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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Harold L. "Nibbs" Frazier, 76, passed away on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, at his home in Shelby, Mont. He was born on Sept. 10, 1941, in Wolf Point, Mont., to Harold W. and Mabel (Smith) Frazier. He grew up on his folk's farm and was a cowboy, farmer and rancher. He raised cattle and horses and grew wheat in Hungry Creek in McCone County until 1957. He later moved on and worked in farming and interstate construction. He loved to be outdoors and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He will be greatly missed....
Lois Therese (Carlson) Grobel, age 87, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. At Lois' direction, there will not be a public service. There will be a memorial reception at the Cottonwood Inn on Tuesday, Nov. 14, beginning at 3 p.m. She was born July 16, 1930, in the Asbury Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn., the youngest child of Richard and Alvina Carlson. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, and on Jan. 22, 1949, married Lynn D. Grobel after he completed service with the 82nd Airborne....
Donna Jeannine Cotter, born Sept. 6, 1936, to Bob and Edna (Dodson) Cotter of Malta, Mont., and later of Glasgow, Mont., peacefully passed away at Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point, Mont., on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Preceding her in death are her parents, Edna and Bob Cotter; and a brother, Jerry Cotter. Survivors include one brother, Jim Cotter of Watauga, Texas; a sister-in-law, Margaret Jobe of Fort Worth, Texas; four children Debra Greenwood and her husband, Steve, of Wolf Point, Kimberly...
Steven DeYoung, age 49, passed away unexpectedly at his residence by Tiger Butte, near Glasgow, Mont., on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. He was born on Aug. 3, 1968, in Chicago Heights, Ill., to Robert and Shirley (Dykema) DeYoung. His family moved to Bozeman where he received his education and graduated from Bozeman High School in 1987. He always had a passion for engines and motorsports, including dirt bikes and snowmobiles. He met his future wife, Diana Lynn Guttenberg, through a mutual friend in...
Bernice M. (Lohman) Barrett, age 90, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont. She was born on June 28, 1927, in Marion, N.D., to Bennie and Erma Lohman, as the oldest of three girls. She graduated from Malta High School in 1946. She married Hank Morgan on Nov. 28, 1946. He passed away from a fatal car accident on July 4, 1950. She married Bernard Boreson on March 25, 1952. They lived on the Boreson farm in Tampico, west of Glasgow. There they raised two...
Darlene H. (Helmbrecht) Johnson, age 85, passed away Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Billings, Mont. A graveside service will be held Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Fort Peck Cemetery with a gathering after at the Fish Hatchery in Fort Peck. She was born April 29, 1932, in Henning, Minn., to Ace and Selma Helmbrecht. She was one of 14 children. On July 4, 1949, she married Joe Johnson. They lived in Brockton where they farmed until they moved to Fort Peck in 1972. She moved to Billings in her later years, living at the Pleasant View Apartments, where she...
Audrey Hester Kjensrud, age 96, passed away Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Enumclaw, Wash. She was born Aug. 23, 1921, in Nashua, Mont., to Burr and Maime Barnes. She had 10 siblings and is survived by one sister, Betty O'tremba. She married Howard Kjensrud and moved to Frazer, where they became wheat and cattle farmers. They had two children, Gary Kjensrud and Beverly Rubin. She was a devoted mother to her children and tremendous support to her husband. While in Frazer, she was an active member of...
Sharon Marie (Hebbelman) Lux, age 79, of Billings, Mont., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Billings. She was born to the late Rudy and Gladys Hebbelman on May 18, 1938. She attended North Fork Elementary School and Chinook High School. On Aug. 31, 1958, she married her husband of 42 years, the late Ronald Lux. Family and friends were her light and joy. She was a hostess at heart and often...
Diana Annette (Moore) Bruce passed away peacefully Sunday morning, Oct. 1, 2017, at the age of 92. She was born Nov. 8, 1924, in North Dakota, a daughter of Grant and Edla Moore. Her family moved to Glasgow, Mont., where her father was the Methodist minister. She attended college at Montana State University. She met Kenneth Bruce when he returned from his service in the Army Air Corps during WWII. She said it was love at first sight. Her father officiated their marriage ceremony on Sept. 14, 194...
Donald Eugene Cobb joined our Lord and Savior Monday morning, Sept. 25, 2017, at the University of Washington Medical Center at the age of 71 years. He was born on April 13, 1946, to Pauline and Richard Cobb, in Billings, Mont. As a child, his family moved to Glasgow, where he was raised and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1964. He attended the College of Great Falls, worked at Stanford University in the computer programming department and served in the Air National Guard out of Montana...
Sarah Charlotte Alma (Emanuelson) Bryant, 95, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Glasgow, Mont. She was born Sept. 28, 1922, to Swedish immigrants Henning and Ada Emanuelson, the youngest of six children. She was born on the family homestead 16 miles east of Malta. She attended school in the small railroad town of Bowdoin, Mont. When that school closed, she finished her schooling in Saco, where she made many friends. While attending school, she made her...
Franklin R. Partridge, 65, passed away at his home in Chinook on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Frank wishes to invite all his family and friends to a celebration of life at The Palace Bar in Havre at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28. The last round is on Frank. He was born in Glasgow, Mont., to Richard "Pat" and Ethel Partridge on Oct. 30, 1951. He was a 1969 graduate of Glasgow High School. During his 65 years of life, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and golf with his friends and family and I...
