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Gerald Lee Lone Bear, 52, of Poplar, Mont., left to be with dearly departed loved ones on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the Poplar Community Hospital in Poplar, Mont. He was born on Dec. 21, 1961, to Irene Martin Philbrick and Adelbert Lone Bear Sr. in Stanley, N.D. He took Nelson "Bud" Philbrick as his stepfather. He grew up in New Town, N.D., Glasgow, Brockton and Poplar, where he resided. He worked for many years as a farmer in Brockton and he also did some firefighting. He loved being around...
Sandrea Elaine (Grandchamp) Lonebear, 69, passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. She was born on July 5, 1944, at the family's home in Frazer, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson) Grandchamp. She was raised in Glasgow, where she attended St. Raphael's Catholic School. She attended Cosmotology School in Cleveland, Ohio, completing her boards in 1964. She returned to Glasgow in 1972 to raise her four young children. She worked most of...
Delores "Dee" (DeDobbeleer) Luckman, 81, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, June 4, 2014. She was born May 2, 1933, in Glasgow, the daughter of Roy and Helen (Czyzewski) DeDobbeleer. She graduated from Glasgow High School in 1951. After graduation from high school, she attended the University of Montana in Missoula for one year. She then returned to Glasgow, where she worked as a bookkeeper and secretary. She moved to Seattle, Wash., in the fall of 1956, where she married Jack L....
Geraldine (Sather) Uphaus, 95, passed away on Sunday, June 15, 2014, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 19, at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born to Bennie B. and Hazel (Reed) Sather on March 5, 1919, in Avondale, Mont. She moved into Glasgow with her family in 1934 and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1936. She was married the same year...
Mavis "Mickey" Avon (Buckles) Failing, (Chatga-Wiya), Left-Hand Woman, 77, passed on to the other side on Monday, June 2, 2014, at the Billings Clinic with her loved ones at her side. She was born Oct. 25, 1936, in Poplar to Walter Buckles and Beulah Archdale. She was a proud member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Family was important to her. She lived her early years in Frazer, where she attended school. She met the love of her life, Wayne Failing, in...
Marlene (Bice) Graham, 72, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont. Services for Marlene will be Wednesday, June 11, at 2 p.m. at the Bell Chapel in Glasgow with interment in the Highland Cemetery. She was born at home on Nov. 29, 1941, in Terry, Mont., the 11th of 17 children to Clarence and Erna (Matton) Bice. She attended schools and was raised in Terry. While working at Young's Café she met the lover of her life, Gordon Graham, who was working on...
Sandrea E. Grandchamp Lonebear, 69, passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. She was born on July 5, 1944 in Frazer, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson) Grandchamp. Her service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, June 14 at the Bell Chapel in Glasgow followed by a private family burial. A complete obituary will appear in next week's edition of The Courier....
Anna Eloise (Brown) Christiansen, 88, of Nashua passed away Sunday, June 1, 2014, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 4, at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Nashua Cemetery in Nashua. She was born at home in Chinook, Mont., on Aug. 12, 1925, to Otto and Flossie (Herdman) Brown. She grew up and attended school in Circle before moving with her two younger brothers to Brockway to live with her...
On May 16, 2014, Grace Lucy (Caricaburu) Krall, 84, was freed from her long battle with Alzheimer's disease. One of seven children, she was born Sept. 11, 1929, on a small sheep ranch near Glasgow, Mont., to Pete and Mary Jane Caricaburu. She may not have received a high level of formal education, but that didn't hinder her in life. While working on the campus of Montana State University, she met Gerald James "Jerry" Krall. They were married April 2, 1956. They eventually moved to Reno, Nev....
Walter Scott, 55, passed away of heart failure on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at his home west of Glasgow. He was born June 27, 1958, in Glasgow, the son of Wesley and Carol (Jensen) Scott. He was raised in Glasgow, graduated from Glasgow High School in 1976, where he played football and was active in rodeo. On June 27, 1980, he married Dallas Mease in Lander, Wyo. They lived in Havre, Glendive and Helena before coming to Glasgow in 2001. He worked for the State Highway Department until retiring in 2011. He and Dallas loved to do long-range...
Lorraine Marion (Nelson) Bain, 94, passed away Friday, May 23, 2014. She lived a wonderful and eventful life. She was born April 16, 1920, on the family homestead in Tampico, Mont., in the horse and buggy days. She was the daughter of Nels Crist and Mary E. Nelson, and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended Buggy Creek Grade School and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1937. She served in WWll as a Women's Air Service Pilot (WASP), and was awarded the Congressional...
Milfred Arlie Maurseth, 87, passed away May 8, 2014, in Falkirk, Scotland. With his wife at his side, he died peacefully after a short illness. He grew up in Nashua, where he completed high school and met and married Elizabeth "Betty" Holder in 1949. He served his country in the Army, and returned home to Montana to begin a career as a heavy diesel equipment mechanic, and alongside his wife, Betty, began raising their six children. When he passed away, he had been retired for several years. His...
Walter Jasper Riggin, 91, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Nemont Manor Retirement Home in Glasgow, Mont. He was born at Barr, Mont., 30 miles north of Hinsdale, on March 23, 1923, to Guy and Minnie Riggin. He was the second of seven children. At age 10 they moved to Hinsdale for the kids to attend school. At age 16 he went to work at the Black Ranch for one year. His pay was $1 a day. He then worked for the Etcharts until 1943, when he joined the U.S. Army. He was medically...
