Louis Leroy \u201cSkip\u201d Songer, age 66 of East Helena, passed away from cancer on April 2, 2011. He was born to Louis and Dorothy (Atley) Songer on March 3, 1945 in Helena. <\/p>\n
Skip attended schools in Helena and then joined the Army in 1966 through 1968. He did a tour of duty in the Vietnam War. He then worked as a bartender at variety of bars in Helena, and then went on to attend VO Tech to become a welder. Skip then became a boilermaker for 35 years. He retired from that position and then went to work for Helena Industries for five years as the Maintenance Manager; retiring for good after that. <\/p>\n
In 1962, skip married his first wife, Betty Duchscherer. Within that union, he had three children. <\/p>\n
He later met the love of his life, \u201cBonnie\u201d (Bonita Lyn George) in 1971 and wed in 1978 in Wheatland, Wyoming. From that time they spent 40 wonderful years together of loved bliss. <\/p>\n
Skip\u2019s number one passion besides his family was his Harley \u2013 he attended Sturgis every year. Skip was an avid outdoorsman. He was known as a \u201ctalker\u201d and a \u201ccollector of junk.\u201d He belonged to the Chippewa Tribe as a Council Member Elder. He was also a member of the American Legion and a past member of ABATE. <\/p>\n
Skip was preceded in death by his father, Louis Songer; sister, Rita Songer; and sister-in-law, Debbie Songer. <\/p>\n
He is survived by his large and loving family, including his wife, Bonnie Songer; mother, Dorothy Atley Jungers; children, Vernida Songer, Darrell (Jeannie) Songer, Damon (Jolonda) Songer, Travis Songer, Shanna (Albert) Ledeau, and Krissy Songer; siblings, Jack Songer, Tom (Terry) Songer, Mike (Samantha) Songer, Pat (Connie) Songer, Mona (Joe) Pocha, Alice Songer, Kathy Giles, Shannon (Roy) Johnson, Sonny Sadler, and John Hazen; uncle, Chick (Jean) Songer; aunt, Madeline Songer; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He will also be greatly missed by his beloved dogs Chico and Sister. <\/p>\n
Viewing hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. Interment with military honors will be at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Ft. Harrison. A reception will then be held at the VFW Post 10010 in East Helena immediately following the graveside service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hospice of St. Peter\u2019s c\/o St. Peter\u2019s Hospital, 2475 E. Broadway, Helena, MT 59601. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.aswfuneralhome.com. <\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/350147_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\/799","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=799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}