Brian Lee Chapman born on May 25, 1984 to Arlon Chapman, Sr., and Anita Brien in Poplar Montana. Brian had fought a tough battle against leukemia since 2018. He lost that fight when he passed away peacefully on February 23, 2020, in Billings Montana, surrounded by family members.
Much of Brian’s childhood involved being outdoors with his brothers and friends. He was either fishing or hunting and the love for the outdoors carried on into his adulthood. Brian met Carla Payne in July of 2009 and moved to Pablo, Montana where they attended Salish Kootenai College. He accepted Carla’s two oldest children Isaiah and Brianna as his own. Brian became a father when he and Carla had two sons of their own, Hunter and Walker. Brian made his family proud when he graduated from Salish Kootenai College in 2011 with a Certificate of Completion in Highway Construction. Brian moved back to Poplar and met Angela Red Eagle in 2015. From this union Brian became a father again to a daughter, Miracle.
Brian is survived by his children, Hunter Lee, Walker Lee, Miracle Lee, and Connor, his parents, and siblings, Luane of Phoenix AZ, Arlon, Jr. of Trenton, ND, Paul, Arlonda, Arthur, Philip, Jacey, Donovan, and Dustyn of Poplar, MT. His grandmother, Roberta Garfield, Uncles Robert, Richard, and Roger Brien, Dana Mireau, and Kevin Mitchell, all of Poplar. Aunts, Paula, Marva, Georgia, Monita, Shannon and Lynette, of Poplar and Barbara of Mountlake Terrace, WA.
Brian joins his grandparents Raymond Buckles, Minerva Alberts, Mae Chaser, and George Brien, daughter Brianna, Uncles Lenny Smith, Randy Summers, Scott Moran, Sr, Conrad, Frank, and Roger Buckles, Harold Brien, Dorrance Steele, Sr, and Dawson FireMoon, Aunts Kelly Summers, Francine and Sissy Buckles, and Cousins Lori and Jessica Brien, and Lauren Johnson.
Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with the arrangements and condolences for the family may be left using the form below.