GETTER,
Bruce E.

March 4th, 1937-
July 30, 2017

Bruce E. Getter passed away on July 30, 2017 at his home in Whitefish, Montana.
Bruce was born in Cut Bank, Montana on March 4, 1937, the youngest of four children of Glenn and Ruth Getter. He was raised in Cut Bank along with his brothers Ralph and Tom, and his sister Beverly Blankenship. After graduating high school, he attended the University of Montana.
Bruce had three significant life phases. His first phase was his life's work with Getter Trucking. Bruce started working at age 15 and eventually joined his brothers Ralph and Tom, and later his nephew Bill, as principal owners and partners in Getter Trucking, Inc. Getter Trucking was a major oilfield rig mover and heavy hauling trucking company. Bruce was known as an artist with a rig-up truck. As the company grew, Bruce lived and worked in many places including Roundup, MT, Gillette, WY, and Williston, ND. The Getters sold their company in 1989.
Bruce began his second life phase in Spokane, Washington where he made many friends and worked out of his office in the Paulson Building. While living in Spokane, Bruce built his forever home on Whitefish Lake and moved there permanently in 1997. This began his third phase with many friends and family around Montana, Wyoming, and Washington.
Bruce was a lifetime Shriner and a member of the Elks Lodge.
Bruce was the last of the Getter siblings and is survived by his nieces and nephews: Nancy Walker of Liberty Lake, WA, Bill Getter of Sheridan, WY, Tom Blankenship of Helena, MT, Ellen Wesolovski of West Glacier, MT, and Alan Getter, Cindy Brooks, Brenda Foy all of Casper, WY. He is also survived by many great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.
Bruce impacted many lives during all of the phases of his life and will be missed.
A service will be held September 25th at 2pm at Austin Funeral Home in Whitefish, Montana. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Shriners Children's Hospitals.

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Published by Spokesman-Review from Aug. 6 to Aug. 9, 2017.

Memories and Condolences
for Bruce Getter

11 Entries

Robert Beckmann

July 29, 2020

Smiling having breakfast this morning remembering two strangers chatting over Breakfast at the Buffalo and all the smiles shared thereafter. Bruce was a character and a good friend

Ralph Brant and his Getter trucking wench truck

Jim Brant

August 10, 2019

So sorry to hear this, thoughts and Prayers to the Getter family.
I met the Getters when my father Ralph Brant started when Getter Trucking was across from fair grounds in Billings, then the built the new shop on frontage road in Lockwood. I remember Dad hauling parts to a cocker plant with a specially built trailer where the driver sat between the rear trailer axels and steered , from Calgaty Alberta Canada to Rawlings Wyoming with a top speed of if lucky 18 miles per hour during day light hours only down ,maybe 100 miles a day. They come down Zimmerman trail to avoid power lines in the Heights, it took 4 weeks to make the trip.It was one of the longest and heaviest loads of that time ,118 feet long and and weight 180,000 pounds, I wanna say 1976 made front page of the Billing Gazette, also remember Dad hauling a hydro generator up to yellow tail damone two truck one drove toward while the other drove in reverse. Had to do it that way so the weight of generator was power 4 trailer axels. I remember the Getter boys well and have great memories with dad at the shop in Billings , Roundup, Bill Fisher, Turla, Gary Badovenus Vern Wanner are a few old driver that drove for Getter Trucking.
May the Getter family make it though the sad times and remember all the great people that made Getter Trucking one of the safest and best heaving hauling company's in mid west and north west of the lower 48.
I have down loaded a photo of my Dad and his red and white K W wench truck in our drive was in Billings. First truck was blue and white
K W when the shop was across from fair grounds.
Sorry for the book , I just wanted to share a couple of my many memories of Getter Trucking and the wonderful Getter family and The great people that made up one of the best heavy oil field equipment hauling company's thank you and God bless.

November 10, 2017

After doing much research on ancestry my grandmother (Martha Tierney Spurrier 85) and I, found out that she and Bruce were cousins. Her grandmother was Josie Getter "Bruce's aunt" and we were able to get in touch with Bruce. It was a very exciting moment for them both and I was touched as well. He had even talked about making a trip to visit. It was like an unsolved mysteries episode update. They had talked about connecting and learning more about family. We are just now finding out about his passing but have tried calling him numerous times. We are really sorry to hear of his passing. We would really like to connect with more of our family - If any of his surviving family members would like to get in touch with us I "Chris Spurrier" can be reached at 828 230 2699. We would love to communicate with family that we have not known.

Helen Netzel

September 20, 2017

Sorry to hear of Bruce passing, I cleaned for him for a time at Whitefish lake house and he built a second home behind my house in whitefish. I also cleaned at Bill's family home in Whitefish. He will be missed here. Now he is at the side of God in Heaven. ..
Prayers to family.
Helen Netzel

JIM CLARK

September 19, 2017

COWORKER---FOR 27 YEARS SORRY AND CONDOLENCES TO ALL THE FAMILY........

August 9, 2017

RIP Bruce. Knew you as a young man & seen you many places through out our life. You were a good man Bruce & a very hard worker.

Jim Sulgrove

August 9, 2017

Very sorry to hear of Bruce's passing. My condolences to the family.

Bert Beckmann

August 7, 2017

Bruce always brought a smile. I share that smile whenever I think of him and always will.

Bill and Pat (Sammons) Clark

August 5, 2017

We are sorry of hearing of Bruce's passing. We have been friends of Bruce and the Getter family since we were kids. Bill worked with Bruce for many years and said he was a hard worker and great to work with. Bruce has been a great life long family friend. We will miss seeing him each summer when we come to Montana. He always had a smile and loved to tell jokes. Sometimes he would laugh harder than anyone else. He was a great guy and super friend and will be missed.

Marlin Hanson

August 4, 2017

My best memories of Bruce are from the late 1970"s when he would come to North Dakota to help us move rigs. Quiet, unassuming and just a good guy to work with...

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