Norman A. Bone Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Norman A. Bone passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 at the Ivy Healthcare Center in Deer Lodge. He was born in Butte, MT on Friday, September 18, 1936 one of four children to Norman A. and Thelma (Fellmer) Bone. Norm attended Butte Schools including Butte High School before joining the United States Navy at the age of 17. He served in the Pacific during the Korean War and Viet Nam and following his honorable discharge returned to Butte but soon after was off to Salt Lake City to attend barber college. Norm returned to Butte and embarked on his barber career starting with Claude Clinite at the City Barber Shop and ultimately purchasing the building on Park and Montana in the early 1970’s where he operated “Yer Father’s Mustache” working along side his nephew, Norman Scott “Buster” Edsall. Generations of men went through Norm’s chair and during the ACM strikes there were a lot that Norm cut for free. He even made house calls for those too sick to get to the barber shop. Norm retired from the shop in 2000 but continued serving the people of Butte while working at Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home. To say Norm was an avid outdoorsman would be a profound understatement. He was a big game hunter with both rifle and bow, was a bird hunter, fished everywhere and seemed to know every lake, stream and trail. He taught Hunters Safety for many years instilling safe sportsmanship in many of Butte’s youth. He trained dogs and had several Labradors. He belonged to the Butte Gun Club, shot skeet and was extremely competitive shooting the bow and as far as we know is the only person to shoot a rattlesnake with an arrow. He enjoyed and was remarkably skilled at woodworking, enjoyed fly tying, boating, hiking, four-wheeling and just about anything that got him outside. Norm married Ann Caddy in Butte on January 28, 1962 and together they had four children. He taught his children through example what it meant to be a good father, husband and grandfather. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Ann Bone of Butte, daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy and Roy West, Shelly Schwartz and Amy and Tim Lynch all of Butte, son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Linda Bone of Watford City, North Dakota, grandchildren, Katie West, Cody West, Elisa Schwartz, Victor Schwartz, Sadie Bone, Katelyn Bone, Natalie Lynch and Max Lynch. Also surviving are four great-grandchildren, Theoden West, Liam Ledeau, Beau and Noah Schwartz his brother and sister-in-law, Ron and Marion Bone of Helena, sisters and brothers-in-law, Beverly and Virgil Cook of Helena and Darlene and Kenny Edsall of Whitehall, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Tom and Jean Caddy of Divide as well as several nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Rocky Mt Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Rd, Missoula, MT 59808, The Big Hole Watershed, P.O. Box 21, Divide, MT 59727, or the George Grant Chapter of Trout Unlimited, P.O. Box 563, Butte, MT 59703.

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Norman A. Bone

September 18, 1936 - February 8, 2021