Roger Boone Holmes died in Butte, Montana on Friday, May 4, following a long battle with cancer. He was born in Butte on June 25, 1929 to Keith Debolt Holmes and Margaret Alice McRobert. His great-great grandparents, Thompson and Lucy Kemper, were among Butte's earliest settlers. He was a direct descendant of pioneer Daniel Boone through his daughter, Rebecca Goe. Roger attended Whittier Grade School and graduated from Butte High School in 1947. On September 4, 1948, he married his beloved wife, Edna Marie Fuller. She preceded him in death in 1995. Roger was employed by the Anaconda Company as a miner, truck driver, and draftsman, before going to work for the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology at Montana Tech in 1959. He was cartographic supervisor there until his retirement in 1992. Besides his family, Roger's great love was automobiles. He remember every car he ever owned-and there were hundreds-in vivid detail. As a young man, he raced stock cars at Butana Speedway. In retirement he took up drag racing and enjoyed many dusty Sundays at Lost Creek Raceway. He is survived by his three children and their spouses, Linda Lee Holmes, Mike and Tracy Holmes, Ed and Frances Holmes; and six grandchildren, Mike, Andrew, Ashley, Courtney, and Eddy Holmes, and Patrick Kueffler. He is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Keith and Mary Lou Holmes; stepsister and husband, Stephany and Jack Lowry; and niece and nephews Laurie Mohney and Richard and Dale Holmes.