OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
George Anthony Kimmet
May 15, 2011
George “Tony” Kimmet, age 91, passed away from natural causes on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at home surrounded by his family. Tony was a life long resident of northern Montana. He was a farmer, rancher and pilot. A rosary will be held Thursday, May 19 at 7:00 p.m. and a funeral mass will be Friday, May 20 at 10:30 a.m....
Vickey Lynn Radke
May 14, 2011
Vickey Lynn Radke, 60, a retired beautician form Cut bank and formerly from Havre, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011, at her mother’s home due to natural causes. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 pm Saturday, June 4, at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Cut Bank. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her mother, Virginia...
Georgia Claire Sisk Nelson
May 14, 2011
Georgia Claire Sisk Nelson, 72, a retired homemaker and business owner from Shelby, passed away Saturday, Nay 14, 2011, at the Marias Medical Center from natural causes. Visitation is Wednesday, May 18, from 1:00 until 7:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 11:00 am Thursday, May 19, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church with burial in the Mountain...

Esther J Briese
May 9, 2011
Esther J. Briese, 70, a retired homemaker and business owner from Cut Bank, passed away Monday, May 9, 2011, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center due to natural causes. Funeral services are 11:00 am Saturday, May 14, at the Prairie Peace Lutheran Church with burial to follow in the Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors include her sons, Mel (Debra Ann) Briese...
Sylvia Irene Peterson
May 4, 2011
Sylvia Irene Berg Peterson, 83, our beloved mother, grandmother and friend, died May 4, 2011 at her home. Visitation is Monday, May 9, from 1-8:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, May 11, 2011 at St Luke’s Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery with a reception...
Myrtle E Johannsen
Apr 29, 2011
Myrtle E Johannsen, 100, a homemaker and teacher died April 29, 2011 at the Marias Care Center due to natural causes. A visitation is set for Monday, May 2, from 1-7:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, May 3, at the Community United Methodist Church in Shelby. Interment...

Rea Gerlough Flesch
Apr 29, 2011
Rea Gerlough Flesch, 85, a homemaker from Shelby, passed away at her home on April 29, 2011 from natural causes. The visitation will be from 11:00 am-6:00 pm on Friday, May 6 at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. A rosary/vigil service will follow on Friday at 7:00 pm at St William Catholic Church with the funeral mass on Saturday, May 7,...
Betty Jewell Wolk
Apr 23, 2011
Homemaker and community volunteer, Betty Jewell Wolk, 86, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2011 in Great Falls. Visitation is at Whitted Funeral Chapel on Saturday, April 30 from 4-7 p.m. Funeral services are on Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. at the 1st Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of...
Kathleen P Woods
Apr 23, 2011
Kathleen Patricia ‘Kay’ Dusterhoff Woods, 86, of Conrad passed away April 23, 2011 at the Pondera Medical Center Extended Care facility from complications of lung cancer. Graveside services will be held at the Hillside Cemetery in Conrad on April 29, 2011 at 12:30 pm – the day of her 87th birthday. Donations may be made to the Montana Highway Patrol...
Glen N Bonde
Apr 22, 2011
Glen Niels Bonde, 93, a retired oil field worker from Great Falls and former Cut Bank resident, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011 at Cambridge Court in Great Falls. Private family funeral services will held at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut bank, with burial will follow in the Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors include daughters, Connie (Bruce) Hiatt of Cana,...
Weston Robert Peterson
Apr 21, 2011
Weston Robert Peterson was born on April 20, 2011 at Pondera Medical Center and passed gently into the arms of Jesus on April 21, 2011 at Seattle Children's Hospital. Services will be held Saturday, April 30, at 10:30 am at St Paul Lutheran Church in Cut Bank with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. His life was a brief gift to...
William J Linn
Apr 15, 2011
William J. (Bill) Linn, 78, passed away from cancer on Friday April 15, 2011 at the Marias Care Center in Shelby, with his family by his side. Bill was born in Great Falls, Montana on June 17, 1932 to William and Marie Linn. He was raised in Great Falls and found the love of his life, Donna May Heppner. They...
Patricia L Moench
Apr 15, 2011
Patricia (Pat) L. Moench, 60, of Shelby, passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 at the Marias Medical center due to cancer. Visitation is Tuesday, April 19, from 1:00 until 6:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel, followed by a vigil service at 7:00 pm at St. William Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 am on Wednesday, April 20, at...
Kalman A Suta
Apr 14, 2011
Kalman A Suta, 91, a retired farmer from Shelby, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011, at the Pondera Medical Center from cancer. The visitation will be Monday, April 18, from 5-9:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are set for 3:00 pm on Tuesday, April 20, at St Luke’s Lutheran Church with burial to follow in the Valley...
Kathleen Ruth Ebelt
Apr 12, 2011
Kathleen Ruth Ebelt, 73, passed away of natural causes at her home in Cut Bank on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Her funeral service was Saturday, April 16, at 2 pm at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with burial following in the Crown Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Northern Rockies Medical Center or St. Paul's...
Doris Marie Wells
Apr 11, 2011
Doris ‘Dari’ Wells, 77, a member of the Blackfeet Indian Nation, died April 11, 2011 at the Great Falls Benefis Hospital ICU due to complications from cancer treatment. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, April 18, 2011 at Little Flower Catholic Church with Father Ed Kohler officiating. Interment will be in the Wells Family Cemetery in...
William P Siliva
Apr 6, 2011
William (Bill) P. Silvia Sr. 62, long time Shelby resident passed away in his home on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of life will be held Saturday, April 9, at 2:00 pm at The Oasis in Shelby. Bill was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, on September 17, 1948 to Francis and Mary E. (Silvia) Silvia....
Helen Sinclair Rawlings
Apr 5, 2011
Helen Sinclair Rawlings, 68 of Cut bank, passed away April 5th at the Blackfeet Care Center in Browning due to natural causes. A Memorial Mass is scheduled for 1:00 pm, May 21, 2011, at the Little Flower Catholic Church. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her daughters, Evelyn Rawlings of Cut Bank and Darcie Rawlings of...
Billy Wayne Abernathy
Apr 4, 2011
Billy Wayne Abernathy, age 74, a retired diesel mechanic for Glacier County Road Department, went home to be with the Lord on Monday April 4th, 2011. He went peacefully surrounded by his children after a hard fought battle with leukemia. A viewing will be held on Thursday, April 7, from 1-7:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Services will be...
Edward Arensmeyer
Jan 1, 1970
Edward Donald Arensmeyer, 77, passed away early Saturday morning, April 29, 2023, in Great Falls.
Ed was the youngest of six children born to Reinhart J. (Ray) Arensmeyer and Ethel Mary Agee Arensmeyer on Nov. 23, 1945, in Choteau.
Ed grew up on the family farm in East Farmington and graduated from Choteau...