OBITUARY LISTINGS

May 18, 2018

Ralph Emmerson Broadhead, 85, of Cut Bank, passed away Friday, May 18, 2018.

Services will be at a later date.

May 16, 2018

Marian L Dyrdahl, longtime Shelby resident, passed away unexpectedly at her home on May 16, 2018. Marian was born May 28, 1945, in Great Falls, MT, the youngest of 4 daughters of John L Collins and Harriet May (Ewan) Collins. The family moved to Townsend where John ran a gas station until his death in 1958. After...

May 13, 2018

Delbert J. Schnitzmeier died peacefully at the Missouri River Care Center on May 13th in Great Falls, MT at the age of 87.

Delbert is survived by his sister Leona Beatty of Havre, Brother Gerald of Great Falls, daughters Patty Matsko of St. George, UT, Peggy Beck of Superior, MT, Debbie Smith of Hurricane, NV...

May 11, 2018

James Andrew “Jim” Greer entered the world on February 7, 1930 and left us on May 11, 2018, to join his wife at their special campsite in Heaven.  He was raised on the family homestead in Simms by his dad and mom, John and Mary Grace (Tallman) Greer, along with his brothers; John, George, and Ray and...

May 10, 2018

Martha P. Jones, 101, passed away May 10, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Washington.

Marky was born on July 26, 1916 in Eugene, OR. to Fredrick Arthur Wesin and Letty Squires Wesin. Her younger brother died at the age of 2. After moving several times between Illinois, Indiana, and California, Marky and her mother eventually settled...

May 9, 2018

Folke Friedrich Rincker, 67, of Shelby passed away May 9, 2018.

Folke was born July 14, 1950 in Sinn, Germany to Paul and Hildegard Rincker.  His family had the Rinker Foundry in Sinn where the family had been making cast bronze church bells and statues since 1531.  Folke came to the United States in 1975 while he...

May 9, 2018

Karen Mae (Johnson) Wilkinson of Shelby, Montana passed away in the early morning on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 sleeping at her Home which had been her wish.

KW was born the final (*and younger twin) of 4 Gemini siblings and raised in farm life in Kiron, Iowa.  She was very academically involved, with all the forms of...

May 9, 2018

She barely broke five feet tall, but you wouldn’t know it for the personality that was bursting out of her tiny frame.  Linda Yaskiw was born in Russell, Manitoba, Canada on December 10, 1947.  She moved with her brothers and parents to Calgary, Alberta where she grew up, married, and had five children.  The last chapter of...

May 2, 2018

James Russell Quackenbush passed away May 2, 2018 in Conrad.  He was born September 21, 1943 to Bud and Hannah (Afra) Quackenbush.

Survivors include children, James and Diana; nieces, Nola (Mark) Becker, Annette Sharp; nephews, Darin and Darrell Sharp.

He is preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Charlotte Sharp and William Quackenbush.

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Apr 28, 2018

Robert Larse Jacoby, 72, passed away at home on April 28, 2018.

Bob Jacoby was born in 1946 to Ida and Minard (Robert) Jacoby. He was the first New Year's baby born, January 2nd in the old hospital on Main Street. Bob attended schools in Cut Bank and graduated in 1964.

That same...

Apr 25, 2018

Jane Elizabeth Svalstad was born April 1, 1943 in Forsyth. Her parents were Clifford and Katherine Campbell. She tragically passed away in a car accident on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

A Memorial Service will be held in the Cut Bank High School Auditorium at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 5.

In her younger...

Apr 23, 2018

Peter F. Bachmeier, 97, of Cut Bank, died of natural causes on Monday, April 23, 2018, at Glacier Care Center.

Pete was born May 20, 1920 to Mike and Katherine (Shiele) Bachmeier.  He married Kay Heinrick on August 17, 1943 in Towner, ND. They settled in Conrad, MT in 1949 for 2 years, before moving...

Apr 14, 2018

The Lord took Andrea Bubnash Kinyon home on April 14, 2018.  She died at Mt. View Nursing Home in Billings.

Our beloved mother, grandmother, and sister was born September 18, 1943 in Chester to Nick and Josephine Bubnash.  Andrea attended Hay Coulee School, Chester High School and graduated from Joplin High School.  She graduated from Northern Montana...

Apr 10, 2018

Janet Emma Anna McNett, 96, of Conrad, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at Pondera Medical Center.

No services are planned at this time.

Apr 9, 2018

Henry Clifford Iverson passed on to his heavenly home on April 9, 2018 at exactly 95 ½ years old.  He was born October 9, 1922 to Thorval and Selma Iverson of Hazel, MN. After graduating from Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls, MN he began farming and started a small trucking business.  Cliff was drafted in the US...

Apr 4, 2018

Barbara Ann Kimmet of Shelby, Montana passed away peacefully on April 4th 2018 At the Kalispell Regional Medical Center surrounded by her adoring family. Barbara was born January 23, 1944 in Williston North Dakota, the daughter of Andy and Cecilia Anderson.

Barbara married her high school sweetheart Bill Kimmet after he returned from serving in the Army...

Apr 4, 2018

Donald Kenneth Finlayson, a third generation Montanan, was born January 16, 1930, to Randolph Angus Finlayson and Jean Agnes Coleman Finlayson. He grew up in the Conrad area and attended Conrad Schools, graduating in 1948. Don married his college sweetheart, Esther Elliott, on June 20, 1959 at the First Presbyterian Church in Conrad.  He would often, jokingly,...

Apr 4, 2018

Karen Jayne Salo, age 66, passed away on Wednesday, April 4th, at the Peace Hospice House in Great Falls, Montana. She was with her daughter & went peacefully in her sleep. She was born in Helena, Montana to Stanley & Mary Salo. She was the oldest of two children. She married Randall Boumans of Valier in 1975...

Apr 2, 2018

Deanna Lynn (Rideout) Durnell, 64, passed away on April 2, 2018 at her home in Valier after fighting a long, tough, and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

Deanna was born on March 8, 1954 to Don and Dorothy Rideout. She attended Conrad and Valier Public Schools and graduated from Valier High School in 1973. Deanna had a...

Mar 31, 2018

Marcia Louise  (Brown) Bradley, 71, of Cut Bank Montana passed away suddenly at her home at the farm.  Cause of death appears to be a cardiac event.

The graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday April 10th, at 4:00 pm at Crown Hill Cemetery,  north of Cut Bank.  A Life Celebration will follow at...