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Joyce Marie (Flom) Fuhrmann, 72, of Great Falls, Mont., died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be held at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua on Friday, Sept. 6 at 1:30 p.m. with Pastor Bonnie Novak officiating. Burial will take place at Nashua Cemetery. She was born on Jan. 8, 1941, in McCone City, Mont. She attended Nashua Public Schools and obtained a GED. She enjoyed many hobbies, including sewing, crocheting, quilting, candy making, cooking, baking and her...
Shiela Frances (LaChambre) Benson, of Bozeman, Mont., 77, died due to complications from chemotherapy at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. A Memorial Mass will be held at the Holy Rosary Parish in Bozeman in mid-October. An announcement will be placed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. She was born in Missoula on March 11, 1936. After graduating from the University of Montana in 1958 with a degree in home economics, she taught high school home economics in Polson before marrying...
The Montana Wool Growers Association (MWGA) on Tuesday submitted written comments to the Montana Attorney General’s Office pointing out the legal and constitutional problems with the proposed initiative to ban trapping on public lands in Montana. MWGA submitted comments in response to the Attorney General’s request of Aug. 21 seeking public comment on the proposed ballot initiative proposed by Timothy Provow of Missoula. The initiative, if passed, would make it illegal to trap fur-bearing animals, game animals, predators, game birds, and upl...
Elsie Alice (Watson) Stolem, 91, died of natural causes Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at the Phillips County Hospital. She was born April 30, 1922, to John and Elizabeth (Staples) Watson in Thoeny, Mont. On Jan. 11, 1940, she married Kenneth I. “Bud” Stolem in Glasgow. They farmed and ranched near Hinsdale until 1996 when they retired and moved to Malta to be near their children. Her greatest accomplishment was sharing her love through cooking for her family and friends. Her door was always ope...
Joseph G. Svien, 94, longtime resident of Glasgow and more recently Missoula, and Napa, Calif., died on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, in Napa. Cremation has taken place and a private family service will be held in Glasgow later this year. The second oldest of six children, he was born on Sept. 2, 1918, in Erskine, Minn., the son of Oscar and Selma Svien. He was the beloved husband of the late Bess (Domier) Svien, whom he married on July 13, 1946. He grew up in McIntosh, Minn., and was a World War II...
Graveside committal services for Emil Kravik with military honors by VFW Post 3107 and the Montana Army National Guard will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Lawndale Cemetery in Opheim. He died March 29 of natural causes at his Prairie Ridge Retirement Home in Glasgow. A celebration of life service was held April 1 at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements....
Dennis John Patterson, 68, of Sedro-Woolley, Wash., died Aug. 16, 2013, at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, Wash. He was born on Nov. 1, 1944, in Glasgow, Mont., the son of Wesley and Mary Ellen Patterson. He was raised and attended school in Glasgow, graduating from Glasgow High School with the class of 1963. He then served his country with the U.S. Army for several years. After the service, he served his electrician’s apprenticeship in Glasgow. On July 2, 1966, he was united in m...
Kenneth “Kenny” Odin Sonsteng, 86, died at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow on Thursday, August 15, 2013. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 31, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. He was born on Nov. 29, 1926, the 10th child of 15 children of homesteader parents, Arnold Odin Sonsteng and Laura Saubak Sonsteng. He was raised north of Frazer, in the Lustre community. The first eight years of his...
Nellie Baerg, 94, of Livingston, died August 16, 2013, at Livingston HealthCare with her family by her side. Family and friends are invited to celebrate Nellie’s life at a luncheon at the Glasgow First Baptist Church annex on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 11 a.m. She was born on June 15, 1919, in Lustre, Mont., the daughter of Peter H. and Eva T. (Becker) Unrau. She received her education in Frazer and was valedictorian of the Class of 1938. She earned a teaching degree at Northern Montana College in H...
Kristian Severt Bakke, 45, of Havre, Mont., died Aug. 11, 2013, in his home of a heart attack. He was born May 6, 1968, to Kristian and Edith Bakke in Livingston, Mont. He, in his younger years, was fondly known as “Fella” or “Krissie” to his sisters, family, and friends. He was a little fart. Although quiet natured, his mind was always at work and his hands busy repairing things that were already fixed, and working his snow removal and lawn mowing routes. With the help of three older sisters...
Joseph Daniel (Day Star) Johnston, 25, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, at his home in Billings, Mont. A vigil service will be held Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m., and funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 15, at10 a.m., both services at the Oswego Community Hall in Oswego. Interment will be in the Oswego Presbyterian Cemetery in Oswego. He was born on June 28, 1988, to Phillip Johnston and Clara Raining Bird in Wolf Point. He grew up in Frazer and Wolf Point, graduated from the Swan Valley You...
David Clinton Nelson, 66, died from an aneurysm at his home in Opheim, Mont., on Aug. 7, 2013. He was born on Feb. 24, 1947, in Glasgow, Mont., the youngest of four children, born to Clinton and Elsa Nelson. He attended the North Bench School until second grade and went on to graduate from Opheim High School. Following high school, he attained an associate’s degree in agriculture at Northern Montana College in Havre. In 1967 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was in the military for two years, and...
