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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Vera N. (Willer) Gordon, 98, passed away on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Fairfield, Calif., with family by her side. She was born to Ruby and John Willer in Glasgow, Mont. She had two sisters, Ruby and Blanche, and two brothers, Tom and Jim, all of whom preceded Vera in death. She is survived by her three children, Dale (June) Robbins, of Ketchikan, Alaska, Connie (Doug) Libal, of Fairfield, and Terri (Hall Anderson) Robbins, of Ketchikan; 10 grandchildren, Kimberly (Craig) Watson, Terrence...
On the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, Theresa (DeBray) Shipp passed away at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont., surrounded by family and friends. She died of natural causes at the age of 81. Theresa was born in Glasgow on Aug. 12, 1937, to Leo and Pauline DeBray. She grew up west of Glasgow, attended Glasgow schools (most of the time), and graduated in 1955 from Glasgow High School. She met Lloyd Shipp and was married on July 22, 1956, at the First Lutheran Church in Glas...
Dr. Robert Dane Shaw, 74, died on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, following a brief illness. A memorial celebration of the life of Dr. Robert Dane Shaw will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Glen Echo Park in Maryland. He was a beloved and loving son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather as well as an accomplished scientist, artist, public servant and teacher. He was born in Gilmer, Texas, on April 5, 1944, to the late Major Robert Curtis Shaw (USAF) and Mrs. Virginia Shaw. After 34...
Curtis "Curt" Alan Wesen, 61, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away at his home during the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, with his family and his best friend by his side after a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be held at the Glasgow Evangelical Church Friday, Jan. 18,, at 2 p.m., with internment at the Hi-Line Cemetery with reception to follow at the Cottonwood Inn. He was born in Glasgow on April 7, 1957, the oldest child of John A. and Dolores (Lee) Wesen. In his early...
Maxine (Ashton) Morehouse, 83, died in Helena, Mont., on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, of complications related to dementia. Maxine's children and grandchildren invite all who knew and loved her to celebrate her life at a memorial service at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, at Plymouth Congregational Church, 400 South Oakes Street, Helena. Burial will follow the service at Resurrection Cemetery, 3700 N Montana Ave. A reception will follow the burial at a location to be announced. The way that so many...
Marjory "Marge" A. (Deurmier) Moe passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at the age of 75, in the Cabinet Peaks Medical Center in Libby, Mont., in accompany of loved ones. Services will be at noon on Thursday, Jan. 10, at Christ Lutheran Church in Libby. She was the third child of four born to Walter and Virginia Deurmier in Wagner, S.D., on Oct. 4, 1943. She was raised and attended school in Wagner. She married Edward Moe on Jan. 15, 1962, in Wagner. They started their life together...
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 Sam Lee Storkson, 69, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, in Mesa, Ariz. A memorial celebration will be held at Banner Church of the Nazarene in Anderson, Mo., on Saturday, March 2, at 2 p.m. Please join us in celebrating Sam Storkson's legacy. He was born on Oct. 21, 1949, (the first half of the last century as he always said) in Glasgow, Mont. In Sam's 40 year career in ministry, he served in se...
Dale F. Manternach, 92, died of natural causes peacefully on Friday Dec. 28, 2018, at Luther Manor in Sioux Falls, S.D., with his wife, Alice, by his side. Funeral services were held Friday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m., at the Assembly of God in Scobey, Mont., with Pastor Charles Kelly officiating. Interment followed at the Daniels County Cemetery in Scobey, with military honors by the Daniels County Honor Guard. Waller Funeral Home of Scobey had charge of arrangements....
Eva Irene Main went home to heaven on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at the age of 94. She was born Oct. 11, 1924, in Dupree, S.D. She was the daughter of Claude and Ella (Lammert) Main. She grew up on the family farm north of Dupree. She attended eight years of elementary school at the Main School and in May of 1942 she graduated from the Dupree High School. The following summer she attended the Black Hills Teachers College in Spearfish. After several years of teaching, Eva returned to college and...
On Oct. 30, 2018, at the age of 105, Elizabeth (Born) Friesen moved from Nemont Manor to Valley View. Her desire to be home with Jesus was granted and she passed away less than two months later on the morning of Christmas Day, 2018. The funeral service will be held Thursday, Jan. 3, at 10:30 a.m., at Glasgow Evangelical Church with a reception following. Burial will follow at Lustre Mennonite Brethren Cemetery in Lustre, Mont. She was born on Feb. 15, 1913, in Omsk, Russia, to Jacob and Katarina...
Agnes Florence Dorothy (Kegel) Erickson, age 91, passed away Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at the Phillips County Hospital. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 3, at the Saco Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Reitan Cemetery, north of Saco, Mont. Agnes was born April 14, 1927, to Charles and Anna (Houska) Kegel in Turner, Mont. She was the youngest of 10 children. Mom attended Little Jewell School, Turner High School and Northern Montana College. Upon graduation, she worked as a bo...
Marie Olive (Tarum) Ostrem, 89, passed away in her home in Shelby, Mont., on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 11, at 10:30 a.m., at the First Lutheran Church with burial in Highland Cemetery. Luncheon to follow. She was born Jan. 12, 1929, in Somers, Mont., to Mentz and Olga (Lee) Overby. In high school, she and her friends raised enough money to build the first cabin at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp. After a year at Pacific Lutheran University, she came to...
