Stanley Keith Underwood passed away May 2, 2019 after suffering from chronic pain for the past year.
Born in Evansville, Indiana, on May 26, 1944 gave Stan 74 years to live a full, wonderful life as a loyal father, husband, son and friend. He graduated from the University of Montana Forestry School in 1967, which built the foundation for a long career in forestry. After working two years as a seasonal firefighter and smokejumper out of Missoula in 1967 and 1968, he started a permanent career with the USDA Forest Service in 1968. It was there he spent his entire professional career, retiring in 2006 after working in Silviculture and Forest Management on the Nez Perce, Lolo and Bitterroot National Forests and in Salt Lake City in a Washington D.C. satellite office.