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Alton Lagerquist, 70, died peacefully on Jan. 3, 2014, at the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins, Utah, after a 17-month long battle with brain cancer. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held in Glasgow, Montana later this spring. He was born on July 8, 1943 in Plentywood, Mont., to Elvin C. and Mildred (Myars) Lagerquist. He lived on the farm in rural Westby and graduated from Westby High School in 1961. He entered the Army in February, 1964 spending a seven-month tour...
Lewis A. Magnan, 63, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at the Poplar Community Hospital in Poplar, Mont. A visitation service will be held Friday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Poplar Activity Center in Poplar. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m. at the Poplar Activity Center, followed by interment in the Poplar City Cemetery in Poplar. He was born on April 14, 1950, in Poplar, the son of Kirkwood Abbott and Mary E. Buckles. He lived most of his life in Poplar,...
On the evening of Jan. 6, 2014, Gail Milton Stensland, 84, passed away peacefully at the Missouri River Medical Center in Fort Benton, Mont., surrounded by family. He was born Oct. 28, 1929, in Glasgow, the second child of Harold and Annette (Cotton) Stensland. Beginning in his early years on the family farm/ranch on the Milk River outside of Glasgow, he developed an early interest in agriculture, an interest that he carried throughout his life. 4-H and Future Farmers of America were...
Carrol Edna (Rasmussen) Reddick, 73, died in Helena on Dec. 27, 2013. She was born in Opheim on Jan. 24, 1940, to Lars and Florence Rasmussen and was the youngest of six kids. She married her childhood sweetheart, Roy Reddick. They lived in Glasgow, where she worked for many years in the auto body shop they owned as well as several other jobs. They lived in other areas of Montana, including Great Falls and Malta, and settled in Helena. When not working, they spent their time in the outdoors....
Mary Emma (Falcon) Jackman, 100, of Glasgow, formerly of Trenton, N.D., died in her sleep Friday morning, Jan. 3, 2014, in the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. A vigil with a rosary will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Everson Memorial Chapel in Williston. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Jan. 9, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Williston, by Father Joseph Evinger. Interment will follow in Trenton Cemetery. She was born in Trenton on Feb. 10, 1913, the...
Clifford Lee Reddick, 61, of Nashua, Mont., died of heart failure on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, at 11 a.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua, followed by interment in the Nashua Cemetery. He was born Dec. 14, 1952, in Longview, Wash., the son of Robert and Nina (Holtrop) Reddick. He attended schools in Fort Peck, Glasgow and Nashua and graduated from Nashua High School in 1972. He worked in Aurora, Colo....
Audrey I. (Johnson) Parke, 91, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah after suffering a heart attack while spending the holidays with her son in Park City, Utah. Born of Swedish immigrants, Oscar Johnson and Tekla Engstrom, on April 19, 1922, in Glasgow, she spent her early childhood on the family homestead southwest of Glasgow. The family moved to town so she could attend school and graduated as valedictorian from Glasgow High School in 1940....
William John Aitken, 84, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in St. Ignatius, Mont. He was born on Aug. 6, 1929, the youngest of 13 children, to James and Martha Aitken, who homesteaded south of Glasgow. He graduated from Glasgow High School where he enjoyed playing basketball. He worked on and off the farm all of his life. He was employed at the Glasgow Sales Ring, Sinclair Produce, Farmer's Union Oil Co., Markle's, and Conoco Oil Co. He loved to raise and break his own saddle horses. He...
Magdalina E. "Maggie" (Schelert) Franzen, 89, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, of natural causes at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. A vigil service will be held Friday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m. and Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, Jan. 4, at 11 a.m., both at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow. Interment will be at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on Dec. 12, 1924, in Woodworth, N.D., the daughter of Albert and Lydia (Fauth) Schelert. She was...
Patsy Maxine (Stearns) Reimche, 68, died on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. She was born on July 13, 1945, in Scobey, the daughter of Clinton "Kink" and Frances (Bondy) Stearns. She lived on the farm north of Frazer and then moved to Fort Peck. She attended Fort Peck Grade School and Nashua High School. She worked at the Fort Peck Café and Fort Peck Theatre, and as a telephone operator. She owned and operated three businesses: the Home Café in N...
June C. (Brown) Castleberry Coleman, 88, died of natural causes on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. She was born on June 22, 1925, in Hinsdale, the daughter of Howard W. and Clara G. (Anderson) Brown. She lived her early years on the Missouri River on 9th Point. The family land was purchased by the Fort Peck Dam Project, so their buildings were burned and they moved to Glasgow in 1938. Her father was killed in an accident related to the dam...
Mabel Virginia (Aune) Palm was born March 30, 1930, in Glasgow to Andrew and Signe (Johnson) Aune and died at the age of 83 on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, from cancer, at home like she wanted. She grew up north of Saco on the family homestead and was confirmed into the Saco Lutheran Church on May 14, 1944. She graduated from Saco High School in 1948. She married Carl Palm on Sept. 7, 1952, in Malta. Their son, Corby, was born Sept. 13, 1956. In 1947, at the age of 17, she started working as a...
