James Darrell Reyner, 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at his ranch home in Silver Star.
Jim was born on Jan. 17, 1917, to George and Elsie (Haynor) Reyner, near Silver Star. He was the fourth of the five brothers, Max, Lou, Ellis and Millard, and the last survivor.
Jim started his education at the Silver Star Station District 42, a one-room school located at the junction of Primrose Lane and Bayers Lane. He then transferred to Twin Bridges and graduated valedictorian. He and Myrna Winslow were the last two of the 1935 high school class. He graduated as mathematics major cum laude from Montana State College in Bozeman in 1939. Jim remained a lifetime fiscal conservative, a social liberal and a member of no organized religion.
On Jim's gate hangs a sign, "J. D. Reyner — Native — 1917." Jim ranched all his life. On the family ranch, he raised potatoes, grain, hogs, cattle, milk cows and the mainstay, cauliflower. Jim was largely responsible for growing the cauliflower which he hand seeded in cold frames and transplanted to the field on his hands and knees. Later, he hoed and tied the cauliflower leaves with binder-twine to bleach the heads. One year, he hand tied 5,000 cauliflower heads in one day. The cauliflower was then hand-picked in the fall for six Safeway stores in Butte.
In 1945, he bought his own ranch on a down payment earned by trapping beaver. He lived frugally so as to pay off the loan in half the time. His ranch was always his pride and joy. To his father's chagrin, Jim often walked barefoot, enjoying the green fields near the Jefferson River. One of his favorite places on the ranch was a two-track path through a cathedral of cottonwood trees where wildlife abounds. Later in his life, he remained active by riding a stationary bicycle an hour a day.
Jim wrote, "In this the quiet autumn of my life, beneath the huge, old silver maples, behind broad lawns, amid summer flowers, beside quietly flowing waters, in the lap of the land to which I was born, life seems serene, rich and full. Surely the gods have smiled for this brief moment as eternity rolls."
A celebration of Jim Reyner's life will take place in the warmth of the summer, at a time to be announced by his nieces, Karen Reyner, Cindy McAdoo and Marie Handley. The family wishes to thank Millard Bausch, Jeanne Elpel and Rocky Mountain Hospice for enabling Jim to live out his life at his ranch home in Silver Star. Condolences may be mailed to Silver Star,
Jim was born on Jan. 17, 1917, to George and Elsie (Haynor) Reyner, near Silver Star. He was the fourth of the five brothers, Max, Lou, Ellis and Millard, and the last survivor.
Jim started his education at the Silver Star Station District 42, a one-room school located at the junction of Primrose Lane and Bayers Lane. He then transferred to Twin Bridges and graduated valedictorian. He and Myrna Winslow were the last two of the 1935 high school class. He graduated as mathematics major cum laude from Montana State College in Bozeman in 1939. Jim remained a lifetime fiscal conservative, a social liberal and a member of no organized religion.
On Jim's gate hangs a sign, "J. D. Reyner — Native — 1917." Jim ranched all his life. On the family ranch, he raised potatoes, grain, hogs, cattle, milk cows and the mainstay, cauliflower. Jim was largely responsible for growing the cauliflower which he hand seeded in cold frames and transplanted to the field on his hands and knees. Later, he hoed and tied the cauliflower leaves with binder-twine to bleach the heads. One year, he hand tied 5,000 cauliflower heads in one day. The cauliflower was then hand-picked in the fall for six Safeway stores in Butte.
In 1945, he bought his own ranch on a down payment earned by trapping beaver. He lived frugally so as to pay off the loan in half the time. His ranch was always his pride and joy. To his father's chagrin, Jim often walked barefoot, enjoying the green fields near the Jefferson River. One of his favorite places on the ranch was a two-track path through a cathedral of cottonwood trees where wildlife abounds. Later in his life, he remained active by riding a stationary bicycle an hour a day.
Jim wrote, "In this the quiet autumn of my life, beneath the huge, old silver maples, behind broad lawns, amid summer flowers, beside quietly flowing waters, in the lap of the land to which I was born, life seems serene, rich and full. Surely the gods have smiled for this brief moment as eternity rolls."
A celebration of Jim Reyner's life will take place in the warmth of the summer, at a time to be announced by his nieces, Karen Reyner, Cindy McAdoo and Marie Handley. The family wishes to thank Millard Bausch, Jeanne Elpel and Rocky Mountain Hospice for enabling Jim to live out his life at his ranch home in Silver Star. Condolences may be mailed to Silver Star,
James Darrell Reyner, 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at his ranch home in Silver Star.
