Dick Carney Obituary

 Dick Carney from high school days died this week.  He was the water boy in Jr Hi and then in High School he served with the Dawson football team.

He is in the back row, first one on the left.  This was the 1950 State Champions and the year he graduated. #89 was Harry, my boyfriend, and Dick was a special friend of his.

He was called "Pockets" or "Money Pockets" because he had such a flair for making and keeping money.

At the Class Reunion in 2000 Dick came up to me and asked if I had talked to Harry yet.  And I said , "No."

"He is the only one of us that owns a Rolex watch he said.  He has really done well in the oil business. " "Well, good for him", I said.  "I am very happy for him."

Later I did get to talk to Harry and he said his wife gave him 10 minutes to talk to me.  This is 50 years after high school...  We have talked on the phone a couple of times.  He lived his nice Catholic life and I lived my nice Latter-day Saint life.

Harry 

Obituary for Richard "Dick" Patrick Carney

Richard P. “Dick” Carney, age 90 of Glendive, Montana, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 in Glendive. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday, January 9, 2023 at the Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Funeral services will be held privately. Interment will be in the Dawson County Cemetery in Glendive. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Dick was born on November 23, 1932 in Hettinger, North Dakota, the son of Robert P. and Elsie A. (Funk) Carney. Dick moved with his family to Bismarck, North Dakota, and Glasgow, Montana, before arriving in Glendive in the fall of 1946. Dick received his education at Dawson County High School in Glendive, graduating with the class of 1950. He attended Dawson Community College in Glendive graduating in 1952. In 1953, Dick attended the Hartford Insurance Training Center in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated with honors. Thereafter, he joined his father in business which at that time was known at the Montana Loan and Title Company. Subsequently, he became a Registered Abstractor for the State of Montana. Montana Loan and Title Company owned a small insurance agency and Dick decided to devote himself full time to the insurance business. During the next five years they purchased several other agencies and eventually became one of the largest insurance agencies in Eastern Montana, with offices in Glendive, Circle, Montana, Terry, Montana, Sidney, Montana, and Wibaux, Montana.
On May 13, 1961, Dick married Jean Dalsasso and to this union, three children were born, Robert, Terri and Pat.
In 1966, Dick served as the Secretary of the board of the newly formed Glendive Community Hospital. The hospital board embarked on a $500,000.00 fund raising drive to purchase the Northern Pacific-Burlington Northern Hospital and build a new hospital and nursing home. It was the first major fund-raising effort in Glendive and although it took several months, the community responded and they were able to obtain a Hill-Burton grant to aid in the construction of the new facility.
In 1970, Dick joined Curt Meeds and Tom Hagan and they purchased the Jordan Hotel. After extensive remodeling of the hotel, they undertook to build a forty-unit motel which they operated as a Best Western Motel for over 20 years.
In 1979, Dick and a group of businessmen formed a new bank named First Fidelity Bank of Glendive (now known as Bravera Bank) which they sold in 1985.
One of Dick’s favorite endeavors was working with Home on The Range in Beach, North Dakota, to open a branch facility in Glendive for six to eight troubled youth. This was accomplished, but unfortunately, several years later the State of Montana changed the manner of treatment and the home was forced to close.
Dick was active in many business and community endeavors. He served as President of the Association of Independent Insurance Agents of Montana, and also as President of the Insurance Education Foundation and Public Risk Management. He was a member of Glendive Elks Lodge #1324 and had served as Exalted Ruler. He was a member of the Advisory Board for the Montana State University Business School and served on the Presidents Council for Carroll College. Dick also served on the Montana Chamber of Commerce board for a period of two years.
Dick and Curt Meeds were founders of the Glendive Forward Organization which was instrumental in helping Glendive be selected as the site for the Eastern Montana Veterans Home and the following year the site for the Montana State Regional Prison.
Dick was preceded in death by his wife Jean Carney in 2019, his parents, and his sister Delores (Carney) Coleman in 1958.
Dick is survived by his children, Bob and his children, Esther, Sylvia, Monica, Natalia, Christopher, Michael, and Joey, Terri (Mark) and their children, Leilani, Stephanie, Katrielle, Ethan, Tiana, and Ryan, and Pat (Heidi) Carney, all of Glendive.
In an effort to help with getting the ongoing project of fully lighting the Bell Street Bridge, memorials are suggested to the Justice Foundation, 200 S Merrill, Glendive. Remembrances and condolences can be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com.