Valley Memorial Park Obituaries
Saturday, June 10, 2017Yes, Giorgio (1982) and Welcome Home (1989).Koenekamp served as a DP on more than 40 features, including Live a Little, Love a Little (1968), The Great Bank Robbery (1969), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), Billy Jack (1971), Kansas City Bomber (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Fun With Dick and Jane (1977), The Champ (1979), The Amityville Horror (1979), First Family (1980) and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension (1984).Koenekamp served a 16-year apprenticeship before he became a director of photography, and he retired in the late 1980s. The American Society of Cinematographers honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.His father was H.F. Koenekamp, an Oscar nominee who began his career as a cinematographer at Mack Sennett Studios in 1913 and did special effects work on films including High Sierra, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, White Heat and Strangers on a Train. He died in 1992 at age 100.“It didn’t mean that much as a young kid that my dad worked in pictures,” Koenekamp recalled in a 2005 interview with American Cinematographer magazine. “But every once in a while, he would take me to the studio on Saturdays. He was in special effects at Warner Bros., and Stage 5 housed the camera and special effects d...
Sunday, February 12, 2017CHROEDER — Margaret J., 78, of Billings. Memorial service pending.(15)SCHAAL— Robert, 82, Billings. Service 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Smith's West Chapel, 304 34th St. W. Interment at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park. The family will greet friends 7 to 8 p.m., Monday at the Chapel.(17)Smith DowntownPARKER SR. — Lyle E., 91, of Billings. Cremation. Graveside memorial 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17, at Mountv...
Monday, January 23, 2017HROEDER — Margaret J., 78, of Billings. Memorial service pending.(15)SCHAAL — Robert, 82, Billings. Service 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Smith's West Chapel, 304 34th St. W. Interment at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park. The family will greet friends 7 to 8 p.m., Monday at the Chapel.(17)Smith DowntownSTEWART — Sr., Roger Nelson "Lucky," 77, Columbus. Funeral mass 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 16, at St. Patrick Co-Cathedral, 215 N. 31st St., Billings. Rosary/Vigil Service 6 p.m., Sunday, at Smith Downtown Chapel, 925 S. 27th St. (16)PARKER SR. — Lyle E., 91, of Billings. Cremation. Graveside me...
Monday, January 09, 2017Chapel, 3940 Rimrock Road.(11)POLLINGTON — Barry D., 68, of Billings. Funeral service 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at Faith Chapel, located at 517 South Shiloh Road. Interment will follow at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park. Visitation begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Smith Downtown Chapel.(6)NORSKOG — Victoria, 28. Cremation arrangements at Smith Downtown Chapels.(6)GROSHONG — Bonnie Faye, 79, of Billings. Services pending.(6)BUDELL — Bobby, 31. Memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 11 a.m. at Billings Central New Apostolic Church, 500 15th St. W. A luncheon follows the service at the church.(7)Smith LaurelMOGENSEN — Richard, 78, of Park City. Service 11 a.m., Jan. 7, Smith Chapel in Laurel.(7)Smith-Olcott ChapelSmith C...
Monday, November 28, 2016Kaylyn Mattus, 5, dressed in Aztec regalia, places flowers on the Soria family alter at the annual Dia de los Muertos festival held at Eternal Valley Memorial Park & Mortuary in Newhall on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal Daniella Mendoza, 3, second from left, poses for her mother to...
