Robert Bruce Owen

pu,sgobits2 OWEN-Robert Bruce Owen, formerly of San Marino and Pasadena, died November 3, 2007. Born April 23, 1938 in Riverside, California to Dorothy Owen Powers and Lawrence Terrill Owen, he retired to his beloved Montana, a place he had visited every summer throughout his childhood. A graduate of Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California, he retired an Executive Vice-President at Security Pacific Bank in Los Angeles(now B of A)and Community Bank of Pasadena. In his last years in the Pasadena area he served on the executive committee of the Claremont McKenna Alumni Association and on the finance committe e for the Huntington Hospital. A true Trojan fan he maintained his status as an Associate after moving. Bruce was one of the charter members of the Bigfork Rotary Club and served as an elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Kalispell. He also attended a Friday morning Bible study group, affectionately known as the Dirt Bags. He loved reading and sports, and possessed a life-time passion for the study of history, particularly of Montana and the West. He will be remembered for his generosity, integrity and quick wit. He will be dearly missed by his wife, Brenda of 39 years; daughter Ashley (Daniel) Reid of London, England and son Jeffrey of Pasadena, California;and brother, John Terrill(Ginny) Owen of Castle Rock, Colorado. A graveside service was held November 8, 2007 at the Bigfork Community Cemetary. In lieu of flowers he would have wished support for the First Presbyterian Church of Kalispell, 540 South Main Street, Kalispell, Montana 59901 or the Bigfork Rotary Club c/o of Karin Henion at Flathead Bank, P.O. Box 308, Bigfork, MT 59911.