OBITUARY LISTINGS

Apr 24, 2020

John H. Smith, 86, passed away Friday, April 24, 2020.

A full obituary will follow.

Apr 23, 2020

Harold Dean Thomas, 82, of Browning, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020.

Burial will take place in Seattle, Washington.

Apr 21, 2020

Leonard Gordon “Pogo” Isbister, 79, passed away April 21, 2020 at Marias Care Center.

Leonard was born December 10, 1940 at home on the farm to John R. and Ethel Isbister. He was welcomed and delivered by his great grandmother midwife, Harriet Isbister.

He grew up on the farm and went to a...

Apr 21, 2020

Martha Jean (Yeager) Baumann died Tuesday, April 21, 2020 peacefully at the Pondera Medical Center Extended Care Facility of natural causes.

Martha was born October 18, 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana to parents, Harry and Elsie Yeager.  The family moved from Indiana to Montana when Martha was eleven years of age. She attended Conrad schools through 11th grade....

Apr 19, 2020

Velma "Peggy" Katherine Tromblee, 81, of Cut Bank, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020.

A full obituary will follow.

Private services will be held.

Apr 19, 2020

Betty Jean Styren was ushered into heaven Sunday evening, April 19, 2020.

Betty was born to Clifford and Elizabeth McBratney on June 2, 1933 in Great Falls, where they lived until she was 5 years old. The family moved to Augusta where she attended school, played basketball for the Augusta Elks and graduated in 1951....

Apr 18, 2020

Selma Louise Kohler was received by her heavenly Father on April 18, 2020.  Selma was born September 29, 1927 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota to Severin and Alma (Peterson) Johnson. She was the youngest of seven children.

Selma was raised on a farm in Erhard, Minnesota and attended a country school through eighth grade. After her mother's death,...

Apr 16, 2020

“She loved to feed people.”  Lola Kelleher was a loving mother, a wonderful spouse, an infinitely patient grandmother, a dear friend, a proud member of the American Legion Auxiliary, and a passionate card player.  But above all else, she expressed her affection and care through second and third helpings of coffee and doughnuts, meals, and desserts at the farm,...

Apr 10, 2020

Mary Kay (Gaffke) Tack, 80, of Conrad, went to the Lord on Friday April 10,2020 after extended stay at the Pondera Medical Extended Center.

Funeral services will be held at St. Michael’s Church in Conrad at 10:0 am on Saturday, October 16, 2021. A luncheon at the church will follow the service and then burial...

Apr 7, 2020

On April 7th, 2020 at 10:13pm Laura K. Krueger-Douglas passed away as a result of a short battle with cancer. At the time Laura was surrounded by all four of her children and went to meet God knowing she was loved by many.

Laura K was born to Madeline “Babe” Krueger and George Krueger on February 13th,...

Apr 1, 2020

Vena Ruth Ahenakew passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

Cremation has taken place, no services planned per her wishes.

Vena was born November 25, 1939 in Shelby to Robert “Bud” and Estelle Pogreba.

Survivors include Jay (Jenell) Pogreba of Conrad; sons, Scott (Deanna) of Idaho and Keil (Raine) of North Las Vegas; daughters,...

Apr 1, 2020

Lillian Marie Tempel, 89, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

Lillian was born January 16, 1931 in Malta to John and Helen (Cookingham) Abrahamson. She attended country school near Malta, one year in Saco, and graduated from Malta High School.  Lillian worked as a waitress in Malta area and at the B & E Café...

Mar 31, 2020

Donna Marie Sorlie, 80, of Conrad, passed away on March 31, 2020, at Pondera Medical Center.

Donna was born on September 19, 1939, in Wilsall to the late Alfred and Mae Walden. Donna told others that a doctor was not available, so the local dentist delivered her. Donna moved to Conrad in the 1980s where...

Mar 31, 2020

Leonard quietly passed away on March 31, 2020 in the farm home he was raised in. He had been battling cancer for many years.

Leonard was born January 31, 1932 to his parents, Malvin and Margaret.  He was raised on the family farm 18 miles north of Galata.  After graduating from Shelby High School, Leonard...

Mar 30, 2020

Deloris McDonough Zell was born April 24, 1928 in Johnson, Minnesota to Emma (Norenberg) and Otto Hoffman.  She grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota with 5 brothers and one sister.  She loved to share stories about the fun & mischief she and her siblings got into on the farm (especially her!) It was instilled in...

Mar 29, 2020

Marguerite Madeline Horgus, 86, passed away on March 29, 2020.

Marguerite was born on July 16, 1933 to John and Louise Wolanski on the family farm east of Sweetgrass. She went to school at the Wilshaw Country School, Sweetgrass School and graduated from Sunburst High School.

Marguerite married the love of her life, George Horgus...

Mar 28, 2020

Beverly Jean Rogers, 79, of Shelby, went to be with the Lord on Saturday March 28, 2020 at the Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank after a brief illness.

Bev was born October 12, 1940 in Great Falls to Virgil and Frances (Wheeler) Yerigan.   She was raised in Cut Bank.  She and her older sister, Tamera,...

Mar 18, 2020

Donald Eugene Rudolph passed during the afternoon of March 18, 2020 at the Liberty Medical

Care Center following a short stay. He was 92. Donald was born on February 20, 1928 at the Olga Ness

Hospital in Chester. He was the 4th of 5 children born to Ray S. Rudolph and Hazel V....

Mar 13, 2020

Robert D. Campanian, 80, passed March 13, 2020 in Albany, NY.  Bob was born December 19, 1939 in Lewistown to Leo Campanian and Veda (Hildahl) Campanian.  When he was around 4 years old, he and his mom moved to the west coast where he grew up in Vallejo, CA in the San Francisco bay area, and graduated from Vallejo...

Mar 12, 2020

Claire Catherine Danielson, 31, of Conrad, passed away on March 12, 2020, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls after a short illness.

Claire was born on September 12, 1988 in Great Falls to Kathleen Sharon Danielson of Shelby and Brent Hudson Barnes of Cut Bank.

Claire lived her early years in Walla Walla,...