OBITUARY LISTINGS

Recent Obituaries

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

Lori Ann Glinn-Hall

Lori Ann Glinn-Hall

Oct 24, 2021

Lori Ann Glinn-Hall, 59, a Liberty County resident, passed away surrounded by her family October 24, 2021.

Graveside Services are scheduled for Friday October, 29th 2pm at the Chester Cemetery.

Lori was born in Seattle Washington, February 1st, 1962. She was the youngest child of Wally...

Duane Carl Drogitis

Duane Carl Drogitis

Oct 20, 2021

Duane Carl Drogitis; cherished son, brother, father, and grandfather passed away Oct 20th peacefully with his daughter by his side. Duane was born in Harlowton MT, on July 7, 1953 to Harry and Marlyse Drogitis. He had a wonderful childhood surrounded by his older brother Dennis, and two younger sisters Debra and Denise. His father was his idol, his...

Veanne (Quackenbush)  Hawbaker

Veanne (Quackenbush) Hawbaker

Oct 18, 2021

Veanne Hawbaker left this earth and rejoined her husband Harvey in heaven on October 18, 2021.

Veanne was born May 16, 1934 in Minot, ND, one of five children born to Bill & Lucille Quackenbush. The family would move to Peerless, where Veanne would graduate from high school. She also met her high school...

Rich Fitzpatrick

Rich Fitzpatrick

Oct 18, 2021

Richard Allen Fitzpatrick (Fred), 64, of Valier, passed away on Monday, October 18th, 2021.

The funeral service will be held on Monday, November 1st at 2 PM at St. Francis Catholic Church in Valier. Burial will follow the service at Lake View Cemetery.  Funeral arrangements are being handled by Asper Funeral Homes.

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Benjamin Oscar Askelson

Benjamin Oscar Askelson

Oct 18, 2021

Benjamin Oscar Askelson passed away Monday night, 18 October 2021.  He was born on 28 January 1926 in Scobey, MT, the sixth of nine children by Olga Josephine (Olsen) Askelson and Oscar Bert Askelson.  He spent his early years growing up in Whitetail, MT and moved to Tacoma, WA in 1942 when he was 16 to finish high school...

Ben Askelson

Ben Askelson

Oct 18, 2021

Benjamin Oscar Askelson passed away Monday night, 18 October 2021.

A private family internment with Military Honors will be held at the graveside at Cut Bank’s Crown Hill Cemetery on Saturday, 30 October 2021 at 2:00 pm.  Please join the family in celebrating Ben’s life at a luncheon at the Moose Lodge, 9 W Main...

Arnold M. Rohrer

Arnold M. Rohrer

Oct 18, 2021

Arnold Melvin Rohrer, 88, passed on Monday, October 18, 2021.

Arnold was born on March 22, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN to Paul Revere and Sarah (Whitbread) Rohrer.

Arnold graduated from MSU with a civil engineer degree in 1955. He married Roberta B. Busby and they moved to Des...

Virgil F. Jurenka

Virgil F. Jurenka

Oct 17, 2021

Virgil Frank Jurenka was born August 23, 1926, on the family farm north of Hingham to Frank and Frances (Pecinovsky) Jurenka.  He would later raise his own family in the same house.  He died on October 17, 2021, at the Liberty Medical Center Nursing Home in Chester after a short three and a half month stay out of...

Henry A. Jacobsen

Henry A. Jacobsen

Oct 15, 2021

Henry Andrew Jacobsen, 96, passed on October 15, 2021.

Henry was born February 16, 1925, son of Anton and Rufina (Van Doorne) Jacobsen, at the homestead north of Cut Bank close to the Canadian Border.

Henry lived in the Red River Community and enjoyed pranking the neighbors during Halloween. Glacier...

Tom Shephard

Tom Shephard

Oct 15, 2021

Thomas “Tom” Shephard, 78, passed away October 15, 2021 with his family by his side. He was born March 8, 1943 in Conrad, to Gordon and Frances Shephard. He grew up in Valier alongside his siblings: Robert, Dale, Kathy, and Barb. After graduating Valier High School in 1961, he joined the Army in May 1965 and was honorably discharged....

