OBITUARY LISTINGS

Kerry A. Conrad

Dec 5, 2019

Kerry A. Conrad died peacefully in her home on December 5, 2019.

Vigil services will be Fri, Dec 13, at 7pm at the Pondera Funeral Home. Funeral mass will be Sat, Dec 14, at 11AM at St. Michael’s Catholic Church.

Kerry was born on July 20, 1953 to Bob and Kitty Anderson in Fort Benton. ...

Diane Fauque

Dec 4, 2019

It is with great sadness that the family of Mrs. Diane Fauque announce her unexpected passing on Dec. 4 at the age of 68. Diane will be missed dearly by her husband Randy; children Korey (Wendy), Darcy (Kelly), and Jamey (Brandi); grandchildren Connor, Hailey, Ryan, Jory, and Sawyer. Diane will be forever remembered by her sisters Carol and Sharon...

Dolores M. Whitt

Dec 3, 2019

Dolores Whitt, age 87, previously of Great Falls passed away on December 3rd at the Marias Medical Center Nursing Home in Shelby. Visitation is on Monday, December 9th, at noon with the funeral at 1pm. Burial will be at the Mountain View Cemetery following the service.

Dolores was born to Chet and Ethel (Licht) Johnson on September...

Ron D. Sonju

Dec 2, 2019

Ronald Dale Sonju, 65, passed away unexpectedly on December 2, 2019 at Marias Medical Center.

Ron was born October 23, 1954 to Norman and Irene (Loomis) Sonju in Conrad.  Ron grew up and attended school in Shelby.  He married the love of his life, Diana Sargent, on July 3, 1992.  Together they were blessed with...

Pam Halvorson

Dec 1, 2019

Pamela Ann Halvorson, 60, longtime Cut Bank resident and bookkeeper, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019.

Services will be at a later date.

Sandi Becker

Dec 1, 2019

Sandra Jean Becker, 71, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019.

Memorial services will be Saturday, December 7, at 10:00am at Pondera Valley Lutheran Church.

Sandi was born February 26, 1948 in Alexandria, Minnesota to Melvin and Eljo (Larson) Weisgram.  Her family lived in Minnesota until Sandi was 2 when they moved to Conrad. The family...

Wayne Hampton

Dec 1, 2019

Robert Wayne Hampton, 94, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019. He was born in 1925 on the family farm near Rockfield, Kentucky to Georgia Young Hampton and Henry Clay Hampton. Known as Wayne, he was one of eight children, born with the love of farming and well suited for the challenge of raising tobacco, corn, grains and milking dairy...

Caroline M. Hall

Nov 30, 2019

Caroline Matilda (Suckow) Hall, 102, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019.

Funeral services will be Saturday, December 7, at 1:30pm at Grace Calvary Church in Rudyard.

She was born Sept 17, 1917 to Alfred and Louie Suckow.  She graduated from Rudyard High School on 1934 and went to Northern Montana College to get...

Kenny M Gilbert

Nov 25, 2019

Kenneth (Kenny) Maynard Gilbert

A great man left us……

The world lost a gem on Monday, November 25th when Kenny Gilbert passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. He was a friendly and humorous soul, never missing an opportunity to joke with anybody and everybody whether he knew them or not. He...

Blaze A. Flesch

Nov 21, 2019

Blaze Adam Flesch, 57, longtime resident of Shelby born March 11, 1962, beloved son to Connie Flesch and the late Larry Flesch, brother to Roxie Sukup, Kim Reese, Mona Swanson, and Serene Flesch and families, nephew to loving aunt Gayle, cousin/friend to Jack, Monica, and Sandra, uncle, great uncle, great-great uncle, and best friend/brother to Kevin Lockhart, went to...

James M. Baumann

Nov 18, 2019

James Marvin Baumann, 92, passed away at his home in Spokane Valley, Washington on November 18, 2019.  Born in Conrad, Montana on February 20, 1927, he was raised on a dry land wheat farm near Ledger.  James, better known as “Jim,” was the fourth of seven children born to John and Norma Baumann, early homesteaders in the area.  He...

Gerald Gunderson

Nov 14, 2019

Gerald Gustav Gunderson “Jerry”, passed away on November 14, 2019, eight days short of his 79th birthday.  He was born in Conrad on November 22, 1940 to Arientta Jean (Fortman) Gunderson and Gustav Adolph Gunderson.  He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Betty Jean (Gunderson) Kummer.

He attended grade school at the Sollid School,...

Ardell E. Knab

Nov 13, 2019

Ardell E. (Hopperdietzel) Knab, 91, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in Conrad. She was born December 12, 1927 in Athens, Wisconsin. Ardell married Chester Knab on September 6, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ardell worked as an LPN at the Liberty County Nursing Home for 20 years. She enjoyed both bowling and golf. In her later years...

George R. Folk

Nov 8, 2019

George. Ronald "Okie" Folk, 78, of Rudyard,passed away on November 8, 2019 at Liberty Medical Center in Chester.

The funeral service will be held on Friday November 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. At Our Lady of Ransom in Hingham, Montana.

George "Ron" was born in Iola, KS on October 6, 1941.

George was...

James 'Bert' Rogers

Nov 7, 2019

James H. (Bert) Rogers passed away on November 7, 2019 at Benefis West in Great Falls.

He was born the 4th of ten children to Earl and Lillian (Adams) Rogers on August 25, 1923. Bert was born at home and raised on the family farm north of Shelby. He attended a country school through the 8th grade...

Leonard A. Armstrong

Nov 5, 2019

Leonard Albert Armstrong, 89, of Conrad, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at Benefis Hospital with family present.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, November 23, at 10 a.m. at the Pondera Valley Lutheran Church in Conrad. Interment of his ashes with Military Honors will follow in Hillside Cemetery.

Leonard was...

Carol R. Mundt

Nov 1, 2019

Carol Rae Mundt, 71, beloved daughter, sister, aunt, great aunt, niece, cousin, and friend joined the Saints Triumphant on All Saints Day, November 1, 2019, in Great Falls peacefully and quietly after fighting a most courageous battle against many medical odds.

Memorial services will be Saturday, November 9, at 2:00 PM at St. Luke’s Lutheran...

Dan R. McIntyre

Oct 22, 2019

Danny “Dan” R. McIntyre was born to Manning “Mac” and Helen (Ophus) McIntyre in Conrad on March 9, 1955.  He died October 22, 2019 in Conrad at the age of 64.  Dan graduated from Conrad High School in 1973 and attended the University of Montana in Missoula where he received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

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Monte Lerum

Oct 20, 2019

Monte Lerum, age 75, of Galata passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank on Sunday, October 20, 2019 after his long fight with dementia.

Monte Dean Lerum was born in Minot, ND on December 18, 1943 to Clifford and Doris (Rudd) Lerum.  He was the third of their seven...

Tom Banka

Oct 14, 2019

Tom G. Banka, 88, passed away Monday, October 14, 2019 in Great Falls.

Graveside services will be held Friday, October 18, at 2pm at Hillside Cemetery.

Tom was born November 9, 1930 in Brady to Walter and Emily (Knorr) Banka.

He was raised on the family farm East of Brady and...