Smokejumper Obituary: Stoll, Rudy John "Skip" (Missoula 1951)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Skip,72, of Whitehall, Montana, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004, of pancreatic cancer. He was born on July 9, 1932 and graduated from St. Ignatius high school and the University of Montana. While at the university, Skip was a member of ROTC. He later attended basic infantry officers training at Fort Benning, Ga., and graduated first in his class. Skip then worked as a pharmacist in Great Falls, Bozeman and Butte before returning to Whitehall to manage Whitehall Drug, where he worked until his retirement. During the summers of his university years, Skip was a smokejumper and was an NSA member. Upon his retirement he worked on trail maintenance crews in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Skip was an avid University of Montana football fan, missing games when only absolutely necessary. His "Go Griz" sign became a fixture on Interstate 90.

Identifier

Stoll_Rudy-John-Skip_Missoula_1951

Publication Date

December 2004

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Stoll, Rudy John "Skip" (Missoula 1951)" (2004). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1536.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1536