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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Lorraine Bernice (Knopp) Zabel, 72, passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, with her loving family by her side. She was preceded in death by one son, Kelly Zabel; and Leona Cunningham (Knopp). Survivors include children, Cheryl Doris, Diane Flahaut and her husband, Rob, Kenneth Zabel and his wife, Charlene, J. Zabel and his wife, Laurie, and Tracy Hamilton and her husband, David; 18 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren; Gordon Knopp, Raymond Knopp, Linda (Knopp) Smith, Lucille...
Our loving wife and mother, Alberta Vivian 'Birdie' (Norheim) Blanton, 77, of Helena, Mont., passed to our Lord Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, surrounded by family. She passed from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was the first born to Vivian Becker and Olaf Christian Norheim in Great Falls. The Norheims also lived briefly in Townsend and Fairfield before the family moved to Glasgow, where she grew up and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1955. She and her friend, Evelyn, attended a...
Floyd Donald Daley passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at the McKenzie County Hospital in Watford City, N.D. He was born Sept. 24, 1924, in Nashua, Mont., to John and Rose (Brandt) Daley. He was raised on the Montana range and attended school at Grain. After school he worked as a sheep herder, broke wild horses, trapped, rode saddle bronc and calf roped in the rodeo, and did various ranch work. He was in the Army, and stationed in Texas, California and Korea. He was a s...
Beverly B. (Elfring) Olsen, 80, passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at Valley View Nursing Home. A Memorial services will be held Thursday, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. She was born Dec. 9, 1934, in Fort Peck, Mont., to William and Carrie (Jensen) Elfring. She was the youngest of nine children. She married George Olsen Nov. 1, 1952, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. They resided on the family farm west of Glasgow, where they raised their four children....
G. Ross Robinson, 83, an Air Force veteran and retired rancher, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, in a Billings hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1931, in Saco, the son of George G. and Ada (Korman) Robinson. He graduated from Saco High School in 1949 and continued his education at MSU in Bozeman where he obtained a bachelors' degree in Agriculture of Science in 1953 (Go Bobcats), and married June Coton. Two sons, Craig and Mike, were born to this union. After graduation, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. i...
Joseph A. Stuber, 97, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont He was born on Oct. 22, 1917, in his grandmother's house in Thoeny, Mont., the son of Albert and Dorothea (Thoeny) Stuber. He was reared on land homesteaded by his parents near Thoeny and attended "Howard School" built by his father Albert. He graduated from Hinsdale High School in 1936. He had a knack for anything mechanical and following high school he briefly attended Montana State...
Robert G. Combs, 76, passed away from natural causes on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at his home in Glasgow, Mont. He was born on Dec. 29, 1938, in Glasgow, the son of Clinton and Irene (Breikjern) Combs. He was raised in Glasgow, graduated from Glasgow High School, and served in the Montana National Guard. On Jan. 14, 1961, he married Donna Walker in Glasgow. He worked for Johnson Plumbing, was in Minot for a year, back in Glasgow at Cenex for a year, and then served on the Glasgow Police Force for...
Arnetta Ann "Pete" (Fullerton) Braaten, 82, of Glasgow, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Wolf Point, Mont. Funeral services will be held after the basketball season, per Arnetta's request. She was born on Nov. 3, 1932, in Glasgow to Herbert and Elizabeth (Jenson) Fullerton. She was one of 14 kids on the family farm southeast of Glasgow. She attended West Galpin for grades 1-6, and then graduated from Glasgow High School in 1949. She married Norris Clayton Braaten on Nov. 5, 1950, in...
Donna Lee (Squires) Etchart, 85, passed away on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, in Glasgow, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow. She was born May 3, 1929, in Baylor, Mont., to Lisle and Cecile (Turnacliff) Squires. She spent her first years growing up on the Lisle Squires farm in the Wild Rose Community near Baylor. During the depression era of 1933, the family moved to Glasgow. Lisle got a job helping constr...
Karen Leah (Gremaux) Green, 69, passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Valle Vista Healthcare in Lewistown, Mont. In honor of her wishes, there will not be a service and cremation has taken place. Her ashes will be scattered in Maui Hawaii at a later date. She was born in Lewistown, to Edward and E. Isabel (Smith) Gremaux on March 15, 1945. Survivors include three daughters, Dawna Green Rasmusan and her husband, JR, of Glasgow, Stacy Green Newby and her husband, Jim, of Worland, Wyo., and...
Elynor Irene (Bopp) Gustafson, 84, passed away from natural causes on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. There will be a memorial service held in New Salem at a later date with inurnment in the Bethel United Church of Christ Cemetery in the New Salem area. She was born to Irene Lillian Johanna (Wullschleger) Bopp and William Karl Bopp on Jan. 20, 1931, in New Salem, N.D. She grew up on the family farm and attended country school. She then attended New...
Ben Ottmar, 85, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, of natural causes in Bartlesville, Okla., after a lengthy illness. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Stumpff Funeral Home in Bartlesville. A memorial service will be held at a later date, followed by interment in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan, N.D. He was born Aug. 24, 1929, in Burt, N.D., and worked on the family farm until he joined the Army in 1948. He was honorably discharged in 1952. He worked for Northern Pacific...
Glenn L. Mason, 82, of Glasgow, Mont., died at Valley View Home in Glasgow of natural causes on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. No funeral services are pending. He was born on Dec. 22, 1932, in Souris, N.D., the son of Laura and Paul Mason. He was educated in Souris and graduated in 1951 from Wolf Point High School in Wolf Point, as an outstanding football player. He served in the Army during the Korean War 1952-1954. He enjoyed history, fishing, tied his own flies, and was an avid bicycler. He was...
