Brogan Leigh Milbrandt

Brogan Leigh Milbrandt, 25, of Great Falls, MT, a portfolio administrator at D A Davidson passed away Thursday, December 22, 2011 at her home.Family chooses not to disclose cause of death.A memorial service will be held at Harvest Springs Community Church on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.Brogan was born March 14, 1986, in Great Falls, to Wayne and Donna Olson Milbrandt. She had three brothers and one sister. Brogan attended Riverview Elementary, and North Junior High. She was a 2004 CMR graduate and a member of the basketball and drill teams. Her junior year she worked at the Teacher's Federal Credit Union and through her dedication and hard work she became supervisor during her senior year at CMR. This is where she found her niche. She was very good with numbers and enjoyed the financial market which led her to pursue financial institutions as a career. She was presently employed by D.A. Davidson. Brogan grew up with brothers and learned to hold her own. The fighting and wrestling was constant but she held her ground. They were a very close family. She had an extremely close relationship and was best friends with her mother. They shared their thoughts, secrets, joys, concerns, and clothes. Brogan was a very caring and selfless person. She had a great love for all animals, especially her cat, Prada. She often donated to the shelters for abused animals even if she barely had enough money for her own bills. Her brother Shad describes her as courageous, humble, and very determined. She was a go getter and worked very hard to do the very best she could to please everyone. She would do anything to help her friend and neighbor. It was not uncommon to see her with a new friend. She had a smile that would light up a room and a sense of humor to go with it. There were many friends who would tune in to her facebook page to see the daily quote she posted. They were always creative, quirky and fun. Brogan's sense of humor was ever present. She loved to jump out from behind a door to surprise her stepdad, Bill. Oh how she laughed when she would get one up on him. They were planning on watching the new Smurf movie this Christmas Eve. Brogan expressed her creativity through her poetry and often mentioned how she would one day love to get it published. She was best able to express herself on paper and with the simplest of words. Her quirky personality was often seen at a glance as she loved to change her hair color from black, to blonde and most recent, red. Moms favorite was the blonde. Her sense of style was always apparent. Like her mother she dressed to perfection and loved to shop - especially for shoes and hats. She had dozens of both. Two of the best hats were her hello kitty hat and her sock monkey hat. The most precious place on earth to her were the mountains near Kalispell by her dad She will be missed by her loving family, many many close friends and her cat Prada. Brogan had a close relationship with Pastor Cory from the Harvest Springs Community Church. They had many conversations which kept her faith in God and a renewed faith in herself. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Don Olson, Faye Hayes, Duane Milbrandt, and Charles Duane Isbell, and her very close great grandfather V.L. Olson. Brogan is survived by her mother, Donna Isbell, of Great Falls and stepfather Bill Isbell of Great Falls, father, Wayne Milbrandt of Coram, Mont.; brothers Shad Milbrandt of Lewistown, Mont., Keaton Milbrandt of Coram and Jason Milbrandt of Whispering Pines, N.C.; sister Tiffany Snyder of Bend, Ore.; step-siblings Nicole Christianson of Whitefish, Mont.; Jana Purdy of Kalispell, Mont., and Jeff Christianson of Great Falls; grandmothers Glenice Milbrandt of Cutbank, Mont., and Shirley Isbell of Havre, Mont.; aunt Deb Hovde and Scott Darling of Great Falls, uncle Jerry (Sue) Olson of Great Falls, uncle Jim (Cassandra) Olson of Butte., Mont., aunt Sally (Russ) Meduna of Kalispell and uncle Bruce (Lori) Milbrandt of Cut Bank Mont.; her very close friends Lori and Jessi and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Sleep well Sunshine/ MA