Lynne (Davis)  Herschman

Lynne (Davis) Herschman

Oct 14, 2021

Berna Lynne Herschman 82 of Cut Bank passed away October 14th at the hospice house in Great Falls after a long battle with Alzheimer's.

A memorial service will be held Thursday Oct 21st at 10:00am at the Catholic church in Cut Bank.

Lynne was born May 26th 1939 to Roger...

Doug K. Langel

Doug K. Langel

Oct 14, 2021

Douglas Keith Langel, 89, of Kalispell formerly Rudyard, passed away in his home on October 14, 2021.  Doug had recently been admitted to in-home hospice care and left the world knowing how much he was loved.

Doug, son of Theodore “Ted” and Evelyn “Netes” Langel was born on October 18, 1931 in Havre. Doug...

Thomas Ray Lakey

Thomas Ray Lakey

Oct 13, 2021

Thomas Ray Lakey, 80, passed away peacefully on October 13, 2021, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, surrounded by his loving family.

Memorial services will be held Monday, October 18, at 11:00 AM at Whitlash Church. Burial to follow in Whitlash Cemetery.

Tom was born on March 14, 1941 in...

Elroy A. Eberhardt

Elroy A. Eberhardt

Oct 11, 2021

Elroy Alfred Eberhardt, 88 passed Monday October 11, 2021.

Elroy was born May 25, 1933 in Peeksville, WI to Arthur “Ed” and Edna Eberhardt.

Elroy was drafted in July of 1953 to the Army at Fort Riley and eventually stationed at Fort Richardson in Alaska. He earned the National Defense Service Medal along with Expert...

Vern L. Greyn

Vern L. Greyn

Oct 11, 2021

Vern Greyn, 61, passed Monday, October 11, 2021. Vern was born July 15th 1960 in Choteau. He was the fifth child born to Hugh and Ann (Bouma) Greyn. As a child he was raised on a farm west of Choteau with four brothers and three sisters. He spoke fondly of memories involving adventures and shenanigans around the farm....

Jean C. (McRae)  Gilbert

Jean C. (McRae) Gilbert

Oct 11, 2021

Jean Carole Gilbert passed away Monday, October 11, 2021 following complications from a stroke she suffered in August. Jean was born April 2, 1940 to Alexander (Bill) and Edna McRae in Cut Bank. Jean met her husband Jarden when he moved to Montana to work on the oil rigs. They were married on January 22, 1957...

Roger "Rod" Hibbs

Roger "Rod" Hibbs

Oct 11, 2021

Roger Adair Hibbs peacefully passed away in the arms of his loving spouse, Caen Bly and his son, Rodney Hibbs, at the Logan Medical Centre in Cutbank on Monday, October 11, 2021. Roger was 86 years of age at the time of his passing.

Roger is survived by his sons, Bob (Tonia) Hibbs, Wayne...

Cherye Lee (Dredge)  Peterson

Cherye Lee (Dredge) Peterson

Oct 7, 2021

In Idaho Falls, Idaho on January 5,1938 a beautiful perfect baby girl was born to Paul and Re Ella Dredge

She was soon joined by sister, DeeAnn, and brother, Kay Devier (predeceased). The family continued to live in Shelly and Idaho where Cherye lived an idyllic life and loved it as she played in...

Jean L. (Potter)  Gordon

Jean L. (Potter) Gordon

Oct 5, 2021

Jean Lucille (Potter) Gordon, 91, passed October 5, 2021.

Jean was born February 16,1930 in Cut Bank to Samuel L. Potter Jr. and Myrtle Dahlen Potter.

Jean married Doug “Claire” Gordon. The Gordons and the Potters were family friends. As a young man, Doug worked for Jean’s father one summer....

Marjorie (Jones)  Pfeffer

Marjorie (Jones) Pfeffer

Oct 5, 2021

Doris Marjorie (Jones) Pfeffer was born in Conrad October 18, 1923 and passed away unexpectedly from natural causes with her daughter, Sharon, by her side October 5, 2021 just shy of her 98th birthday. Her parents Ethel M. Jones (1887-1972) and Edward Jones (1873-1963) were both born in central Wales and were pioneers in...