All Obituaries

 Marguerite Madeline Horgus, 86, passed away on March 29, 2020, from complications of COVID-19.  Marguerite was born on July 16, 1933 to John and Louise Wolanski on the family farm east of Sweetgrass. She went to school at the Wilshaw Country School, Sweetgrass School and graduated from Sunburst High School.  Marguerite married the love of her life, George Horgus on June 28, 1950. They were married 64 years. George and Marguerite built their life together on their farm in...

Bucky Hillebrand, 70, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020. Services will be Saturday, June 6, at 2:00 PM at the South Toole County Fire Department Hall. A full obit will follow.

  Jack Hurley, 73, passed on May 14, 2020.  He was born on June 30, 1946 to Gordon and Jean Hurley.  Jack was raised on the family farm East of Conrad with brothers, Bob and Jim, and sister, Glenna.  He graduated from Conrad High School in 1964 where he was a track star. Jack went on to attend MSU in Bozeman.  His love for flying lead him to join the US Air Force and served from 1966 to 1972. He was proud to be a B-52 crew chief in the Vietnam War.  Jack...

    Teresa (Terry) Hawks was born to Vivien Powers and Andy Green March 19, 1948 in Evansville, IN.  After Andy and Vivian went separate ways, Vivien married the man Teresa loved as her father, Donald Rail, and took his last name.  She spent her early childhood as a road warrior, sleeping at her dad’s feet as he drove truck.  During this time, her brother Mike and sisters Diane and Trudy joined the family.  The rest of her childhood, their family bounced...

Branden Lane Boggs, 43, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020. Public visitation was held Sunday, May 17, and Monday, May 18, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank.  

  Mildred “Irene” Stoddard completed her journey on this earth on May 9, 2020 at the Pondera Medical Center Extended Care in Conrad. She was 90 years old and died of natural causes.  Irene was born in Cornell, Illinois on February 20, 1930 to Tault and Nona Howard. She was the fourth born out of eight children and was brought up a simple country girl. When she was young she attended a one-room school and graduated from high school in Pontiac, Illinois.  Irene...

Sharon Lee “Beezie” Johnson, 83, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in Cut Bank of natural causes.   Sharon was born on May 4, 1937 in Barnesville, MN. At the age of 17 she moved to Cut Bank and graduated from Cut Bank High School in 1955. In 1959, Sharon gave birth to her son, Bruce. Later in 1961 Sharon gave birth to her daughter, Barb.  She worked at the Cut Bank hospital as an operating room technician for many years and truly enjoyed her work.  She also enjoyed...

  Larry Goroski, 62, of Shelby and Glendive, died of a sudden heart attack on Saturday, April 25, 2020 after spending the day fishing. Larry, who is commonly known as Lar by his family and friends, was born November 29, 1957, in Baker to George and Bonnie Goroski.  Larry spent his childhood in Rapid City, SD, where he is remembered for his love of baseball, his multiple broken arms, and his puns and phrases that he learned from his Granny. Lar moved to Glendive as a teenager,...

Donald Vincent Carey, 72, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at Benefis in Great Falls.   Don was born August 29, 1948 in Scranton, PA to Donald C. Carey of Geraldine and A. Grady of Dunmore.  He was educated in the Dunmore school system and attended Keystone College in LaPlume, PA.  Don served in the US Marines from 1968 to 1970.  He married Jacalyn L. Thackeray of Dodson, MT/Denver, CO in 1978.  They were united in marriage until her death in 2010.  Don...

Lisa Loendorf was born Agnes Lis Marie Peterson to her Swedish mother, Hedvig Frideborg Nilsson Peterson, and father, Edward LaVerne Peterson, on October 13, 1949 in Conrad. She passed away after a brief hospitalization on April 28, 2020 at Pondera Medical Center.  She graduated from the University of Montana with a Poly Sci  major and shared her political views, with vigor, throughout her life. There, she met her cherished husband, Ronald Leonard Loendorf, they were married in...