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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Janis Carol (Koski) McInerney, 65, passed away peacefully while receiving treatment for lung cancer in Billings, Mont., on Oct. 9, 2014. She was born on Oct. 17, 1948, in Glasgow, the fourth of four kids. Growing up on the farm saw her intensely love animals and detest the taste of lamb. After graduating from Hinsdale High School, she left for new experiences in Washington, D.C., working at the FBI in the 31st year of J. Edgar Hoover as FBI director. With her fill of political intrigue, she...
Rachel Irene (Manning) Crossan, 97, formerly of Glasgow and recently of Great Falls, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, of natural causes. She was born in Illinois to Zina and Edith Manning. She graduated from Nashua High School in 1934. She married Merle Spaulding that year and moved to South Dakota. After his death she and her three children moved back to Glasgow where she began her secretarial career. She worked in Fort Peck at the Farmers Stockgrowers Bank and the Mental Health Clinic...
Brent Magill, 80, died of natural causes on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements. A full obituary will follow later....
Nicholas Lee Kolstad, 22, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, from complications of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He was born June 22, 1992, to Darryl and Lori Kolstad. He attended school in Glasgow and graduated with honors in 2012. He had an awesome smile and a great sense of humor. He had an awesome sense of style and loved to shop at the Buckle. Nick enjoyed playing on his computer and liked to order stuff. He was always quite a lady's man, loving all women. He loved hunting and spotlighting...
R.D. "Tag" Markle, 89, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. A private service will be held at a later date. He was born in Glasgow to Thomas and Florence Markle on Nov. 23, 1924. After graduating from Glasgow, he attended Kemper Military School before serving in the Army. For three years he was in the Medical Corp in Hawaii. After being released he attended the University of Montana. There he met his wife, Kae Lythgoe. Upon graduation,...
Philip W. Boerschinger, 86, of Billings, Mont., passed away from natural causes on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at Tender Nest Retirement Center in Billings. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. The son of Michael M. and Dorla Boerschinger, he was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Glasgow and grew up on the family farm near Nashua. He graduated from Nashua High School. On Sept. 24, 1949, he married Damaris Wagner in Nashua where he worked for the...
Conrad E. Peterson went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, in the Eagle Cliff Manor in Billings, Mont. He was 88 years old. He was the fourth child born to Walter and Bertha Peterson in Vida, Mont., on Jan. 11, 1926. He attended grade school years in Vida, and then attended Wolf Point High School. He enlisted in the Navy and served in World War II and the Korean War and was honorably discharged in July of 1952. He married Pauline Gunn Oct. 15, 1952. To this union three children were born, Walter, Gaylene and Lonnie. He...
Memorial services will be held for Lois Fern (Jennings) Lawrence on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. at the First Methodist Church in Glasgow. The services will be followed by interment at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She passed away Sept. 4, 2014, at the Munday Nursing Home in Munday, Texas. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements....
John Carl Neubauer, 51, was born May 17, 1963, at Minot, N.D., 20 minutes after his twin brother, Jimmy, to Dave and Carol Neubauer, weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. He died of pneumonia Oct. 7, 2014, in Glasgow at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. He was baptized into the Lutheran faith by Pastor John Chambers in Minot. He spent his earliest years with his parents and siblings, Kelly, Paul and Jimmy, in Minot, Minneapolis and Billings. Then he began his life with other children with Down Syndrome and similar abilities, living in Boul...
Joe Albus, 72, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, from natural causes at the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta, Mont. He was born Sept. 5, 1942, in Baraboo, Wis., to Emil and Betty (Hubbard) Albus. He attended all his school years in Saco and graduated with the class of 1960. He married Joan Beadle and they lived in Helena where he was employed. They had a son, Chad, and later divorced. He married Helen "Cookie" Tafolla in Helena in 1964 (they later divorced). He was employed by Pat Strong...
Michael Lee Fassett, 61, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, of cardiac arrest in Casper, Wyo. Funeral services will be held Monday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. He was born on May 6, 1953, in Rolla, N.D., the son of Raymond and Mae (Olson) Fassett. He was raised in Rolla and came to Glasgow when he was 6 years old, graduating from Glasgow High School in 1972. He worked in Glasgow for Burlington Norther...
Harold R. Squires, 87, passed away on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, from an accidental fall. He was born on July 22, 1927, in Eau Claire, Wis., to Lisle and Cecile (Turnacliff) Squires. He was the oldest son of three children, along with a sister, Donna Lee, and younger brother, Leon. Harold's family moved from Wisconsin to the Wild Rose Community in Baylor, Mont., roughly 40 miles north of Glasgow, to live at the Lisle Squires farm. He spent his early childhood on the farm and went to two years of...
Barbara (Steele) Tucker, 67, of Sallisaw, Okla., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, in Sallisaw. She was born Nov. 12, 1946, in St. Ignatius, Mont., the daughter of Josephine Morigeau Steele and Matthew "Swede" Steele. She was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes. She started schooling in California and graduated in 1964 from Arlee High School. That fall she attended the Institute of American Indian arts in Santa Fe, N.M. She studied in the arts, music and opera for two...