Steven Deyoung, age 48, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at his home. A visitation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 12, at Bell Mortuary from 5-7 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. at Bell Mortuary. A full obituary will follow in next week’s paper....
Margaret Elaine (Newton) Etchart passed to her Heavenly Home Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, with her husband, Gene, at her side, just short of her 96th birthday. She was born in Hobson, Mont., Oct. 23, 1921. She was the eldest of William "Bill" and Annie McClellan Newton's four children, arriving ahead of brothers Kenny and Dean and sister Donna. The Newton family spent their early years in Hobson where Bill had mail routes and developed a trucking business, hauling dirt and aggregate as highways...
Gerald "Joe" Lee Alden passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at the Advanced Care Hospital of Montana in Billings, Mont. A visitation will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 3, with family receiving friends from 5-7 p.m. at the Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. His funeral service will be on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the Evangelical Church in Glasgow, with burial to follow at the Highland Cemetery. A luncheon will follow burial back at the Evangelical Church. He was born to Straud and Lenore...
Walter William Niehoff, 90, died on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. He was born in Opheim, Mont., in 1927. He was the youngest of four children born to William and Mary Niehoff. He graduated in 1944 in Opheim. After graduation, he served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Upon leaving the military, he returned to the family farm in Glentana. He met the love of his life, Martha Marsh, in Seattle, Wash., where they were married in 1952. They then resided on the family farm until 1960. At that time they moved...
John W. McLeod, age 48, of Opheim, Mont., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in the wonderful care of the staff of Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. He fought a brave battle against an aggressive form of lung cancer. A memorial service will be held to remember John's life at the Opheim School on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. He was born on June 18, 1969, to Bill and Pat (Duffy) McLeod in Seattle, Wash. He grew up in the shadows of the Cascade Range and had many great memories...
Imojean (Fuhrman) Helgeson passed away peacefully of natural causes at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at the age of 89. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5, at 1 p.m., at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, followed by burial at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born Sept. 12, 1928, one of five daughters born to Kon C. and Emma (Miller) Fuhrman. She was raised in the small community called Baylor, located south of...
H. James Belcher relocated to live in heaven Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. He was born in Devils Lake, N.D., on Aug. 20, 1944, to Harold and Selma (Lee) Belcher. He grew up with seven sisters and one brother on a farm near Fort Totten, N.D. He graduated from Sheyenne, N.D. in 1962. He then attended Oak Hills Bible Institute in Minnesota and the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. A drafted Vietnam era veteran, he was a chaplain's assistant in Okinawa. He married Sheryl Kunkel in 1970 in...
Roger Allen Davis Sr., 77, passed away on Sunday evening, Sept. 17, 2017, at his residence in St. Marie, Mont. He was born Oct. 18, 1939, in Chicago, Ill., to Fredrick and Eleanor (Rieske) Davis. He grew up in Rockford, Ill., with his younger sister, Sharon Davis-Grimmett and his brother, Terry Davis. He joined the Air Force in 1956 at the age of 17. He spent his career teaching in the Physiological Training Unit. He was an instructor for student pilots in teaching simulated flying. He also...
Travis Lee Fuhrman, 53, of Long Beach, Calif., left our world on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 3 p.m. at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, with a reception immediately following at 4 p.m. at the Elks Club in Glasgow. The family asks that everyone wear a bright colored shirt and/or jeans to the service to pay tribute to Travis's love of bright colors. His favorite color was purple. He was born Dec. 16, 1963, in Glasgow,...
On Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at the age of 79, our beloved "Babe" left this world, surrounded by his children and friends, to be with his high school sweetheart, Darlene. Gerald Paul "Babe" Monson was born on Nov. 5, 1938, in Rothsay, Minn. He was the sixth child of Julian Monson and Effie Halbakken. Shortly after his birth, the name Gerald Paul was dropped, and he became known as "Babe." He was baptized Nov. 30, 1938, and was confirmed on May 24, 1953, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow....
Meredith Shirley (Geer) Kummerfeldt passed away of natural causes Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at Valley View at the age of 95. She was the second of twins, born Sept. 18, 1921, near New London, Minn., to Henry and Jennie (Price) Geer. At the age of 13, she and her family moved from their Minnesota farm to Park Grove, Mont., where her father worked for the Army Corp of Engineers, building the Fort Peck Dam. She graduated from Nashua High School in 1939, then attended Deaconess School of Nursing in...
Lonnie James Moran, 68, from Orem, Utah, passed away with his family by his side on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Browning, Mont., on Feb. 2, 1949, to Roger John Moran and Imelda Marie (Johnson) Moran. The family moved to Glasgow, Mont., where he grew up and attended St. Raphael's Catholic School. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1968. He was a US Army veteran who served in Vietnam from 1970-71. After returning, he worked at the Rocky Mountain...
Ollie Merleen (Tweeden) Armstrong passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont. The family will hold a celebration of Ollie's life in Washington state at a later date. She was born June 24, 1925, the only child of Amos and Ethel Tweeden in Tacoma, Wash. She was raised in Spanaway, and attended Spanaway Elementary School. She spent much of her childhood at the home of her grandparents, Spanaway pioneers Chris and Nettie Turner. Her parents had a gas...
