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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...
John Mervin Dirks, 86, of Savage, Mont., passed away from natural causes on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at the Sidney Health Center in Sidney. He was born Sept. 14, 1928, in Dalmeny, Saskatchewan, Canada, the son of Abraham and Adeline Dirks. On April 7, 1955, he married Linda Wall in Lustre. They moved to Lambert, Mont., where he worked on the farm as a young man until they moved to Mt. Lake in 1958, where he worked construction with his brother, Art. Later they moved to Omaha, Neb., from 1959 to...
Lola (Penner) Pyle, 91, a daughter of Henry and Mary Penner, was born in Dallas, Ore., on Dec. 12, 1923. Her parents and family later moved to Larslan, Mont., where they lived on a wheat farm. Lola graduated from Glasgow High School in 1942. Thereafter, she was employed as an office manager/nurse for a medical practice in Glasgow. During this time, she met David Pyle, (nephew to Dr. Minnick, pioneer physician from the homestead era in Saco). She and David were later married in 1951 in Bristol,...
Norma June (Van De Riet) Baker, age 80, of Fort Peck, Mont., passed away Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in Billings, Mont. She was born on Jan. 8, 1934, in Great Falls, Mont., to Harry and Bess (Kale) Van De Riet. She often spoke of her wonderful memories growing up in Sun River, Mont. She attended Golden Ridge Elementary and graduated from Fairfield High School where she enjoyed playing in the pep and marching band. She went on to attend Northern Montana College and briefly taught school in Bynum,...
Arthur Ray St. Germaine Sr. (Tatanka Iyankahan) "Running Buffalo," 88, died peacefully from natural causes on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point, Mont. He was born on May 13, 1926, in Wolf Point, to Frank and Theresa St. Germaine. He attended schools in Wolf Point. He enlisted into the United States Army Air Force on July 18, 1944. He received an honorable discharge July 19, 1946. He married Elizabeth Cantrell and to this union one child was born (Artis). He later...
I passed from a wide assortment of ailments on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. My choice was not to have a funeral as those who knew me would understand (at age 82). My life began in Wishek, N.D., born to Charles Frederick and Ella (Reick) Alsberg, wonderful parents, on Aug. 31, 1932. It was the Golden Era of "Children should be seen and not heard," and my sister Betty Clara Adams and her husband, Jerry, and brother John Gordon Alsberg and his wife, Linda, often joked about this. After graduation from Na...
Alberta B. Gibson, 71, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at her home in Wolf Point, Mont. She was born April 6, 1943, in Bismarck, N.D., to Floyd and Ruby Cowles. She grew up with her two sisters, Roberta and Wanda, helping their folks work cattle, riding and enjoying the ranching life. She attended school in Wyola and graduated high school in Lodge Grass. She married Dale Gibson on June 10, 1961, and two sons were born to this union, Shane and Shawn. She and Dale were later divorced. She lo...
Kaycee Jean (Johnson) Hoffbauer, 55, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, surrounded by her loving family and close friends. She died after a short but courageous battle with cancer. She was born on March 10, 1959, in Glasgow, Mont., to Helen C. (Clark ) and William G. Johnson. She attended grade school at St. Raphael's and Southside Elementary School in Glasgow. She attended high school at Notre Dame High in Powers Lake, N.D., and graduated with high honors from...
Mary Lou (Poyser) Hopson, 76, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at Trinity Hospital in Wolf Point. Lou was the third of four children, born Feb. 18, 1938, to Oscar and Pauline (Park) Poyser in Harlan County, Neb. She graduated from high school in Almena, Kan., in 1955, and from Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina, Kan. In 1956, she met the love of her life, Harry Hopson, and they were married a year later in Almena. She and Harry moved to Wolf Point in 1957 and stayed for one year...
Hazel (Dohi) Shiroishi, 96, of Lander Wyo., passed away Aug. 31, surrounded by her family. As per her request, no services will be held. Hazel and her late husband, William T. Shiroishi, long-time residents of Phillips County, owned and operated a farm/ranch near Malta for over 60 years. Besides helping with the farm/ranch, she raised three children, and a huge garden and many chickens. She was an excellent cook and baker. Her friends and neighbors came to enjoy her raised donuts, shrimp...
Daniel L. Jensen, 83, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. He was born on June 23, 1931, on the family farm near Grenora, N.D., to Jens C. and Selma (Thoeny) Jensen, the 10th of 11 children. His mother died when he was 5 years old and he lived with various aunts and uncles, attending schools in Thoeny, Grenora and Seattle, Wash. He began working at a very young age for a construction company and other jobs until returning to Hinsdale a...
Robert Milferd Rorvig, age 100, of Glasgow, died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. He was born in Minnesota on his grandparents' farm on Jan. 2, 1914, to Nels and Minnie Rorvig. He lived in the Litchville area of North Dakota until he was 2 years old when he and his family moved to a homestead about 40 miles north of Frazer in Montana. They came by train with livestock and some household and farm machinery in November of 1916. Nels owned a threshing machine...
Our beloved Darla Dee Broken Leg-Crow, 50, made her journey into the spirit world, to be with her heavenly father, on Nov. 29, 2014. A vigil service will be held Friday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. and funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m., all at the James Black Dog Cultural Center in Fort Kipp, Mont. Interment will be in Fort Kipp Cemetery in Fort Kipp. She was born on Sept. 25, 1964, in Poplar, Mont., to George and Velma (Longhair) Broken Leg. She lived most her life in Brockton...
I passed from a wide assortment of ailments on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. My choice was not to have a funeral as those who knew me would understand (at age 82). My life began in Wishek, North Dakota born to Charles Frederick and Ella Alsberg (Reick), wonderful parents, on August 31, 1932. It was the Golden Era of "Children should be seen and not heard" and my sister Betty Clara (Jerry) Adams and brother John Gordon (Linda) Alsberg often joked about this. After graduation from Nashua Montana High... Full story
Dorothy Mae (Kjelstrup) Billingsley, 86, passed away Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, from natural causes at the Billings Clinic after spending her last few years at Eagle Cliff Manor in Billings. The daughter of Ed and Hazel Kjelstrup, she was born in Williston, N.D., on Dec. 27, 1927. She was united in marriage to Charles H. Billingsley Jr. on Dec. 22, 1946, at the Methodist church in Glasgow. They lived and ranched in Glasgow their entire life. For many years she played bridge and bowled. She enjoyed w...
Richard H. “Dick” Gilluly, 82, a native of Glasgow, died of natural causes Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in a Missoula hospital. A memorial service is pending. He was born in 1931 in Glasgow, the son of Sam and Esther Gilluly. He attended local schools before serving in the U.S. Army. He later attended the University of Montana. He worked for newspapers in Montana, Maryland and Massachusetts for many years. Since retiring, he lived in Billings and Anaconda. Survivors include five children, six grandchildren and two brothers....
Brett Robert Norman, 17, died from a vehicle accident east of Nashua, Mont., on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. He was born into our family on May 5, 1997, to Robert and Penny Norman, in Salem Ore. We were so happy for a third son and Mama especially delighted in his chubby little self. As a child, he was full of life. He loved his binkie. He had a hearty, contagious laugh. He loved to snuggle, especially with his daddy. He was always ready to go along on the next adventure with his dad, and brothers...
Olga Grant, 96, dies from natural causes Nov. 9 at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. Family services will be held later in the summer of 2014. Interment will be in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on the family farm in the Grain community north of Nashua, daughter of Mikal and Bergit Torgerson. She attended a country school there, later attending and graduating from Nashua High School. After that she worked as a secretary in Glasgow. During that time she met Bud Grant at a c...
