Gene LaVerne Brandt, age 95, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, friend, and neighbor went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 4, 2019 at Valley View Home in Glasgow.
Gene was born March 22, 1924 on a farm north of Nashua to Otto and Effie (Speyer) Brandt. He attended school at the Bjorklund School north of Nashua through grade 7 and attended Nashua school beginning with grade 8 and graduated from Nashua High School in 1942.
After High-school, Gene went on to Coyne Electric School in Chicago, completing the basic Electrical Course and worked as an Electricians helper in a steel mill in Indiana Harbor, Indiana. He returned to Montana and worked for Nyquist Ranch north of Glasgow for four years before returning to Coyne Electric School to complete the Radio and Refrigeration Course. Gene returned Montana and worked as an electrician in Wolf Point. In 1949 he was called into the Army and was a Radio man at Battalion Headquarters at Fort Lewis, WA. Gene was transferred to the Army Reserves in Jan. 1950 and returned to Wolf Point to work as an electrician where he met his future wife, Doris Georgette Hustad. They were married on July 16, 1950 in Wolf Point. They raised five children: Terrance Keith, Colleen Marie, Barbara Faye, Mark Eugene, and Rebecca Arlene. In Sept. 1950, Gene was called back into the Army and was assigned to a Military Police Co. at Presidio of San Francisco, CA. until Nov. 1951. Gene moved back to farm north of Nashua for many years until retiring and moving to Glasgow in 2000.
Gene was a mechanic, craftsman, inventor, he could repair anything and made some of his own farm equipment. Gene had many hobbies; he was an Amateur Radio Operator “K7HLU” for over 60 years and enjoyed talking with the radio group every morning and still had a current license. He loved restoring things and getting old tractors running again, Gene was a member of the N. E. Montana Thrashers Assoc. and went there for many years running the threshing machine. He enjoyed shooting his black powder rifle and putting together jig saw puzzles which he glued to plywood and hung on the walls.
Gene was on the Board of Directors of the Farmers Union Grain Co. of Glasgow/Nashua for thirty years, the Farmers Union Oil Company of Nashua for ten years, the Valley View Home Board for 6 years and served 2 terms on the Lutheran Church Council in Nashua.
Gene is preceded in death by his parents Otto and Effie Brandt, a brother Ivan Brandt and twin sons who were born prematurely.
Gene is survived by his wife of 68 years, Doris; his children, Terrance (Dana) Brandt of Belgrade Mt., Colleen (Tom) Tripp of Glasgow, MT., Barbara (Don) Jones of Sagle, ID., Mark (LeAnne) Brandt of Glasgow, MT., and Rebecca (Carl) Tarum of Saginaw, MI.; his grandchildren, Jason, Rachel, Kierstyn, Stephen, Katrina, Arden, Joshua, Daniel, Jennifer, Marina, Matthew, Benjamin, Kathleen, Andrew, Holly and Nathan; numerous great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren, and his sister Marle Brandt of Gig Harbor, WA., as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.