OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
Leo C. Zarn
Oct 6, 2014
Leo Zarn, of Cut Bank, passed away at the age of 90 on Monday, October 6, 2014 at Glacier Care Center.
At Leo’s request, no services will be held. The family held a gathering on Saturday, October 11 in Lewistown, Montana. Local arrangements have been entrusted to Whitted Funeral Chapel.
Leo was born to Gotlib...
Alice (Waite) Kanning
Sep 24, 2014
Heaven’s Gate opened wide in the early morning hours of September 24 th to receive another loving Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt and Grandmother – Alice Marie (Waite) Kanning.
Alice was born on May 5, 1949 to Norman & Patricia Waite in Shell Lake, Wisconsin. In Alice’s early years, she...
Elizabeth (Crumley) McGovern
Sep 22, 2014
Elizabeth Irene McGovern died September 22, 2014 at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank from COPD.
She was born October 6, 1933 in Sunburst, Montana. The daughter of Everett and Ione Crumley, she attended school in Cut Bank, graduating from Cut Bank High School in 1951. In November...
Janet (McAlpine) Thielen
Sep 17, 2014
Janet McAlpine Thielen as born on March 14, 1923 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Jeanne (Harvie) and John McAlpine. She died in Yakima, WA on September 17, 2014 after an extended illness.
Janet’s childhood was spent in Sunburst, Montana.
In 1941 she married...
Donald P. Pemberton
Sep 11, 2014
Donald P. Pemberton was born April 2, 1930 in Dilworth, Oklahoma to Lonnie W. “Buck” Pemberton and Frances Katherine “Kate” McDonald Pemberton. He grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas and attended Rock School in rural Oklahoma, Lincoln School in Blackwell, Oklahoma, Palco Elementary School in Palco, Kansas, a rural school near the family’s lease in...
Emma P. Johnston
Sep 3, 2014
Mrs. Emma P. Johnston 98, Shelby, Montana passed away September 3, 2014. Emma was born March 3, 1916 in Brooks, Minnesota. She had seven siblings.
Emma married John (Jack) Johnston April 18, 1933. In 1959 they moved from Minnesota to Shelby where they raised four children Elizabeth (Betty), Neil,...
Marcia R. (Anderson) Luedtke
Sep 1, 2014
Marcia R. Luedtke, of Cut Bank, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 at Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank.
Memorial service will be 4:00 pm on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Cut Bank. Memorial donations can be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church,...
Lana M (Snell) Ahrens
Aug 23, 2014
Lana Mae Ahrens was called by the Lord to join Him in Heaven on August 23, 2014 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Lana was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and a hero to many. Lana was born March 8, 1958 in Miles City, MT to Nyle and Ellavon Snell. She spent her early years growing...
Stanley Russell
Aug 14, 2014
Stanley Russell, age 77, of Shelby, passed away from natural causes on Thursday, August 14, 2014 in Great Falls, Montana.
His funeral service will be 3:00 pm on Saturday, August 16 at First Baptist Church in Shelby, Montana. He will be interred at Mountain View Cemetery also in Shelby....
Ruth K. (Collings) Johnson
Aug 5, 2014
Ruth Kathryn (Collings) Johnson passed away from natural causes on August 5th, 2014 in Cut Bank MT at the Glacier Care Center. Ruth was the first of three children born to George Stout Collings and Bessie (Shannon) Collings on May 7th, 1919 in Harlowton, MT.
Ruth grew up in the Sun River area with her brother Jack...
Dallas Smith
Jul 28, 2014
Dallas Smith, 94, of Cut Bank, Montana, passed away July 28, 2014 of natural causes. The funeral service will be held at the Cut Bank Presbyterian Church, August 4, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., with reception immediately after. Burial will follow the reception at Crown Hill Cemetery in Cut Bank. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Whitted Funeral Chapel...
Ellavon Genevieve Snell
Jul 28, 2014
Ellavon went home to be with the Lord peacefully on July 28, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Ellavon was born on March 14, 1929 to Arthur and Minnie Ketcham (Holen) in Lorraine, North Dakota. The family moved to Kevin where she attended schools in Oilmont and graduated in 1947.
At age 11 she began working various...
Francis Bullshoe Jr.
Jul 28, 2014
Francis “Bigman” Bullshoe Jr, Blackfeet name “Rides Many Horses” born September 9, 1942 and passed away on July 28, 2014. A Rosary service will be held at 7:00 pm Thursday, July 31 st , at Little Flower Parish. Funeral Mass will be at 11:00 am on Friday, August 1 st , at St. Anne Catholic...
Frances Nadine Dusterhoff
Jul 27, 2014
Frances Nadine Dusterhoff, 89, ended her journey on this earth on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at the Glacier Care Center.
A celebration of her life will be held at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at the Crown Hill Cemetery. There will...
Delfina Berube
Jul 23, 2014
Delfina (Del) Berube of Shelby, MT, passed away on July 23, 2014, at Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell, MT, surrounded by her loving family.
Del was born May 17, 1923, in Dignanio, Italy, the first of three children born to Biaggio and Maria DiMarco. She was 15 when the...
Betty Jean (Ballinger) Norling
Jul 22, 2014
Betty Jean Ballinger Norling, 83 of Sunburst, Montana passed away Tues July 22, 2014 in Sterling, Colorado
Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 pm on Tuesday, July 29 at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Funeral service will be 1:00 pm on Wednesday at the Sunburst Lutheran Church, followed by interment...
Nick Ungar
Jul 20, 2014
NICHOLAS JOSEPH UNGAR, 90, a lifetime resident of Cut Bank, Montana, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2014 due to natural causes at Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank, Montana.
Viewing will be Friday, August 15, 2014 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank, who is in charge of arrangements. Funeral services...
Joan Maxine (Jensen) Wiedeman
Jul 18, 2014
Joan Maxine Wiedeman passed away July 18, 2014 in Cut Bank, Montana.
A memorial service will be 1:00 pm on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church in Cut Bank.
Joan was born September 28, 1940 in Fort Benton, Montana...
James Robert Brunn
Jul 13, 2014
James R. Brunn passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Park Place Care Center in Great Falls, Montana.
Viewing will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Sunday, July 20 th at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 am on Monday, July 21 st at...
Sadiann Fisher
Jul 1, 2014
Sadiann Fisher of Browning passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Benefis Hospital. A wake is in progress at the Old Eagle Shields in Browning. Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, July 7, 2014 at Little Flower Parish with burial in Fisher Cemetery in St. Mary, Montana.
Sadiann...