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On the morning of Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, our beloved son, husband, father and friend, Cole Derick Hammond, 31, left this earth too soon. Visitation will be Friday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. at the Dahl Funeral Chapel in Billings with a luncheon to follow. His ashes will be laid to rest in a private family ceremony at a later date in Saco. Born Jan. 26, 1983, he was raised in the small town of Saco,...
Brett Norman, 17, died from a vehicle accident east of Nashua, Mont., on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 10 a.m. at the Evangelical Church in Glasgow. Interment will be on the family farm near Lustre. A more complete obituary will appear in next week’s paper. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements....
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, Ashley (Brown) Banter's journey in life continued as she was received into the arms of her Lord after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 26 years old. Throughout that battle, she was an inspiration to her friends, family, doctors and nurses that treated her. She was born in Muncie, Ind., Dec. 11, 1987, to William Brown and Diane Fitzjarrell (Cox). She attended Albany Elementary School and then Anderson Community Schools, where she graduated in 2006. After...
Brent W. Magill departed his earthly dwelling for his final adventure on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, with his loving companion, Pat Hallett, at his side. He was the eldest child of four born to Walter H. and Josephine Alice (Russell) Magill, born on June 2, 1934, in Sheridan, Wyo. His brother, Keith, joined him three years later and their sister, Karen, followed in another year after the family relocated to Cheyenne, Wyo. That was the beginning of a childhood that covered many towns in Wyoming,...
Ruth E. Olsen, 92, passed away on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, at Valley View Nursing Home. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, with interment in Highland Cemetery. She was born April 29, 1922, in Glasgow to Henrik P. and Anna M. (Poulsen) Olsen, Danish immigrants. She was raised on the family farm and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1942. She was employed by FW Woolworth for 26 years, retiring in 1987. She enjoyed her time at FW Woolworth,...
Darrell Keith Todd, Wapaha Sa, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point after a long battle with cancer. A vigil service will be recited Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. and funeral services will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, at 11 a.m., all at the Brockton Cultural Center in Brockton, followed by interment in the Riverview Cemetery in Brockton. He was born on Feb. 9, 1954, in Frazer, Mont., to Donald K. Todd (deceased) and Marietta Blount Four Bear. He grew up in...
Timothy Mark Allen, "Big Uncle Tim," 58, died at his home in Saco on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. Memorial services will be at a later date. Cremation has taken place. He was born Oct. 14, 1956, in Yakima, Wash., and raised in Shelton, Wash. He had a very successful college career, starting out with a scholarship for wrestling and ending in owning his very own forestry services called Allen Forestry Service. He was a hard-working, dedicated, loyal, kind-hearted, amazing man who will never be forgott...
Rose (Beauchman) Gay, 82, died from natural causes at her home in Glasgow, Mont., on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Funeral services will be held Friday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, with Pastor Scott Hedegaard officiating, followed by interment in the Glasgow Highland Cemetery, resting together with her husband, Don. Cremation has taken place. She was born in Wolf Point, Mont., on Oct. 10, 1932, to Thomas and Victoria (LaRoque) Beauchman where she attended school. She...
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...
