Steven Leroy Mccart

Steven LeRoy McCart, 64 of Hamilton passed away March 20, 2016 at his home in Hamilton.

Steve was born June 7, 1951 in Hamilton, MT to William and Wilma McCart.  After graduating from High School he attended Junior College but was also extensively self-educated.  He lived many places including Dillon, MT, Hansville, UT., Darby, MT., East Fork, MT., Northway and Anchorage, AK., Twin Falls, ID., Lake Fork, ID and eventually moved back to Hamilton, MT.  Steve married and had a son and a daughter.  He loved nature and taught us all “to listen to the quiet.”  He worked as a logger and built a cabin up the East Fork.  He worked as a lookout tender, owned a printing business, and he was a shop foreman for an RV shop.  Steven was an inventor and builder who was a jack of all trades.  He was an author, pilot and wildlife photographer.  He was extremely loyal, gentle kind and a man of great integrity.  Steve loved to hunt, fish, enjoyed bird watching and was an avid reader.  He was a life-long student and teacher.  Steve was a beloved son, brother and uncle and greatly enriched our lives.  We will miss you, but after years of pain, you are no longer suffering and at peace.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, William and Helen Wilcox, Tim McCart and Annie Pearce Hazen.

He is survived by his parents, Wilma and Bill McCart of Hamilton; sister, Jessie McCart of Flagstaff, AZ; son and daughter; grandson, Kyndrid McCart of Boise, ID; niece, Tracy Flowers; nephews, Dustin, Adam and Nathan Dedmore.

A celebration of life will be announced at a later date.  Urn placement will take place at Lone Pine Cemetery in Darby.

The family suggests memorials to Rocky Mountain Hospice, 2409 Dearborn, Ste. E, Missoula, MT 59801.