John Stark
John Ancil Stark passed peacefully in the presence of his family on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at Riverstone Hospice Home.
John was born at home on the Moss Ranch near Pass Creek in Parkman, WY, August 29, 1933, to Keta and Floyd Stark. During the following two years his brother Gene and sister Betty joined the family. John received his education from Parkman School, Indian Arrow School, Lincoln and Billings Senior High, and from growing up on the Moss ranch and later the family ranch on Indian Creek, east of Billings. At the age of 17, John decided he “no longer liked the smell of paper and pencils” and with the approval of his parents, he enlisted in the United States Army where he proudly served in the 504th Air Division and became a paratrooper. He was honorably discharged in 1954. John then began his mason career carrying hod and mastering the trade of laying brick and block and building fireplaces in the surrounding areas of Billings, Hardin and Grass Range. read more
