Obituary; Miles S. (Pat) Harbin

Miles S. (Pat) Harbin passed away in Plains, Montana on April 14, 2015, at the age of 93. He was born on May 9, 1921. He was in good health until his final brief illness.

Pat is survived by his five children, Nancy Richwine, Connie Voth and her husband, Bob; Joanne Shaffer and her husband, Rich; Ray Harbin and his wife Carol; and Roger Harbin and his wife Joan. He had twelve grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. His special friend, Sally Sears, also mourns his passing.

Pat was raised in the Flathead Valley on his parent’s ranch, and developed a lifelong love of the outdoors. He spent two summers on a fire lookout in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and continued to visit there up to his final trip to fish in the South Fork at age 85. Miles served in the Army Air Corps in World War II.

He had lived in Kalispell, Ronan, Condon, Arizona and Plains. He was married to Harriet (Jensen) Harbin, who preceded him in death in 2007.

A private ceremony was held for family members in Plains, and a memorial will be held for friends and his extended family later this summer.