Stella Marie Fauth, 81, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, surrounded by her family at the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta. She was born on Jan. 2, 1933, at her parent's home in Hinsdale, Mont., to Oliver and Fannie Bucher. In 1936, because of the opportunity to work on the Fort Peck Dam project, the family moved to New Deal, Mont. On Sept. 22, 1938, at the age of five, her father was one of the eight workers who lost their lives in the slide. He is one of six,...
Gene E. Crawford, 62, died Friday, May 2, 2014, after a three-year battle with cancer. He was born in Glendive on Aug. 2, 1951, to Glen and Katherine Crawford. He served our country in Vietnam before marrying Linda Robert in 1972. They were married until 2002 and had one daughter, Amy Jean Crawford. She married Joe Fabian in 1993 and blessed them with four wonderful grandchildren. Gene was a hard-working man. He worked most of his life as a vehicle mechanic, specializing in imports. He most...
Gary Brian Lair, 54, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014, in Moscow, Idaho. He was born Feb 8, 1960, in Klamath Falls, Ore. He was raised in Glasgow, Mont., where he graduated high school in 1978. He served in the Air Force and the Army. He graduated from the University of Great Falls in 1984 and achieved his master’s degree. He later became a professor and taught at many colleges. He was preceded in death by his father, grandparents, stepfather, aunts and uncles. Survivors include three sons, Lyle Lair, Gary Lair II and Sean Lair, all of I...
Walter Melford Romo, 102, a retired farmer, passed away May 16, 2014, at the Country Home. He was born on the family farm at Lakeside, Mont., between Bainville and Snowden, on Nov. 26, 1911, to Oscar and Sadie (Algren) Romo. He spent his early years making a mark in eastern Montana. He worked in construction building the highway between Sidney and Glendive. During the construction of Fort Peck Dam, he and his brother, Lester, moved a "chicken coop" to New Deal to work construction. On Sept. 9, 1...
Lois Ione (Farquhar) Thoeny was born Sept. 8, 1937, in Glasgow, Mont., to Howard and Fern Farquhar, and died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at age 76. She married Art Thoeny on Feb. 2, 1957. They moved from Glasgow to Libby about 1970. She was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in Miles City in 1961 and was faithful in sharing her beliefs with others as the Bible commands. She worked with Art to raise their children according to the principles and values of the Bible, which resulted in a well-disci...
Amanda Marie Toews Wall passed away May 16 at Valley View Home of natural causes. She was born May 19, 1924, to Rev. Jacob J and Marie (Friesen) Toews. She was the sixth of eight children. Amanda was brought up in a loving Christian home. Amanda attended Star and Todd Lake elementary schools, Lustre Bible School, and high school in Glasgow. She attended Northeast Montana College at Havre and worked at Ben Franklin in Glasgow. On June 22, 1948, Amanda married Irvin Wall. They farmed in the Lustre...
William "Bill" Ernest Marks, 85, passed away from natural causes on Saturday, May 10, at Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 17, at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Saco, followed by interment in Grandview Cemetery in Saco. He was born March 11, 1929, at home east of Saco. He attended school at Saco up to the 10th grade. His father had a heart attack and Bill needed to tend to the family farm full time. He met Christina Ellen Mix in the fall...
A celebration of life for Delroy Brackee will be held at the Scobey Cemetery in Scobey on Saturday, May 17, at 2 p.m., followed by a gathering at the Four Buttes Supper Club. Delroy was born on May 16, 1935, and passed away on Dec. 19, 2013....
Evelyn Teresa (Landaker) Gaspar, 101, passed at the home of her daughter on Monday, May 5, 2014, surrounded by family members, including her favorite cat guardian, Fluffy. Rosary services will be said Wednesday, May 7, at 4:30 p.m., at Hillcrest Lawn Chapel with visitation to follow until 7 p.m. Funeral liturgy will be Thursday, May 8, at 11 p.m., at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Interment will take place on Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. at Hillview Cemetery in Hinsdale. O'Connor Funeral Home...
Gladys Theo "Jody" Opheim, 84, died Saturday, May 3, 2014, at the Help for Health Hospice Home. Memorial services will be held at a later date with inurnment of the ashes taking place at Lawndale Cemetery with her husband in Opheim, Mont. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. She was born June 26, 1929, in Helena, Mont., the daughter of James Paul Martin and Lorna Belle Hallock. She attended first and second grade in Norris, Mont., third through sixth grade in...
Delores Ann (Sonsteng) Roe, 69, passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014, surrounded by her family. Services will be held Saturday, May 10, at 2:30 p.m. at the Cremation and Funeral Gallery, 29 8th St. W. in Billings, with a celebration of life to follow at the Shrine on Broadwater at 4 p.m., with food and drinks supplied. She was born Nov. 28, 1944, in Glasgow, Mont., to the late Milo Sonteng and Ailie Kauppenin English. She had three siblings, Marvin, Melvin and LaVonne. She spent many happy da...
Funeral services for Lorena and Helen Stein will be held with a rosary being said at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow on Friday, May 9, at 5 p.m., and a funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow on Saturday, May 10, at 10 a.m. Lorena passed away Feb. 14, 2014, and Helen on Oct. 8, 2010....
