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A memorial service for Mark Jakanoski will be on Friday, May 10, 11 a.m., at Bell Mortuary....
Roy Lee Wetzel, age 88, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Monday, April 22, 2019, at Valley View Home. Roy's family will receive friends at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow on Friday, April 26, from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at First Lutheran Church, Glasgow. Burial will follow at Glasgow Highland Cemetery. The reception will be held back at the Lutheran church following interment. Roy was born in Malta, Mont., Sept. 3, 1930, to his parents, Ernest and Theresa...
Duree N. (Squires) Hopper, 78, passed away at her home on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Services will be at a later date....
James "Jim" Farstad, 95, passed away on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at Hi-Line Retirement Center, in Malta, Mont. Memorial services will be Saturday, April 20, at Malta Lutheran Church at 11 a.m. Jim was born Dec. 21, 1923, to Pedar and Julia Farstad in North Dakota. He attended school there and then spent nearly two years in the U.S. Navy where he served on a PT boat in the Pacific. He married the love of his life, Dagmar Hjelmstad, and they were blessed with two children, Deanna and James Jr....
Marion Warren, of Nashua, Mont., passed away at Valley View Home, in Glasgow, Mont., on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at the age of 97. Services will be held 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 20 at the Bell Mortuary, Glasgow. Burial will follow at the Nashua Cemetery in Nashua. Condolences may be left at www.bellmortuarymontana.com....
Dale Rodger Enebo passed away Monday, April 15. Services will take place Saturday, April 20, 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, in Glasgow, Mont. A full obituary will be in next week's (April 24) issue of the Glasgow Courier....
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at 5:30 p.m., Emma "Boots" (Dubois) Wallette passed peacefully from this earth in her sleep. She had her family around her while listening to gospel music, which was her favorite. Boots was 93 years old. Emma asked to be cremated and interred with her husband Martin in the Veteran's Circle in the Greenwood Cemetery in Wolf Point, Mont. There will be a graveside service on Saturday, Aug. 3, which would have been their 71st wedding anniversary. A small get together...
Shirley M. (Troll) Bundy, 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Mother was not fond of cold weather, so services and interment at Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, Mont., will be held this coming summer. She was born Oct. 6, 1927, in Sherwood, N.D., to Hulda and Cyracus Troll. She spent her childhood years in Glasgow, and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1945. Shirley attended the University of Montana where she pursued a degree in education. She was very proud of her...
Duanne Stellflug, longtime resident of Opheim, Mont., passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019. A memorial service will be held in Billings, Mont., Thursday, June 13, as well as a service in Opheim, Saturday, June 22. Inurnment will be at the Opheim Cemetery. He was born in Opheim on Sept. 16, 1941, to Joe and Jeanette Stellflug. He attended school in Opheim and graduated in 1959. Duanne enlisted in the army after high school, and served in Frankfurt, Germany, as a communications operator. After...
Vicki Renee Forbus, 48, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away peacefully at her home with her dog, Missy, loyally by her side. She was born May 23, 1970, in Merrian, Kan., to Karen (Brooks) and Euell Forbus Jr. Vicki spent most of her childhood years in her family home. The family moved frequently, as Euell's job required them to relocate often. In the late 1970s, the family relocated to eastern Montana, and Vicki received her education through the Miles City School System, finishing her education in...
Michael "Mike" G. O'Connor, 72, reunited with his loving wife on Monday, March 25, 2019. A celebration of life will be held Friday, April 5, at 2 p.m., at the Fort Benton High School Gymnasium, 1820 Washington St., Great Falls, Mont. Mike was not one for formal attire so please feel free to wear your favorite Montana sports apparel in his honor. A private burial for family will occur at a later date. Mike was born in Great Falls on July 30, 1946, to Loren "Larry" O'Connor and Helen (Larson)...
Terry "T.Y." Edward Young died peacefully the morning of Friday, March 22, 2019, at his home in Glasgow, Mont., 13 days after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Though his illness was sudden and shocking, his struggle was mercifully short and with minimal pain. He was 76 years old. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 29, at the Valley Event Center in Glasgow with Pastor Bonnie Novak officiating. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. A reception will be at the...
Robert "Bob" Bushman passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Bob was born March 30, 1924, in Wolf Point, Mont. The eldest of 10 children, he was born to Thomas and Victoria Beauchman. Bob and siblings were raised and went to school in Wolf Point. He worked doing miscellaneous jobs around Bainville, Wolf Point, Frazer and Poplar, until May 21, 1943, when he enlisted into the Army as a Private 1st Class for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II...
