The Ekalaka Eagle - Your Community Builder

Bruce D. Yanzick, 82, passed away surrounded by his loving family August 19, 2019, at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., due to complications from cancer. We were blessed to set his spirit free to join his son, Zane Floyd, who was taken from him in an automobile accident in 1980. He was born in Spearfish, S.D., to Steve and Elora Yanzick on Nov. 18, 1936. He had seven brothers and one sister. The Yanzick family moved to Ronan Montana in 1950 to continue dairy farming. He joined the Navy in 1955, working on the HVAC systems of submarines.

While working on various ranches in eastern...