![]() ![]() to support his children in all the most important ways. Terry was the definition of supportive, traveling across the U.S. Encouraging and loving to the core, you could not ask for a better example of a human to look up to. As a parent, Terry was the sweetest, calmest, most loving and most centered voice of reason a child could ask for. Rounding out their family, in 1979, their youngest was born (Ben Terry). In 1977, Terry applied and was hired as the new physical education teacher for Havre elementary schools. Two years later, their eldest was born (April Kathleen), and shortly thereafter, their middle child (Amber Dee). Married March 21, 1971, Terry and Kathy attended the University of Montana together, graduated and started their married life in Glasgow, where Terry was a newly minted physical education teacher. During her junior year, he asked her to homecoming, and the rest, as they say, is the sweetest love story ever told. Terry and Kathy went to school together at Glasgow High School. He returned to UM for three summers in the ’80s and earned his MS in Sports Administration. ![]() He became a passionate lifelong Grizzlies fan. Terry made the decision to pursue a degree in Education from the University of Montana, and earned his BA in 1972. Terry instilled a love of music in his children, for which they are forever grateful. He was also a talented musician, playing bass clarinet in the Scottie band, with some harmonica on the side! Terry loved music throughout his life! Whether it was Chuck Berry 8-track tapes in the pick-up truck, or vinyl records playing Elvis Presley or Willie Nelson, you could always find Terry whistling and quite literally dancing with whoever was near (usually Kathy). Besides being a sports fan, Terry was an exceptional athlete for the Glasgow High Scotties, playing football and basketball. A lifelong fan of the Braves baseball franchise was born and, in fact, Terry’s family surprised him on his 60th birthday with a trip to Atlanta to watch his beloved Braves. Growing up, he spent many a night on the farm trying to drown out the noise of the mice in his sleeping quarters by dialing in Milwaukee Braves baseball games on his shortwave radio. Terry had many cousins and spent his youth on his family farm, working to help his dad since the age of 8, driving tractor, harvesting wheat and barley. Louis (2016) and Patricia (2010) preceded him in death. The oldest of four siblings, he was a big brother to Lynn, Candy and Barb. Terry was born on April 1, 1949, in Glasgow, to Louis and Patricia Ann Geiger Sather. He is also survived by his three siblings: Lynn Sather of Billings, Candice Dunn of Kalispell and Barbara Etchart of Glasgow, and numerous nieces and nephews. He is survived by his adoring wife of 51 years (in fact, on March 21, it would have been their 52nd anniversary), Kathleen Faye Sather, and their devoted children and grandchildren: April Sather (Harper and Beckett), Amber Sather and Matt Banbury (August and Willie) and Ben Sather (Evey and Nora). ![]() 28, 2023, in Billings, surrounded by family and friends. ![]()
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