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Sister Christopher (Mary) Weber, 84, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at Talahi Senior Campus in St. Cloud, Minn. She was born and raised in Nashua and Glasgow. She attended South Side Grammar Public Grade School and Glasgow Public High School. In 1948, she entered Saint Benedict's Monastery in St. Joseph, Minn., making perpetual monastic profession as a Benedictine sister July 11, 1953. Sister Christopher served in both elementary and secondary education in Minnesota. In 1972, she went to...
Walter James Thorn, 77, from Glasgow, Mont., died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, in Billings after a year-long battle with a rare form of leukemia. He was born on Aug. 30, 1936, in Great Falls, Mont., to James and Helen Thorn. He married Sondra Gallagher of Glasgow on Aug. 15, 1959, and spent the next 54 years with his best friend. They had four children. He graduated from Havre High School in 1955 and joined the Navy, where he participated in Operation Redwing, which was the testing of the H-Bomb...
Cindy Lu (Sutherlin) Spencer, 57, of Glasgow, Mont., died from respirator and renal failure on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. She was born April 20, 1956, in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of Lowell and Dolores (Candee) Sutherlin. She lived there for the first eight years of her life. Her family moved to the Seattle area in 1964. She attended Bellevue Christian School and Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Wash. She and her youngest daughter,...
Esther Mae (Kleppelid) Jernigan, 88, died Nov. 13, 2013, at Carolinas Hospital in Florence, S.C. Born in Circle, Mont., on March 25, 1925, to Albert and Rosemond (Palmerton) Kleppelid, she grew up in McCone County, Mont. She graduated from high school in Circle, and attended nursing school in Great Falls. While on a layover in Great Falls, as he hopped aircraft on his way to his hometown of Louisville, Miss., World War II Navy seaman Edwin Jernigan met and fell in love with Esther. When the war...
Gordon R. Larson, 87, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, of natural causes at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. He was born on Dec. 11, 1925, in Opheim, Mont., to Olaf and Delia (Skarsten) Larson. He was one of six children, including one sister and four brothers. They lived on a farm/ranch 2 miles east of Opheim, where he resided his entire life. He was a true blue farmer, through and through, and he loved spending his days under Montana's famous Big Sky. He married Arlene Arneson on...
Joseph "Joe" Marshall Halvorsen, 94, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at Sidney Health Center in Sidney, Mont. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at Pella Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Charlane Lines officiating. Interment of cremains will be in Sidney Cemetery. He was the youngest of seven children born to Hans J. Halvorsen, a Norwegian immigrant, and Anna Margrethe Walla Halvorsen. He grew up on Deer Creek near Glendive. Before World War II, having attended Montana...
Longtime Flaxville resident, Dale M. Fishell Jr., 88, died Nov 10, 2013, at the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood. He had been a resident at the nursing home for the past several months. There will be a memorial service at a future date. He was born May 29, 1925, in Outlook, Mont., to Dale and Elizabeth (Crossen) Fishell. He grew up with an older sister, Mercedene, and brothers Victor and Harry in Redstone. He attended school in Redstone, graduating from high school in 1943. After high school, he started farming with his father in...
Carole Ann (Oderman) Whipple, 71, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Helena. She battled breast cancer a few years ago and last spring she discovered that she had metastatic bone cancer. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend. We will hold her in our heart with great love. She was born Feb. 5, 1942, in Great Falls, Mont. Her parents were George and Palladia Oderman. They moved to Glasgow, and that is where she was raised. She graduated from Glasgow High School. She married Frank...
James Murray Olk, 74, of Glasgow, Mont., died Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at his home of a pulmonary embolism. Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 15, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. The family invites you to a luncheon after the service followed by a committal at Highland Cemetery and a "Celebration of Life" at Sunnyside Golf Course in his memory. He was born Sept. 16, 1939, in Detroit, Mich., the only child of Joseph and Clara Olk, where he graduated from Cooley High...
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, Melda Deloris Fire Moon, 57, of Glendive, Mont., formerly of Frazer, Mont., died at the Glendive Medical Center. She was born to Lyle and Leta Fire Moon on May 5, 1956, She was the oldest daughter of eight siblings. At a young age of 9 months, she was diagnosed with spinal meningitis. She lived with the family until the age of 25, and at that time she became a resident of Eastern Montana Industries in Glendive until her passing. She had an extended family at her resid...
Jon Darryl King, 53, of Great Falls, Mont., died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. A private ceremony will be held by his family and close friends at a later date. He was born Feb. 12, 1960, in Great Falls and raised in Nashua. After graduating from high school, he went on to serve four years in the Air Force and returned to live out his life in Great Falls. Known as a true jack of all trades, there was not much he could not build or fix. Thoroughly passionate for the outdoors, he was an avid hunter and fi...
Donna Mae (Hill) Smith, 77, died peacefully at her home in Tenino, Wash., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. She was born to Marc and Ella Hill on Sept. 7, 1936, in Glasgow. She spent her childhood in the Glentana area. The family moved in 1949 to Glasgow, where she graduated from high school in 1954. She attended Holy Name College for two years in Spokane, Wash. It was there that she met Robert G. Smith. They were married on June 30, 1956, in Glasgow. They had six children. Her husband was a career...
