1936
Fred
2011
Fred Stibal
October 7, 1936 — October 9, 2011
Seventy Five years later, this is what we know.
You were born Fred Charles Stibal, Oct 7, 1936 to Charles and Mamie Stibal of Roberts, Id.
You graduated from Corvallis High School and attended Montana State where you rode broncs for the rodeo team, but always wished you had joined the chorus instead.
Drafted to the army with time spent in Germany, you hated being told what to do - something that never changed - and were grateful for the day when you could come home and join your dad and your life long business partner, your brother, Charles and Sandra Stibal in ranching. Along with Chick you always looked out for your older sister, Shirley (Auntie Ber) who was always really in charge of you both.
You met your future wife, Donnee Shaffner wrestling calves at a branding. ("Ain't no women like the one you got")
Together you spent your winters in Roberts, Idaho and made your way back to the Centennial Valley for the summer and fall. It's hard to tell if irrigating or calving was your favorite season. Wherever it was, mom was right by your side. She loved it all as much as you did until she passed away Oct 1, 1993.
A respected cattleman, you truly are a "cowboy"! Your compassion for animals is unmatched. You love your dogs, cats, and horses but mostly your cows. You're sentimental about the land by which you live, the friends and the neighbors. Good fences and green grass matter. And there is no other place on earth that you would rather be than your valley. You have always "just wanted to work!"
You are an irrigator. You always prided yourself for getting every bump flooded. Your idea of a big fancy tractor is the Massey and ditcher.
Next to cattle, music was probably your greatest passion. You're probably the only cowboy that listens to classical music in your pickup, and despises country music - loving Tina, Aretha, Whitney & Diana. You have a mean shimmy. After your cows and music, your arrowhead collection was your pride & joy and your only real hobby.
You were the one that didn't want to go to the party, but always the last one to leave.
Along the way you raised two pretty good daughters - Lynda Berg & Lori Kraft. Who married two pretty good son-in-laws - Jess Berg & Brad Kraft. Who gave you three pretty good grandkids - Seth and Anna Kraft, and Kenadie Berg.
You are our dad, our grandpa and your girls' favorite dance partner. And we hope you know the legacy you have left us with. You got to spend your last summer in the valley and for that we will be forever grateful. We know there is a big branding party going on in heaven and you're finally dancing with the one you have waited for so long to see.
Did we say, "You did it your way"?
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 14, 2011, at Brundage Funeral Home, 300 S. Atlantic Street, Dillon, Montana. Local arrangements are under the direction of Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home in Idaho Falls.
When: Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Location: Funeral Home
Address:
You were born Fred Charles Stibal, Oct 7, 1936 to Charles and Mamie Stibal of Roberts, Id.
You graduated from Corvallis High School and attended Montana State where you rode broncs for the rodeo team, but always wished you had joined the chorus instead.
Drafted to the army with time spent in Germany, you hated being told what to do - something that never changed - and were grateful for the day when you could come home and join your dad and your life long business partner, your brother, Charles and Sandra Stibal in ranching. Along with Chick you always looked out for your older sister, Shirley (Auntie Ber) who was always really in charge of you both.
You met your future wife, Donnee Shaffner wrestling calves at a branding. ("Ain't no women like the one you got")
Together you spent your winters in Roberts, Idaho and made your way back to the Centennial Valley for the summer and fall. It's hard to tell if irrigating or calving was your favorite season. Wherever it was, mom was right by your side. She loved it all as much as you did until she passed away Oct 1, 1993.
A respected cattleman, you truly are a "cowboy"! Your compassion for animals is unmatched. You love your dogs, cats, and horses but mostly your cows. You're sentimental about the land by which you live, the friends and the neighbors. Good fences and green grass matter. And there is no other place on earth that you would rather be than your valley. You have always "just wanted to work!"
You are an irrigator. You always prided yourself for getting every bump flooded. Your idea of a big fancy tractor is the Massey and ditcher.
Next to cattle, music was probably your greatest passion. You're probably the only cowboy that listens to classical music in your pickup, and despises country music - loving Tina, Aretha, Whitney & Diana. You have a mean shimmy. After your cows and music, your arrowhead collection was your pride & joy and your only real hobby.
You were the one that didn't want to go to the party, but always the last one to leave.
Along the way you raised two pretty good daughters - Lynda Berg & Lori Kraft. Who married two pretty good son-in-laws - Jess Berg & Brad Kraft. Who gave you three pretty good grandkids - Seth and Anna Kraft, and Kenadie Berg.
You are our dad, our grandpa and your girls' favorite dance partner. And we hope you know the legacy you have left us with. You got to spend your last summer in the valley and for that we will be forever grateful. We know there is a big branding party going on in heaven and you're finally dancing with the one you have waited for so long to see.
Did we say, "You did it your way"?
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 14, 2011, at Brundage Funeral Home, 300 S. Atlantic Street, Dillon, Montana. Local arrangements are under the direction of Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home in Idaho Falls.
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When: Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Location: Funeral Home
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