Muriel "Myrt" Jeneve Hazel (Nygaard) Granrud, a former resident of Opheim, passed away of natural causes at age 88 on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Post Falls, Idaho. A memorial service will be held in May at the Opheim Lutheran Church with inurnment at Opheim Lawndale Cemetery. She was born Aug. 3, 1926, in Columbus, N.D., to Carl and Cora (Barduson) Nygaard. She was the oldest of six children and attended school at Bonsness Elementary in Burke County. She married Evan Granrud on Sept. 25, 1946,...
Scott Terence Kirkland, 40, was taken from his friends and family very tragically on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. A Celebration of Life will be held from 7-10 p.m., with words of remembrance at 8 p.m., at Lake Wilderness Lodge in Maple Valley, Wash. A memorial service for Northeast Montana will be held in Glasgow at a later date in July. He was born on April 24, 1974, in Great Falls, Mont., to Terry Kirkland and Sharon Kummerfeldt. He worked as a painter for RC Painting since 1999 and was an...
Gene Alan Morehouse, 81, passed away from natural causes on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at the Miles City Veterans' Nursing Home in Miles City, Mont. No funeral services are pending. Interment will be in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. He was born on May 2, 1933, in Hinsdale, Mont., the son of W.D. and Laimi Morehouse. He was raised in Hinsdale, and he graduated from Hinsdale High School and worked for Markle's and for H. Earl Clack in Havre. He opened D & G Sports in Glasgow with his brother,...
Velva Jeanne (Keough) Sharp, 69, passed away from natural causes on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont. No funeral services are pending. She was born on Aug. 29, 1945, in Glasgow, the daughter of Clarence and Bernice (Stowell) Keough. She was raised north of Glasgow and moved into Glasgow at a young age. On Nov. 22, 1963, she married Gerald Sharp in Glasgow. She worked at Buttrey’s, Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, Aces and 8’s, and Quick ‘N Tasty. She enjoyed putting puzzles together and playing games on the c...
Paul Charles Abern, 96, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Monday, Jan 5, 2015, at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. A private family service will be held at a later date. He was born on Jan. 16, 1918, in Granville, N.D., the son of Halsey C. and Vesta Leona (Martin) Abern. He spent his young years in North Dakota and Chicago. He and his brothers owned and operated Abern's Sheet Metal Shop in Chicago. He married Carmella (Stramaglio) Pierini Oct 2, 1948, in Chicago. They moved to...
Thomas Bryce Wallis, 93, life-long resident of Montana, an avid fisherman with many imaginative stories, and a man with a great sense of humor, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at the Phillips County Medical Center. He was born on May 7, 1921, to Minnie (Taylor) and William J. Wallis at the Garrison ranch outside of Saco. He graduated from Hinsdale High School in 1940 and married Shirley Ann Nelson of Hinsdale in 1942. He served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II and received th...
Lena (Folden) Sizer, age 100, passed away on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on Sept. 26, 1914, to Ranvig and Peder Folden. Her parents were Norwegian immigrants who homesteaded near Parshall, N.D. She was the oldest child with four brothers and a sister. She married Sam Sizer in...
Esther Elsie (Wagner) Enkerud, 83, passed away from natural causes on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta, Mont. She was born at home in Brockway, Mont., on Oct. 27, 1931, the third child, and the second daughter to Rueben and Elsie (Strobel) Wagner. She graduated from Circle High School in May 1949. Always wanting to be a nurse, she pursued her dream by riding the bus from Circle to Glendive and then boarding a train to Bozeman and enrolling at Montana State College....
Mary Ernestine (Vandall) Anderson, (Wa WoGiya Wiya), was born Dec. 31, 1934, to Edwin and Ernestine Vandall in Wolf Point, Mont. The children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews were very fortunate to have had Grandma Mary a part of their lives. She went home to the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, which also marked her 80th birthday, giving true meaning to the saying, "Angels danced the day you were born." She began working at the very young age of 14 as a waitress for the...
Patricia Elizabeth (Tisdale) Gregory, 94, died on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in St. John’s Lutheran Home in Billings, Mont. She was born Oct. 9, 1920, in Grand Forks, N.D., to Dr. Harry and Jesse Tisdale, of Scots/Irish and Shetland Islander descent. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Dakota at age 20, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She then moved to Chicago to earn an MBA at Northwestern University. While working as the first female buyer at Marshall Fields, she met and married David Gregory, MD, and t...
Vernon Anderson, 71, of Glasgow, Mont., died of cancer in Billings on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. There will be a memorial service Friday, Jan. 9, at 1 p.m., at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, followed by a reception at the Oasis. He was born Jan. 18, 1943, in Great Falls, the second of five sons born to Chester and Anne (Simpson) Anderson of Glasgow. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1960, then attended college in Bozeman with a degree in engineering. He moved to Ridgecrest, Calif., where he was employed by the Naval Weapons Center and helped...
Kiyoe Louise (Kotaki) Mapps, 80, of Crawfordsville, Ind., died peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in hospice care while surrounded by loving family. A private burial will be held in Montana with interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born in Glasgow, Mont., to Lottie and Art Kotaki, and graduated from Montana State College in Bozeman. She worked as a medical technologist in Oregon, Illinois and Indiana. She and her husband, Howard, met in a Civic Theater production in Fort Wayne, Ind., and were married in Geneva, Ill. Their...
