All Obituaries

  Mary Kay (Gaffke) Tack, 80, of Conrad, went to the Lord on Friday April 10,2020 after extended stay at the Pondera Medical Extended Center.   Funeral services will be held at St. Michael’s Church in Conrad at 10:0 am on Saturday, October 16, 2021. A luncheon at the church will follow the service and then burial will take place at Belgian Church Cemetery.  Mary Kay was born to William and Florence Gaffke on December 4,1939 in Bozeman where she was raised and...

 Florence A. Kronebusch passed away peacefully on August 6, 2021, from natural causes just short of her 101st birthday.  She was residing at the Conrad Bee Hive Assisted Living.  Florence was born in Conrad, on October 10, 1920.  Her parents were John Philipps and Theresa Kalmes Philipps. Florence grew up with her two brothers, Harold and Elmer, and attended school in Conrad and graduated from high school in 1938.  Florence became a Certified Nursing...

Our mother, Beverly “Bev” Jean (Durward) Tafelmeyer peacefully joined her Lord on September 17, 2021.  She was born June 22, 1932, to Grace (White) and Harold Durward in Bowbells, North Dakota.  She grew up living next door to her grandmother and one of her fondest memories was enjoying tea with her.  As a child she enjoyed bailing hay with her father and canning with her mother.  She went to school in Bowbells and graduated high school there.  Soon after...

Malina Jane Donovan, 85, a life-long resident of Shelby, passed away on Sunday morning, September 12, 2021 in the Conrad hospital after suffering a severe stroke. She was born on May 22, 1936 to Henry & Marian Nelson in Hill County Montana and was named after her grandmothers, Malina (Guy) Parnell & Mathilda Jane Nelson. Malina Jane was the eldest of five daughters and raised in Gallup City near Conrad with her two younger sisters, Audrey Lucille (Kieft) and Dorothy Ann (Sargent)....

Longtime Shelby resident, James Michael Harwood, passed away unexpectedly on February 18, 2020.   Mike was born in Washington D.C. on July 22, 1947 to Louis and Laura Harwood. In younger years he traveled all over the United States because of Louis’ job as a tribal police officer.  Being the only kid in his class, Mike took his three siblings on a horse and rode to a one room schoolhouse between Cut Bank and Valier.  Because of his love for the land, Mike was very...

Opal Larson, 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Opal was born June 8, 1931, to Elsie (Nerenz) and Nels Martinson in Terry, Montana.  They moved to Creston, Montana where she went to school and graduated from Flathead High School in Kalispell. She met and married James G. Larson of Shelby in 1953 and made Shelby her lifelong home. She loved being a homemaker while raising their three daughters.  Then in 1974 she went to work at Larson Clothing Co along...

  Robert Harold Tromblee Sr., 83, US Air Force veteran, passed peacefully on Monday, September 20, 2021 at Peace Hospice in Great Falls.   Robert was born January 2, 1938 in Glens Falls, NY to George Edward and Thelma Irene (Munger) Tromblee.    Robert married Velma Owens on December 19, 1977 in Cowlitz, WA. They were married 42 years, together 62 years before Velma died on April 19, 2020.  Robert was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He...

 Ernest “Ernie” Porter, 87, passed away from complications of dementia on August 19,2021, at Logan Healthcare Cut Bank. He was born on September 4,1933 at home in Dunkirk, the son of Raymond and Della (Marcum) Porter.   He attended grade school and high school in Shelby getting his GED in 1954. He joined the Marine Corp in 1954 and was stationed in Twenty Nine Palms, CA, Japan, and Hawaii. While in Japan he became a judo instructor. He was then stationed in Hawaii...

  Walter Russell Kolstad, 82, of Galata, passed away on August 23,2021 at the Peace Hospice in Great Falls after a valiant struggle against Parkinson's Disease.   Graveside services with military honors will take place at the Grandview Cemetery located north of Galata on September 11,2021 at l p.m. A light lunch will follow at the Kolstad Ranch where Walter spent his last years.     Walter was born in Shelby on December 24,1938 to Russell W. Kolstad and...

Donald Baney, age 72, of Shelby, passed away at home on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Viewing will be from 5-7 on Friday, September 10 at Asper Funeral Home in Shelby.  Funeral service will be 10:00 am on Saturday, September 11 at St. William’s Catholic Church in Shelby, followed by military honors and committal at Mountain View Cemetery.  Please visit Don’s online memorial and leave a message of condolence for the family at www.asperfh.com. Don was born in Eureka,...