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Charles "Charlie" Henry Frost, 87, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Funeral Services will be celebrated Monday, Feb. 27, at 1:30 p.m., at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow. He was born June 10, 1929, to parents Henry M. and Josephine (Klein) Frost in Dubuque, Iowa, and was the youngest of four children. He attended St. Anthony's Catholic School in Dubuque before joining the United States Marines in 1951. He served three years in the Marines, part of that time in...
Ray Hanel, Jr., 69, of Great Falls, Mont., peacefully passed away at Peace Hospice on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. Cremation has been entrusted to Croxford Funeral Home. A Graveside Service will be held on Friday, June 16, at 1 p.m., at Hill County Cemetery in Havre. A BBQ for family and friends will be held the following day. He was born in Glasgow, Mont., to Ray and Evelyn Hanel. He entered the military and served his country in Vietnam. He retired from the government and went on to receive a...
Ronald Peter Stein,75, of Nashua, Mont., passed away Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. A memorial service was held on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Bell Mortuary. Condolences may be left at bellmortuarymontana.com....
JoAnn (Pluhar) Zaborowski, age 67, of St. Marie, Mont., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Billings, Mont., from complications following surgery. The family has asked her funeral remain a private family service. She was born on Sept. 28, 1949, in Great Falls, Mont., to Leonard Charles and Betty Yvonne (Garlock) Pluhar. She grew up on the family ranch near Cohagen, Mont., and attended the Pluhar School just one fourth of a mile from the house, with her uncle, Art Pluhar, being one of her...
June Arline (Nelson) Cotter, 90, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away peacefully in Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Bell Mortuary is assisting the family and services will be held at a later date. She was born to Helga Nelson and Roy Hanson in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 9, 1926. She lived with her grandmother, Johanna Nelson, in Robbinsdale, Minn., until she was nine years old, at which time she moved to Glasgow with her mother, Helga “Bobbi” Maxwell, and stepfather, Clegg Maxwell. She...
Gaylord Wayne Miner, age 87, passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at Daniels Memorial Hospital in Scobey, Mont. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Scobey Lutheran Church, with Pastor Paul Landeraaen officiating. Pallbearers will be David Solberg, Russell Miner, Brian Halverson, Bruce Dighans, Bruce Fladager and Raymond Belling. Music will be provided by Bev Lund and Jeannie Miner. He was born Sept., 26, 1929, in the Ossette Community to Nettie Ossette Sterner Miner and...
Long time Valley County resident Mary Ann (Clowes) Moen, 93, passed away on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, from natural causes in Fargo, N.D., with her daughter, Ruth, by her side. A Celebration of Life will be held at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow on Wednesday, March 8, at 11 a.m. She was born on Feb. 18, 1923, in Polson, Mont., to Homer and Ruth (Biddle) Clowes. The family returned to Glasgow when she was a toddler and there she remained except for the last year of her life. She lived through...
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, the clouds parted above the plains of eastern Montana and golden moonlight bathed an abandoned sod-roofed homesteader's cabin. For just a brief moment the winds stopped and the prairie stilled to listen to a young girl's laughter from long, long ago. In the quiet of a winter night, a Montana prairie girl had returned home. A memorial service for Elizabeth "Betty" (Watson) Drummond, 89, will be held at the Bozeman United Methodist Church on...
Jeffrey Howard Banfield Alexander, 36, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016, at the University of Utah Burn Center after a house explosion in Glasgow, Mont., Friday, June 10, 2016. He was born to Charlene Alexander and Howard Banfield Jan. 12, 1980, in Marion, Ohio. He joined the Army as an infantryman and deployed with the 172nd Stryker Brigade to Mosul, Iraq. He married Stephanie on R&R during deployment and was then extended and sent to Baghdad for four more months. After their first child was born, he joined the Navy as a cryptologic...
After courageously living with Fascioscapulohumeral (FSH) Muscular Dystrophy, Robert Adam Martinson, 29, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at his home surrounded by family and friends. A celebration of his amazing life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 S. Ammon Road, Ammon, Idaho. The family will visit with friends from 9:30–10:15 a.m. prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery in I...
Janice Ailene (Miller) Catt, 79, died peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at Peace Health St. John Medical Center in Longview, Wash. She was born Sept. 4, 1937, in Glasgow, Mont., the daughter of Julian and Evelyn Miller. She spent her childhood in Glasgow and met and married Gary Arlen Catt, Sr. from Fort Peck, Mont. They had four children while living in Glasgow and then moved to Vancouver, Wash., where they had their fifth child. She graduated an honor student and a Scottie from Glasgow Hig...
Audrey E. Smith, age 93, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. A viewing will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16, with family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m., at the Bell Mortuary. Services will be Friday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m., at the First Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow A full obituary will be printed next week....
Nina Iris Cook Nina Iris (Murray) Cook, 85, passed away Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. She was born March 24, 1931, at Upland, Ind., to Charles and Mary Murray. Charles was a ministerial student at Taylor University. Due to the depression years, Charles was forced to leave school. He took his small family; wife, son and newborn daughter, to Wisconsin, where they lived on his parent's farm. After the depression, he became a church builder, building church buildings and pastoring until the congregation...
