Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Our dear father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Rudolph Toews, once said after a family gathering, "I am a rich man." He was not talking about money, but rather of relationships. He was always happiest when surrounded by his family, eagerly looking forward to visits from family members and hearing about family gatherings even when he was unable to be there. He died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, less than a week short of his 98th birthday. Family will receive friends Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 6 to...
Melvin Irving Tarum, 92, of McPherson, Kan., passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, with his children by his side at Brookdale in McPherson. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 14, at Stockham Family Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 15, at Trinity Lutheran Church, McPherson, with Rev. Tim Leaf officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at New Gottland Lutheran Church Cemetery, in McPherson. He was...
Keithe “Thor” R. Thorson, 72, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, with Reverend Todd Wright officiating. Keithe’s family ask that you bring your ‘church appropriate’ stories of Keithe to share. Please bring a covered dish to the potluck at Sunny Side Golf Course following services. Condolences for the family may be left at bellmortu...
Thomas ‘Tom’ Albert Hickok, 87, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at Valley View Home, in Glasgow. Family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 14, at Bell Mortuary. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 15, at Bell Mortuary. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, in Glasgow, following services. Condolences may be left for the family at bellmortuarymontana.com. A full obituary will follow soon....
Russell "Russ" Aime Girard, of Yakima, Wash., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, surrounded by loved ones after a courageous battle with cancer. Russ was born in Great Falls, Mont., on Sept. 14, 1954, and grew up in Glasgow, Mont. He had great memories of pitching baseball on their local Little League team and going to the finals. He loved spending summers at the local park and pool with his siblings and friends growing up. After high school he joined the Navy and was stationed...
Carl "Dale" Wass was born Aug. 13, 1948. It was a Friday the 13th, and he liked to remind us every time a Friday the 13th rolled around again. He passed away on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, after a brave fight with cancer. Funeral services will be held at Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, Mont., on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 11 a.m. with a reception at the VFW immediately following. In addition to being a hero to his children, he also served in several heroic roles during his life including a cop, EMT, and...
Shirley Mae (Prior) Nelson, 91, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Services will be held this summer at a family gathering in Glasgow. She was born in Poplar, Mont., on Dec. 30, 1928, to Charles and Edith Prior. Shirley graduated from Poplar High School and married James Nelson on May 27, 1947. They had three daughters. Shirley and Jim farmed and ranched north of Brockton, Mont., for 42 years before retiring and moving to Glasgow. She loved cooking, needle work and was active in various...
Irene “Lynn” (Patten) Aderhold, age 74, passed peacefully at her home Saturday afternoon, Jan. 4, 2020, of liver complications due to diabetes. An impromptu, informal, living, memorial gathering was held at the West Yellowstone Ward building, Sunday, Dec. 30. Lynn has been cremated. There will be no funeral and no internment at this time. Lynn was born at the end of WWII, between the atomic bombs, Aug. 7, 1945, in Morton, Wash. She was the oldest child of Grant and Margaret Patten and the first granddaughter of Ralph and Irene Whiting. Lyn...
LaVonne Lawrence passed away on Thursday, Jan. 16, in Billings, Mont. She was 83 years old. Service will be held at the First Baptist Church, Billings, Mont., on Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. LaVonne was born in North Dakota, but found her way to the Big Sky Country and resided in Glasgow, Mont., for most of her life. She married Jim Lawrence in 1955 and they have three daughters. In 2006, LaVonne moved to Billings. LaVonne was a bright and dedicated banker and retired from Norwest Bank in Glasgow after...
Donald "Don" Leroy Potter passed away from complications of lung cancer on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at the age of 81, at his home in Glasgow, Mont. Donald Potter was born on June 15, 1938, to Orville and Rowena (Rice) Potter, in Glasgow. They lived in Wheeler, Mont., where Orville worked as a welder on the dredge; something that always made Don proud. In 1941 they moved to Ogallala, Neb., and then to Portland, Ore., where Orville worked on the Kingsley Dam on the North Platte River in Nebraska,...
Beulah June Parpart, age 88, formerly of Fort Peck, Mont., passed away on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at the Eastern Montana Veteran’s Home in Glendive, Mont. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, at the Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Private interment services will be held Galpin Church Cemetery in Valley County, Mont. Memorial services will be held at a later date in the spring. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements....
Marlene Faith (Ouren) Patterson, 88, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at Bethel Lutheran Home in Williston, N.D., where she had resided since June of 2015. Cremation has taken place and burial will be at Lawndale Cemetery in Opheim, Mont., next to her parents in the summer of 2020. Marlene was born on Aug. 8, 1931, to Orris and Orpha Ouren at Wildrose, N.D. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and had a great love for her Savior. Marlene’s education started in Park Grove, Mont., continued in Nashua, Mont., until she m...
Michael Chamberlain passed away unexpectedly on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, at his residence in Glasgow, Mont. As per his wishes, he has been cremated. A memorial service is being planned for this spring....
Donald Potter, age 81, of Glasgow, Mont., died Tuesday, Jan 7, 2020. Services will be Saturday, Jan. 11, 10 a.m., at the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow....
