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Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
Chuck Chestnut
Apr 14, 2025
Charles Chestnut, 65, passed on Monday, April 14, 2025.
A Celebration of Life will be held Tuesday, April 29 from 4pm to 7pm at Ed's Tavern.
Deborah Jean Solum
Mar 3, 2025
Deborah Jean Solum passed away unexpectedly on March 3, 2025 at the age of 59.
Deb was born December 10, 1965 in Chester, Montana. She grew up on the family farm enjoying the lifestyle of farming and ranching. She attended school in Rudyard graduating in 1984. She then went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Agronomy from Montana State University...
Helen B Brannon
Apr 20, 2025
Helen B Brannon, 102, longtime Chester teacher, passed on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
A full obituary to follow.
Nancy Markuson
Jan 26, 2025
Nancy Lee (Olsen) Markuson, age 66, was born November 4, 1958, in Butte, Montana to Robert and Elizabeth Olsen. She passed January 26, 2025, at home in Lyn’s arms. She had 7 sisters and 4 brothers. She was fifth in line.
Nancy married Lyn on May 19, 2000. They were married in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with friends and family attending and...
Erma L. Bledsoe
Apr 11, 2025
Erma Lucille "Erma Lou" Bledsoe, 70, of Chester, Montana, passed away on April 11, 2025, surrounded by her children. Erma Lou was born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1954, to Robert and Marjorie “Marge” (née Williams) Oswald. She was baptized in June 1954 at the Grace Reformed Church in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Erma was the third of four children....
Robert Hermance
Mar 29, 2025
Robert "Bob" Hermance, 67, passed on March 29, 2025
Bob was born in Ronan, MT on July 2, 1957 to Arthur G. Hermance and Pauline D. DeWitt Hermance. He joined brothers John and Mike. When he was 3, the family moved to a farm 5 miles northeast of Kevin. Bob grew up helping his dad farm. In high school he worked...
Jeanette Brown
Mar 29, 2025
Jeanette Tomsheck Brown, 98, of Whitlash and Shelby passed on March 29, 2025. Her funeral will be held at 1 pm on Sunday June 8 at the Whitlash Community Presbyterian Church with burial to follow at the Whitlash Cemetery.
Jeanette was born December 7, 1926 in Oregon to Anton and Etta Tomsheck. Jeanette and her three brothers (Robert, Arthur, and Raymond)...
Neoma Elizabeth Aklestad
Apr 18, 2025
Neoma Elizabeth Aklestad, 86, passed on Friday, April 18, 2025.
A full obituary to follow.
Ethel Julia Woodford
Apr 18, 2025
Ethel Julia (Schmidt) Woodford, 91, passed away at the Beehive Assisted Living facility in Conrad Montana on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Easter was one of her favorite holidays, making it a special end to this loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Ethel moved to the Beehive from her longtime home in Missoula, MT, in August, 2022 to be...
Neil E. Harstad
Apr 15, 2025
Neil Edwin Harstad was the first of four children born to Myrtle and Harvey Harstad on April 19th, 1944 in Williston, North Dakota. He attended elementary school in Alexander, North Dakota. In 1959, Neil moved with his family to Chester, Montana where his Dad had taken a job with Chester Implement Company. Neil started high school in Chester and...
James Thomas Harmon
Apr 13, 2025
James “Tex” Harmon, also known as Jim or Jimbo, 71, of Kevin, Montana, passed away at his home on April 13, 2025. Born to Robert Harmon and Mary Virginia Holmes in Amarillo, Texas on February 28, 1954, Jim lived a life defined by hard work and good humor.
Jim spent his career working in the oil fields of Montana—a true work...
Shirley Ann Furr
Apr 11, 2025
Shirley Ann (Fujimoto) Furr passed away peacefully on Friday evening, April 11, 2025, at her home, with family at her side. She was born on July 17, 1958, in Cut Bank, Montana — the daughter of George and Kathryn Fujimoto. Shirley grew up in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School in 1976. During her high school years, she proudly...
Curtis James Conant
Apr 11, 2025
Curtis James Conant, 25, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2025. He was born on November 18, 1999, in Shelby, Montana, to Cory Conant and Jill Conant.
A proud graduate of Shelby High School, Class of 2018, Curtis went on to earn his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Montana Tech in 2021. After college, he moved to Missoula and...
Sharon Woods
Apr 7, 2025
Sharon Y. Woods, aged 89, a beloved music teacher and farmwife, passed away on
April 7, 2025.
A memorial service to celebrate Sharon’s life will be held on April 26 at 1:00 PM at the
Chester United Methodist Church (510 Monroe Avenue, Chester, MT), followed by a
reception in the fellowship hall. Friends and family are invited to attend and pay their
respects. Sharon will...
Theodore Suta
Apr 7, 2025
Theodore Peter Suta was born at the family farm on October 16, 1932. He was the first-born child of Peter and Hannah (Lozing) Suta. He was followed quite quickly with three other siblings, Henry (Carolyn), Ben (Marge), and Violet Moran. With a nine-year break, they had Dian (Jess) Patrick and Rudy (Sherry). Being raised on the farm 15 miles west...
Russell Lewis Johnson
Apr 7, 2025
Russell Johnson, 95, a farmer, died Tuesday at Northern Pines nursing home with family by his side.
His memorial service is 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, followed by a reception at the church. Private burial will take place in Crown Hill Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Cut Bank is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include daughter Nancy (Jerry) Woerdehoff...
Lori Pocock Fletcher
Apr 6, 2025
Born in Winder, Georgia on September 1st 1957, the 2nd of 4 children, Lori became care giver and protector of her younger brothers, Monte and Todd, born 2 and 5 years later. Meanwhile, her older brother Kim, born 3 years earlier would prove to serve as a typical big brother for the next several decades.
In 1965 their parents, Mel and...
Lois Rosellen Harden
Apr 5, 2025
Lois Rosellen Rasmussen was born on September 20, 1929, on a farm near Gentiana, Montana. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 5, 2025, at the age of 95.
Lois was preceded in death by her loving parents, Lars and Florence (Stahn) Rasmussen; her brothers Clifford, Raymond, Barnard (Ken), and Lowell; and her sister Carol & husband Clifford Harden
She...
JoAnn Stenerson
Apr 3, 2025
JoAnn Eileen Stenerson, age 84, of Conrad, Montana, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
JoAnn was born on February 25, 1941, to Ervin and Ethell (Schwend) Ellis in Hardin, Montana. She attended grade school in St. Xavier, Montana, and graduated from Hardin High School with the Class of 1959. Following high school, she...
Debra Dawn Heimbigner
Mar 28, 2025
Debra Dawn Jacobson Heimbigner, age 58, passed away on March 28th, 2025, after a courageous fight against breast cancer. Deb was born on November 17, 1966 in Malta, Montana to Clarence and Shirley Jacobson. She grew up on a ranch in south Wagner, Montana, along with her sisters, Roxane and Linda. All three sisters were active in helping their father...
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