![]() ![]() He provided dedicated, compassionate and meticulous care to patients in Valley County and beyond for more than 40 years. Max started his own pharmacy at the Smith Clinic in Glasgow, which later moved downtown and was a mainstay business in Valley County until 1999. He followed his degree with an internship at Tork's Drug in Glasgow before spending two years as a medic in the Army at Fort Lewis in Washington. He was an outstanding and precise student. After two years at the College of Great Falls, he transferred to the University of Montana to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy in 1955, earning tuition by shoveling coal for the Milwaukee Road. He attended Square Butte and Geraldine schools as a child. The communities and geography of Montana, and the history and lively incidents of the Milwaukee Road, were central to his life, as were the work ethic and stoicism of his parents. ![]() His father, Mike Makich (born Metrovich), had immigrated from Montenegro and was the section foreman in the town of Square Butte for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. His mother, Mary Landa, had immigrated as a girl to Montana from Bohemia to homestead with her family at Coffee Creek. Max was born in Great Falls, Montana, on July 12, 1932. Max Albert Makich died on Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Glasgow, Montana after a long illness. ![]()
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