OBITUARY LISTINGS

Feb 12, 2017

Joseph E. Seidlitz, 89, passed away February 12, 2017.

Vigil services will be held Thursday, February 16, at 7:00 PM. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, February 17. Both services will be at St. Mary Catholic Church in Chester.

Feb 10, 2017

Betty “Boots” McCracken Bills, age 93, passed away Friday evening, February 10, 2017, at the Pondera Medical Extended Care Facility in Conrad.  Betty was born at home on February 1, 1924, to George and Mary Alice (Dougan) Betts on her grandmother’s farm near Columbia Falls, Montana.  Sadly, she never knew her mother, as she passed away from...

Feb 6, 2017

Virginia Ann Burns was called by the Lord to join Him in Heaven on February 6, 2017.  She was 85 years old.  Virginia passed away at Glacier Care Center peacefully surrounded by her children.

Visitation will be held Friday, February 10, from 5 to 7pm at Whitted Funeral Chapel with Vigil services following at 7pm. Funeral mass...

Feb 4, 2017

Ida L. Petroff, 73, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017.

Memorial services will be Wednesday, February 8, at 2:00 PM at Whitted Funeral Chapel. A reception will follow at the Ringside Ribs in Shelby.

Ida was born August 12, 1943 in Ronan, MT to Arthur G. and Lucy S. (Miller) Hermance.  She attended school in...

Feb 3, 2017

Kenneth Melvin Han, 94, of Inverness, passed away Friday, February 3, 2017 at Liberty County Medical Center of natural causes.

His memorial service will be held Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Inverness at 11:00 am. Burial will follow at the Inverness Cemetery. Memorials in Ken's honor may be made...

Jan 26, 2017

Mary Jean Combs, age 70, a homemaker and caretaker, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, January 26, 2017 after a long battle with health problems.

Viewing will be from 5:00-7:00 pm on Friday, February 3 at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby.  The funeral service will be 10:00 am on Saturday, February 4 at St. Luke’s Lutheran...

Jan 23, 2017

Joyce Murray Johannsen’s infectious laugh could “stop the show.” Once, during a performance by the Virginia City Players, Joyce’s laughter at the antics onstage turned audience titters to boisterous guffawing at which point the actors gave up on their scene, joined in the laughter, and cautioned her to be careful lest she “strip a gear!”

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Jan 22, 2017

Raymond Joseph Widhalm, 64 passed away January 22, 2017 in presence of family in Great Falls, Montana after battling cancer.

Vigil services will be Thursday, January 26, at 7:00PM. Funeral Mass will be Friday, January 27, at 11:00 AM. Both services will be held at St. Michael Catholic Church in Conrad. A reception will follow the mass....

Jan 21, 2017

Jacob “Jake” Dilger, 88, passed away January 21, 2017 in Brady of natural causes.  He was born November 8, 1928 in Glenullin, ND to Frank and Katherine Dilger.

Jake joined the Air Force in 1947 after serving 21 years as a sheet metal worker repairing airplanes that were damaged in the war.  He served in Japan, Korea,...

Jan 17, 2017

Michael Paul Hesla (MPH) passed away unexpectedly January 17, 2017 in Acton, California. Michael was born January 17, 1980 in GreatFalls to parents, Paul Hesla and Nancy (Erickson) Hesla. In his youth, Michael enjoyed boxing, racing motorcycles, and racing dirt track cars.  He moved to Phoenix for abit then joined the us marine corps he was deployed to Afghanistan...

Jan 16, 2017

Judith Louise Puckett passed out of this world peacefully on the eve of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2017, with her two loving daughters by her side and her schoolgirl heartthrob, Elvis Presley, filling the air with the gentle timbre of Love Me Tender.

Judy was born the youngest of 10 children to Elsie (nee...

Jan 16, 2017

Felix W. Parks 79, of Conrad, MT went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 16, 2017. He was born on September 9, 1937 in Harrison, Arkansas to Felix T. & Hazel I. Parks.  At the age of 4, they moved the family to Pittsburg, KS.  He grew up in Pittsburg, where he graduated from...

Jan 14, 2017

Our dear mother, Lois Wahneta (Carver) Dunk went home to be with the Lord

on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the age of 98. Lois was a resident at the Glacier

Care Center in Cut Bank, Montana at the time of her death.

Lois was born on August 22, 1918 in Monango, North...

Jan 6, 2017

Gisela Hildagard Coutts, 82, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017. She was born November 10, 1934 in Koblenz, Germany to Herman and Margaret Lippertz.

Memorial services will be held Friday, January 27, at 2:00 PM Cut Bank Community Bible Church.

Gisela is an animal lover and helped keep the neighborhood cats and dogs well fed....

Jan 2, 2017

Vic Luedtke, 99, a lifetime resident of Cut Bank died in his sleep at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank on Monday January 2, 2017.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 7, at 10:30 am at Prairie Peace Lutheran Church.

Victor Emil Luedtke was born November 27, 1917 at the homestead...

Dec 31, 2016

Kelly Kay (Corey) Tafelmeyer passed away on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at Northern Rockies Medical Center from complications of COPD.

Her funeral service will be on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Kelly was born on Nov. 14, 1955, in Scobey to Lyle and Cleo Corey. She was raised in...

Dec 30, 2016

Clarence J Connelly, 86, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2016.  He was born October 1, 1930 in the family home near Lindsay, Nebraska to James and Catherine (Widhalm) Connelly.  He grew up on that family farm south of Lindsay and stayed there until being drafted into the Army in December of 1951.

After finishing...

Dec 21, 2016

Lorraine Walston of Ronan passed away Wednesday December 21st of natural causes.  She was 95 years old.  She was born on September 18, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois to John and Rose Tichava.  She attended school in both Berwyn and Hinsdale, Illinois.  After graduating she worked in a war plant and later a chemical plant where she met and married...

Dec 18, 2016

Donald Hillius, 80, of Cut Bank, passed away December 18, 2016, surrounded by family.

Don was born in Conrad on November 18, 1936 to the late Irvin “Dutch” and Hazel Hillius.  He graduated from Cut Bank High School in 1956.  Don met the love of his life, Theresa “Terri” Hillius, when she came to Cut Bank to...

Dec 18, 2016

Mary Kaye (Katherine) Murphy, 88, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016. She was surrounded by loving family.

A rosary will be held at 6:45 p.m., Wednesday, December 21 st , followed by a prayer vigil at 7:00 p.m., and funeral mass will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 22 nd , all to be held at St. Margaret’s...