Helen Luella Clara (Sonsteng) Hagen, 91, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, surrounded by family and the caring staff on the second floor at Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was born on Feb. 27, 1922, in Wolf Point, the daughter of Arnold and Clara (Huseby) Sonsteng. Her mother passed away three days after she was born. She was raised by her great aunt, Helene Christiansen Hafstad, in the Rollag, Minn., area. She received her schooling at...
Laurella "Rally" Barbara (Werner) Shafer, 78, of Poplar, Mont., died from natural causes Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at her home in Poplar. She was born on Oct. 21, 1935, to Luella Martha Buegler and Alvin Arthur Werner in Poplar. She married Leonard Palmer Shafer in November 1953 and from this union, Len, Debra, and Laurie Shafer were born. She spent most of her life in Superior, Mont., and Poplar, where she held various jobs. Her most memorable were the Buckhorn Bar and Café as well as being a mot...
Christine Celello Piper, 74, died Nov. 21, 2013, in Lake Havasu, Nev. In this life a little bit of grace goes a long way, and Christine had a lot of grace. Though she passed from this earth, her life continues in memories of the many she touched. She was born Sept. 4, 1939 in Hurley, Wis. She was a creator. What started as a love between her and an ER patient with a “cold,” developed into 10 children, 27 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. She painted rocks and made jewelry, often in the company of a grandchild. She made the best pea...
Dustin Jeffrey Bietz, 31, passed away from complications of a stem cell transplant in Billings, Mont., on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. He was surrounded by many people who loved him and in the arms of his loving wife and son. He was born on March 30, 1982, in Bismarck, N.D., to Jeff and Kathy (Wold) Bietz. He grew up in Beulah, N.D., where he was involved in many sports including basketball, baseball, softball, football and golf. He was very competitive. He had numerous friends growing up and was...
Thomas Francis Duprez was the oldest son born in Waltham, Mass., to Donald and Phylis (Bennett) Duprez on Nov. 16, 1946. There would be three more sons and the family would move to La Mirada, Calif., where Tom and his brothers went to school. He graduated from La Mirada High School in 1964. He was drafted into the army in 1966 and served his time at Fort Rucker in Alabama. Tom and Nancy (Hamilton) Duprez were married in 1968 and had two sons, Mark Thomas and Craig Robert. They divorced in 1979....
Melda Loy (Collins) Carter, 78, died on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 14, at 11 a.m. at the Hinsdale Legion Hall in Hinsdale, followed by interment in the Hillview Cemetery in Hinsdale. She was born on July 6, 1935, in Emmett, Idaho, the daughter of Richard Shelton and Muriel June Collins. She lived in Idaho until age 17 and worked for Bell Telephone, living in Spokane, Wash., England from 1959 to...
Palmer Gene Garsjo, 59, joined his mother in heaven on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, passing peacefully with his always caring niece, Jodi, at this side at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, Dec. 13, at 11 a.m., at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Nashua Cemetery in Nashua. He was born June 15, 1954, to Hartvik and Agnes (Buen) Garsjo, in Glasgow, Mont. He grew up on the family farm north of Nashua with his parents,...
Sue (Penner) Baker, 93, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, of natural causes at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. She was born on her grandfather's homestead in Waterloo Township, North Dakota, on Aug. 17, 1920, to Peter and Mary (Harder) Penner. She was married to Cameron W. Carswell on Sept. 19, 1944. Later she married John Alfred Baker on Oct. 14, 1946. They lived in California, many places in Montana, and Williston, N.D. She was a "nanny" and did sewing for families. She worked on the...
Elaine Geraldine "Scotty" (Scott) Kjelstrup, 91, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at the Highgate Senior Living in Billings, Mont. A memorial service will be at First Congregational Church in Glasgow at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. She was born in Eureka on Dec. 18, 1921, to Merlin and Addie Scott. She joined a brother, Everett, in the family home, who was a year older. She grew up in Eureka and graduated from Lincoln County High School in 1939. She attended Montana State College, (now MSU), and met...
Annie (Schmidt) Davis, 75, died from a heart attack, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was born July 10, 1938, on the farm of Emil A. and Eva (Teske) Schmidt near Lustre, Mont. She was the last of 10 children that spanned a generation of 21 years. She grew up in a family where spiritual priorities, discipline and personal contribution were woven into the fabric of every day of life. As a child she loved to play dolls with her cousins and was...
Dustin Jeffrey Bietz, 31, died on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont., from complications from a stem cell transplant. Services will be Monday, Dec. 9, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. A complete obituary will appear in next week's paper. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of the arrangements....
Oscar couldn't bear another birthday without his beautiful bride, Alma. Alma Isabelle (Newell) Robertson, 90, went to join her husband on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. No services are planned at this time. A Celebration of Life will be held next summer at the Robertson Ranch. She was born on June 10, 1923, in the Bitterroot, to John and Nellie Newell. She met her sweetheart during her junior year and was married shortly after on Aug. 4, 1941. She had two daughters and was left to tend the house and...
William J. "Bill" Court was born on July 5, 1927, to parents Nick and Olga Court, on the family farm south of Hinsdale, Mont. He died from cancer on, Nov. 21, 2013, in Billings, at the age of 86. Cremation has taken place. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Inurnment of ashes will be at a later date in the Hinsdale Hillview Cemetery. Most of his life was lived in the Hinsdale area. After graduation from Hinsdale High School in 1944, he...