Irene Pearl Martin, 81, of Brockton, Mont., died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in Billings, Mont. She was born in Fort Yates, N.D., on Oct. 14, 1932, to Julia Ireland Fast Horse and Jake Martin and lived a majority of her life in Brockton. She also lived on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation while she was married to Adelbert Lone Bear, Sr. She worked at numerous jobs throughout her life but her most memorable places of employment were Brockton School and the...
Verda Rosecellia (Torgerson) Hoffarth Stewart, born Dec. 26, 1923, in Dagmar, Mont., passed peacefully on Oct. 19, 2013, in San Diego, Calif. Mass for the Repose of her soul will be held at 11 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 10, at St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church. Her wishes were to be cremated and laid to rest at the Plentywood Memorial Cemetery in Plentywood, with her beloved husband, Roy. Date and time are pending. She was born the second daughter of eight children to Martin and Agnes Torgerson on t...
Terry R. Bowman, son of Grace Bowman and the late Jack Bowman, died Oct. 19, 2013, from complications following a heart attack. A Celebration of Terry's life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in the lower level of Central Christian Church at 1221 16th St. W in Billings. Come fellowship with us and share your memories of Terry. He brought sunshine into so many lives with his loving heart and dry sense of humor; he will be greatly missed by family, friends, co-workers at Aspen Meadows and...
Wesley Michael Murphy, 30, a computer genius that worked for Freeman-Gaffney Association and an all-around great guy, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont. A memorial service is planned for January. More information is to be announced at a later date. He was born to Cynthia (Pearson) and the late Robert “Murph” Murphy on Sept. 8, 1983, in Malta. He grew up in Malta and attended schools in Malta and Saco as a child. He had a love for electronics and Christmas lights, collecting everything he could get his hands o...
Patricia Jean Watson, 88, died of natural causes on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2013, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow. Interment will be in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements....
Marvin Wesley Bartel, 90, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point, Mont. He was born on Jan. 18, 1923, on the family homestead north of Wolf Point to Cornelius and Martha (Schroeder) Bartel. When he was five years old, he and his twin brother, Monroe, started first grade at the Pioneer School 2 miles east of the farm. The twins only spoke German before attending school. They went to school with their older siblings either by riding horse, walking, or on the...
Denise Kuki, 36, died in a vehicle accident about 7 miles east of Hinsdale, Mont., on Highway 2 on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. She was born on May 10, 1977, in Whitefish, Mont., the daughter of William and Louise (Zeiger) Kuki. When she was three months old she was adopted by Bill and Louise and was loved just as she was one of their own. She was raised in Hinsdale and graduated from Hinsdale high school. As a child, she was always energetic and active. Among many other things she enjoyed gymnastics...
Patricia Jean (Raymond) Watson, 88, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, of natural causes at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 9, at the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on July 14, 1925, in Opheim, Mont., the daughter of William and Edna Raymond. She graduated from Glasgow High School in 1943. She worked as a telegrapher for the Great Northern Railroad in Glasgow...
Leonard Q. Galston, 57, died at 4 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, due to complications from a malignant brain tumor. A celebration of life will be held at the Assembly of God Church in Glasgow at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, with an after party to follow later in the afternoon. Condolences can be sent to his home at 1014 2nd Ave. South in Glasgow. He was born March 13, 1956, to Duncan and Betty Galston (Abern) in Glasgow, Mont. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1974. On Nov. 18, 1978, he...
Eileen (Stein) Becker, 65, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, at her home surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer. She was born to Helen (Zimmer) and Herb Stein on Aug. 1, 1948, in Glasgow, Mont. She attended St. Raphael's Catholic School and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1967. She was a woman of many facets and dimensions. She was a strong, independent, hardworking and creative woman. She was preceded in death by her mother and father; one daughter, Nicole Caruso; and her...
Karen Louise (Dokken) Jellum, 70, died from complications from Alzheimer's disease, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook. A celebration of life was held in Chinook at 11 a.m. on Oct. 25, at the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium, under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Another service was held at 11 a.m. Oct. 26, at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, with interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born to Jorgen and Marion Dokken on Sept. 16, 1943, in Bremert...
Helen E. Toews, 90, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro, Kan. She was born Nov. 20, 1922, to Jacob and Eva (Sawatzky) Rempel in Jansen, Neb. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Toews, in 2004; a grandchild; six brothers, Andrew, Frank, Albert, Henry, Abe and Harry; three sisters, Frieda Ewert, Alma Wiens and Margaret Harder. Survivors include one son, Rev. Steve Toews, and his wife, Deborah, of Wichita, Kan.; two daughters, Lynette Toews of Denver, Colo., Carol Harrison and her husband, Dan, of Wichita;...
Eleanor Dale (Alley) Pratt, 79, died on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at her home in Billings, just after the midnight of her 59th wedding anniversary, with her two sons at her side. Cremation has taken place. Mass will be at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Glasgow, with a luncheon to follow. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, a month and a half premature on Dec. 13, 1933, when her parents, Clarence Dale Alley and Elizabeth Helena “Betty” (Horvath) Alley, were...
