OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
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
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
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
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
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
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...

Michael J Wurz
Nov 28, 2011
Michael J Wurz, 81, passed away November 28, 2011, at his home at the Hillside Hutterite Colony from natural causes. Funeral services will be Thursday, December 1, at 12 noon at the Hillside Colony with burial to follow in the colony cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Michael was born October 2, 1930 to john and Rachel...

Peter J Wurz
Nov 25, 2011
Peter J Wurz, 74, the secretary and treasurer for Rimrock Hutterite Colony, passed away Friday, November 25, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls due to cancer. Funeral services will be Monday, November 28, at 12 noon at the Rimrock Colony with burial to follow in the colony cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Peter was born September...
Jesse Ellen Fowler
Nov 22, 2011
Jessie Ellen Sherrard Fowler, 81 of Conrad and long time Ledger area farmwife, lost her courageous battle with pancreatic cancer on November 22, 2011 at the Pondera Medical Center. Visitation will be from 1-8 pm on Friday, November 26, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Funeral services are set for Saturday, November 26, at 11:00 am at St. Luke’s...
Carole Ann Taylor
Nov 8, 2011
Carole Ann Powell Taylor, 74, of Babb, a retired EMT died November 9, 2011 at Benefis East in Great Falls of multiple health issues. Services will be at 12:00 noon, Saturday, November 12. Visitation will begin Thursday evening, November 10. Services and visitation will be held at Hook’s Hideaway north of Babb. She will be interred in the Powell Family...
Lori Jean McPherson
Oct 31, 2011
Lori Jean Alvestad McPherson, 55, of Big Timber, passed away Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Marias Medical Center in Shelby, due to complications from esophageal cancer. Memorial services will be 2:00 pm Friday, November 4, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Survivors include her husband of 17 years, Bob McPherson of Big Timber; mother, Darlene Alvestad of Shelby;...
Barbara J Woodward
Oct 23, 2011
Barbara Jane Woodward, 78, of Shelby, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011, at the Marias Care Center. Memorial services will be 2:00 pm Monday October 31, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel, where the family will be receiving friends for one hour before service time. Condolences may be sent to www.whittedfuneralchapel.com Survivors include her husband of 46 years, Clyde Hadley Woodward...
James Gordon Larson
Oct 17, 2011
James (Jim) Gordon Larson, 82, a retired long-time business man and real estate manager from Shelby, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011. Visitation is Thursday, October 20, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 21, at the Shelby Community United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will follow in the...
David Ratzburg
Oct 14, 2011
David Ratzburg, 94, a long time Ledger area farmer, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Marias Care Center in Shelby. Funeral services are 2:30 pm Monday, October 17, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby, with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. A reception at the Elks Lodge will follow the services at the cemetery. The...
Lamar D Shook
Oct 13, 2011
Lamar Diane Shook, 64 of Cut Bank, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center surrounded by her family. Memorial services are 1:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 20, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, followed by a reception at the Moose Lodge. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband Terry Shook of Cut...
Della Frances Frazer
Oct 11, 2011
Della Frances (Porter) Frazer, 97, of Shelby, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, at the Marias Care Center. Visitation is Sunday, October 16, from 1:00 until 7:00 pm and funeral service 11:00 am Monday, October 17, both at the Whitted Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in the Valley View Cemetery. She was born to Mary Catherine Roberts and Samuel...
Frank Damberger
Oct 6, 2011
Frank Damberger , 82 of Cut Bank, a retired carpenter, passed away peacefully of lung cancer on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 15, 2011, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Burial with military honors will be held at the Crown Hill Cemetery followed by a...
Donald Eugene Erdmann
Oct 5, 2011
Donald Eugene Erdmann, 79, of Cut Bank, went to be with his Lord on October 5, 2011 at the Benefis Hospital in Great Falls due to natural causes. Memorial services will be held on October 24, 2011 at 1:00 pm at the Prairie Peace Lutheran Church in Cut Bank. Inurnment with military honors will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery...
Betty A Hughes
Oct 3, 2011
Betty Ann (Erdahl) Hughes, 61, a Browning Elementary grade school teacher from Cut Bank, passed away from Pancreatic and Liver cancer on October 2nd at the Northern Rockies Medical Center. Memorial services for Betty will be Saturday October 8th at 2:00 pm at St Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor Bear officiating. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Betty...

Ronald McRae
Sep 28, 2011
Ronald Joe McRae, 62, an auto mechanic from Cut Bank, passed away September 28, 2011 at the home of his sister after a six month battle with cancer. Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, October 4, at the Crown Hill Cemetery with a reception to follow at the Cut Bank Community Bible Church. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge...