Jerrold Hegdahl

Jerrold “Jerry” Hegdahl, 80, of Wolf Point died April 5, 2024, at the Billings Clinic.

He was born in Billings but lived in Shelby. After graduating from high school in Shelby, he moved to Seattle, Wash., where he worked for Boeing. He was drafted into the Army and served from 1962 to 1964.

After being honorably discharged from the Army, he moved to Yakima, Wash. He and his best friend, Bill Arubrey, started their construction company, Blaze Construction. They built homes all over the western United States.

He moved to Wolf Point to build homes for Fort Peck Housing and met his wife, Bobby Jo. They married June 11, 1994. In 1998, he and his family moved to Gallup, N.M., where he finished his last project with Lodge Builder, Inc. After that, he went into business for himself where his two sons helped