Margie M Squires died Monday, on Aug. 5, 2013, at Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont., after an extensive battle with breast and lung Cancer. She was born July 17, 1947, in Glasgow, to Jack Fighter and Emma Redd. In 1968, she married her dear friend, Gene Lonz, where they lived on the Glasgow Air Force Base. She graduated from Carroll College in Helena, with a double bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology. She returned home to Wolf Point where she worked as a social worker for Fort Peck T...
Gerald F. “Jerry” Myers, 83, died of natural causes on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. He was born on Feb. 11, 1930, in Lancaster, Penn., the son of Elam W. and Thelma J. (Kimick) Myers. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and served in numerous places around the world. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in criminal justice from the University of Nebraska in Omaha and a masters of science in public administration from Brigham Young Uni...
William “Dean” Newton, 85, beloved husband, father, friend, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. A Service of Remembrance will be held on Friday, Aug. 9, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Lewistown. Military honors will be presented by the Fergus American Legion Post #16 and the Montana Honor Guard. He was born on June 14, 1928, in Hobson, Mont., to William W. Newton and Annie (McLellan) Newton. His father died of cancer at the age of 46 in 1945, but Annie lived into her nineties and died in...
Hjalmar Arnold Tweten, 91, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, of natural causes at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. Although our hearts are broken, we celebrate his joyous return to the arms of our Heavenly Father. He was born in a little log house in Nashua to the late Jacob and Jensina (Hartvikson) Tweten on March 17, 1922. He went to grade school at a country school and then went to Nashua for high school where he graduated in 1941. In the fall of 1941, he went to sheet...
Lenore (Mrs. Albert). Wilson, 82, system engineer, of Wolf Point died Aug. 2, 2013 at a Billings care facility, following a stroke. A viewing will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 15 Airport Road in Glasgow on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m., followed by a graveside service at the Highland Cemetery. She was born in Indiana, grew up in Texas, graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, and taught mathematics in high school in Amarillo, Texas. She later moved to...
Kevin Charles Newman, 53, firstborn son of Clifford Cleveland and (Lavita) Mary Newman died unexpectedly from cardiac complications July 26, 2013, at his home in Frazer. He taught science at Frazer Public School in Frazer for the past five years among the people he loved. He was born Dec. 17, 1959, in St. Louis, Mo. He served in the Army for 10 years. After his military career, he graduated from the University of Montana in Missoula. When he died, he was completing graduate studies in native plants and developing a computer app to catalog and...
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926, his family moved to the Glasgow area when he was 3 and he grew up there on farms. He graduated from high school in 1943, enlisting in 1944 on his 18th birthday, attended infantry training and was sent to the Philippines and Japan. He married Nadine Scott in 1949. He worked 22 years as a sheet metal worker, 7 with his own shop. The family also farmed 7 years near the Milk River. A lifelong interest in repairing and customizing firearms led to his next career as...
Doris Kathryn (Daley) Maas died Wednesday, July 14, 2013, one week before her 91st birthday. Her family was gathered around her to express their eternal gratitude for a lifetime of unconditional love and support. A celebration of Doris’s life will be held at Glasgow’s First Lutheran Church on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. She was born on July 21, 1922, on the family homestead north of Nashua, to John and Rose (Brandt) Daley, of Norwegian and German her...
Annette Yvonne White Eagle Boxer, 72, died Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont. She was born March 11, 1941, in Poplar, and graduated from Brockton High School in 1959. After graduating, she attended Montana State University in Bozeman and was in the Bobcat Marching Band from 1959 to 1960. She started working in June 1961 for the Fort Peck Tribes, Fort Peck Housing, Brockton School, Poplar School, IHS and Bureau of Indian Affairs, and retired Sept. 3, 2010, due to me...
Kathleen (Tritschler) Jensen, 64, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, from Lou Gehrig’s disease. She fought this terrible disease with grace, optimism and humor. Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Church, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery. She was born April 22, 1949, in Billings, one of 13 children, to Joseph and Mary Tritschler. She grew up in St. Xavier and graduated from Hardin High School in 1967. She attended Eastern Montana College and g...
Dr. Nancy Lee Etchart, 54, of Helena, died Friday, July 26, 2013, after surviving the effects of brain cancer for 33 years. Her life will be celebrated at a reception in Helena at Eagle’s Manor on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 1 p.m.; a funeral service will be held at St. Raphael’s Church in Glasgow on Monday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m., and there will be a video biography of her life shown at Yellowstone Country Club in Billings on Friday, Aug. 16, from 5-7 p.m. She was born on Jan. 31, 1959, to Mitchel and Donna...
Virginia (Thievin) Gundermann, 89, died Friday, July 26, 2013, in Wolf Point, Mont. A rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. with Mass to follow at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Glentana. Interment will follow at the Glentana Cemetery in Glentana. She was born on Nov. 24, 1923, in Carbert, Mont., to Eugene and Jeanne Thievin. The eldest of five children, she was raised in the Peerless area and attended schools there. After high school she married Douglas...
The following was omitted from Marvin Fast’s obituary July 24 in The Courier: In addition to his wife Esther, his seven children and their families, Marvin is survived by one brother, Harvey Fast, his wife Gladys, and their children, Shirley, Joan, Jean, and Warren and their families; his late brother Ervin’s children, Don, Sharon, and their families; and his late sister Evangeline’s children, Patty, Peggy, Gordon and their families....
