Bruce Beagle

Bruce Gary Beagle, 56, passed away Nov.

14, 2010.

He was born Dec. 24, 1953, in Bend,

Ore., to W.F. Beagle and Hazel Beagle, the fourth of five sons.

The family moved to Whitefish in 1958,

where Bruce attended school through 11th grade, lettering in track

and football. He completed high school in Worland, Wyo., where he

also worked in the oil fields. He earned a technical certification

in mineralogy from Utah Technical College and a technical

certification in sports medicine in Arizona.

Bruce loved to go fishing and camping

with his family, which spent vacations in Canada and surrounding

states. He especially enjoyed packing in the Great Bear Wilderness

to the family hunting camp.

He loved skiing at Big Mountain, and he

guided whitewater rafting on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River

from time to time. He spent a lot of time playing golf with his

brothers and once traveled most of the U.S. with a friend, working

from town to town as a carpenter.

Bruce married Cindy Knoble in

Minneapolis in 1976 and returned to Whitefish, where he opened an

automobile body and paint shop. He also worked for Burlington

Northern Railroad and did construction work. He later met Wendy

Wilson in Arizona. They were married on Oct. 6, 1995.

Bruce is well known for playing the

Easter Bunny for 18 years, delivering 60-70 Easter baskets each

year to elderly at their homes and at nursing homes.

He was preceded in death by his father,

brother Tommy House, stepfather Edward Childers and

grandparents.

He is survived by his mother, in

Whitefish; brothers Sam House and wife Sue, of Columbus, Neb., Dean

House, and Ross Beagle and wife Jana, of Whitefish; and numerous

nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.

A memorial service took place at the

VFW Lounge in Whitefish on Nov. 18, 2010.