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Sarah (Russell) Etchart, age 70, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 5, 2018. She was born Sarah Fortune Russell on Aug. 13, 1947, in Bronxville, N.Y., to Betty and Edwin Russell, former mayor of Bronxville, senior partner in the Brooklyn law firm of Cullen & Dykman, and president of the New York State Bar Association. A New York debutante, she graduated from Bronxville High School in 1965 and went on to attend Bradford Junior College in Haverfill, Mass. After spending her summers waitressin...
Leon Palmer Bergan, 85, of Great Falls, Mont., passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018. He was born on Sept. 25, 1932, in Scobey, Mont., to Palmer and Lydia Bergan. He joined the United States Navy and served during the Korean War, he then served for 33 years in civil service. He was a member of the Elks, Eagles, VFW, Moose and Senior Citizens' Center. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, float trips, packing into the Bob Marshall Wilderness, pool, cards, camping, getting firewood and...
Brian Corey Jensen, 50, of Great Falls, Mont., left his earthly bounds on Saturday, March 3, 2018, to join our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services will be announced at a later date. He was born in Plentywood, Mont., to Truels and Angeline Jensen on Oct. 29, 1967. He attended school at Opheim and Northern Montana College. He managed the Farmers Union Grain in Opheim, and while working there on July 31, 1997, he sustained a life-changing injury which he overcame. He was the type of person that...
Dolores M. Brown passed away peacefully at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont., on Friday, March 2, 2018. She was 73 years old. She leaves behind three children, Gordon Brown II and his wife, Brigitte, of Billings, Samantha (Brown) Floyd and her husband, Bruce, of Opheim, and Cassia (Brown) Ruiz and her husband, Joe, of Lancaster, Pa. Services will be later this summer as Dolores’ daughter, Cassia, is currently supporting her daughter Sophia as she undergoes cancer treatments. A full obituary will be posted at a later d...
Gay Marie (Minnerath) Anderson, 68, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service and inurnment will take place in the Saco Cemetery at a date and time to be determined and announced. She was born to Raymond and Ida (Fjeldheim) Minnerath on April 7, 1949, in Glasgow, Mont. She attended school in Saco until she was in the seventh grade when her family moved to Glasgow. Here she spent the rest of her school...
Bonnie Rae (Britzman) Billing passed away Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, after complications from knee replacement surgery. No services are planned at this time. She has been cremated and her wishes were for her ashes to be buried in the two places she loved - Texas and Glasgow. Ben will be up when the weather warms up and there will be a celebration of her life then. She was born July 15, 1953, in Glasgow, Mont., the daughter of Carl and Tillie Britzman. She grew up on the family farm south of...
Kenneth T. Floyd of Opheim, age 90, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont., surrounded by his most valuable treasures - his family. An open visitation will be held Tuesday afternoon, March 6, at Bell Mortuary. A visitation will also be held in Opheim on Wednesday, March 7, at 10 a.m. at the Community Church with funeral services at 11 a.m., followed by burial in the Lawndale Cemetery in Opheim. He was born Aug. 20, 1927, to Gilbert and...
Our beloved Father, Grandfather and Brother, Clarence George, age 82, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Glasgow, Mont., on March 3, 2018. He always had a great sense of humor and had more to add to every story. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 10, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow with Pastor Todd Wright officiating, followed by a luncheon. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery following the luncheon. Condolences may be left at...
On Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, the "barefoot boat mechanic" from Fort Peck Marina went to his last best Walleye spot on the lake and took all his fishing secrets with him. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. There will be a celebration of Les' life at a later date. Clinton "Les" Mason was born in Wolf Point, Mont., Aug. 22, 1950, to Clarence "Swede" Mason and Christine (Jackson) Mason. He grew up in Fort Peck, attending school there and in...
Arnold Louis Anderson, 86, of Opheim, Mont., passed away at the Billings Clinic after a short illness and surgery on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. He was born June 28, 1931, on the family homestead in Valley County, south of Opheim. He was the youngest of four children born to Daniel G. and Anna Anderson. His father passed away when he was 9 years old, and he and his siblings helped their mother keep the farm solvent through difficult years. He graduated from Opheim High School in 1949. In 1952,...
Seneca, S.C.- James "Jim" Arthur Parke, 72, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. A memorial service will be planned to celebrate his life. Jim was born to Audrey and Arthur Parke in Glasgow, Mont., on Nov. 18, 1945. During his childhood, he was active with the Boy Scouts and earned the Eagle Scout Award. He was a 1964 graduate of Glasgow High School where he was co-captain of the football team and the Montana governor of Key Club. He then attended Concordia College in Moorhead,...
Donna Dolores (Skotland) Ogrinc passed away Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at the age of 92 at the Mat-Su Regional Center in Palmer, Alaska, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be celebrated Friday, March 2, at 1 p.m. at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow with Father Jose officiating, followed by burial at the Glasgow Highland Cemetery. She was born Oct. 8, 1925, to Mahlon and Rose Skotland in Willow City, N.D., and raised in New Rockford, N.D. She graduated from college in...
