All Obituaries

Samuel Van Dam, 84, passed away Friday, August 16, 2019 Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 21, at the Conrad Baptist Church. Burial with military honors will be in Hillside Cemetery. A reception at the church will follow the burial. A full obituary will follow.

Pamela Elaine Porter, 90, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019. Graveside services will be Saturday, August 17, at 10:00 AM. A full obituary to follow.

Kenneth Judine Klette, 87, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2019 at PMC Extended Care surrounded by family and friends.  Kenneth was born in Conrad on January 19, 1932 to Thomas and Annie (Edwards) Klette. He served and was honorably discharged from the US Air Force. Kenneth then married the love of his life, Shirley P. Dobner, on March 16, 1957. They had one son, Mike. He was a life member of the VFW Post #7655 and served as Commander and District Commander.  He was also a member...

John Edward Seidlitz entered into his everlasting life early Saturday morning August 3rd, 2019 at the Chester Medical Center.  He was 88 years old being born December 21, 1930 in Havre MT, the 3rd of 9 children to E.W. (Elle) and Helen (White) Seidlitz.  His entire life was spent in the Chester area serving as Manager of the local USDA ASCS office for 30 years; farming, the love of his life to the present, with the exception of his military service.  A graduate of Chester...

Denny J. Pruttis, 74, of Conrad, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Services will be at a later date. A full obituary will follow.

  On Monday, July 29th, Rita Anne (McCracken) Jones was called Home to a glorious reunion with her daughter Ruth, grandsons Cody and Casey, mother Genevieve, father Tom, and many other family and friends. If you knew Rita, you thought you KNEW Rita!  Outspoken like none other – a real black and white, hard-working, salt-of-the-earth type of person!  Yet, once you got to really KNOW Rita, you realized she cared deeply and would do anything for anyone.  She was a...

  Clara Kalgaard Skeslien, 102 passed away July 31, 2019 at Marias Care Center.  She was born May 4 1917 in Conrad to Martin and Anna Kalgaard. Clara married Carl Edward Skeslien July 31,1936 in Shelby. They raised their family in Dunkirk and Shelby. Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; Elaine (Dolly) Engles and Mary Welker. She was the oldest of 8 Kalgaard children, whom all preceded her in death. She is survived by sons, Curt (Connie) Skeslien of Butte, Ed and...

    Evelyn D. Aiken, 94, passed away July 23, 2019 in Cut Bank. Visitation will be Sun, August 4, from 5 to 7pm at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Funeral service will be Mon, August 5, at 11am at Whitlash Community Church with burial in Whitlash Cemetery. A reception at the Whitlash Hall will follow the burial.   She was born January 24, 1925 at home in Whitlash to Ed Allen and Louisa R. (Stott) Allen.   Evelyn lived in Whitlash and attended school there through...

  Mitchell “Mitch” Clark Kelly, 62, of Shelby, passed away on July 18, 2019 after a short battle against cancer. There will be two celebration of life gatherings.  The first being held at 1 pm on August 3, 2019 at Aronow Park in Shelby. The second being held at 11 am on August 18, 2019 at Q’emiln Park in Post Falls, Idaho. Mitch was born in Shelby, Montana on May 3, 1957 to Mary and John Kelly. He had a multitude of job experiences from the oil fields of...

Aileen Ruth Stroh, 89, of Conrad, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019. Aileen was born January 27, 1930 in Kalispell to Leonard and Iva (Curtis) Wells. She married Ken Stroh on April 17, 1948 in Seattle, WA. No services are planned.