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Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas

Tom Stevens

Tom Stevens

Aug 8, 2020

Thomas “Tom” Merrill Stevens, 78, of Raymond, Alberta, Canada passed away suddenly on August 8th, 2020.

Born in Houston, Texas on May 27, 1942. Tom graduated from Spring Branch High School in Houston.  Tom served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Buenos Aries, Argentina Mission.  He continued on to receive...

Jim "J.B." Nelson

Jim "J.B." Nelson

Aug 6, 2020

Jim “J.B.” Nelson, 92, passed on August 6, 2020 from health complications.

Jim was born September 29, 19127.  Jim spent his life working and taking care of family. Beginning at 11 years old, he worked for sheep and cattle ranchers, farmers, etc. and gave his wages to his parents. At 15 & 16, he worked...

Phyllis Ann Philipps

Phyllis Ann Philipps

Aug 5, 2020

Phyllis Ann Philipps, after a long battle with breast cancer has gone to be with God. Phyllis passed peacefully in her home in Conrad surrounded by family on Wednesday the 5th of August 2020.

Phyllis was born December 28, 1958 in Alhambra, California to Anthony and Josephine Caputo. She was the youngest of six children...

Vernon J. Dahinden

Vernon J. Dahinden

Aug 5, 2020

Vernon Joseph Dahinden was born to Frank and Anna Margaret (Weber) Dahinden on May 15, 1922, at the family homestead south of Joplin.  Along with his two older brothers, Bill and Eugene, he attended school in Joplin, where he graduated in 1940.

Vern was deferred from service in WWII to help sustain agricultural effort on home front....

Candace St. Goddard

Candace St. Goddard

Aug 2, 2020

Candace Marie St. Goddard, Indian name "Strikes With A Gun", passed on Sunday, August 2, 2020.

Family services will be held with burial in Willow Creek Cemetery.

Joe Campros

Joe Campros

Aug 2, 2020

Joseph Edward Campros was born in Chester on December 20, 1964, the youngest of ten children. He graduated from Chester High School in 1982 and entered the United States Navy for four years.  When he was discharged Joe took up the life of a landscaper and a window dresser in Florida.  Nothing brought him more pleasure than making something...

Larry Stoltz

Larry Stoltz

Aug 1, 2020

Larry Edward Stoltz, 79, passed away on August 1, 2020, after a tough battle with pancreatic cancer.  Born May 9, 1941, to Cliff and Wilma Stoltz, Larry was raised on the ranch north of Valier.  He graduated from Valier High School in 1959, and from Montana State College in 1964.  He enjoyed his time in Bozeman as...

Kristen Hope Ries

Kristen Hope Ries

Jul 31, 2020

Kristen Hope Ries lost her long battle with mental illness and died on July 31st, 2020.  We pray she has found the peace that was unattainable for her here on earth and is at rest in her mother’s loving arms.

Kristen was born September 10th, 1988 in Merced, CA.  She lived in many different locations throughout her...

Bob Ries

Bob Ries

Jul 29, 2020

Robert "Bob" Ries 77, passed away at his home in Great Falls on July 29, 2020.

Bob was born on Dec 11, 1942 in Conrad to Raymond & Rosella (Koenig) Ries. He grew up on a wheat farm; graduated from Conrad High School in 1962 and then moved to Great Falls and worked as a custodian for...

Blanche O. Anderson

Blanche O. Anderson

Jul 27, 2020

Blanche Ora (Poppler) Anderson passed away at Liberty County Medical Center- Hospital on July 27, 2020 6:37 pm. Blanche was 98 years and 215 days old.

Blanche was born December 26, 1921, in Alma Montana at the family homestead 30 miles North of Joplin, the sixth of seven children born to Benjamin and Ruth (Knutson) Poppler. She...

