OBITUARY LISTINGS

Jun 15, 2013

James G. Cochran, 55 of Blackfoot, passed away June 15 th near the divide off Duck Lake Road while cutting wood. No services are planned and cremation has taken place under the direction of the Whitted Funeral Chapel.

He was born August 22, 1958 at Poughkeepsie, PA to Thomas & Margaret Cochran and grew up at LaGrangeviewlle,...

Jun 11, 2013

Captain Kevin D. Sirucek, 36, passed away near Autobahn 6 close to Crailsheim, Germany, on June 11, 2013.  Kevin’s ashes will be scattered over the big Montana sky by his wife, Beccy.

At the time of his passing, Kevin was stationed in Ansbach, Germany, and the Company Commander for Echo Company Forward Support Company and was in...

Jun 7, 2013

George Adolv Vodall, 83, a long time Toole County and life time Montana resident died June 7, 2013, at home after a long heroic battle with cancer.  Interment will be in the Harlowton Cemetery with a graveside service for family and friends on June 12 at 2 pm.  A public Celebration of Life will be held in Kevin later...

Jun 1, 2013

In Loving memory of Daniel Ryan Kooyman; October 2, 1983 – June 1, 2013, a son, brother, father, and husband like figure. Daniel is survived by his parents Henry Steve Kooyman and Suzette Helaine Kooyman, his sister Michelle Fawn Still, and his half brother and sisters, Steven Henry Anderson, Wendy Jean (Kooyman) Taylor, and Cindy Marie (Kooyman) Palmer, his...

May 31, 2013

Elizabeth J Wurz, 86, a retired teacher passed away at her home at the Zenith Hutterite Colony on Friday, May 31, 2013 from cancer.  Services are set for Monday, June 3, 2013 at 12 noon with burial to follow in the Zenith Colony Cemetery.

Elizabeth was born November 23, 1926 to Jacob and Susanna (Entz) Wurz in...

May 29, 2013

Hugh “Buddy” Monroe Jackson, whose Indian name was ‘Ma Koyii  Poyoktsi  Rising Wolf’, 77,  an anthropologist from Cut Bank, passed away Wednesday, May 29,  at the Northern Rockies Medical Center. Memorial services will be 1:00 pm, Wednesday, June 5, at the Cut Bank Moose Lodge. Burial with military honors will follow in the St. Michael’s Cemetery at Browning.  Whitted...

May 28, 2013

Eleanor Jean (Hawkins) Greco, 81, of Cut Bank passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Northern Rockies Medical Center after an extended illness.  A memorial service will be held on June 8, 2013, at 1:00 pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Shelby with a reception to follow.  Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.  Condolences...

May 25, 2013

Theodore Joseph Lakman, 82, a retired substation operator, passed away peacefully at his home near Sweet Grass, Montana on May 25, 2013 of natural causes.  A celebration of his life will be planned for this summer.  Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

He was born to Joseph and Margaret (Pogreba) Lakman on June 26, 1930...

May 24, 2013

Cynthia Lee Boudreaux, 64, died May 24, 2013 in Hastings, Nebraska of cancer.  Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on June 9, 2013 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.  A reception will follow.  Inurnment will be at 10:00 am on June 10, 2013 at Mountain View Cemetery.  Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is in charge of the arrangements. ...

May 24, 2013

LaDonna Jean (Vaughn) Harper, daughter of Arthur Vaughn Sr. and Jean Vaughn, was born on Sept. 12, 1955 in North Dakota. She died of respiratory failure at the age of 57 on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank.  Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.  Condolences may be posted to www.whittedfuneralchapel.com

May 23, 2013

Bill Carl, 71, was born in Cut Bank on May 8, 1942 and went to meet the Lord on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

A celebration of life will be held Thursday, May 30 at 1 p.m. at Prairie Peace Lutheran Church in Cut Bank. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.  Condolences may be posted at...

May 21, 2013

Marian L. Irgens, 84, a life time Kevin resident and accountant, passed away at her home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM, Tuesday, May 28 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Shelby with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery.  A Celebration Party of her Life will follow at the Kevin Park in Kevin....

May 19, 2013

Charles E ‘Chuck’ Moore, 78, a retired truck driver from Shelby, passed away May 19, 2013 at the local hospital from leukemia.  Funeral services are set for Saturday, May 25, at 4:00 pm at New Life Community Church.  Burial will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday from 1:00 until 7:00 pm with family receiving friends from...

May 19, 2013

Kenneth G. Duncan, 87, a retired farmer, rancher and World War II Veteran, died of natural causes on May 19, 2013 at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell.  Services will be held on May 26, at the First Presbyterian Church in Conrad at 11 a.m. A reception will be held at the Conrad Moose Lodge immediately following and at...

May 17, 2013

Irene Crawford Bergstrom Gerner, at age 86, passed away at Peace Hospice in Great Falls on May 17, 2013. A memorial service in her honor will be held at Sunburst Lutheran Church on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1 p.m. This will be followed by a graveside service in the Sunburst Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of...

May 15, 2013

Clarence R Metcalfe, 96, a retired farmer, passed away at the Marias Care Center in Shelby on May 15, 2013, of natural causes.  Services are pending.

Clarence is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mae (Beaumont) Metcalfe of Shelby; stepsons, David Bury and Keith Bury, both of Ventura, CA; niece, Nayda Puffer of Shelby; and numerous...

May 13, 2013

Laura Jo Parker McKamey, 55, a speech language pathologist from Shelby passed away May 13, 2013 due to a car accident south of Sunburst. She was struck from behind by a semi-truck during a white out by the alkali flats. The visitation is Friday, May 17 th from 1:00 until 8:00 pm, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby.  ...

May 7, 2013

David A. Wurz, 83, of Horizon Colony near Cut Bank, died Tuesday May 7 at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls.  Funeral services and burial will be at Horizon Colony.  Born February 7, 1930 at Elm Spring Colony near Warner, Alberta, he moved to Sunnysite Colony with his family in 1935 and later on to Hillside Colony near...

May 6, 2013

Clara Kleinsasser, 27, who was born October 15, 1985 and raised at Kingsbury Colony passed away May 6, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family following a five year battle with Glioblastoma cancer.  Services and burial will be at the Kingsbury Colony.  She was first diagnosed in February of 2008 and following surgery and treatments, went into remission. ...

May 3, 2013

William Ralph (Bill) Dagel, 76, died of natural causes at his home Friday (May 3) at Cut Bank.  Services will be Friday May 10 at 11:00 a.m.  at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank with celebration of life to follow at the Saddle Club.

Born October 6, 1936 at Troy, S.D. to Margaret and Bob Dagel,...