Joseph George Hariper Jr., 76, Coleharbor, N.D., passed away at Sanford Health in Bismarck, N.D., Friday, March 15, 2019, with family by his side. Joe had decided late in his battle with Myelofibrosis, a rare disease, that he would donate his body to the Deeded Body Program at the UND School of Medicine. It took a lot longer than expected, but, Joe is finally going to college. Joe was born Oct. 4, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Joseph George and Regina Ann (Skerl) Hariper. He was a proud 1960 grad...
Shirley Marie (Engstrom) Fuhrman, 88, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, Mont., with Pastor Todd Wright officiating. A visitation was held with family and friends from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Food was served at the First Lutheran Church following graveside services at Highland...
On Thursday, March 7, 2019, Milton Barstad decided to quit fighting Alzheimer's disease. After struggling on his admittance to FMDH, he settled down for a relaxing day of family visitations and then just drifted off peacefully. Milton Ingvar Barstad, age 78, was born in Glasgow, Mont., at FMDH on April 16, 1940, to Ingvar Barstad and Myrtle (Paulson) Barstad. He went to school in Glasgow and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1958. After high school Milton worked on the runway at the Glasgow...
Matthew Levi Ersland, age 51, passed on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral service will be in Nashua, Mont., at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Thursday, March 21, 11 a.m., with a luncheon following with burial in the Nashua Cemetery....
With deepest sorrow, we announce that Matthew Levi Ersland, age 51, passed on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral service will be in Nashua, Mont., at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Thursday, March 21, 11 a.m., with a luncheon following with burial in the Nashua Cemetery. A hug, a handshake, and "My name is Matthew and my birthday is Sept. 3rd" was how most people will remember being greeted by Matthew. He was the son of...
Rita Mae (Stein) Zeller, age 71, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, from a brief battle with cancer. She was born on Sept. 1, 1947, in Glasgow, the daughter of Raymond and Anna Mae (Zimmer) Stein. She grew up on a small farm east of Glasgow on the Fort Peck Highway and later moved to town. Rita attended St. Raphael's Catholic School and graduated from Glasgow High School in May of 1966. She moved up north to help her Uncle Leo and Aunt Dorothy Zimmer with the children...
Anna "Mae" (Brookes) Tootell, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 16, with her grandson Patrick by her side. She was 92. She was born on May 22, 1926, in Chestnut, Mont. She was the third of five children born to Elizabeth (Maykuth) and James Brookes. In Chestnut, she lived the childhood that most can only dream of surrounded by her aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. Family meant the world to Mae. She...
Shirley Marie (Engstrom) Fuhrman, 88, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, Mont., with Pastor Todd Wright officiating. A visitation will be held with family and friends from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Food will be served at the First Lutheran Church following graveside services at...
On Friday, March 8, 2019, Jay G. Conlon (aka Uncle Jay), 73, passed away at his home of natural causes. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 16, at 10 a.m. in the Hillcrest Mausoleum Chapel in Great Falls, Mont., with a luncheon to follow at Schneider Funeral Home, 1510 13th Street South, Great Falls. He was born Feb. 1, 1946, to Dorothy R. (Verry) and Glenn M. Conlon in Saco, Mont., and always said he'd be six feet tall if it weren't for the mosquitoes. He gradated from Saco High...
Milton I. Barstad passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019. Services will be held Thursday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the Valley County Museum, Alzheimers research of your choice or the swimming pool....
Patricia Jane (Hill) Brunelle, 71, of Glasgow, Mont., went to be with the Lord, Saturday March 2, 2019. There will be a celebration of Pat's life on Sunday, March 10, from 1-3 p.m., at the Cottonwood Inn and Suites, in Glasgow. She was born April 3, 1947, in Saint Paul, Minn., the daughter of Fred E. and Viola E. (Kiihbaugh) Hill. She was baptized at Lutheran Memorial Church in South Saint Paul. She was raised in South St. Paul, Cannon Falls, and Cottage Grove and she graduated from Park Senior...
Alice May Hinerman, 88, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away peacefully at the Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point, Mont., on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. By her request no services are planned. She was born on May 21, 1930, at the family home near Larslan, Mont., to William Ray Hinerman Sr. and Anna (Garbe) Hinerman. She grew up on the family farm, attended school in the one-room schoolhouses at Harmony and Larslan, graduating from Nashua High School in 1948. She attended Montana State College in Bozeman,...
