother, brothers; Milton, David and Richard. Sisters; Vera, Erma and Helen, infant son Jerry and other nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife Evelyn of Helena, sons; Mike of Las Vegas NV, Del Linda) of Charlevoix, MI. Daughters; Sherri Moltzan (Doug) of Great Falls, MT, Pam Bourassa (Don Dullum) of East Helena, MT. Michelle Adsem (Steven) of Helena. Special nephew and his wife, Kenneth and Terri Downing, their children Jolene, Troy and Gary Downing and Lynn Stapleton, niece Delayne (Rob) Whorley. His great joys of his life; grandchildren; Duane (Flo), John, Cory, Eric, Christina, Casey, Marissa, Ashley and Mariah. Great grandchildren; Sam, Lauren, Faith, Shannon and Mariska and other numerous nieces and nephews; special pets; Bandit and Squeeks.<\/p>\n
Visitation will be Sunday, October 10th with the family receiving friends between the hours of 3p.m. – 5 p.m. at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 12th at St. John\u2019s Lutheran Church. Burial with military honors will follow at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Ft. Harrison. The family asks in lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to Lewis and Clark County Humane Society P.O. Box 4455 Helena, MT 59604 or a charity of your choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.stevensonandsons.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/257152_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\/662","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=662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}