Wayne Knudsen

Wayne Cecil Knudsen, 90, died July 23, 2020, at his Bainville home.

He was born April 6, 1930, the second of six children (Gerald, Wayne, Naoma, Beulah, Lyle and Ora-Bell) to Hartivg Knudsen and Hazel (Young) Knudsen in a private home west of McCabe, Mont.

He was a polio survivor, loved to hunt, fish, camp, travel with his trailer and work. Together, he and wife Janice started Knudsen’s Registered Angus. He was active in the First Baptist Church of Mc-Cabe and the Big Sky Church of Froid.

He was preceded in death by his sisters, Ora-bell Knudsen and Naoma Armagost; brother, Gerald Knudsen; and grandson, Jake Bolstad.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Janice Knudsen; four children, Renee Rasmussen, Miles Knudsen, Gwen Bolstad and Neil Knudsen; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Beulah Rantz and Lyle Knudsen.

Funeral services were held Saturday, July 25, with burial was in Bainville Storehouse Cemetery.