GREAT FALLS
TRIBUNE
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Havre man dies in
rollover
By Tribune Staff
A Havre man died Thursday morning when he was
ejected from his pickup outside Big Sandy.
Bart Wilson, 32, was found dead in a field
around
The patrol said he was traveling north on Ihmsen Well Road a mile outside of Big Sandy when he
drifted off the right side of the road, overcorrected twice sending his truck
into a clockwise skid.
He went off the right side of the road into a
field and rolled five times.
He wasn't wearing a seat belt and was
ejected.
The gravel road is straight and flat and was
dry. Speed is a factor in the fatality, the patrol said.
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HAVRE DAILY
NEWS
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Area farmer is
killed in crash
By Patrick Winderl
A Havre farmer was killed in a single-
vehicle crash early Thursday morning near Big Sandy, the Montana Highway Patrol
said.
Bart Owen Wilson, 32, lost control of his
pickup while driving north on
The pickup rolled five times before coming to
stop in a ditch on the right side of the road, the patrol said.
"We are just devastated," his
brother Kenny Jay said today. "He will be missed. It is a void that can
never be filled."
His mother, two brothers and sister remember
"Bart was a very giving person,"
Kenny Jay said. "He worked hard and he played hard."
"He used to tell me, 'You
have to bet the max or you'll never hit the jackpot,'" she said. "I'm
going to miss him so much."
"He was so funny," she said.
"He was a very good storyteller. He was quite the character."
His brother Brian said: "He definitely
had a sense of humor about everything."
He was an invaluable contributor at the
family farm, Kenny Jay said.
"He just really enjoyed people," he
said. "He was well-liked by everyone in the community. He knew
everyone."
Cindy said one of her favorite childhood
memories was playing on the farm with Bart.
"He was a really good brother," she
said. "We had a heck of a good time together. I remember when we would
play in the mud out on the farm. We would just go all out. We would be covered
from head to toe in mud, and when we came back in the house, our mother would
always be so mad at us."
Cindy recalled her 16th birthday when
"I have never been able to find anything
like it," she said. "It is something I have treasured my entire
life."
"It was just so much fun," she
said. "I'm glad we got that time together because I will never get to see
him again."
Information from The Associated Press was
used in this story.
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GREAT FALLS
TRIBUNE
Saturday, February 22, 2003
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Bart O. Wilson
HAVRE -- Bart O. Wilson, 32, a Havre farmer,
died Thursday in a one-vehicle accident northwest of Big Sandy.
His funeral is
Survivors, all of Havre, include his mother,
Caroline Wilson; brothers Brian Wilson and Kenneth J. Wilson; and a sister,
Cindy Lu Wilson.
He is also survived by five nieces and
nephews.
The youngest of four children, Bart, was born
in Havre on
He attended MSU-Northern in Havre and Montana
State University-Bozeman, majoring in business administration. Bart was from a
farming family, and owned and farmed land west and north of Box Elder. He was
heading to his farmstead west of Box Elder the morning of his accident.
Bart was a staunch member of the North Winds
Athletic Club. He enjoyed racquetball, but most of all the social interaction
and travel. He had gone to
He was preceded in death by grandparents Roy
and Dorothy Wilson and Carl and Lucille Becker; his father, Kenneth Lloyd
Wilson, on
Memorials in Bart's honor may be made to The
American Cancer Society, c/o Charlotte Kelly,
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