Monte R. "Batman" Flying,

HAYS, MT

Monte R. "Batman" Flying, 48, great-great grandson of Philip Shortman, Vernon White Clay, Rex Flying, Peter "Old Man" Stiffarm and Alice LaForge, passed away due to natural causes on Friday, September 2, 2016, at his mother's residence in Hays. Wake services were held at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 4, 2016, with a Rosary to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, all at the St. Paul Mission Rec Center, moving the wake to the Chief Nosey Center at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, September 5, with his funeral service to be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Monte's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com.

Monte was born on September 6, 1967, in Fort Belknap to Marvin and Margaret (Stiffarm) Flying. He was raised in Fort Belknap, attending the Mission Grade School and Hays-Lodgepole schools, moving first to the Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City, UT, and then the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, OR, where he graduated in 1985. He played basketball in high school, excelling at the sport. Monte returned to Fort Belknap after graduation, where he worked as a firefighter for the Tribal Emergency Services for many years. He met Louwanna LongFox in 2001, and the couple married in 2007.

Monte was a kind, giving man who loved to do things for others. He enjoyed gardening and working with horses. If he was teasing you, you knew he liked you. He especially enjoyed teaching others to ride and care for horses. His daily routine always included a nice long walk, and he also liked to play cards and Yahtzee. Monte had a head for sports statistics, and he knew the basketball, baseball, and football stats like the back of his hand. He really enjoyed watching basketball and football, with his favorite teams being the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Cowboys. Monte loved to take "Wanna" to the Fort Belknap Casino for a night out, and really loved being "Papa" to her grandchildren.

Monte was preceded in death by his father Marvin "Sonny Man" Flying, and his uncles Aloysius "Dudley" Stiffarm and Emerson Stiffarm, Sr.

He is survived by his wife Louwanna Longfox-Flying of Lodgepole; his daughters Maria Flying of Box Elder, Megan Flying of Seattle, WA, and Kristin Shoptese of UT; his step-daughters, Jenelle Wing of Hays, Gerri Lynn Cochran and Ang LongFox, both of Fort Belknap, and Sasha Lovejoy of Hays; his step-son, Michael Vincent Stiffarm of Lodgepole; his brothers Martin Flying and Marvin D. Flying, both of Hays, Mardy Flying of Billings, Byard (Tara) Kirkaldie of Lodgepole, and Jon Paul Snell and Blake Stiffarm, both of Fort Belknap; his 21 grandchildren; his sister Marlene (Gerald) Gilbert of Billings; his aunts and uncles, Kathryn Johnson, Helen (Will) Morey, John Rhodes, Gloria (Ron) Perry, Philip (Truby) Stiffarm, Ronald (Mavis) Stiffarm, Lenore Stiffarm, Kathryn LongKnife, Roberta Werk, Maxine Rutherford, Mary Whitecow, Philip V. Shortman, Loren "Bum" Stiffarm, Marie Lincoln, Veronica White Clay; his numerous relatives at Crow Agency; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends.

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