ProRodeo Sports News - January 5, 2024

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he left the ranch land to Jim. Jim and Donna later divorced, and he married Louise Hanson in 1989. Wilson joined the PRCA and added pro rodeos to his travels. He worked mostly in North Dakota and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. He picked up at all the big rodeos in the Badlands Circuit and was selected six times to pick up for the Badlands Circuit Finals. He worked for Korkow Rodeo, Sutton Rodeo, Mossbrucker Rodeo, and for Burch Rodeo. He still believes the reason he was able to pick up as long as he did was due to two things – good horses and the ability to read livestock. When Jim and Louise were married, they opted to have a little jackpot roping with a potluck supper instead of a formal wedding reception. That was the beginning of Wilson Rodeo, which ran for 10 years. In the mid 1980s, Wilson purchased and

YOUR AD HERE To advertise in the ProRodeo Sports News, call 719.528.4708 learned to fly a Brantley B-2B helicopter. He loved flying and hunting coyotes with it. For the past 59 years, he has served as a local brand inspector for the State of Montana. He has always gone horseback and helped to gather, as he feels it gives him a better look at the cattle he is inspecting, and a chance to spot livestock that might be in the herd from neighboring ranches. Wilson is survived by his wife Louise, son; Bart (Brenda) Wilson; daughter, Boni Jo (Jason) Kuhbacher; five grandchildren, Tyler Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Jessie Wilson, Travis Kuhbacher and Terese Kuhbacher; brothers; Jerry (Bea) Wilson and John (Joyce) Wilson and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Bob and Betty and one grandchild, Austin Wilson. Memorials may be made at stevensonandsons. com and to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund 101 Pro Rodeo Drive, Colorado Springs, Colo., 80919.

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ROBERT (JIM) WILSON

Robert J. “Jim” Wilson, of Alzada, Mont., a longtime PRCA pickup man, passed away on May 26, 2023, at Monument Health Rapid City (S.D.) Hospital. He was 78. Cowboy. Rancher. Pickup Man. Pilot. Sheepman. Neighbor. Friend. It doesn’t matter how you describe Jim Wilson, but most people who knew him will say that he is a true example of the Western way of life. Wilson was born in Broadus, Mont., on May 15, 1945, the eldest of three boys, to Bob and Betty Wilson. Wilson married Donna Harris and started a family. Bart was born in 1967, and Boni Jo in 1969. Jim’s father passed away in 1972, followed by his Uncle Bob in 1976. Since Bob had no children,

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