OBITUARY LISTINGS

Sep 3, 2016

Benjamin James Roark was born to Tina (Harshbarger) and Daniel Roark on September 3, 1989 in Shelby, Montana.  Twenty-seven years to the day, on September 3, 2016, Ben made the choice to leave this world.  Upon his passing Ben’s family lost a beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend.  In addition to the loss of an all...

Sep 1, 2016

Mabel Ann Schultz, 96, of Hamilton, passed away on September 1, 2016.

Mabel was born to Nick and Lizzie Laas on the family ranch north of Chester. She was the middle of six siblings: Walt Laas, Charlie Laas, Gus Laas, Edna Leffler, and Billie Hamel. Growing up, Mabel worked on the ranch herding sheep and...

Aug 26, 2016

Sally Ann Evans passed peacefully on August 26, 2016 at the age of 82.  She was born December 3, 1933 to Walter Willis and Teresa May Ward in Chester, Montana.  Sally spent her childhood in Chester where she met and married Joseph Otto Evans on August 30, 1950.  Sally graduated from Chester High School at...

Aug 26, 2016

Bryan Cody Van Heel was born in Conrad Montana on March 18, 1949 to Harry and Winnijean Van Heel. He died on August 26, 2016. "Cody", as he was known, enjoyed his time spent in his youth at his aunt Carrie's,("Coocoo"). He often spoke of running up and down the prairie hills on her place loving the land. He...

Aug 25, 2016

A long-time Cut Bank native, Alan James Anderson "AJ", 94 years old, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at Northern Rockies Medical Center.  He lived a full life and will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

Alan, third...

Aug 21, 2016

Gilbert Gale “Jim” Hoyt, 85, died Sunday, August 21, 2016, at his ranch from a farming accident.  He was born August 15, 1931 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada to Clarence “Bish” and Lily (Howes) Hoyt.

Jim enlisted in the United States Marine Corp and served in Korea.  He received an...

Aug 20, 2016

Beloved Mother and Sister , Marianne Martin Wilson known to patients as “Mary Poppins” has gone to be with the Lord, August 20 th , 2016. She was born 11/16/1931 in Kevin, Montana to Lute and Lenora Martin. After graduating from Cut Bank High School she attended Columbus School of Nursing in Great Falls,...

Aug 19, 2016

James Richard Gaines, 51, passed away of natural causes on August 19, 2016.  James was born to Jim and Delma Gaines on November 20, 1964.  James was in a loving relationship for 23 years with Renee Swenson.  He returned to Conrad to care for his father where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and cutting firewood.  His favorite past times were...

Aug 14, 2016

Janet (Waterman) Flesch, 59, of Shelby, Montana passed away on the afternoon of Sunday, August 14 th , at Kalispell Regional Medical Center following a brief, but hard fought battle with cancer.

Janet was born July 27 th , 1957, in Helena, Montana to Tom and Judy Waterman, the first of four children. She graduated...

Aug 12, 2016

Kerry R. Nickol, 63, left us to be with the Lord on Friday, August 12, 2016.  He possessed a huge heart, was generous to a fault, loved his siblings, his cousins, his nieces and nephews, and was the type of person who would have given anyone the shirt off his back.  He had just begun his long-awaited retirement and...

Aug 9, 2016

Betty June Kissee Eklund was born June 2, 1936 in Casseville, MO. She was the last of 10 children born to Richard Anderson and Myrtle Cora Kissee.

She met her true love, Ralph Eklund in 1955 and married him January 19, 1956.  Betty and Ralph enjoyed square dancing, bowling,...

Aug 3, 2016

Thomas “Tom” Anderson passed away Wednesday, August 3, after a courageous battle with Castleman’s Disease.  He was born September 25, 1949 to Carl and Alice Anderson.  Tom was married to Noreen Hillebrand for 37 years and together they had 3 daughters. He worked for Toole County Road Department for 33 years and retired in October 2015.  He was a...

Aug 2, 2016

Berta May (Barr) Babcock, 87, long time resident of the Cut Bank, Montana community, passed away August 2, 2016 in Great Falls Montana.  She had been residing near her daughters, in Great Falls since March 2016.

Berta was born in Barstow, Texas October 16, 1928 to Daniel Bert and Lula Mae (Stark) Barr.  She was one of...

Jul 23, 2016

Bonnie Weaver passed away July 23 rd 2016 surrounded by friends and family.  Bonnie was born in Cut Bank on December 14 th 1943 to William and Cleo Hill.  She is survived by her husband Don Weaver, son Russ King (Joan), granddaughters Kylie and Nicole King, step-children Brian, Laurie (Paul), and Kim.  She is also survived by her mother...

Jul 22, 2016

“Rest eternal grant to Margie and may perpetual light shine upon her.”

Margie Marie Wodarz died July 22, 2016 in Riverside, California. She was 46 years old.  She was born January 28, 1970 to Roy and Bonnie Wodarz.

Margie was an extremely talented child.  She would perform Shirley Temple’s “On the Good Ship Lollipop” at...

Jul 17, 2016

Thomas David Hastings, 60, was born to David and LaVonne Hastings on Nov 14, 1955.  He died peacefully in his sleep on July 17, 2016. He was the 4th of 7 children, and resided on the family farm at the time of his death.

As a child, he attended Strauss School, and graduated from Brady High School...

Jul 12, 2016

Colonel Judy (Judith) Welker, passed away at her home in Carlsbad , CA from head and neck cancer on July 12, 2016.

Judy was born in Iowa on November 8, 1944 and was raised in Shelby, Montana by her parents Howard and Genny (Genevieve) Welker.

After high school she attended Kinman Business College for a...

Jul 5, 2016

Jesse Lyle Pellett, 67, passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, July 5, 2016.

He was born on January 14, 1949 in Shelby, Montana to mother, Lillian (Freng) Pellett, and father, Vernon “Curly” Pellett.  He joined sister, Dorothy (Pellett) Lescantz, and brother, James “Jim” Pellett.  Their father passed away...

Jul 2, 2016

Duane “Lefty” Peterson, 75, passed away July 2, 2016 at the Glacier County Care Center in Cut Bank.

Duane was born in Conrad on September 14, 1940.  He graduated from Cut Bank High School in 1958.  On July 6, 1963 he married Virginia Rossum Peterson and they made their home in Cut Bank.  Two sons were born...

Jun 30, 2016

Margaret Opal (Taylor) O’Neil, 76, passed away June 30, in Great Falls.

Graveside Services will be Friday, July 15, at 11am at Big Sandy Cemetery. A luncheon at the Big Sandy Lutheran Church will follow the service.

Margaret was born July 9, 1939 in Hendricks, West Virginia to John “Jack” and Opal Mae (Helmick) Taylor. ...