Jim was born on Jan. 17, 1917, to George and Elsie (Haynor) Reyner, near Silver Star. He was the fourth of the five brothers, Max, Lou, Ellis and Millard, and the last survivor.
Jim started his education at the Silver Star Station District 42, a one-room school located at the junction of Primrose Lane and Bayers Lane. He then transferred to Twin Bridges and graduated valedictorian. He and Myrna Winslow were the last two of the 1935 high school class. He graduated as mathematics major cum laude from Montana State College in Bozeman in 1939. Jim remained a lifetime fiscal conservative, a social liberal and a member of no organized religion.
On Jim's gate hangs a sign, "J. D. Reyner — Native — 1917." Jim ranched all his life. On the family ranch, he raised potatoes, grain, hogs, cattle, milk cows and the mainstay, cauliflower. Jim was largely responsible for growing the cauliflower which he hand seeded in cold frames and transplanted to the field on his hands and knees. Later, he hoed and tied the cauliflower leaves with binder-twine to bleach the heads. One year, he hand tied 5,000 cauliflower heads in one day. The cauliflower was then hand-picked in the fall for six Safeway stores in Butte.
In 1945, he bought his own ranch on a down payment earned by trapping beaver. He lived frugally so as to pay off the loan in half the time. His ranch was always his pride and joy. To his father's chagrin, Jim often walked barefoot, enjoying the green fields near the Jefferson River. One of his favorite places on the ranch was a two-track path through a cathedral of cottonwood trees where wildlife abounds. Later in his life, he remained active by riding a stationary bicycle an hour a day.
Jim wrote, "In this the quiet autumn of my life, beneath the huge, old silver maples, behind broad lawns, amid summer flowers, beside quietly flowing waters, in the lap of the land to which I was born, life seems serene, rich and full. Surely the gods have smiled for this brief moment as eternity rolls."
A celebration of Jim Reyner's life will take place in the warmth of the summer, at a time to be announced by his nieces, Karen Reyner, Cindy McAdoo and Marie Handley. The family wishes to thank Millard Bausch, Jeanne Elpel and Rocky Mountain Hospice for enabling Jim to live out his life at his ranch home in Silver Star. Condolences may be mailed to Silver Star,
Jim was born on Jan. 17, 1917, to George and Elsie (Haynor) Reyner, near Silver Star. He was the fourth of the five brothers, Max, Lou, Ellis and Millard, and the last survivor.
Jim started his education at the Silver Star Station District 42, a one-room school located at the junction of Primrose Lane and Bayers Lane. He then transferred to Twin Bridges and graduated valedictorian. He and Myrna Winslow were the last two of the 1935 high school class. He graduated as mathematics major cum laude from Montana State College in Bozeman in 1939. Jim remained a lifetime fiscal conservative, a social liberal and a member of no organized religion.
On Jim's gate hangs a sign, "J. D. Reyner — Native — 1917." Jim ranched all his life. On the family ranch, he raised potatoes, grain, hogs, cattle, milk cows and the mainstay, cauliflower. Jim was largely responsible for growing the cauliflower which he hand seeded in cold frames and transplanted to the field on his hands and knees. Later, he hoed and tied the cauliflower leaves with binder-twine to bleach the heads. One year, he hand tied 5,000 cauliflower heads in one day. The cauliflower was then hand-picked in the fall for six Safeway stores in Butte.
In 1945, he bought his own ranch on a down payment earned by trapping beaver. He lived frugally so as to pay off the loan in half the time. His ranch was always his pride and joy. To his father's chagrin, Jim often walked barefoot, enjoying the green fields near the Jefferson River. One of his favorite places on the ranch was a two-track path through a cathedral of cottonwood trees where wildlife abounds. Later in his life, he remained active by riding a stationary bicycle an hour a day.
Jim wrote, "In this the quiet autumn of my life, beneath the huge, old silver maples, behind broad lawns, amid summer flowers, beside quietly flowing waters, in the lap of the land to which I was born, life seems serene, rich and full. Surely the gods have smiled for this brief moment as eternity rolls."
A celebration of Jim Reyner's life will take place in the warmth of the summer, at a time to be announced by his nieces, Karen Reyner, Cindy McAdoo and Marie Handley. The family wishes to thank Millard Bausch, Jeanne Elpel and Rocky Mountain Hospice for enabling Jim to live out his life at his ranch home in Silver Star. Condolences may be mailed to Silver Star,
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