Obituary - Marvin Dale "Babe" Healy

Marvin Dale "Babe" Healy Sr., 83, passed away due to natural causes on Monday, July 25, 2016, at his residence.

Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. today, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, and will continue until his funeral service which will be at noon on Thursday, July 28, 2016, all at the Medicine Bear Center in Lodge Pole. Burial will follow in Big Warm Cemetery.

Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.  

Please visit Marvin's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com.

Marvin was born on Oct. 8, 1932, in Lodge Pole to William "Bud" and Mamie Jean (Contway) Healy. He was raised in Lodge Pole, attending school there, and entered the U.S. Army in 1948, serving until 1956. He took a two-year hiatus, during which time he married Joan Shields, and their first son was born. Marvin re-entered the Army in 1958, and served in Korea and Vietnam, retiring in 1971. During his Army career, he was stationed in California, Germany  and Colorado, receiving several service medals which include the Korean Service Medal, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the United Nations Service Medal, the Army of Occupation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.

After retirement, the family, which by this point had grown to include three more children, returned to Fort Belknap.  They relocated to Spokane in 1973 and stayed until 1978, at which time they returned to Fort Belknap for good.

Marvin enjoyed bowling, playing guitar, fishing, hunting, camping, reading, woodworking and telling tall tales. You could often find him working on crossword puzzles or challenging you to a game of Scrabble. He adored his grandchildren and was very proud of the adults his children had become.

Marvin was preceded in death by his parents, William and Mamie Healy; his sister Annette Healy; and his brothers Ronald Healy, James Healy, Franklin "Chick" Healy and William "Chopper" Healy Jr.

He is survived by his wife, Joan Healy of Fort Belknap; his daughter, Susan Healy of Billings; his sons, Marvin (Roanna Beauvais) Healy Jr. of Ronan, Donald Healy of Fort Belknap, and Brian Healy of Wolf Point; his 10 grandchildren; his five great-grandchildren; his sister Barbara Healy of Wallace, Idaho; his brothers David Healy of Big Warm, Wayne Healy of Havre and Alan F. "Chuck" Healy of Arizona; and numerous beloved cousins, nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.