Bryce V. Witt passed away on February 8, 2026, at Intermountain Health in Billings, MT under hospice services. Bryce has been battling dementia for over a year with a recent decline in cognition and health.

Bryce was born on January 18, 1952, to LaVerne and Florence (Ruth) Witt at the Community Memorial Hospital in Sidney, MT. He was the youngest of the four children, welcomed by Sonja, Sandra and Ellen. His parents divorced when he was young, and two more siblings followed LaVerne’s second marriage, David and Susan Witt of Wisconsin. Bryce attended Sidney Public Schools until his junior year of high school and graduated from Charles M Russell High School in Great Falls, MT in 1970. In his younger years, Bryce enjoyed time with his family at the family ranches, Veebaray and Lone Tree. He also could be found with his best friend Jim and his family. While attending school in Great Falls, he resided with his uncle Hugh Anderson and his wife Edy and family for one semester, then he and his mother moved into an apartment after Ruth was hired to work in the lab at Deaconess Hospital. Hugh encouraged Bryce to go out for the cross-country team, and Bryce’s greatest wish in the last few years was to be able to run again. Bryce had many happy memories of his time with their family and told lots of stories of his time with his uncle, such as flying organs for donation in Hugh’s plane to deliver to a waiting recipient. Bryce also traveled with Edy and Hugh, with Hugh as the pilot, to the Grand Canyon and Disneyland. Bryce was with Hugh’s family camping in western Montana on the day of the moon walk, and they drove fast to make it home to see it on TV.

Following graduation, Bryce attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He left college for a year to attend NEI in Minneapolis and worked for Univac assembling power supplies for submarines. Bryce returned to Concordia receiving his Biology degree in 1975. While at Concordia he was a member of Kappa Theta Phi. It was during this time that a mutual friend introduced him to Marilyn Torgerson.
Bryce and Marilyn married March 29,1975. They initially resided in Fargo, North Dakota while Bryce completed his degree. Initially employed at Horvik Electric in Moorhead, they soon decided to return to Sidney. He held many jobs after returning to Sidney including the Eastern Montana Agricultural Research Center, USDA Research Center, Holly Sugar, Valley Hardware, Lone Tree Ranch, Schwan's, and MDU. He was known as the guy who could fix almost anything often at no or little charge. He enjoyed helping neighbors and strangers alike and often took his snow blower out into the street in heavy storms to help people get through the road when people ventured out before the streets had been cleared. Jerome Kessler, a neighbor, even mentioned this act in his book “Dr. Dirt”. Bryce was always giving time and money to people in need, even when he really didn’t have much to spare. He spent numerous hours at the laundry mat repairing machines. Bryce was also known to be doing things around the house and suddenly belting out different songs such as “Yellow Submarine” and other Beatles hits, as well as “Help Me Rhonda” when his sister-in-law was around to (pleasantly) annoy her. Another thing Bryce enjoyed was watching his sons play hockey, and he spent numerous hours at the old frozen pond, the “hockey bubble”, and newer rink volunteering. He enjoyed watching his grandkids playing hockey as well, and in his last months carried around the hockey schedule for his grandson and asked daily if there was a game he was supposed to be watching.

Bryce is survived by his wife Marilyn, daughter Sacha (Shad), son Brendan (Shay), son Keegan, grandkids Darian, Breckin, Kamden, Tyra, Kale, Hadley, Anze and Mikko, bonus grandkids Braeden, Brooklyn and Jemma, one great granddaughter Aspen and a second great grandchild due in May. Bryce is also survived by his mother-in-law Ardys Torgerson, his sisters Sandra (John), Ellen (Loren), and Susan and his brother David (Diana), brothers-in-law Glenn (Joy), Myron (Julie) and Chris (Susan), sisters-in-law LaVonne (Henry), Connie, Cynthia, Rhonda (Todd), Naomi (Dave) and Cindy, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Bryce is also survived by his aunt Edy, who he said was like another mother, and her children Leslie (Joe) and Steve (Carol Ann) and their families.

Bryce was preceded in death by his parents, LaVerne and Ruth, his sister Sonja, father-in-law Mervin Torgerson, and two brothers-in-law Larry and Rod. His grandparents, beloved uncle Hugh, and his cousin Kyle also preceded him in death.

In lieu of flowers, please give your time and money to help those in need. The family would like to thank Sidney Emergency Services, Sidney Health Center, Intermountain Health, and Stillwater Hospice.

A Celebration of Life is currently being planned, with graveside services in Lambert on April 24, 2026.

Bryce’s wishes were cremation with some remains spread at locations important to him.

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