Myron J. Stratton, age 90, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Billings, Mont. Burial will be at a later date in Lewistown, Mont., where he will be laid to rest with his family. He was born Jan. 3, 1928, in Moore, Mont. He was one of seven siblings, the son of Myron Oscar Stratton and Blanche Marie, (Blackman) Stratton. He attended two years of high school and then enlisted in the Navy in July of 1945 at the age of 17. He was honorably discharged as a Seaman Second Class in August of...
Eugene "Al" Martin, 85, of Glasgow, Mont. passed away Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 at Valley View Home. A rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 at St. Raphael's Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 at 10 a.m. at St. Raphael's Catholic Church with celebrant Father Jose Villiparambil. Inurnment will take place at Highland Cemetery following the service. A luncheon will be held at the St. Raphael's Parish Center following inurnment. He...
Robert Eugene Fuhrman passed away on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at Chaplaincy Hospice in Kennewick, Wash., surrounded by friends, family and his wife of 53 years, Patricia. Robert "Bob" was born Feb. 16, 1941, at Fort Lewis, Wash. He moved to Montana at about age 3, where he grew up on the family farm/ranch near Opheim. He pursued his love of agriculture and nature in his career in equipment sales management as well as in his personal life, volunteering at Sacajawea State Park, and camping and...
Michael L. Luse, 72, passed on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. He was born in Glasgow, Mont. on Feb. 3, 1946, to the late Walter R. and Eva M. (Foust) Luse. After graduating from high school, he left Montana to serve the United States Navy as a ships cook and was stationed on the East Coast. At the end of his service, he settled in Massachusetts, working in the shipyards before beginning his career as a welder with General Electric in Lynn, Mass., where he recently retired from after 40 years. Michael,...
Terrace Kennedy Cole passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Great Falls, Mont. Services will be held at a later date. He was born on Nov. 18, 1960, the oldest of seven children. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1979, when he was hired on with BNSF and worked out of Shelby, Cut Bank, Havre, Glasgow and Wolf Point calling crews. His greatest joy was his siblings and nieces and nephews. He was a very kindhearted, loving soul. He would help anyone who asked, and he chatted with friends...
William R. “Bill” Grant, 80, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Portland, Ore. He was born July 1, 1937, in Glasgow and was a 1955 graduate of Glasgow High School. He served four years in the U.S. Navy. Home on leave from Basic Training, he married Helen Rusher in July 1956. Following the service, he was employed by the Corps of Engineers at Fort Peck and moved to Oregon in 1970, where the family has since lived. Immediate survivors include his wife, Helen; two sons, Larry and James; and daughter, Valree, all of Oregon. Two grandchildren als...
Jeanette E. Forest, 81, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Monday, February 19, 2018. Services are pending at this time....
Florence Morey, 94, passed away due to natural causes on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at Big Sandy Medical Center. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held this summer in Opheim. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Florence’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com....
Robert "Bob" Gilluly passed away of natural causes in Anaconda, Mont. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 at the age of 84. A celebration of life will be held for Bob in late of June of 2018 in the Bitterroot Valley. For more details, please email [email protected]. Born in Glasgow in 1933, Bob graduated from Glasgow High School in 1951. He then attended the University of Montana from 1951-1952 before he was drafted in the United States Army in February of 1953. He served at Ft. Lewis, in...
Deborah Jo (Spilllum) Fogle, age 54, of Wolf Point, Mont., passed away Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at the Billings Clinic Hospital after a courageous and hard-fought battle against gastric cancer. A visitation will be held on Thursday, Feb. 15, with family receiving friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. A prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m., and will be followed by an open sharing time of our stories with Debbie. Friday, Feb. 16, a visitation with family receiving...
Fred William Cool, age 90, passed away at Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, Wash., from a head injury. He peacefully joined his Lord and Savior on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. A cremation has taken place and a memorial service will follow at a later date in Glasgow, Mont. Fred was born in Larslan, Mont., on Nov. 12, 1927, to Frederick and Ruth (Borum) Cool. He attended Harmony Grade School in Larslan and graduated from Glasgow High School. He attended college at North Central Bible College...
After a long, fearless fight battling ovarian, uterus, blood and bone cancer, Josephine "Jo" Marie (Lauckner) Dorsey, age 54, passed away peacefully in her home at Morning Star Senior Living on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at 6:45 p.m., surrounded by her family's love. She was blessed by many incredible medical caregivers who walked with her providing support and overall care during this time. Although we will miss her dearly, we know her cheerful spirit will always walk among us. Visitation will be...
Joseph David “JD” Barnett left us to be with our Lord Jesus on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, in Manhattan, Gallatin County, Mont., at the age of 93. He was born Oct. 26, 1924, to Thomas and Dola (Martin) Barnett, in Gallatin County, Ill., the oldest of six children. He served his country in the U.S. Navy (Pacific Theater) during WWII and the Army during the Korean War. Following his military service, he moved to Evansville, Ind. There, he met his wife of 64 years, Vera Jane Padgett Barnett. Two children were born to this union, Jarita Blythe and Ruey...
