Richard James Conklin (Missoula 1949)
Posted: January 01, 2002
Richard was born February 2, 1930, in Williston, ND. His early schooling took place in Butte, MT, and he later attended Carroll College in Helena, MT. He graduated from law school at the University of Montana in Missoula.
While attending school, Richard jumped at Missoula, 1949-53 and 1956.
He later served in the Army in the Korean War. After the war, he practiced law throughout Meagher County, MT, for nearly two decades.
On August 26, 1976, he married Carole P. Talbott in Helena. They had three daughters, Terressa, Nancy, and Colleen, and one son, Matthew. Richard also had two stepdaughters, Teresa and Carole, and a stepson, Richard.
He was a member of St. Matthew’s Parish in Kalispell, MT; the Montana Mining Association; Mensa; the Polson Elks Lodge; and the Disabled American Veterans. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Richard died December 11,1978, at the age of 48 of a pulmonary embolism. At the time of his passing, he was working as a real estate salesman for Arrow Real Estate in Kalispell.
