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Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas

Shane Anthony Horgus

Shane Anthony Horgus

Feb 21, 2012

Shane Anthony Horgus, 25, a farmer from Sweet Grass, passed away at his home on February 21, 2012. His cause of death is under investigation. Visitation is Friday, February 24, after 1:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby where a Vigil Service will be held at 7 pm. The Funeral Liturgy will be at 11:00 am on Saturday,...

Curtis Kanning

Curtis Kanning

Feb 17, 2012

Curtis Fred Kanning, 72, a farmer from Shelby died February 17, 2012 at the Marias Care Center. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 PM on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Shelby, Montana. A reception will follow. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to...

Vance 'Bear' Birky

Vance 'Bear' Birky

Feb 9, 2012

Vance ‘Bear’ BearChild Birky, 42, a logger from Kalispell, passed away near Kaycee, Wyoming on February 9, from a tragic vehicle accident. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 18, at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Birky; children, Tiffany James, Michael Birky, and Chessara Birky; step-daughter Harlee Johnson; grandsons,...

Dorothy Nagy

Dorothy Nagy

Feb 8, 2012

Dorothy Nagy, age 72, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center due to complications related to a kidney transplant. Visitation is Monday, February 13, after 1 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby where a vigil will be held at 7 pm. Funeral Mass will be 11 am Tuesday, February 14, at St. Thomas Aquinas...

Linda M Mempa

Linda M Mempa

Feb 8, 2012

Linda M. Mempa, 65, a medical transcriptionist from Shelby, MT, passed away Wednesday at the Marias Care Center due to a lengthy illness. Services are pending and will be announced later, burial ashes will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery at Nampa, ID. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is in charge of arrangements. Linda was born June 5, 1946 at Nampa,...

Robert Brian John Schnell

Robert Brian John Schnell

Jan 17, 2012

Robert Brian John Schnell, 50, a construction worker from Cut Bank, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 17th) at a Great Falls Hospital due to natural causes. Memorial services will be 3:00 PM, Friday (Jan. 27th) at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Survivors include his mother, Sadie Schnell of Hemet, CA; daughters, Brandi (Justin) Schnell of Sidney, Shannon (Sean) Schnell...

Sofia 'Sofie' Kristine Larson

Sofia 'Sofie' Kristine Larson

Jan 14, 2012

Sofia “Sofie” Kristine Larson (11), a sixth grader at Shelby Elementary School, died unexpectedly Saturday, January 14, of a brain aneurysm in her sleep at home with her family. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 17, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. A mass will follow at St. Williams Catholic Church Tuesday evening...

GaNelle Appleton

GaNelle Appleton

Jan 10, 2012

GaNelle Appleton, 76, a retired cashier for the Buttrey Grocery Store in Shelby, passed away on January 10, 2012, at the Shelby hospital from natural causes. The family is inviting neighbors and friends to an ice cream social on Saturday, January 14, from 2:00-6:00 pm at GaNelle’s home, 907 Marias, in Shelby to celebrate her life. GaNelle was born April...

Carol Jean Guith

Carol Jean Guith

Jan 8, 2012

On December 6, 1954 a most wonderful person was born into this world in Cut Bank, MT, Carol Jean Miller. She was the youngest of four children born to Chester Glenn and Mary Ellen (Creech) Miller. She grew up and went to school in Cut Bank until she was 17 years old when she married Mike Burns. Together they moved...

Wilgus Fulton

Wilgus Fulton

Jan 8, 2012

Wilgus Oliver Fulton, 83, a retired truck driver and farmer, passed away from natural causes on January 8, 2012 at a Shelby hospital. Graveside services will be Thursday, January 12, at 1:00 pm in the Sunburst Cemetery. He was born on August 16, 1928 in Wheeler Co, Texas to Cecil and Marion (Miller) Fulton. He grew up in Texas, Oklahoma...

Rebecca D Hofer

Rebecca D Hofer

Jan 5, 2012

Rebecca D Hofer, 66, of the Hillside Hutterite Colony, passed away at her home on January 5, 2012 of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 am on January 8 at the Hillside Colony with burial to follow in the colony cemetery. Rebecca was born to Rev David and Elizabeth Hofer on July 19, 1945 at the Sunny...

Kenneth E Leck

Kenneth E Leck

Jan 5, 2012

Kenneth Edwin Leck, 90, a long time Galata area farmer from Great Falls, passed away from natural causes on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at the Benefis Extended Care Center. Visitation is Sunday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel, where funeral services will be held 11:00 am Monday with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. A lunch will follow at...

Evelyn Mae Munson

Evelyn Mae Munson

Dec 24, 2011

Evelyn Mae Munson, 75, died of natural causes at the Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank on Saturday, December 24, 2011. She was surrounded by her loving family who bid her farewell into the everlasting arms of Jesus. Evelyn was born December 17, 1936 in Helena, adopted at birth by Edward and Wanetta Hillius of Cut Bank. Evelyn was...

Eva Burney

Eva Burney

Dec 22, 2011

Eva A. (Snyder) Burney, 74, of Cut Bank, died of natural causes on Thursday, December 22, 2011, surrounded by family at her daughter’s home in Kevin. Visitation is Monday, December 26, from 1 to 7 p.m. at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Her funeral is Tuesday, December 27, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Cut Bank...

Beverly Steiner

Beverly Steiner

Dec 20, 2011

Beverly Steiner, 83, a retired homemaker from Hamilton, passed away at the Marias Medical Center in Shelby, Montana on December 20, 2011. She was born May 27, 1928, in Los Angeles, CA. and lived in the L.A. area until the end of her junior year of High School. She completed High School in Pennington, New Jersey in 1946. Beverly graduated...

Edwin L Kruger

Edwin L Kruger

Dec 18, 2011

Edwin LeRoy (Ed) Krueger, 75, a longtime Shelby barber, died Sunday, December 18, at Marias Care Center in Shelby. Graveside inurnment will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, December 26 in the Mountain View Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on January 16 at 11:00 am at St Luke’s Lutheran Church in Shelby, followed by a reception in the...

Donna L. Carter

Donna L. Carter

Dec 14, 2011

A graveside service for family and friends will be Wednesday December 21st at 2:00 pm at Mountain View Cemetery, Shelby. Visitation will be from 1-7 p.m. Tuesday and until noon Wednesday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at a later date in the spring. Donna was born November 8th 1932, in Shelby, to parents Bud...

Chantel A. Vasquez

Chantel A. Vasquez

Dec 7, 2011

Chantel Alan Vasquez, 19, died December 7, 2011 at Cut Bank, Montana. Private funeral services were conducted Monday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby; her final resting place will be on the family in ranch in Babb, Montana. Chantel was born May 16, 1992 at Browning, Montana; she had resided in the Browning, Lewistown and Cut Bank areas, working...

Esther F Evans

Esther F Evans

Dec 2, 2011

Esther Evans passed from this life on December 2, 2011, and was 88 years of age at the time of her death. Esther had resided in the Kalispell area for the last six years, having moved here from the Conrad and Shelby area, the last four years of which she resided at the Immanuel Nursing Home. The family would like...

Nancy J Edwards

Nancy J Edwards

Dec 2, 2011

Nancy Goldrick Edwards, 79, from Cut Bank, MT died December 2, 2011 at Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank. Funeral Services will be held at 3 PM on Monday, December 5, 2011 at St Margaret’s Catholic Church. Interment will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery with a reception to follow at St Margaret’s. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is...

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