Judith Marion Tinder

1949 - 2019

Today, June 26th, we say goodbye to our beloved wife, mom, mama, and friend Judy Tinder as she made her way to be with her Savior. Judy was born in Whitehall September 17th 1949 in a hospital that was going out of business. She later moved with her family to Butte where she grew up, and spent every summer at her family lake house on Flathead Lake. She graduated from Butte high as a Butte high bulldog, she then went on to beauty school at the Butte Academy of Beauty School where she crafted her love for hair.

She married her love Skip Tinder on August 26th, 1973 in Butte Montana, they lived in Bozeman, MT where they had 2 daughters and a granddaughter and grandsons. Judy had a special love for children and ran a daycare for several decades. She kept in contact with many of her daycare babies long after the daycare closed doing hairdo's or lunches whatever it was to continue to spend time with them.

Judy loved nothing more than spending time with her family, she loved to make homemade gifts for people. Judy loved floating on a lake or floating down the Madison river.

Judy will be greatly missed and forever remembered as a loving caring tender soul.

Judy was preceded in death by, her Parents, Norm Amerman and Laura Amerman, her in-laws, Jack Tinder and Marie Tinder; her brother in-law, Grant Ballantyne.

She is survived by her hubby, Skip Tinder of Bozeman; daughter Misti Tinder, daughter, Mandi Tinder; her angel, Ashley Tinder (18), Her boy, Casey Streich (14); her paramedic grandson, Dominic Streich (24); her baby brudders, (as she would say) Jeff Amerman (Theresa), Zach Anderson, Mallie and her other brother, Jon Amerman (Sue), Zak and Luke Meeker, her brothers were the lights of her life. Also, her sister in-law, Jackie Ballantyne of Manhattan; niece, Chrissy Mest and family; nephew, Brad Ballantyne and family and sister in law Kelli Amerman (Jake and Joleen Amerman). Judy has family all over whom she loved and adored.

Please join Judy's family for a memorial service to celebrate her life at the Bozeman Senior Center at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 6th. Memorials in Judy's name are suggested to the University of Utah Health, 515 100 S Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84102. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Judy.