OBITUARY LISTINGS

Laydell Westerman

Feb 10, 2020

Bobby Laydell Westerman, 63, of Conrad, passed away February 10, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Farmington, New Mexico, to Bobby Hill and Lawton Westerman. Better known as Laydell, he worked as a foreman for Keil Farms for 30 plus years. He loved to go fishing with his best friend, Gene...

Rose Monroe

Feb 6, 2020

Rose Monroe, 84, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the PMC Extended Care following a 2 ½ year battle with cancer.

Rosary services will be Monday, February 10, at 6:15pm followed by vigil services at 7pm. Funeral mass will be Tuesday, February 11, at 11:00 AM. All services will be at St. Michael's Catholic Church....

Mary Lincoln

Feb 5, 2020

On the morning of February 5, 2020 at the age of 108, Mary Lincoln departed this earth to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Mary was born November 27, 1911 to Henry and Sarah Ritter in a homestead shack north of Rudyard.  She attended a one-room country school.  She graduated from North Central College...

Ruth Rice

Feb 4, 2020

Ruth (Lavender) Rice, 86, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at Pondera Medical Center Extended Care.

Ruth was born September 8, 1933 in Billings to parents, James and Ida (Street) Lavender. She married Howard Rice on May 16, 1957 in Lewistown and they enjoyed 51 years together before Howard’s death in 2009. Ruth and Howard...

Carlyle W. Fauley

Feb 3, 2020

Carlyle Ward Fauley, the heart of our family, left us on February 3, 2020 from a massive heart attack, to begin his personal journey to life everlasting.

He was born on September 28, 1925 in Kalispell, Montana, to Clyde C. and Marie(Fratzke)Fauley.  His father was a Park Ranger for Glacier National Park.  He spent the...

George L. Kremer

Feb 1, 2020

George L. Kremer, 86, of Dutton, died peacefully on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Beehive Assisted Living in Conrad where he had been a resident since September. He was born along with his twin sister, Ann, September 17,1933 in Cascade, Iowa joining a family of 8 siblings.  He attended school in Iowa and after graduation, he enrolled in the ...

Violet R. Klette

Jan 26, 2020

Violet Rosalie (Beard) Klette, 98, of Conrad, passed away January 26, 2020.

Funeral Services will be held at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church on Friday, January 31, at 11:00 AM followed by a luncheon at the church.  Burial will be in Dutton Cemetery.

Violet was the fourth child of William and Eva Beard.  She was born...

John H. Kendall

Jan 22, 2020

John Herbert Kendall, 54, passed away on January 22, 2020.

No services are planned at this time.

Ronald Bacon

Jan 20, 2020

Ronald Irving Bacon Jr., 90, passed away January 20, 2020.

No services are planned at this time.

Joyce Halverson

Jan 17, 2020

Joyce Halverson, 93, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 17, 2020 at Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau.  She spent her final days surrounded by those who loved her most, a conclusion that epitomized her life which focused on her family and taking care of others.

Joyce Evelyn Branch was born on January 22, 1926 in LaCrosse,...

Francis Braz

Jan 14, 2020

Francis “Braz” Clarence Braz, 93, passed away surrounded by family at home on the early morning of January 14, 2020. Braz is reunited with the love of his life, Louise “Weezie” Braz.

A cremation is arranged by Asper Funeral Home and he will be laid to rest in California with Louise. A Celebration of Life luncheon will...

Walter J. Boumans

Jan 13, 2020

Walter J. Boumans, 90, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 13, 2020. Walter was born February 1, 1929 at his home east of Valier to Herman and Hubertine Boumans. He was raised and attended school in Valier until his freshman year when he returned to work on the family farm. He served in the Army during the Korean War...

Jean (Wagner) Billedeaux

Jan 13, 2020

Mary Jean Wagner Billedeaux, 85 passed away on January 13, 2020 with her family and loved ones by her side at the Blackfeet Community Hospital.

Jean was born October 22, 1934 in Browning to Clarence & Edna Wagner. Jean and her husband, Vernon Billedeaux, raised their family in Babb.

Jean will live on...

Pat Higgins

Jan 3, 2020

James Pattrick Higgins, 60, passed away suddenly at Benefis in Great Falls on January 3, 2020. James was known as “Pat”, “Patrick”, or “Packy”. Pat started school at the one room Blackfeet School.  He graduated from Browning High School in 1978.  Pat attended the early Blackfeet Community College when it was affiliated with Flathead Community College.  He was taught...

Patrick I. Watkins

Jan 1, 2020

Patrick Iden Watkins, 80, passed away in the early morning of January 1, 2020. Above all else, Patrick valued his family and was blessed with four daughters by blood and marriage, Deborah Watkins, Victoria (Gary) Sulenes, Casey (Dave) Bowers, and Patricia Love. He also had a very large and loving extended family.  Patrick shared his life with his late...

Darlene M. Beach

Jan 1, 2020

Darlene Mae Beach, 70, passed away January 1, 2020 of heart failure and COPD at Marias Medical Center surrounded by family.

Memorial services will be Thursday, January 9, at 1:00 PM at Whitted Funeral Chapel. Burial to follow in Valley View Cemetery.

Darlene Mae (Porter) Beach was born June 13, 1949 on the...

Harvey R. Hawbaker

Dec 21, 2019

Harvey Hawbaker stood on the court, facing a crowd who gathered to not only watch a basketball game, but to celebrate a man that had come to define what it meant to be a Shelby Coyote. He spoke to the crowd, not about the many achievements and accomplishments that made up his illustrious career, but of his family. This...

Alfred "Al" Vanden Bos

Dec 15, 2019

Alfred Vanden Bos, 78, passed away December 15, 2019.

Celebration of Life will be Saturday, December 28, 2019, at 10:00 am at the Pondera Valley Lutheran

Church with burial at the Hillside Cemetery. A reception will follow at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church.

Visitation will be Friday, December 27, 2019 from 5:00...

Roberta Lee (Kittitas) Larabee

Dec 14, 2019

Roberta Lee Larabee, 82, of Ellensburg, Washington, passed away on December 14,

2019 of natural causes. She lived in Kent, WA the majority of her life, recently

moving to an Independent Living apartment in Ellensburg, WA in October 2018.

Roberta was born in Shelby on January 7, 1937 to Leonard Laurence...

Arthur L. Erickson

Dec 13, 2019

Arthur L Erickson was born in Conrad on December 16, 1924 and passed away December 13, 2019 in Conrad. He was raised on the family farm SW of town. After two years in the Army he married his sweetheart, Eloise M Bruner of Valier on November 16, 1952. Art, Eloise and their two daughters lived and worked in the...