Robert Orene Bahls (nicknamed Butch by his mom), was born on August 24, 1944 in Sidney, MT. He was the son of Robert and Edna (Burgess) Bahls. Bob was raised on a farm north of Lambert, MT, went to a country school at 3 Buttes which is still standing today. When the weather was nice, Bobby and his sister, Elaine “Laney”, would ride horses to school.

Bob liked old cars, trucks, and telling jokes, but he especially liked John Deere Tractors. He would attend many auction sales collecting tractors. You could always find him working on a John Deere. Bob participated in many parades either on horseback, tractors or in cars. He also enjoyed entering and driving in tractor pulls around the area. Bob was a member of the Culbertson Threshing Bee for many years, and served as president of the association for a while. Bob would get on the radio Buy & Sell and advertise his tractors for sale. On September 7, 1985, Bob married Lorean Curnutt.

When he left the farm and moved to Sidney, he would take his daily walk to Millers Corner to visit with the guys, or you could see him around town riding in his Flex Car.
October 3, 2015 was the saddest day for Bob, it was the day he held an antique tractor auction at his home in Sidney, and sold all his tractors.

Bob moved to the Culbertson Nursing Home, and then went to The Lodge in Sidney, MT, before moving to the nursing home in Wibaux, MT, where he passed away on April 20, 2022.

Bob is survived by; his children, Charles, John, and Rhonda; his sisters, Elaine “Laney” (Wilbur) Hill of Lambert, MT and their children, Chester (Lanett), Dave (Julie), Elbert (Daja), Linda Hanson of Sidney, MT, and her children, Kelly, Tony, and Autumn; his uncle, Leonard Odenbach; his cousins, Charlene Jonsson, and Lynell Widup, and his Special Friend Patti Schwenke. The family would like to give a special thank you to, Chloe and Taylor, traveling nurses from Circle and Wibaux, for taking such good care of Bob.

Bob is preceded in death by; his parents, Robert & Edna Bahls, and his wife, Lorean Bahls.