Brian returned home to our Heavenly Father, his brothers, sisters, and his parents on October 30th, 2016, after a short battle with cancer.
Brian was born in Poplar, MT to Alex and Mary Jane (Brien) LaRoque. As the fifth of seven children he attended school in Frazier and Nashua. Dad loved to work as a young man and he was never without employment. He followed in his father’s footsteps and went to work as a teenager for the Great Northern Railroad. He later worked construction building houses at Glasgow Air Force Base, and worked on the reclamation project of the Fort Peck Spillway in the late 50’s. In the 60’s he was employed by Sinclair Distributing in Glasgow and then in 1968 he completed the Firefighters Training Program at Glasgow Air Force Base and became a full-time Fireman at the Air Base. After moving to Roundup, MT, Dad went to work for Billings Clinic in the early 1990’s. He retired from there in 2011. Dad loved to live life and enjoyed many activities including deer hunting, trapping, building and remodeling, and anything that would keep him busy. He had a deep bond with his brothers Sonny and Francis. He and Francis built and raced stock cars in the 1970’s and he loved visiting his brother Sonny in Missouri. Dad loved to work outside, cutting wood, working in his shop, playing poker machines, and cutting the grass around their place in Roundup. Dad loved all of his six children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and step children very much. He enjoyed attending their activities. He loved fiddle music and listening to old country music on the radio. He was a proud enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Dad will be deeply missed by his spouse of 34 years (Barbara), his children, his nephews, nieces, cousins, and many friends.
Brian was preceded in death by his parents; Alex and Mary Jane (Brien) LaRoque; his sisters, Loretta (Belle) Foster & Mary Louise (Babe) Gunn; his brothers, Courtney Red Door, Joseph Alex (Sonny) LaRoque, Thomas Delano LaRoque, Francis (Frank) Spencer LaRoque, and Gabriel Benedict (Benny) LaRoque and a stepson, Joe Gonzalez
He is survived by his wife, Barbara (Miller) LaRoque. His brother Eddie (Bonnie) Hawbaker of Manhatten, MT. His Children; Brian LaRoque of Belgrade, MT, Mary LaRoque of Wenatchee, WA, Scott (Becky) LaRoque of Helena, MT, Patrick Cotter of Ft. Benton, MT, Thomas (Nicole)LaRoque of Logan, UT, and Amy (Ed) Smith of Billings, MT. His Sister-in-Law Margaret LaRoque of Malta, MT. His stepchildren; Bryan (Julie) Brandenburg, Rick Brandenburg, Robin (Jeff) Korte, Sally (Dennis) Figmaka, Jason (Aaron) Sparks, and Beau (April) Stange.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 12th at 2:00pm at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua with burial to follow at the Nashua Cemetery. A celebration of his life will follow the burial at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua.
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