Donald Ray Roscoe died Feb. 17, 2013, at Barrett Memorial Hospital in Dillon, Mont.

He was born April 5, 1925, in Fort Collins, Colo., to Dewey and Florence

Roscoe. Upon graduating from Fort Collins High School in 1944, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as bombardier/navigator flying in B-17 bombers. He flew 50 missions over Europe during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service. He served again in the Korean War as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, flying 25 missions in B-26 bombers.

He was married in 1949 to Norma Louise Gooden-berger. They lived in Fort Collins until 1969, when they moved to the Seattle area and he continued his career in banking and then business security for The Boeing Co. He volunteered as a docent at the Seattle Air and Space Museum. The couple moved to Montana in 1995.

He is survived by his wife Louise; children James, David, Melanie, Kirsten and Kristine; sister Alice Smith and husband John of Fort Collins; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

No formal services are planned. There will be a gathering later this year to celebrate his life.