Lloyd Edward Sundby, 71, died of natural causes in his home near Glasgow, Mont., on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The "ol' kid from Glasgow" spent about 35 years on "The North Ten" property. Lloyd was born the fourth child of Orvin and Isabelle (Bakkum) Sundby Oct. 3, 1948, in Glasgow, the ninth child of Orvin's children and always the "baby" of the family. Lloyd graduated from Glasgow High School in 1966. He enlisted in the Army in 1968, spending '69-'71 stationed in Germany. He attended auctioneer...
Betty Jean "BJ" Geda Olson, 85, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, at Powers Cottage in Billings, Mont., holding her grandson Jordon's hand. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 19, at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary, 1001 Alderson Ave., Billings. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Burial will follow at 12:30 p.m. at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park in Billings. Betty Jean was born in Camas, Wash., to Earl and Mabel Clemons, on April 26,...
Jerry James DeWeese, 85, of St. Marie, Mont., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 20, at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, Mont. A reception will follow services at the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow. Jerry was born in Bonner Springs, Kansas, on Nov. 10, 1934. He was the only son of Thelma Marie DeWeese. At the height of the Korean War, Jerry joined the Navy at the age of 17, Dec. 3, 1951. He completed the Radio Operator Training. Upon arrival in Korea, he...
Carol Ann (Sergent) Dixon, 63, of Anaconda, Mont., met with our Lord Jesus Christ Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, surrounded by family and friends. Family will receive friends 6 to 8p.m., Friday, Dec. 20, at Bell Mortuary, in Glasgow. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, at Bell Mortuary with Pastor Tom Fauth officiating. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. Carol was born in Glasgow, Mont., July 17, 1956, to Albert and Ruby (Krause) Sergent. While she was out one night...
Neal Olson, age 92, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away at Valley View Home in Glasgow. As per Neal's request cremation has taken place and no services will be held. Burial will be at a later date in Pleasant Prairie Cemetery. Neal was born south of Flaxville, Mont., June 24, 1927, to Nels and Alma (Boom) Olson. He grew up on the family farm south of Flaxville. He joined the Navy in February of 1945 at age 18, where his rank was a Seaman First Class and was honorably discharged July of 1946. Upon dis...
Gladys I. Hulett, age 95, peacefully passed away due to natural causes on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Mont. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Northern Montana Care Center Grace Chapel, Havre. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Gladys was born on October 13, 1924 in Havre, the fifth of eight children born to Alexander and Ella (Starcke) McIntosh. She was raised on the family farm north of Havre and graduated...
Wanda A. DeSonia, 97, passed Nov. 19, 2019 with family at her side. Born Jan. 4, 1922, in Landa, N.D., to Olga and Peter Utgaard, she was the youngest of five children, of which she was the last surviving sibling. She married Charles DeSonia in 1939 at which time they moved to Minneapolis, Minn. While there, Boyd and Sandi were born. Upon Charles entering the Navy, Wanda, Boyd, and Sandi went to Landa to live with her parents. When Charles returned the family moved to Glendive, Mont., in the...
Donald L. Doebler, 87, of Hinsdale, Mont., passed way December 9, 2019 at Valley View in Glasgow, Mont. Don was born April 21, 1932 in Sherburne County, Big Lake Township, Minn., to Harold and Hazel (Johnson) Doebler. Don's family moved to Montana in 1933, where his father, Harold, found work on the Elmer Canen farm, the George Accola Farm and the Ft. Peck Dam project. The family relocated several times over the years, and Don finished all schooling in Port Orchard, Wash., graduating from South...
Judith "Judy" Caroline (Green) Graham, 55, passed away on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, of complications from a heart attack. Judy was born on Sept. 30, 1964, at March AFB in Riverside, Calif. to Carl Green and Wanda Bergstrom. In 1966, the family moved to Omaha, Neb., to Offutt AFB. When Judy was five, the family moved to Opheim, Mont. Her parents later divorced and her mom married Graydon "Bub" Edwards in 1971. The family now included Judy and her brother, Brad, and Bub's children, R...
Charles "Chuck" Lawrence, 84, passed away peacefully with Lorne and Karen by his side on Nov. 14, 2019. Charles was the son of Ed and Peggy Lawrence and brother of Jean, Jim, Donald, Carl, Bob and Shirley of Richland and Glasgow, Mont. Chuck moved to California where he became a successful painting contractor and entrepreneur. He is loved and will be remembered by his best friend and grandson Josh, his son Lorne, and his daughter Dawn, granddaughter Avery, and family, friends, and loved ones....
Sidney Albert Simonsen, age 98 of Hinsdale, Mont., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Glasgow, Mont. Sidney was born on May 1, 1921, in a log cabin on the left bank of the Milk River at Miles Crossing on property homesteaded by his father in 1902. When Sidney reached school age, the family moved north to the coulee in order for him and his sister Grace could attend North Bench country school. When the time came for higher education, they spent school terms in a boarding house in Hinsdale,...
