Ray Quilici

Ray Erwin Quilici, 84, went back to the open range on September 13, 2015. Ray was born to Gilbert and Maude (Maddox) Quilici on July 5, 1931, in Dillon, Mont. Ray attended school in Twin Bridges for a few years, then went to work at a very young age, working cattle, which is what he would end up doing for most of his life.

He was called away for a little over three years in 1949 when he enlisted in the Army and fought in the Korean War.

Upon his return he had encountered a woman he had met some years prior. The first meeting didn't go so great. At the second meeting, he was able to convince he...