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Leo A. Bachmeier
Jul 28, 2021
On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Leo Anton Bachmeier, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend passed away at the age of 89 at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank of natural causes.
Leo was born October 15, 1931 in North Dakota and grew up there on the family farm. His first job was...
Mary Helen (Kiehlbauch) Mielke
Jul 25, 2021
Mary Helen (Kiehlbauch) Mielke, 91, of Sunburst, passed away of natural causes at the Marias Care Center on July 25, 2021. Mary was born August 28, 1929, in Great Falls to Otto and Inez (Tabor) Kiehlbauch. She spent the majority of her life on the family ranch in the shadows of the Sweet Grass Hills, both as...
Pamela Kay Faulhaber
Jul 19, 2021
Pam Faulhaber passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones in her home on Monday, July 19, 2021 losing the battle with cancer. Those that met her were instantly drawn to her spunky and radiant personality that made her an instant friend. Although her hobby was golf, she most enjoyed being surrounded by friends and family sharing stories and telling...
Joyce Evelyn Copenhaver
Jul 16, 2021
On July 16, 2021 the heavens gained another angel. Joyce Copenhaver passed from this world to the next very peacefully with her daughter by her side. Joyce was born in Havre, MT on May 13, 1930 to Malvin Leo and Eleanor (Jordan) Romsa. She was the eldest of 3 children.
During her younger years her family moved...
Mary Ann Sullivan
Jul 15, 2021
Mary Ann Sullivan, 87, passed on July 15, 2021.
Memorial service will be Tuesday, July 20, at 10am at St. Francis Catholic Church in Valier. Burial to follow in Dupuyer Cemetery and then a reception at the Dupuyer Community Hall.
Mary Ann was born December 6, 1933 in Lead, South Dakota, and was the second ...
Don Porter
Jul 8, 2021
Donald Stephen Porter, 64, of Kevin, passed on Thursday, July 8, 2021.
Graveside services will be Saturday, July 17 at 1pm at Mountain View Cemetery in Shelby.
Millie Pester
Jul 8, 2021
Ludmilla “Millie” Pester, 91, passed away at the Northern Montana Care Center on July 8,2021.
Millie was born to Edward & Agnes Rysavy on November 21, 1929 in Blooming Prairie Township, MN. She graduated from high school there in 1947 and graduated from the northwest Institute of Medical Technology in 1948. She then was employed as a...
Carolyn M. (Hanses) Hauser
Jul 5, 2021
Carolyn M. Hauser, 86, of Chester, passed at 3:25pm on Monday, July 5, 2021. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on July 10 at Rockman Funeral Chapel, officiated by Father Bernard Welp.
Carolyn was born April 30, 1935 in Havre to Joseph and Christine (Burkhartsmeyer) Hanses. She married Theodore A....
Leroy "Lee" C. Stratman
Jul 2, 2021
LeRoy “Lee” Stratman, 78, originally from Shelby, passed away Monday, July 2nd, 2021, in Minneapolis, MN.
Lee was born in 1943, to Cecilia (née Heitman) and Joseph Stratman. Lee lived in Shelby until 1977, when he moved with his wife, Angela (née Robertson), and their two children to Zimmerman, MN...
Cherilyn Marie (Gray) Blea
Jun 29, 2021
Cherilyn Marie “Sis” Gray, Aapaitsaan (Medicine Weasel), 39 of Riverview, Florida passed away on June 29, 2021, at Tampa General Hospital. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 Gastric cancer in August of 2020, and she fought a long hard battle and never let it get her down.
Cherilyn was born December 8, 1981, in...
Barbara Jean Monroe
Jun 28, 2021
Barbara J (Atkinson) Monroe, 88, passed on Sunday, June 27, 2021. She was born in Belt on March 4, 1933 and was the 4th of 11 children born to Felix and Isabel (Ashworth) Atkinson. In 1940, the family moved to Sunburst. They first heard of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the radio; her father was inducted into the...
Theresa Berg
Jun 26, 2021
Theresa Berg passed peacefully surrounded by family on June 26, 2021.
Theresa was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 12, 1933 to Lula and Joseph Hileman. Theresa was married to Arne Berg in June 1952 in North Dakota. Shortly after, they moved to Conrad, Montana. They raised their three children Robert Berg (Allison), Bradley Berg, and Teri...
James B. Kalbfleisch
Jun 25, 2021
James Bruce “Jim” Kalbfleisch, 87, a beloved, good-natured, and kind lifelong Shelby farmer passed on June 25, 2021, surrounded by loved ones.
Jim is survived by his wife, Virginia; sons, Bill (Stacy) Schlepp and Larry (Donna) Schlepp of Billings; daughter LuAnn (Stuart) Julian of Missoula;
grandchildren, Brian (Kara) Schlepp, Amanda...
Jim Geiger
Jun 19, 2021
Jim Geiger, 98 passed away June 19, 2021 ( 10 days short of his 99th birthday) at PMC Extended Care in Conrad.
Jim was born on the family farm in Valier June 29, 1922. After high school he worked on the farm until he enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1942 where he trained...
Larry R. Snyder
Jun 18, 2021
Laurence (Larry) Robert Snyder entered heaven on June 18, 2021, to be reunited with his departed family.
Larry was born in Cut Bank, on June 26, 1933, to Robert and Teresa Young. He was adopted by his father, Donald Snyder, and was raised in Cut Bank, Gilford, and Shelby.
Upon graduating from Shelby High School,...
Lester Marks
Jun 17, 2021
Lester Marks, 63, longtime Sunburst resident, passed away on June 17, 2021 of natural causes.
Lester is survived by his daughter, Angie (Brady) Nielson; 2 granddaughters, Emma and Rebecca, all from Alberta, Canada; brother, Larry Mark of Colorado; sister, Donna Flemmer of Washington; and uncle to many.
Lester was preceded...
Melvina Marie Johnson
Jun 10, 2021
On June 10th, 2021, Melvina “Bing” Johnson, 85, passed away.
Melvina Marie Wagner was the daughter of Louise Flammond Goings and Clarence Wagner born on March 14th,1936 in Browning. Before she was “mom or gram”, she was “Bing”. We all knew her by her nickname “Bing”, a name her Grandpa Pete Flammond gave her as...
Garey W. Kramer
Jun 9, 2021
Garey Wayne Kramer, 63, passed on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
A wake will begin late on Sunday, June 13, at Glacier Home Center. Funeral mass will be Wednesday, June 16, at 2pm at Little Flower Catholic Church.
A full obit to follow.
Judy King
Jun 7, 2021
Judith “Judy” Charlynn (Goforth) King, 76, of Valier, passed away June 7, 2021. Judy was a vibrant, loving woman who made friends and touched lives wherever she went. She was a wife, Aunt, sister, and friend, but her favorite names were Mom and Grandma. Judy’s laughter would fill a room, and you always knew she was up...
Myrla R (Wilson) Dahlke
Jun 5, 2021
Myrla R. (Wilson) Dahlke, 84, passed on Saturday, June 5, 2021, at Liberty Medical Center.
Funeral services will be Thursday, July 1, at 11:00 AM at New Beginnings Lutheran Church in Rudyard.
Myrla was born December 13, 1936, in Havre to Charles “Tommy” and Alice Wilson....
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