John David Ulsher, 90, Basin native

John David Ulsher died peacefully in his San Antonio home on Sunday, Jan. 28, surrounded by family.

John leaves a legacy of family, hard work, and high expectations. He served in the U.S. Army just shy of 30 years, was an avid trap, skeet, and sporting clays shooter, and was extremely proud of his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

He was born in Basin, Montana, on Nov. 11, 1933 to Andrew and Mabel Ulsher, the second of eight children. He grew up in Basin and loved to joke and pull pranks throughout his entire life. He told his children that he was in the top 20 students of his graduating class from Jefferson County High School in 1952. This was true, but funnier when you learned that only 17 students had graduated that year.