Norma Layton

Norma Layton

Jul 23, 2020

In the early morning hours of July 23, 2020, Norma, 89, passed peacefully in her sleep at Sweet Memorial Care Center in Chinook, and journeyed to her final home with her Savior Jesus Christ beside her.  Born on April 13, 1931, Norma was the third of seven children born to Nekolae Nilson Leom and Anna Marie Amundson...

Kay Fowler

Kay Fowler

Jul 23, 2020

Kay (Kathleen) Ann Fowler, 91, passed on July 23, 2020 in Conrad.

Kay was born September 19, 1928 in Jordan, Montana, to John and Alma Murnion.  Kay attended grade school in Jordan, the first 2 years of high school in Miles City, and then graduated in Jordan with the class of 1946. She earned her teaching certificate...

Ruth Wymer

Ruth Wymer

Jul 19, 2020

Ruth Louise Wymer passed peacefully on Sunday July 19, 2020 in Fullerton, CA. She was 101 years old. She was the last surviving child of Arthur and Helen Scholz, pioneering homesteaders southeast of Shelby. She was preceded by her parents, Arthur and Helen Scholz; brother, Edgar Scholz; and sisters, Dorothy Armstrong, Gladys Adamson, and Susan Virgin.  Ruth is survived...

Charles E. Rohlf

Charles E. Rohlf

Jul 12, 2020

Charles “Charlie” Eugene Rohlf, 92, passed on July 12th, 2020 at BeeHive Homes in Conrad.

Visitation will be Friday, July 24, from 5 to 7pm at Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral mass will be Saturday, July 25, at 1pm at St. Williams Catholic Church. Burial will take place in Minnesota at later date. Charlie...

Bill Pruet

Bill Pruet

Jul 11, 2020

William Justin Pruet, 59, passed July 11, 2020 at his home in Shelby.

Bill was born November 2, 1960 to Bennett and Hazel Pruet at the Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico.  He attended school in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School in 1978.  Bill went to work in manufacturing and...

Laila Lindberg

Laila Lindberg

Jul 11, 2020

Laila Iverson Lindberg, 96, of Shelby died July 11, 2020 surrounded by God’s grace and love. She was born to Harald and Ida Thompson Iverson on January 11, 1924, in Mt. Vernon, WA – the youngest in her family with three older brothers Irving, Floyd, and Lyle.  They moved to Montana in 1927, and in 1932 settled in Conrad...

Claudette R. Vanden Bos

Claudette R. Vanden Bos

Jun 25, 2020

Claudette R (Becker) Vanden Bos was born Nov 23, 1945 in Conrad to Gordon and Bessie Becker. She passed away June 25, 2020.

Claudette attended and graduated from Conrad High School.  She married Barney Vanden Bos on June 25, 1965 in Conrad and raised two sons, Russell and Roy, on the family farm near Dupuyer. ...

Evelyn Eggen

Evelyn Eggen

Jun 24, 2020

Evelyn Eggen, 103, passed Wed, June 24, 2020 in Jacksonville, FL.

Graveside services will be Thurs, July 2, at 1pm at Joplin Cemetery.

Evelyn was born January 25, 1917 in Chester to Emile and Carrie (Holmquist) Jabes. She graduated from Chester High School in 1935 and married Clifton Eggen in October of 1939 in Great...

Shirley R. Davis

Shirley R. Davis

Jun 24, 2020

The day before Shirley Roberta Davis was born, the temperature in Shelby reached 100 degrees. On the day when she was born, September 16, 1936, Shelby had a blizzard which dropped 5 feet of snow. Her parents are Ed Adams and Elsie Moffatt/Ball who farmed near Shelby.  Shirley was the baby of the family and had 11 older siblings;...

Glenn C. Dillman

Glenn C. Dillman

Jun 21, 2020

Glenn Cameron Dillman, 68, of Brady, passed at his home on Sunday, June 21, 2020.

He was born on August 27, 1951 to parents, Maurice Dillman and Selma (Boggs) Holm in Conrad.

He graduated from Conrad High School and spent much of his life in the Conrad area working in construction as a heavy equipment...

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