Sylvia Bernice (Dobyns) Wetz, 93, of Spearfish, Mont., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, in Rapid City, S.D., surrounded by family after a brief illness. She was born on Aug. 17, 1925, the oldest of eight children born to Clement and Edna (Bennett) Dobyns at Oshkosh, Neb. She moved with her family to the Newell/Vale/Nisland area as a child. She graduated from Vale High School in 1943 as salutatorian of her class. She began her teaching career on a six-week certificate from Spearfish Normal...
Erna May (Marks) Pidwerbecki, 94, died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Funeral services will be held at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 2055 Woody Drive, Billings, Mont., on Friday, Jan. 4, at 10 a.m, with Fr. Steve Zabrocki officiating. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Jan. 4, at The Vista at Mission Ridge, 3840 Rimrock Road, Billings, in the multipurpose room to accommodate residents who are unable to attend the funeral service. Pastor Elisabeth Daniels will...
Jack Albert Boston, 84, passed away on the morning of Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, of natural causes. A celebration of his life will be planned in early 2019. Born in Glasgow, Mont., on Sept. 11, 1934, to parents Albert and Ellen Boston, Jack grew up helping out on the farm and welding with his dad on the Fort Peck Dam. He attended schools in Fort Peck and California and graduated from Glasgow High School. He was the oldest child and naturally took on the role of big brother and caregiver to his four...
On Nov. 23, 2018, our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Marilyn Lee (Hughes) Dykstra, joined her Heavenly Family. She died peacefully in her sleep just short of her 89th birthday at her apartment in the Missoula Manor with her daughter, Carol, and granddaughter, Jana, by her side. A celebration of life was held Friday, Dec. 7, at Grizzly Peak and a memorial service will be held in the spring of 2019 at the First United Methodist Church with burial of her cremains at the Highland...
Gerald "Jerry" Alfred Akre, 78, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. A private committal service will be held at a later date. He was born to Alfred Olai and Gladys Esther (Carlson) Akre on Oct. 19, 1940, in Glasgow, Mont. He loved being outdoors and built his own cabin in the family pasture where he liked to camp. In the 1960s, he worked on the family farm, on the tunnels at Fort Peck Dam and began fencing. In the early 1970s, he and his wife, Cheeri, moved to Lewistown, Mont., where Akre...
Colonel Robert “Bob” J. Sandvick, 86, born on Oct. 30, 1931, in Glasgow, Mont., passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at his home in Lubbock, Texas. His wife, Shirley A. Sandvick (Ham), 83, born on July 4, 1935, in Farwell, Texas, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Lubbock. There was a joint memorial service on Saturday, Dec. 15, at Farwell Sunset Cemetery in Farwell, at 10 a.m. central time....
Melvin J. Dyrland Sr., age 83, of Opheim, Mont., passed away in his home on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service is being planned for next spring. Bell Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements....
Lois Esther (Montag) Cool, age 91, passed away in her home after a long fight with dementia. She peacefully joined her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, as her daughter, Wendi, son-in-law, Mike, and caregiver, Carol, held her hand. The chorus of Hallelujah played in the background. Family will receive friends Thursday, Dec. 6, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m., at Assembly of God Church in Glasgow, with Tom...
Sylvester "Bootie" Moran Jr., 69, of Bellingham, Wash., went to be with his Lord on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Roosevelt County, Mont. Bellingham friends are invited to join the family for a celebration of Bootie's life on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 4 to 8 p,m., at the Squalicum Boathouse in Bellingham. Please bring your favorite memories and stories to share. Bootie was born on a snowy Dec. 25, 1948, to Sylvester and Susan (Azure) Moran in Roosevelt County. Bootie spent his...
Henry “Hank” Clampitt, 82, a longtime Valley County resident, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in Glasgow, Mont. No services are planned at this time, but a Celebration of Life will be held in the spring. Hank was born at home, across the river in McCone County on Jan. 11, 1936, to Fletcher Richard and Frances (Bartch) Clampitt. There he lived with his four brothers and five sisters. Their days were spent chopping wood, getting water for the log cab...
Anthony R. D. Curley, 71, of Nashua, Mont., passed away Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, in Glasgow, Mont. Family will receive friends on Friday, Dec. 7, at 5 p.m. at Bell Mortuary. Burial with military honors will take place on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 10 a.m., at the Nashua Cemetery. A Requiem Mass will be held following the burial at The Monastery in Nashua, with The Most Reverend Abbott Martin Andrew officiating. He was born July 1, 1947, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Mr. Edmund Curley and Mary Eileen Pope. He...
Marilyn L. Dykstra, 88, passed away in the afternoon, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at the Missoula Manor in Missoula. Brothers Mortuary and Crematory are honored to care for the family. Services will be held in the spring in Glasgow. Full obituary will follow....
June Marie (Kopp) Myhre, 80, passed away at Josie Harper Hospice House in Omaha, Neb., on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, in her daughter, Judi's arms, with her grand-dog, Stella, by her side. A Celebration of Life will be held at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, Neb,. at 10 a.m., on Dec. 8. She was born on June 20, 1938, in Kathryn, N.D. As a child June was active and happy. She was diagnosed with diabetes at age 16. She loved spending time with her six siblings on the farm until her dad, Carl Kopp,...
