Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM Monday, August 20, 2012 at St. Mathias Catholic Church in Augusta, MT for Bryan Charles Neal, age 26, who died Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012 near Mandan, ND as the result of an alleged motor vehicle homicide. A Vigil Service will be held at 7:00 PM Sunday, August 19th at the church. Interment will be in the Augusta Cemetery under the direction of Gorder Jensen Funeral Home of Choteau.
Bryan Charles Neal was born March 1, 1986 in Killeen, TX. He was adopted by Richard Bruce and Berta Theresa (Heil) Neal. He was raised and educated the Augusta area and after graduating from high school, he completed two years of college in the welding field. He then entered into common law marriage with Rosemarie Redford. He was employed as a welder in the oil fields of North Dakota at the time of his death.
Bryan was a member of the St. Mathias Catholic Church in Augusta and enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding horses and helping people.
He is survived by his father, Richard B. Neal of Choteau and mother, Berta T. Neal of Choteau, MT, his common-law wife, Rosemarie Redford of Choteau; two daughters: Christina Marie Neal and Victoria Elaine Neal, both of Choteau; siblings: Richard B. Neal II of Choteau, Robert James Neal of Great Falls, Donald Jay Neal of Wasilla, AK, Carl Wayne Neal of Great Falls, Sabine Naomi Neal of New Jersey, Cathy LaRocque of Choteau, David Castaneda and Carrie Kruger, both of Texas and his paternal grandfather: Gerald Kruger of Harked Heights, TX.
Bryan was preceded in death by his biological mother, Christina Marie Kruger in 1986.
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