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Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas

Ruth Ann (Lund)  Young

Ruth Ann (Lund) Young

Mar 1, 2023

Ruth Ann Lund-Young passed from this life to her eternal reward on March 1, 2023 at Westview Senior living in Great Falls MT where she peacefully spent the last three and a half years of her life. Ruth was born on October 31, 1960, to Tom and Betty (Sand) Lund in Glasgow MT. She attended grade school in...

Scott Berkram

Scott Berkram

Feb 28, 2023

Scott Ryan Berkram, 55, of Cut Bank, passed away at home on February 28, 2023, in Cut Bank.

Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Cut Bank on March 18 at 3:30pm.

Scott was born in Bozeman on May 11, 1967 to Dennis Berkram and Carol...

Michael D. Lytle

Michael D. Lytle

Feb 26, 2023

Michael Dalton Lytle, 51, passed on Sunday, February 26, 2023.

No services are planned at this time.

Gail Marie (Greenwood)  Donner

Gail Marie (Greenwood) Donner

Feb 25, 2023

Gail Marie (Greenwood) Donner, 61, passed away on February 25, 2023 at her home in Chester, Montana.

Gail was born March 3, 1961, the youngest of seven children, in Bozeman, Montana to Madonna “Donna” Marie Schell and Russell Q. Greenwood.  In 1962, Donna and the children moved back to Wisconsin to be near family. ...

Norma Jean Copenhaver

Norma Jean Copenhaver

Feb 23, 2023

Norma Jean Copenhaver, age 70, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family on February 23, 2023 in Conrad, MT.

She was born November 6, 1952 to the late Wayne and Joyce Copenhaver, and was raised on the family farm East of Brady, MT with her three siblings, and cousins close by. She was...

Marguerite V. (Verstraete)  Freebury

Marguerite V. (Verstraete) Freebury

Feb 23, 2023

Marguerite Rachael (Verstraete) Freebury, 91, passed on Thursday, February 23, 2023 of renal kidney failure. 1 of 6 kids born to Emil and Marie Verstraete. She was the middle child of 4 sisters and 2 brothers. In 1951 she married her neighbor boy and love of her life, Richard “Dick” Freebury.

Marguerite...

Catherine Stibel

Catherine Stibel

Feb 21, 2023

Catherine H. Stibel, 94, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, sister -in- law, aunt, great aunt, and friend peacefully passed away February 21st.

Vigil service will be held Friday, March 24, at 7pm at Asper/Pondera Funeral Home. Funeral mass will be held Saturday, March 25, at 10am at St. Michael's Catholic...

Oliver W. Harris

Oliver W. Harris

Feb 18, 2023

Oliver Wendell Harris, Jr. 99, passed February 18, 2023. Graveside service will be Monday, April 17, at 11:00am at Crown Hill Cemetery. A reception and time of fellowship will follow at the Cut Bank Moose Lodge.

Oliver was born August 2, 1923, near Brinkman, Oklahoma as a sharecropper’s son. His family of eight migrated...

Patti (Purcell)  Danielson

Patti (Purcell) Danielson

Feb 15, 2023

After blessing us with her presence for more than 100 years, Mary Patricia “Patti” Danielson passed away February 15, 2023., at Long term Care in Logan Conrad. She is truly missed. She was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota on June 8, 1922 to James and Mary Cynthia Purcell. When she was young, the family moved to Sweetgrass where she...

Sue Layton

Sue Layton

Feb 15, 2023

Beverly “Sue” Layton, 71, passed away on February 15, 2023 at Logan Health-Chester. Sue was born September 12, 1951, in LaJunta, Colorado, to Alene “Linni” Sweet and Kenneth Maniford Fulton. In the 60’s her family relocated to Butte, Montana, where she lived until the mid ‘70s. She then made her way to Chester to work as an aide...

Mary Patricia (Purcell)  Danielson

Mary Patricia (Purcell) Danielson

Feb 15, 2023

Mary Patricia Danielson, 100, passed on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.

A full obituary to follow.

Grace (Richie)  Ness

Grace (Richie) Ness

Feb 11, 2023

On the morning of Saturday, February 11, 2023, Grace Ness passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends.

She was born Grace Irene Richie to parents Lola Lorraine Patton and France Dale Richie in Villisca, Iowa on August 15, 1943. When she was a young girl they moved to Montana and settled in Rudyard, Montana....

Roxanna K. (Davis)  Kimmet

Roxanna K. (Davis) Kimmet

Feb 7, 2023

Roxanna Kay (Davis) Kimmet passed away on February 7, 2023, at her home in Shelby from cancer.  She was born on January 29, 1959, in Shelby, Montana to William and Shirley (Adams) Davis.  She is survived by her husband, Lyle C. Kimmet, and sisters Kathleen Davis, Shelby, and Linda Spangler, Minot, North Dakota, and many nieces...

Donavan W. Heimbigner

Donavan W. Heimbigner

Feb 5, 2023

Donavan Walter Heimbigner, age 55, passed away on February 5, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida.

A funeral service will be 2:00 Pm on Saturday, February 25 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chester, followed by burial at the Chester Cemetery.

Donavan was born on September 20, 1967 in Havre, Montana to Donald Elwin Heimbigner and Betty...

Patrick McLeod

Patrick McLeod

Feb 5, 2023

Patrick “Pat” McLeod, 57, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away February 5, 2023 in the hospital with his daughter and brother by his side after a long battle with various diabetic complications.  He was born on September 29, 1965, along with his sister, Pam, to Neil and Glenna (Berezay) McLeod, in Milk River, Alberta.  The first set of twins...

Marie Blanche (Olson)  Mitch

Marie Blanche (Olson) Mitch

Feb 5, 2023

Marie Blanche Olson Mitch passed away on February 5, 2023, at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank, Montana. She was 90 years old and had lived her entire life in Montana.

Funeral service will be Saturday, February 11, at 2:00pm at Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints in Cut Bank. Visitation will be one...

Shelly Kay Butterrfly

Shelly Kay Butterrfly

Feb 2, 2023

Shelly Kay Butterfly, 57, passed on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

A wake will begin at Old Eagle Shield Center on Tuesday. Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, February 9, at 2:00pm at Little Flower Catholic Church.

Ambrose Albert Hansmann

Ambrose Albert Hansmann

Feb 2, 2023

Ambrose Albert Hansmann, 86, passed away February 2, 2023, at Logan Health Care in Conrad.

He was born in Minnesota on July 16, 1936 and moved to Teton County Montana with his parents, Albert and Anna, shortly after birth. The oldest of 7 children, Ambrose worked on the family farm in Pendroy – haying,...

Lewis G. Carroll

Lewis G. Carroll

Feb 1, 2023

Lewis Gordon Carroll, 90, passed on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

Lewis was born to Edwin and Nellie (Pond) on his father's homestead near Birch Creek, in Pondera County, on June 10, 1932, the youngest of five girls and three boys.

As with most Montana families, times were tough during and...

Mildred Mable (Puckett)  Clark

Mildred Mable (Puckett) Clark

Jan 28, 2023

Mildred (Milly) Mable (Puckett) Clark

After 95 years of life, on January 28th, 2023 Mildred Clark exited her earthly duties to join her Mother, her Father, and husband Edward “Ted” Clark, along with their daughter Mary Lou Clark, son Sylvan Mark Clark, and Grandson Jacob Edward Clark in the arms of her Heavenly Father.

Mildred...