Odis Dow Overcast

Odis Dow Overcast

Odis Dow Overcast was born Aug. 24, 1924, on the family farm in Montier, Mo., to Abbie Dow Overcast and Waunita Karleen Waggoner Overcast.

When he was 6 months old, Dow and Karleen moved to the Milk River Valley, east of Chinook, Mont., where young Dow grew up. He spent his entire life there engaged in farming, ranching and the aerial spraying business. He passed into the arms of the Lord on Nov. 21, 2011, at 87 years of age, in the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home, where he'd resided for the last year-and-a-half.

Although his first name was Odis, he was always just known as Do...