Rollen J. Stookey (RJ)
Rollen J. Stookey (RJ) passed away on Oct. 13, 2023, at the age of 91 in the Sheridan Rehab Center in Sheridan, WY, on his oldest son’s birthday.
He was born in Helena, OK, on Feb 12, 1932, to Rollen and Bertha Harris Stookey, the youngest of four children. He joined three sisters, Lorena Clayton, Dortha Dunkin, and Marilyn Hungerford to complete their family. He grew up and attended school in Helena, graduating in 1950. He went to college for one year and then enlisted in the US Army in 1952 and served for two years during the Korean War. He was a member of the American Legion in Custer and then in Hysham.
After being honorably discharged from the service, he became a doodlebugger for a seismograph crew out of Oklahoma. In 1956, the crew came to Montana, working around Roundup and Billings, and in May eventually landing in the country north of the river around Custer. That’s where he met his wife, Juliette, through her father, Julian Weinzetl. He and Julian were sitting at the bar when she came in. “Whoa! Who is she?” It was read more