On the morning of Feb. 3, 2017, at the age of 89, Lester "Swede" Earl Nickles saddled up for his last ride at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont., passing away from natural causes. He was surrounded by all his family. He was born in Glasgow at FMDH on June 20, 1927. He was the youngest of six kids, born to HJ and Lydia Nickels. Swede attended school in Nashua through the grade 9. He was unable to finish school as his father needed his help on the ranch due to the war. Despite not...
Eugene August Thievin Jr., age 81, affectionately known his entire life as "Bud," passed away on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at his home in Scobey, Mont., after a long battle with cancer. Inurnment will take place in the summer. The youngest of six children of Eugene Sr. and Jeanne (St. Germaine) Thievin, he was born on Oct. 17, 1935, in the Carbert community north of Peerless, where his family farmed until he was 7 years old. The Thievin family then moved to the present, and now fourth-generation...
Jane (Cole) Southland, 95, passed away Jan. 30, 2017 at the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood, Mont. She was born Nov. 19, 1921, to Elmer and Nana (Porter) Cole at the family farm in Daleview, Mont. She graduated from Whitetail High School and attended college in Dillon, Mont., where she received her teaching degree. On March 3, 1943, Jane married Reginald Southland of Whitetail. They lived in Whitetail, where they maintained the family farm and raised three children. In 1960, she...
Jean L. Watts, 70, of Saint Marie, Mont., passed away in Miles City, Mont., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Bell Mortuary is assisting the family and services will be held at a later date. She was born in Wahoo, Neb., to William and Lois (Tennant) Cooper, on May 18, 1946. She married Walter Watts in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 9, 1989. The couple later retired to Saint Marie in 1992. She was an active member of DAR. She liked to bake and sew but her passion was painting. The true loves of her life were...
Mary Helen (Ruud) Bakken, age 70, went to be with Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. She passed away due to complications from lung cancer. Services will be in Havre on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 1 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, with an additional service and burial at Pleasant Prairie Church, south of Flaxville, Mont., on Monday, Jan. 30, at 11 a.m. She was born in Scobey, Mont., on Feb. 20, 1946, to Carl and Laura Ruud, and raised on the family farm homestead south of Flaxville, Mont. She graduated...
Hazel M. (Bucher) Granger, 80, passed away peacefully at her home in Glasgow, Mont. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, with her family surrounding her. She was born on June 21, 1936 to Steven and Helen Bucher at the family homestead in Ferdig, Mont. She graduated from Oilmont High School in 1954, and attended Kinman Business College in Spokane, Wash. On July 21, 1955, she married the love of her life, Earl Granger. They were blessed with two daughters, Lynn and Kathy. Earl was involved in the early...
Ruby (Conatser) Fitzgerald, 98, of Choteau, Mont., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at a local care facility. She will be entombed with her loving husband, James, at Arlington National Cemetery later in the Spring. She was born on Feb. 27, 1918, in Glasgow, Mont., to William J. Conatser and Mercedes (Hibbett) Conatser. She was raised on a farm at Tampico, near Glasgow. She was very proud of her Montana heritage and the diverse cultures of the area. Her Native American name given to her by a friend of the family was “Born By The R...
Grace Adeline Squires spent her life preparing to meet her Lord and Savior. She left this world peacefully on Tuesday morning, Dec. 20, 2016, to do just that. A memorial service will be held in Glentana in June of 2017. She was born on May 13, 1929, in Glasgow, Mont., to Harry and Pansie (Phelps) Squires. She was the seventh of 11 children who grew up on a farm south of Opheim. After graduating from Opheim High School in 1947, she then entered the Sisters of Humility of Mary Convent in Ottumwa,...
Willard Tieszen, 90, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at St. John's Lutheran Home in Billings, Mont. There was a memorial service Friday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m., at the Ocee Johnson Chapel, Chapel Court, St. John's Lutheran Home, Billings. Funeral service and burial will be Friday, Jan. 20, at 11 a.m. at the Lustre Mennonite Brethren Church, with viewing at 10 a.m. at the church. He was born on July 22, 1926, in Lustre, Mont., the son of Marie (Janzen) Tieszen and Jacob P. Tieszen. He attended one-room...
Arlene Paterichia (Rennick) Knaff has passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at the age of 92 in Las Vegas, Nev. She will be laid to rest right beside her husband, Lawrence Knaff, and her best friends, Sam and Irene Allie. Memorial services are pending for this spring. She was born Arlene Paterichia Rennick in 1924 and lived in Hinsdale until she graduated from high school. She grew up on the Hi-Line and worked in the shipyards in Seattle during World War II. She lived the majority of her life in...
Joseph "Joe" Alex Foster passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at Roundup Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Time and place will be posted on the Bell Mortuary website when plans are set. He was the oldest of four children born to Russell and Loretta "Belle" Foster on March 5, 1948, in Glasgow, Mont. He lived most of his life in Glasgow, moving away for short periods of time but always returned home. He had served in the US Navy from Aug. 23, 1967, to Oct. 30,...
Lee Eblen went to be with his Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. His family thanks all those who helped, cared for, and visited Lee in the past months. He will be missed by his many friends and his family. Lee loved his family, his ranch, and his horses. He really enjoyed the many years his family competed in the rodeo arena and made many friendships throughout their travels in Montana. Growing up in Gallatin Valley, Lee was a passionate Bobcat fan. He attended...
