OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
William "Bill" H. Moss
Feb 4, 2022
William “Bill” Hinton Moss, beloved father, grandfather, friend and teacher, quietly passed away in Great Falls, MT on February 4th, 2022.
Bill was born December 5th, 1941 in Shelby, MT to Lou and Imy Moss. He grew up between Sunburst, MT, Fairbanks, AK, and the Gila River Valley in New Mexico. In high school,...
Lyle D. Gerrard
Feb 4, 2022
Lyle Douglas Gerard, 70, passed away on February 3, 2022 in Cut Bank due to complications of diabetes.
Lyle was born on March 6, 1951 in Cut Bank to James and Marjorie Gerard. Lyle graduated from Cut Bank High School in 1969. He then moved to California after high school and lived most of...
Mary Elizabeth (Stipp) Rudolph
Jan 26, 2022
Mary Elizabeth Rudolph was born at home to Arthur and Minerva Stipp on April 27, 1931. The family lived south of Joplin in the area called Black Coulee. Mary was the youngest of five daughters. Recalling early memories from living in the coulee always brought a smile to Mary’s face. She remembered being spoiled by a...
Luanna T. (Elling) Rigg
Jan 25, 2022
Luanna Theresa (Elling) Rigg, 91, passed on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
Luanna was born July 23, 1930 to Fred Henry and Estella (Wendland) Elling. She was followed eight years later by brother, Freddy, in 1938. Lu graduated from Rudyard High School in 1948 and went on to Northern Montana College and earned a teaching...
Darlene E. (Fisk) Alvestad
Jan 25, 2022
In the quiet early morning hours of January 25, 2022, heaven received a precious mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt.
Darlene Evelyn (Fisk) Alvestad was born on June 12, 1927 to James and Olive Fisk in Grafton, ND. She was the oldest of six children. They lived on the family farm outside of...
Johnny Lee Sheldon
Jan 22, 2022
Johnny “John” Lee Sheldon, 52, passed away on January 22, 2022 at the Northern Montana Care Center where he resided. John was born on October 29, 1969 to Beverly Sue Layton and John Thomas Downey in Butte, Mt. He grew up in Chester, Mt. with his mother, father Gary Norman Layton and sister. He attended Chester High School and played...
Anita Jane (Barron) Vandolah
Jan 20, 2022
Anita Jane Vandolah, 78, passed away at home, surrounded by family January 20, 2022 in Conrad. Anita was the middle child of Virgil and Bertha Barron (1987). Anita was close with her older brother, Lloyd Barron (2015) and younger sister, Mary Ann (Lyle) Winkler. Anita grew up in Valier where she attended school and graduated in 1960. Anita...
Eunice (Severson) Askling
Jan 20, 2022
Eunice Viola Askling was born on July 4, 1922 in Larchwood, Iowa to Selmar and Marie Severson. She gained her wings on January 20, 2022 at Logan Health Extended Care in Conrad. Eunice married George Askling, the love of her life, on May 30, 1942. Together they had six children: Leon, Barbara, Kathy, Joyce, Gale, and...
Loretta Pauline (Gorder) Benjaminson
Jan 18, 2022
Loretta Pauline (Gorder) Benjaminson passed on January 18, 2022.
Loretta was born to Paul and Sarah Gorder on January 24, 1936 at their home in Sunburst. The Gorder family moved to Starbuck, MN in 1950 where Loretta graduated from Starbuck High School in 1954. She then attended and graduated from the Minnesota Vocational School...
Shirley Mae (Mead) Combs
Jan 10, 2022
Shirley Mae (Mead) Combs, of Cut Bank, passed on January 10, 2022 in Great Falls.
There will be a time to celebrate Shirley’s life on February 5, at 2:00pm at The Den in Cut Bank. At later date her cremains will be spread in the Hysham Hills.
She was born April 11, 1935 in Huntley,...
Iva M. (Matteson) Kolstad
Jan 10, 2022
Iva was the first of four children born to Malvin and Margaret Matteson on July 4th 1928, at the Deaconess Hospital in Great Falls. She was joined in 1931 by her brother Leonard, in 1934 by her sister Christabel and in 1945 by her sister Phyllis. They were raised north of Galata on the Matteson homestead. In the...
Betty Jeanne Marie (Seidlitz) Wolfe
Jan 7, 2022
Betty Jeanne Wolfe, mother of 5, grandmother of 10, great grandmother of 7, peacefully greeted Jesus in her home January 7, 2022, at the age of 88. Betty Jeanne was born the fourth of nine children on April 5, 1933, to Helen Cornelia (White) Seidlitz and Elle Wesley Seidlitz.
Betty is preceded in death...
Betty Jean (Barnes) OTremba
Jan 6, 2022
One thing is for sure…Betty would not have wanted to make a big fuss! Yet, she was worthy of it.
Betty’s favorite thing in all the world was to share. She simply loved to share. It is what made her happiest. Now with sadness and joy in our hearts, we will share Betty with...
Richard Herschman
Jan 4, 2022
On the morning of Jan. 4th, 2022 Richard Herschman was reunited with the love of his life, his wife Lynne. He passed away peacefully of a broken heart at Logan Health in Cut Bank.
Dick was born Dec 15th 1938 to Antone and Ann Herschman on the family farm in the Mission Valley. He...
Daniel J. Murphy
Jan 4, 2022
Daniel Joseph “Danny” Murphy, 70, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.
A prayer vigil will be held on Sunday, January 16, at 8 p.m. Funeral Mass on Monday, January 17, at 11 a.m. Both services will be at St. Margaret Catholic Church in Cut Bank. ...
Roger E. Biniek
Jan 1, 2022
Roger Edward Biniek. 76, passed on January 1. 2022 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Even though he was taken from this world too soon, his sense of humor and love of fishing, especially fishing stories, will provide all who knew him wonderful memories.
Roger was born in Missoula to Edward J. and Blanche R....
Arthur M. Adamson
Dec 24, 2021
Arthur Melvin Adamson (Art) a member of the south Devon community for 80 years, passed away on December 24th,2021. He was born October 2nd, 1941, He was the son of Gladys and Melvin Adamson who preceded him in death
Art was an Army Veteran who spent much of his Army days in Germany. He was a lifelong...
Harry A. Heimbigner
Dec 23, 2021
On December 23rd, with sadness, we announce the passing of Harry Heimbigner Jr., our loving husband, dad, grandfather, and great grandfather. He left us peacefully at the age of 86 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Harry was born on the farm in Plummer, Idaho, on December 20th, 1935, to Harry Sr. and Dora. ...
James R. Midboe
Dec 20, 2021
James Richard Midboe passed away peacefully in the early morning on Dec 20th, 2021, at the Highgate care home in Great Falls, MT.
Predeceased by his wife Shirley Midboe, son Jamie Midboe, parents Nels and Selma Midboe, Sisters Ione Kincaid (Joe) and Dolores Matteson (Leonard)
He is survived by his...
Dennis Fladstol
Dec 13, 2021
Dennis Maurice Fladstol was born May 22, 1946 in Great Falls to Maurice and Opal Fladstol. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on December 13, 2021. He fought a valiant battle against cancer for the past two years. Dennis grew up on the family farm 23 miles East of Conrad in the Sollid Community. ...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
