All Obituaries

George Christian Erickson, 88, lifelong resident of Conrad, passed away Monday, August 6,2018. Memorial services will be Saturday, September 15, at 1:00PM at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church.

 James Patrick Higgins “Jim Higgins”  ,70, passed away peacefully Sunday August 5, 2018 at Benefis Health Care from natural causes surrounded by his wife and children.  A celebration of life will be held at the Moose Lodge in Cut Bank on Saturday, August 18​th​, at 3pm. Jim requested this to be a potluck style lunch and get together to visit and reminisce: he did not want anything formal.   Cremation has taken place. Arrangement are under the direction of...

  Thomas C. Habets, 76, of Ethridge, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018, in Great Falls.   Tom was born on April 20, 1942 in Conrad to Louis and Alice (Wittmier) Habets.  He was a Certified Public Accountant and business man until retiring in 2000.  Tom then enjoyed a quiet life on the farm, spending time with Dorothy and visiting his two children in Vancouver, WA.  He loved the outdoors and had many fond memories of camping with his brother Bill as a child and...

 Margaret Bernice Smitherman “Aunt Marge,” 85, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank due to end-state COPD and recent pneumonia. A memorial service will be held at Mountain View Baptist Church, 430 5th Ave. NW in Cut Bank on Saturday, Aug. 11 at 1:30 p.m. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements are under the direction of Asper Funeral Home. Margaret was born April 18, 1933 to George and Alice (Sorensen) Seymour. She...

  Anthony “Tony” Glenn Morris, 78, of Conrad, passed away on August 2, 2018 of natural causes.  Memorial services will be held Saturday, August 11, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Valier.  Tony was born in Grantsdale, Montana on July 27, 1940.  He graduated from Great Falls High School where he held a basketball record for several years before it was broken.  In May of 1958, Tony enlisted in the Marine Corps where he served for 13 years. ...

Donna Elaine Gladeau, age 68, of Shelby, Montana, passed away July 26, 2018.  A memorial service will be at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Shelby.  A reception will follow at the Tap Room in Shelby.  Family burial will take place at a later date.  Arrangements entrusted to Asper Funeral Homes in Shelby. Donna was born September 13, 1949 in Decorah, Iowa to Charles Edward Sr. and Ethel (Nesheim) Goltz.  The family moved to...

  Zita Rosalind Cebulla, 78, of Cut Bank, Mont., passed away on July 21, 2018.  A memorial service was held on Monday, July 30, at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Cremation has taken place. Zita was born in Detroit Lakes, Minn., on Jan. 18, 1940. She graduated from Shelby High School and later married Max Ronald Cebulla on May 28, 1960.  They were married 58 years.   Zita owned the Sew and Sew in Cut Bank, and later she and Max owned “Holy Cow, It’s...

  Alene Faye Chewning, 82, passed away on Monday, July 23, 2018, at the Pondera Medical Center in Conrad. Alene was born on Nov. 9, 1935, in Tampico, Ill., to George and Julia Lancaster, the youngest of five children.  She was married in 1956 and later divorced in 1969. Alene “LOVED” her family! She loved pictures and hearing stories on what everyone was doing. She enjoyed talking and visiting with her many friends, as well as her Birthday Club friends and Red Hatter...

Gladys “Hap” Virginia Roark, 94 of Shelby, Montana passed away on July 18, 2018.  Memorial service will be July 28th at 1:00 at the Shelby Whitted Funeral Chapel. Gladys was born in Hollywood Hills, California to Sara Eugenia and John Henry Lawson on December 15, 1923, but she always celebrated the 14th and 15th. She graduated from Hollywood High School. She married Woodrow Goodrich 1942, in Las Vegas for 15 years. From this union, children Woodrow L. Goodrich Jr., Charles...

  Sandra Golberg Copenhaver (76) died peacefully after a long battle with emphysema on June 28, 2018, with her children at her side.   Sandra Gail (Sandi) was born on April 29, 1942 to Arnold and Margaret Golberg in Vancouver WA.  She was born during the blackout days of World War II while her father and maternal grandfather worked in the Bremerton Naval Shipyards building ships for the war. Following the war and while she was a small child they moved back to her paternal...