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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...
Charles Morgan Carlson, 81, passed away in Billings on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, from heart disease. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Fort Peck, Mont. He was born at his parent’s house on May 4, 1936, in Mountain Iron, Minn., to Dorothy (Morgan) Carlson (Johnson) and Waldemar Carlson. He grew up in Mountain Iron and graduated from Mountain Iron High in 1954. He was elected to the National Honor Society and was an outstanding football player. He also spent a lot of time trapping, fishing and deer hunting. He work...
Robert "Bob" Donald Euler, 93, a longtime resident of Waynesboro, Va., died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 at Summit Square in Waynesboro. Born Nov. 30, 1923, in Bellevue, Ohio, he was the son of the late Noah Daum and Blanche Vickery Euler. He graduated as valedictorian of his Bellevue High School class in 1941, and enrolled in Oberlin College. His studies were interrupted in 1944, when he joined the Navy V12 program to serve in the Pacific in World War II and rose to the rank of executive officer...
A graveside memorial service, arranged by Bell Mortuary, will be held Saturday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m., at the Glasgow Cemetery. Following the service, friends and family are invited to celebrate his life at the VFW from 4-6 p.m. Cap passed away on Saturday, May 13, at the age of 86....
Doris "Dolly" N. (Duncan) Starkey of Pullman, Wash., passed away Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at Bishop Place Assisted Living with her family at her side. She was 91. A family service will be held at a later date. She was born Dec. 16, 1925, in Cat Creek, Mont., to Charles K. and Thelma M. (Dobson) Duncan. She grew up and went to school in Malta, graduating there. After graduation, she moved to California for a short time, but returned to Malta to help with her brother, who was ill at the time. She...
August "Gus" A. Axtman, 86, of Maddock, N.D., passed away at the St. Aloisius Medical Center in Harvey, N.D., on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. He was born Sept. 11, 1930, to August E. and Barbara (Leboldus) Axtman in Selz, N.D. He went to a country school through the eighth grade, then continued his education at the Abbey in Richardton, N.D., graduating in 1950. He married Helen Keller on June 18, 1951, at the St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Selz. He had several occupations before he went to work at...
Opal Anna (Johnson) Buchanan of Helena, Mont., passed away Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the age of 98. She was born Sept. 3, 1918, to D. Pearl Pontius and Louis J. Johnson in Frazer, Mont. She graduated from Frazer High School in 1937, and Northern Montana College in Havre in 1939. She met Harry Buchanan while working for room and board for his aunt and uncle in Havre. She taught in several country schools in Lothair, Hingham and Fairfield prior to their marriage on Nov. 18, 1945, after Harry...
Fellow classmates of the class of 1951, word has been received of the death of George Rudberg of Boulder City, Nev., former Fort Peck resident. Condolences can be sent to The Rudberg Family, 609 Lido Drive, Boulder City, NV 89005-1116....
Terence "Terry" Scott Colbrese, 59, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017, in Glasgow. Family will receive friends on Wednesday, Aug. 16, from 6-8 p.m., at the Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. His funeral service will be Thursday, Aug. 17, at 12 p.m., at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow. Inurnment will take place at 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19, at Dawson Memorial Cemetery in Glendive. He was born Oct. 4, 1957, in Glendive to John and Joyce (Patterson) Colbrese. He graduated from...
Leith Dewayne Wimmer, age 82, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, at the Eastern Montana Veterans Home in Glendive, Mont. He was born on May 18, 1935, to Earl and Dalene (Crone) Wimmer in Scobey, Mont. He grew up in the town of Fort Peck, graduating from Glasgow High School Class of 1953. He was proud of accomplishing an Eagle Scout ranking. He was awarded a Navy ROTC scholarship, and attended Iowa State College, where he received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering...
Linda (Cook) Nybakken, 72, passed away, surrounded by family, at Hillside Health Care Center in Missoula, Mont., on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, following a long and courageous battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other health problems. She maintained an upbeat and positive attitude until the end, and as her great friend, Karen Gaskill, wrote, "Can you imagine the cleanest, purest air she is breathing right now? I am just happy for her at this moment." Family, friends, and others...
Thomas Lynn Hentz, age 62, passed away suddenly at his home in Maitland, Fla., on Monday, July 10, 2017. He was born to John and Dolores Hentz on Feb. 21, 1955, in Mount Ayr, Iowa. The Hentz family moved to Hinsdale, Mont., when Tom was young. He participated and excelled in many extracurricular activities as a student, graduating in 1973 after distinguishing himself as the school record holder in the Triple Jump, a title he held for many years as an alumnus. He continued his education,...
Clair Lou (Cusker) Brown, 59, died on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at her home in Sidney, Mont. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Sidney Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Richard Evans officiating under the direction of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Inurnment will be in the Circle Cemetery. She was born Aug. 17, 1957, to Roy Clair "Swede" and Elsie Evelina (Lingle) Cusker in Wolf Point, Mont. She was raised in northern McCone County, naturally loved to...
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Robert "Bob" Lewis Starbird, 80, passed away with his family nearby on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev. He was born on Sept. 30, 1936, in Opheim, Mont., to parents Lou and Violet Starbird. He attended all 12 years of school in Opheim and graduated in 1955. Following graduation, he served in the Navy from June of 1955 to June of 1958. In 1961, he became a member of the Opheim Officer's Association as a...
Inez Anna Viola (Andersen) Bailey, 92, died on Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Billings, Mont. Her service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 1 p.m., at the Opheim Community Church (former Lutheran Church) with Pastor Herb Sand officiating. She was the youngest daughter of Laurits and Anna (Wickburg) Andersen, born on Feb. 7, 1925, in Opheim. She was raised on her parent's farm, northwest of Opheim in the Roanwood Community. She attended Roanwood School through the fifth grade, then went to...
Aldon Charles Bergtoll, 86, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 31, 2017, at the River Stone Hospice House in Billings, Mont., from complications of a massive stroke. A brief graveside service will be held Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m., followed by a luncheon at the Senior Citizens in Glasgow. He was the the oldest son of Chas and Anna Bergtoll. He was a long-time resident of Opheim and Glasgow. He was a farmer and rancher. In his later years, he loved going to auctions and was a regular at...
August A. Axtman, 86, of Maddock, N.D., (formerly from Glasgow, Mont.) passed away at the St. Aloisius Medical Center in Harvey, N.D., on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. A visitation was held Sunday, Aug. 6, at St. Williams Catholic Church from 5-7 p.m. with a 7 p.m. vigil service. Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the St. Williams Catholic Church in Maddock, with Father Brian Bachmeier celebrating the Mass. The burial took place at the St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery in Selz, N.D. Online condolences may be left at www....
