Joe Benjamin Lind ~ May 2, 1925 – October 23, 2011

Joe Benjamin Lind, age 86, of the Sarpy Creek area, south of Hysham went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Billings Clinic.

Joe was born May 2, 1925 as a twin in Colorado Springs, CO, the son of Joe B. and Beulah Lind. He spent his young years up in the mountains where his father managed Camp Vigil near Cripple Creek, CO and his school years around Colorado Springs and Littleton, CO.

Joe entered the Coast Guard before finishing high school and met Francis Jeanette Hubbard while stationed in Ocean Park, WA. They married July 20, 1944. They moved to Montana in 1946, left in 1952 to live in Iowa and Colorado before moving to the family ranch on Sarpy Creek in 1957 where he raised six children.

Joe loved his ranch where he raised cattle, pigs, goats, rabbits, and cats. He ran a saw mill for at least 20 years. He loved leading Bible studies in Hysham, Forsyth, Decker, and Sheridan, WY. He pastored a church in Decker, MT for a number of years. He always had a listening ear and a helping hand. Nobody was a stranger and he always wanted to talk about his Savior.
Jeanette passed away in 2003 and Joe married Mableanne Robertson on August 28, 2004 in Worden, MT. At that time they each had four sons and a daughter.

Joe is survived by his five children, Lance (Edith) Lind, David (Doreen) Lind, Lawanda (Frank) Mouat all of Billings, Dennis (Gail) Lind of Trenton, GA, and Joe(Carla) Lind of Hysham; Mableanne of Nibbe, MT; stepchildren John Robertson, Kenneth Robertson(Tracy Sausaman) both of Nibbe, MT, Karilyn (Dennis) Kraft of Shepherd, MT, Bradley Robertson of Tukwilla, WA and Vincent Robertson of Renton, WA; 22 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren.

Joe was preceded in death by his wife Jeanette, son Daniel Eugene and his parents.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gideon’s International or to Rosebud Health Care Center.

Visitation was held on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. To 6:00 p.m. with Family Receiving Friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Forsyth.

Funeral Service were held on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Forsyth.

Interment will follow in the Forsyth Cemetery with full Military Honors.
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