OBITUARY LISTINGS

Jan 3, 2020

James Pattrick Higgins, 60, passed away suddenly at Benefis in Great Falls on January 3, 2020. James was known as “Pat”, “Patrick”, or “Packy”. Pat started school at the one room Blackfeet School.  He graduated from Browning High School in 1978.  Pat attended the early Blackfeet Community College when it was affiliated with Flathead Community College.  He was taught...

Jan 1, 2020

Patrick Iden Watkins, 80, passed away in the early morning of January 1, 2020. Above all else, Patrick valued his family and was blessed with four daughters by blood and marriage, Deborah Watkins, Victoria (Gary) Sulenes, Casey (Dave) Bowers, and Patricia Love. He also had a very large and loving extended family.  Patrick shared his life with his late...

Jan 1, 2020

Darlene Mae Beach, 70, passed away January 1, 2020 of heart failure and COPD at Marias Medical Center surrounded by family.

Memorial services will be Thursday, January 9, at 1:00 PM at Whitted Funeral Chapel. Burial to follow in Valley View Cemetery.

Darlene Mae (Porter) Beach was born June 13, 1949 on the...

Dec 21, 2019

Harvey Hawbaker stood on the court, facing a crowd who gathered to not only watch a basketball game, but to celebrate a man that had come to define what it meant to be a Shelby Coyote. He spoke to the crowd, not about the many achievements and accomplishments that made up his illustrious career, but of his family. This...

Dec 15, 2019

Alfred Vanden Bos, 78, passed away December 15, 2019.

Celebration of Life will be Saturday, December 28, 2019, at 10:00 am at the Pondera Valley Lutheran

Church with burial at the Hillside Cemetery. A reception will follow at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church.

Visitation will be Friday, December 27, 2019 from 5:00...

Dec 14, 2019

Roberta Lee Larabee, 82, of Ellensburg, Washington, passed away on December 14,

2019 of natural causes. She lived in Kent, WA the majority of her life, recently

moving to an Independent Living apartment in Ellensburg, WA in October 2018.

Roberta was born in Shelby on January 7, 1937 to Leonard Laurence...

Dec 13, 2019

Arthur L Erickson was born in Conrad on December 16, 1924 and passed away December 13, 2019 in Conrad. He was raised on the family farm SW of town. After two years in the Army he married his sweetheart, Eloise M Bruner of Valier on November 16, 1952. Art, Eloise and their two daughters lived and worked in the...

Dec 5, 2019

Kerry A. Conrad died peacefully in her home on December 5, 2019.

Vigil services will be Fri, Dec 13, at 7pm at the Pondera Funeral Home. Funeral mass will be Sat, Dec 14, at 11AM at St. Michael’s Catholic Church.

Kerry was born on July 20, 1953 to Bob and Kitty Anderson in Fort Benton. ...

Dec 4, 2019

It is with great sadness that the family of Mrs. Diane Fauque announce her unexpected passing on Dec. 4 at the age of 68. Diane will be missed dearly by her husband Randy; children Korey (Wendy), Darcy (Kelly), and Jamey (Brandi); grandchildren Connor, Hailey, Ryan, Jory, and Sawyer. Diane will be forever remembered by her sisters Carol and Sharon...

Dec 3, 2019

Dolores Whitt, age 87, previously of Great Falls passed away on December 3rd at the Marias Medical Center Nursing Home in Shelby. Visitation is on Monday, December 9th, at noon with the funeral at 1pm. Burial will be at the Mountain View Cemetery following the service.

Dolores was born to Chet and Ethel (Licht) Johnson on September...

Dec 2, 2019

Ronald Dale Sonju, 65, passed away unexpectedly on December 2, 2019 at Marias Medical Center.

Ron was born October 23, 1954 to Norman and Irene (Loomis) Sonju in Conrad.  Ron grew up and attended school in Shelby.  He married the love of his life, Diana Sargent, on July 3, 1992.  Together they were blessed with...

Dec 1, 2019

Pamela Ann Halvorson, 60, longtime Cut Bank resident and bookkeeper, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019.

Services will be at a later date.

Dec 1, 2019

Sandra Jean Becker, 71, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019.

Memorial services will be Saturday, December 7, at 10:00am at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church.

Sandi was born February 26, 1948 in Alexandria, Minnesota to Melvin and Eljo (Larson) Weisgram.  Her family lived in Minnesota until Sandi was 2 when they moved to Conrad. The family...

Dec 1, 2019

Robert Wayne Hampton, 94, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019. He was born in 1925 on the family farm near Rockfield, Kentucky to Georgia Young Hampton and Henry Clay Hampton. Known as Wayne, he was one of eight children, born with the love of farming and well suited for the challenge of raising tobacco, corn, grains and milking dairy...

Nov 30, 2019

Caroline Matilda (Suckow) Hall, 102, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019.

Funeral services will be Saturday, December 7, at 1:30pm at Grace Calvary Church in Rudyard.

She was born Sept 17, 1917 to Alfred and Louie Suckow.  She graduated from Rudyard High School on 1934 and went to Northern Montana College to get...

Nov 25, 2019

Kenneth (Kenny) Maynard Gilbert

A great man left us……

The world lost a gem on Monday, November 25th when Kenny Gilbert passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. He was a friendly and humorous soul, never missing an opportunity to joke with anybody and everybody whether he knew them or not. He...

Nov 21, 2019

Blaze Adam Flesch, 57, longtime resident of Shelby born March 11, 1962, beloved son to Connie Flesch and the late Larry Flesch, brother to Roxie Sukup, Kim Reese, Mona Swanson, and Serene Flesch and families, nephew to loving aunt Gayle, cousin/friend to Jack, Monica, and Sandra, uncle, great uncle, great-great uncle, and best friend/brother to Kevin Lockhart, went to...

Nov 18, 2019

James Marvin Baumann, 92, passed away at his home in Spokane Valley, Washington on November 18, 2019.  Born in Conrad, Montana on February 20, 1927, he was raised on a dry land wheat farm near Ledger.  James, better known as “Jim,” was the fourth of seven children born to John and Norma Baumann, early homesteaders in the area.  He...

Nov 14, 2019

Gerald Gustav Gunderson “Jerry”, passed away on November 14, 2019, eight days short of his 79th birthday.  He was born in Conrad on November 22, 1940 to Arientta Jean (Fortman) Gunderson and Gustav Adolph Gunderson.  He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Betty Jean (Gunderson) Kummer.

He attended grade school at the Sollid School,...

Nov 13, 2019

Ardell E. (Hopperdietzel) Knab, 91, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in Conrad. She was born December 12, 1927 in Athens, Wisconsin. Ardell married Chester Knab on September 6, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ardell worked as an LPN at the Liberty County Nursing Home for 20 years. She enjoyed both bowling and golf. In her later years...