Gary E. Phelan, Big Horn Co., MT

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Gary E. Phelan

       HARDIN - Gary E. Phelan, 47, "Sheshahowi-ish" "Buffalo Bill
 Snorting" of Hardin, died Sunday, March 1, 1998, in Billings, of
 injuries sustained in a two-car accident.
       "Spotted foot" was born June 20, 1950, in Minot, N.D., a son of
 Alonzo and Adele Fredricks Phelan. He grew up and attended schools
 in North Dakota. He was a bronc rider who actively participated in
 high school and Indian rodeo circuits, specializing in the bareback
 event.
       Gary enjoyed riding and breaking horses and singing western
 songs.
       He married Susan Paulson and was later divorced. He married
 Jenny Deputy on Nov. 25, 1985, in Hardin and the couple made their
 home in Hardin. He worked as a heavy equipment operator.
       Gary was baptized as a Catholic and later associated with the
 Pentecostal Church.
       He was preceded in death by his parents and his adopted mother,
 Olive Stewart.
       Gary was a friend to all he met.
       Survivors include his wife, Jenny of Hardin; five sons, Jasper
 Young Bear of North Dakota, J.D. Buckley of South Dakota, Darnell,
 Merval and Gary Phelan Jr., all of Hardin; six daughters, Jennifer
 Young Bear and June Yellow Lodge of North Dakota, Francesca Galaz,
 Cabrina, Trixy and Trista Phelan of Hardin; three brothers, Ambrose
 (Shannon) Phelan, Randy (Jessica) Phelan and George (Virginia) Pease
 of Hardin; two sisters, LuAnn Phelan of North Dakota, and Karen
 (Hugo) White Clay of Hardin; an adopted sister, Marjorie (Arnold)
 Wilkinson of Crow Agency; a half-sister, Marily Odgen of North
 Dakota; two adopted brothers, Greeley Not Afraid and Lloyd Picket of
 Crow Agency; and his adopted father, Donald Stewart Sr. Of Crow
 Agency.
       Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday in the Bullis
 Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Hardin Fairview
 Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin is entrusted with the
 arrangements.