OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
Rodney Gene Miller
May 17, 2012
Rodney Gene Miller, 55, formerly of Shelby, died May 17 at his home in Kalispell. He was born in Shelby on May 11, 1957 to Leonard Alton Miller and Myrtle (Lunda) Miller and was raised and educated in Toole County, Montana. Rodney had worked in the restaurant and food service business most of his life and had most recently resided...
Sandra Kay Dean
May 14, 2012
Sandra Kay Dean, 38, a wife, mother and Head Start Volunteer from Shelby, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, at a Great Falls Hospital due to cancer. Visitation is Friday from 1:00 until 8:00 PM at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 3:00 PM, Saturday at the Shelby High School Auditorium with burial to follow in the Mountain View...
Harriet Esther Grabofsky
May 8, 2012
Harriet Esther Grabofsky, 89, a retired Yarn Shop and trailer court owner from Shelby, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012, the Marias Care Center. Visitation is Friday from 1:00 until 6:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel, where her funeral will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 12. Burial will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Survivors include...
Spencer William John Lewis
May 3, 2012
Spencer William John Lewis, 21, of Cut Bank, died May 3, 2012 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. The vigil will be held at 7:00 pm Sunday evening, May 6, at St. Margaret Catholic Church in Cut Bank. The funeral mass will be at 4:00 pm Monday, May 7, also at St. Margaret Catholic Church....
Ralph Swensen
May 2, 2012
Ralph "Tuffy" Swensen, 94, retired rancher and oilman, passed away on May 2, 2012 at a Great Falls hospital from natural causes. A celebration of his life will be held on his 95th birthday. To honor the passing of his beloved pound-puppy Grizzy, who died at his master’s feet on April 22, 2012, it was Tuffy’s wish that any memorials...
Evelyn Rosella Sanders
Apr 27, 2012
Evelyn Rosella (Broughton) Sanders died on April 27, 2012 at the Marias Care Center due to natural causes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 92 years, 5 months and 29 days old. Evelyn was born to John and Anna (Honrud) Broughton on October 28, 1919 in Powers Lake, ND. She attended school and graduated from Stanley, ND in 1937. Following...
Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Apr 26, 2012
Gertrude “Gertie” (Thomas) Fitzpatrick, 96, died April 26, 2012, at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank due to natural causes. Visitation is Monday, April 30, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. A rosary will follow at 7:00 pm at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church, where the Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00...
Gladys May Klingler
Apr 18, 2012
Gladys May Klingler, 91, a homemaker from Shelby, entered rest at the Marias Care Center on April 18, 2012, from natural causes. Funeral services will be held at the Community United Methodist Church in Shelby at 10:00 am on Monday, April 24, with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00-8:00 pm on Sunday at...
Stacy Tubbs
Apr 12, 2012
Stacy Timothy Tubbs, 49 of Cut Bank, passed away of natural causes on Thursday, April 12, 2012, while being transported to a Kalispell Hospital. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Survivors include his mother, Janice Tubbs of Cut Bank; daughters, Sherry Fleming of Shasta Lake, CA, and Rachael Scherado of Redding, CA; sons, Tim...
Virginia Noreen Premo
Apr 11, 2012
Virginia Noreen Premo, 87, passed away on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at Marias Medical Center of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, April 16, at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday, April 15, from 5-7 p.m. at the Whitted Funeral Chapel with family will...
Iva Pearl Sneed
Apr 6, 2012
Iva Pearl Sneed went to be with her Savior and the love of her life who tenderly welcomed her home. Iva died of natural causes at the Northern Rockies Medical Center at the young age of 91! She leaves behind two sons, Leslie (Suzie) Sneed of Cut Bank and Danny (Ruthie) Sneed of Morristown, AZ; daughter-in-law, Shirley; six grandchildren, Chet,...
Marlee JoNell Morgan
Apr 6, 2012
Marlee JoNell Morgan, whose Indian name is “Little Otter”, 14, of Browning, passed away on Friday April 6, 2012 at Browning. The family has chosen not to disclose the cause of death. Wake will be held Tuesday at her Grandparents house at Glacier Homes #1035 and continuing on Wednesday at the Glacier Homes Community Center in Browning. A Rosary service...
George Delbert Wiegand
Apr 3, 2012
George Delbert Wiegand, 58, a farmer and construction worker from Shelby, passed away in Medford, Oregon from natural causes. Memorial services will take place at 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at St Luke’s Lutheran Church. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Condolences for the family may be posted at www.whittedfuneralchapel.com. George was born October 15, 1953...
Leslie Don Vogel
Apr 1, 2012
Leslie Don Vogel, 67 of Cut Bank, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012, at his home due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. He was born March 31, 1945 at Wheaton, Minnesota to Otto and Pearl (Young) Vogel...
John Darrell Christenot
Mar 31, 2012
John Darrell Christenot, 92 of Cut bank, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2012, at the Glacier Care Center due to natural causes. Visitation is Friday, from 1:00 till 7:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 7, at the First Presbyterian Church in Cut bank. Survivors include his daughter, Sheila (Paul) Halverson of Cut...
Luanie 'Liz' Reutzel
Mar 26, 2012
Luania “Liz” Elizabeth Reutzel, 77, a homemaker and day care provider from Cut Bank, passed away Monday, March 26, 2012, at a Great Falls care center due to natural causes. Visitation is one hour before service time at the church. Funeral services will be 3:00 pm, Saturday, March 31, at the Mountain View Baptist Church with burial to follow in...
Gary Lee Berkram
Mar 25, 2012
Gary Lee Berkram, 67, a retired farmer and rancher from Cut Bank passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Missouri River Medical Center in Fort Benton from complications of myatonic dystrophy after a long and courageous battle. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Whitted Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 31, at...

George J Waldner
Mar 22, 2012
George J Waldner, 87, a minister at the Camrose Colony near Ledger, passed away at his home on March 22, 2012 from natural causes. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, March 26, at 12:30 pm at the Camrose Colony with burial to follow in the colony cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. George was born February 24, 1925...
Alvin 'Pete' Brown
Mar 20, 2012
Alvin ‘Pete’ Dale Brown, 77, a retired construction worker from Cut Bank, passed away Tuesday, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center due to natural causes. At his request no services are planned and cremation has taken place under the direction of the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Pete was born January 16, 1935 in Roundup to Harry Clay and Mary (Hayes) Brown...
Sigrid Amanda Grinde
Mar 18, 2012
Sigrid ‘Sig’ Amanda Suphellen Grinde, 96, died peacefully of natural causes on Sunday, March 18, 2012, at the Marias Care Center in Shelby with her son, Howie, and his wife, Donna, at her side. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 2:00 pm, Friday, March 30th, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 222 Second Avenue South, Shelby, with a reception to...