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Oscar Ronald Evenson, 82, died Sept. 22, 2013, in Salem, Ore. Graveside services will be held in Fosston, Minn., during the summer of 2014. He was born the fifth of six children on March 26, 1931, to Oscar C. and Ruth B. Evenson, on the family farm in Bejou Township, Minnesota. He attended grade school at both Harvey and Bejou Elementary and graduated from Mahnomen High School in 1949. After a two-year army career in the medical corps, he married Vivian Marie Whaley on July 2, 1956, in Fosston,...
Former Glasgow resident Eunice (Burrus) Moen, 97, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, at the Health Center in Kalispell, Mont. A memorial service will be held at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, with burial to follow at the Highland Cemetery. A reception will be held at a location to be announced. She was born on a homestead west of Glasgow to Alfred “Mike” and Merle Burrus on June 23, 1916, the second of seven children. From the homestead the family moved to a farm near Lib...
Douglas Everett Ackerman Runsthrough Sr., “Two Spotted Eagle,” “Wamni Kneshga Numba,” 62, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at his mother’s home in Frazer, Mont. He was born Sept. 3, 1951, in Poplar, Mont., the son of Wilbert and Isabelle Ackerman. He lived in Frazer most of his life. He was a traditional man who lived life to the fullest. He was a very artistic man and loved his children very much. He was a firefighter, carpenter, artist, craftsman, master cook and spiritual leader. He loved fam...
Ethel Marion (Hinerman) Maki of Cascade, Mont., died Tuesday, Sept 17, 2013, after a period of illness, from Scleroderma complications following knee surgery. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Hillcrest Lawn Mausoleum Chapel, followed by a reception for family and friends at Schnider Funeral Home in Great Falls. She attended Bozeman University of Montana where she received her degree in nursing and worked in hospitals in Great Falls as supervisor and special nursing. She...
Galen “Mike” Maas, 92, died on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at Billings Clinic Hospital, 10 weeks following the death of his wife, Doris. A complete obituary will be published in the next issue of The Courier. At his request, no funeral is planned, but a graveside service for family will be scheduled at a later date....
Naomi Vivian “Beebs” Adams, 80, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Billings, Mont. She was born to Henry and Tena (Gives The Blanket) Archdale on May 6, 1933, at the family home in Oswego, Mont. She was a hard worker who worked endlessly to provide for her family: Officially as a nurse’s aide, teacher, bartender and cashier. However, her job did not end there. She also was a taxi driver, babysitter, banker, counselor, coach, family nurse, family accountant, operator, and above all, a super...
Peter J. “Pete” Grobel, 59, was set free from the ever-long battle of leukemia on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, a beautiful Montana morning at his home in Helena with his immediate family nearby. His family continues to admire and cherish his strength and love that he portrayed during his battle. Services and reception are to be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Evangelical Church in Glasgow. He was born in Billings to Lynn and Lois Grobel, joining his brother, Steve, and sis...
Skeg “Andy” Harlow Anderson, 49, of Sterling, Alaska, died in his sleep Saturday night, Sept. 7, 2013. Graveside services will be held in the future at the Scobey Cemetery. He was born to William and Sharon (Battleson) Anderson on May 20, 1964, one of four sons. He and his family spent many years of their life traveling and living in different places across the country, but the Battleson ranch in Peerless was always home. After high school, he joined the U.S. Army, where he, along with two oth...
Clara Evelyn Louise Dazell, 100, died Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Bell Chapel in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on April 28, 1913, to Norwegian and Danish immigrants Gertie (Johnson) and George Hanson in Fargo, N.D. She was raised in northern Minnesota. The eldest of several children, she shared the role as the extra Mom to...
Fern Amber Whittle, 91, died on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. Interment has taken place at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements....
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...
