OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
William 'Bill' Joseph Byrne
Mar 12, 2012
William “Bill” Joseph Byrne, 84, a farmer, machinist and welder from Oilmont, passed away Monday, March 12, 2012, at the Marias Care Center. Memorial Mass will be 11:00 am, Friday, March 16, at St. William Catholic Church with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his sons, William (Ruth)...
Lucille Alta Broughton
Mar 3, 2012
Lucille Alta (Bieri) Broughton, 93, passed from this life surrounded by the love of family and friends at the Marias Medical Center on Saturday, March 3, 2012. Lucille was born on June 15, 1918 in Cottonwood Township, ND to Joseph Gottlieb and Margarith (Stahli) Bieri. She was the youngest of 12 children, and she was the last surviving member of...
Carol Sauby
Feb 26, 2012
Carol Elizabeth Sauby, 78, a retired sales clerk, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank from complications of diabetes. A Luncheon and Memorial service will be held on March 17 at 1:00 pm in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The family suggests that memorials be directed to the Northern Rockies...
Robert Gordon Adams
Feb 23, 2012
Robert Gordon Adams, 89, a retired farmer from Valier, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 23, 2012, due to cancer. He passed away at the home he built over 60 years ago. A brief memorial service will be incorporated into the Sunday service at the Conrad Mission Church at 10:45 am on Sunday March 4, 2012....
Rita Nation
Feb 23, 2012
Rita M Nation, 84, died February 23, 2012, at the Marias Medical Center in Shelby from natural causes. Visitation is Tuesday, February 28, after 1:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby where the Rosary Service will be held at 7 pm. The Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at St William Catholic...
Stuart Harwood
Feb 22, 2012
Stuart E. Harwood, 56, a casino slot tech from Browning, passed away Wednesday at a Browning Hospital due to cancer. A wake is in progress at Old Eagle Shields where a rosary will be said at 7:00 PM Sunday. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 AM Monday at the Holy Family Mission Church with burial to follow in the Mission Cemetery....
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
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
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,...
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,...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...

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
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
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
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...