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Darla Tyler-McSherry with her father, Dick Tyler.
Featured Montanan: Darla Tyler-McSherry is Helping Prevent Suicide with the Website ‘Ask in Earnest’
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arla Tyler-McSherry knows the firsthand effects of suicide in Montana. It’s how she lost her dad, farmer Dick Tyler. While Montana’s suicide rates have been amongst the top five in the nation for the last 40 years, suicide is a public health challenge that everyone can help positively impact. After living through the loss of her dad, TylerMcSherry, who is the director of Student Health Services at MSU-Billings, struggled to reconcile her profession with the knowledge that her family never saw it coming. “My dad was the stereotypical Montana farmer. I couldn’t imagine him doing anything else. A good farmer and steward of the land, a good neighbor, who loved a good story and to visit with neighbors and friends. He was very meticulous with machinery, and proud that anything with a motor had a place to sit inside. He wanted to help others and was appreciative and gracious
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