Gary Wallace Heilig, 80, passed away peacefully early on June 14th, 2023. He was born August 21, 1942 in Havre, MT to Vernon V. Heilig and Montana McDonald Heilig. He was the third of eight children and grew up on a family farm south of Turner, MT. He graduated from Turner High School in 1960 and left that fall to stay with his oldest brother, Lavern and his wife, Anne in Oxnard, CA. Gary then enlisted in the U.S. Army where he spent two years in Anchorage, AK and one year in Texas.

He then came home to help his dad and brother, Richard work on the farm. In the summer of 1963, Gary met Helen V...