Richard "Dick" McNamara

MALTA - Richard "Dick" McNamara 87 passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 9, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Rosary and sharing were Thursday, September 13, at 7 p.m. at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Memorial services were Friday, September 14, 2018, 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church Malta, Mont. Condolences may be left at http://www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com.

Dick was born in Rochester, Minn.., on May 18, 1931, to Stanley and Clara (Ulness) McNamara. He grew up in Dodson and was a star football, basketball and track performer for the Coyotes. Dick was a Korean War veteran proudly serving in the US Navy from 1950-54. He was stationed in Alaska, Hawaii, and Japan and was the flight engineer on a P2V "Sub Hunter". After returning from the war he married his high school sweetheart Lewellyn Boos on January 29th, 1955, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Malta. They made their home in Malta where Dick worked in the sheriff's department as a Deputy and Undersheriff for over 10 years. In 1968 he purchased the Malta Transfer and Storage and operated it for over 20 years. He then worked various jobs which included driving truck, working for Mendel Flying Service and as a school bus driver. He retired in the late 1990s.

Dick was a lifetime member of the VFW, was an active member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, was a member of the Knights of Columbus - Fourth Degree, served a term on the Malta School Board and was on the Zortman Water and Sewer Board for many years.

Dick enjoyed spending time with his family at their cabin in Zortman – often saying that "we'd go south for the summer and north for the winter." He took his family on many adventures in the mountains in his 1948 Willy's Jeep. All his kids and many of his grandkids learned to drive in the Jeep. Dick was an avid reader and loved a good game of Pinochle or Wahoo.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years Lewellyn, sons Dale (Tammy), Mike (Beth), daughter Debbie (Nick), sister Doris Holman, sisters-in-law Karen Boos, Lillian Boos, Mary Lavey, brother-in-law Gene Lavey, eight grandkids and nine great-grandkids.