Donald Lee Paro, 93, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, at his home in Salem, Ore. He had recently been diagnosed with leukemia. He was born in Duluth, Minn., to Hazel (Bennett) and Albert Parrault. As his story goes, he quit school in the sixth grade and starting riding the box cars. He joined the Navy as soon as he could and was stationed in Kodiak, Alaska. During WWII, he was on the US Tennessee. In 1944, while stationed in Seattle, Wash., he met and married Norma Ethel Ortloff. They...
Erna (Wallin) Bachtold, 98, of Edina, Minn., passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. She was a graduate of Edison High in Northeast Minneapolis and attended the University of Minnesota (U of M). She was a former resident of Dayton, Wash., and Lausanne, Switzerland. She had a wide variety of interests including folk dancing, both as a dancer and an instructor. She was a member of the Minnesota Folk Dance Federation, Sundowner's and Zuhrah Shrine Masquers. She received a 500-hour volunteer award from...
On the morning of Monday, Sept. 29, Lorraine "Lori" Kaye (Crowley) Nowel, 59, passed away at home after a one-year battle with brain cancer. Her family was caring for her. She was born April 23, 1955, in Glasgow to Charles and Marie Crowley. She grew up in Glasgow and graduated from Glasgow High School. She graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman (Go Bobcats!) with a BS degree in physical education. She and her daughter, Lindy, moved to Phoenix, Ariz. In 1988 she married Peter Nowel...
Bennie Kenneth "Ben" Albus, 92, passed away from natural causes on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. at the Hinsdale American Legion Hall in Hinsdale, followed by interment in the Hillview Cemetery in Hinsdale. He was born on Nov. 13, 1921, in Saco, the son of Joseph and Regina (Bechtold) Albus. He moved with his family in 1928 to their current farm on the Saco Divide. He attended school in Hinsdale...
Our Heavenly Father wrapped his loving arms around our wonderful husband, father and grandfather, John David Egosque, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. John passed away at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow after a long struggle with numerous health issues that he had been fighting with for many years. He was 88 years young. A vigil service will be recited Thursday, Oct. 9, from 5-7 p.m. at the Bell Chapel in Glasgow. Funeral services will be held Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. at Our...
Betty "Marlene" Fast, 74, of Mountain Lake, Minn., died on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, at Good Samaritan Village in Mountain Lake. Visitation will be on Friday, Oct. 10, from 10-11 a.m. at the Cornerstone Bible Church in Mountain Lake. Services will be held at the Cornerstone Bible Church on Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Janzen officiating, followed by interment at the Cornerstone Bible Cemetery in Mountain Lake. She was born on April 24, 1940, in Wolf Point, Mont., to Arthur and...
Leona Minnie Kienitz "Toots," 97, went home to be with the lord on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at the Grandview in Great Falls with her family by her side. The family will receive friends at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Kirkwood Funeral Home in Malta. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Malta Lutheran Church. Interment will be after the reception at the church, in the Grandview Cemetery in Saco at 2 p.m. Condolences for the family may be left at w...
Michael Lee Fassett, 61, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, in Casper, Wyo. There are no services planned at this time. Bustard’s Funeral Home is assisting the family....
Donald Eugene Kuszmaul, aka "Don" or "Kuzie," 62, of Great Falls, Mont., died on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. A memorial service will be held at Victory Church on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. From the day he was born on Aug. 24, 1952, he struggled to breathe. On that day his mother and father made a promise to God that if His will and Don's will was to live on earth, they would raise him to know Jesus, and they fulfilled it. He was surrounded by family his whole life. His father, Eugene (72) (until...
Robert Ballard Tootell Jr., 85, passed away Oct. 4 at the Valley View Rest home in Glasgow. He was born to Robert B. and Helen Strong Tootell on Sept. 30, 1929, in Bozeman, Mont. He graduated from Gallatin County High School in 1947. After high school he worked for the REA, did a stint in the Army, and finally, went to college at Montana State University where he graduated in accounting in 1956. He married Mae Brooks in 1954 and they had two children – Bobbi and Don. He was an accountant in Bozeman for years. He finally retired in 2006 and m...
To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. According to Mike, this was elk hunting season! With family and friends by his side, Mike made his peace with this world and was ready to go on his final hunting trip. He said, "I've walked through the valley of the shadow of death already; it wasn't a bad place, but piss poor elk country." He was 58 years old. Per Mike's wishes, no formal services will be held, but he did want family and friends to gather for a...
Donna Ann Yellow Hammer went into the hands of the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at the Poplar Community Hospital in Poplar. A vigil service will be recited Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Poplar. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, Oct. 3, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Poplar, followed by interment at Riverside Cemetery in Brockton. She was born in Poplar, Mont., on May 9, 1962, to Ray and Susan Cheek. She grew up...
