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Danny Eugene Steppe

LAUREL - Danny Eugene Steppe, 59, died Tuesday evening, Dec. 18, 2007.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at Funeral Chapel

at 315 E. Third St. in Laurel. Burial with military honors will follow at Laurel

Cemetery.

Danny was born March 20, 1948, in Pratt, Kan., the son of Walter and Irene

(Helsel) Steppe. He graduated from Greensburg High School and joined the Navy

shortly after. He met Hurst and, after three months of courting, they

married Sept. 9, 1967. They moved to Virginia where Danny was stationed. Danny

re-enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in Texas. They moved back to

Greensburg, Kan., where Danny worked as an electrician for the Santa Fe Railroad

in Dodge City, Kan. They eventually moved to Dodge City, where he continued to

work for Santa Fe. Danny and his family moved to La Junta, Colo., where he was a

foreman for the railroad. They finally settled in Laurel, where Danny worked as

a Federal railroad investigator for 16 years.

Danny enjoyed fly fishing and hunting. He was an active Shriner and Boy

Scout leader in Kansas. He also worked with the Boy Scout Koshares in Colorado.

Survivors include his wife, of Laurel; his sons and

daughters-in-law, (Lesa) Steppe of Sultan, Wash., Steppe of Billings,

(Dena) Steppe of Topeka, Kan., () Steppe of Billings,

Terry (JoLayne) Steppe of Billings; his only daughter and son-in-law, Dana

(Russ) Hart of Sheridan, Wyo.; 13 grandchildren, ny Hogenson of Anchorage,

Alaska, and Steppe of Sultan, Zoey and Steppe of Topeka,

Bethany Hart of Sheridan, Cory, , Bralynn, Bradlea, Grace, Burke and

Steppe, all of Billings; his mother, Irene Steppe of Pratt; and his sister,

Clydie Prince of Pratt. Danny is preceded in death by his father, Walter Steppe;

and his father-in-law, Hurst.

Donations can be sent to Shrine Hospital For Crippled Children, PO Box

20673, Billings, MT 59104.