OBITUARY LISTINGS

Dennis W. Leck

Feb 20, 2017

Dennis W. Leck, 74, died Monday (Feb. 20) at Shelby.  He was born at Conrad, Montana to Hattie and Charles Leck, the fourth of four boys.  During the early years of his life, he lived in Galata where he attended elementary school.  During his fourth grade year, the family moved into Shelby where he attended school, graduating...

Richard W. Humble

Feb 19, 2017

Richard William “Dick” Humble, 91, died on February 19, 2017 at his home in Cut Bank.

Dick was born July 17, 1925 in Spokane, Washington to William and Minnie Humble.  He joined two older sisters, Mary Ellen and Wilma.  The family move to back Cut Bank in 1930. Dick attended school in Cut...

Glenn Culleton

Feb 14, 2017

Glenn Howard Culleton, age 87, passed away February 14, 2017 at the Pondera Medical Center Extended Care.  He truly was a fish out of the water without his wife of 65 years.

Glenn was born to Mark and Inga (Norsby) Culleton on August 26, 1929.  This truly turned into a special day as his younger brother Jim...

Joseph Seidlitz

Feb 12, 2017

Joseph E. Seidlitz, 89, passed away February 12, 2017.

Vigil services will be held Thursday, February 16, at 7:00 PM. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, February 17. Both services will be at St. Mary Catholic Church in Chester.

Betty A. McCracken Bills

Feb 10, 2017

Betty “Boots” McCracken Bills, age 93, passed away Friday evening, February 10, 2017, at the Pondera Medical Extended Care Facility in Conrad.  Betty was born at home on February 1, 1924, to George and Mary Alice (Dougan) Betts on her grandmother’s farm near Columbia Falls, Montana.  Sadly, she never knew her mother, as she passed away from...

Virginia A. Burns

Feb 6, 2017

Virginia Ann Burns was called by the Lord to join Him in Heaven on February 6, 2017.  She was 85 years old.  Virginia passed away at Glacier Care Center peacefully surrounded by her children.

Visitation will be held Friday, February 10, from 5 to 7pm at Whitted Funeral Chapel with Vigil services following at 7pm. Funeral mass...

Ida Petroff

Feb 4, 2017

Ida L. Petroff, 73, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017.

Memorial services will be Wednesday, February 8, at 2:00 PM at Whitted Funeral Chapel. A reception will follow at the Ringside Ribs in Shelby.

Ida was born August 12, 1943 in Ronan, MT to Arthur G. and Lucy S. (Miller) Hermance.  She attended school in...

Kenneth M. Han

Feb 3, 2017

Kenneth Melvin Han, 94, of Inverness, passed away Friday, February 3, 2017 at Liberty County Medical Center of natural causes.

His memorial service will be held Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Inverness at 11:00 am. Burial will follow at the Inverness Cemetery. Memorials in Ken's honor may be made...

Mary J. Combs

Jan 26, 2017

Mary Jean Combs, age 70, a homemaker and caretaker, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, January 26, 2017 after a long battle with health problems.

Viewing will be from 5:00-7:00 pm on Friday, February 3 at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby.  The funeral service will be 10:00 am on Saturday, February 4 at St. Luke’s Lutheran...

Joyce Johannsen

Jan 23, 2017

Joyce Murray Johannsen’s infectious laugh could “stop the show.” Once, during a performance by the Virginia City Players, Joyce’s laughter at the antics onstage turned audience titters to boisterous guffawing at which point the actors gave up on their scene, joined in the laughter, and cautioned her to be careful lest she “strip a gear!”

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Raymond J. Widhalm

Jan 22, 2017

Raymond Joseph Widhalm, 64 passed away January 22, 2017 in presence of family in Great Falls, Montana after battling cancer.

Vigil services will be Thursday, January 26, at 7:00PM. Funeral Mass will be Friday, January 27, at 11:00 AM. Both services will be held at St. Michael Catholic Church in Conrad. A reception will follow the mass....

Jake Dilger

Jan 21, 2017

Jacob “Jake” Dilger, 88, passed away January 21, 2017 in Brady of natural causes.  He was born November 8, 1928 in Glenullin, ND to Frank and Katherine Dilger.

Jake joined the Air Force in 1947 after serving 21 years as a sheet metal worker repairing airplanes that were damaged in the war.  He served in Japan, Korea,...

Michael Hesla

Jan 17, 2017

Michael Paul Hesla (MPH) passed away unexpectedly January 17, 2017 in Acton, California. Michael was born January 17, 1980 in GreatFalls to parents, Paul Hesla and Nancy (Erickson) Hesla. In his youth, Michael enjoyed boxing, racing motorcycles, and racing dirt track cars.  He moved to Phoenix for abit then joined the us marine corps he was deployed to Afghanistan...

Judith L Puckett

Jan 16, 2017

Judith Louise Puckett passed out of this world peacefully on the eve of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2017, with her two loving daughters by her side and her schoolgirl heartthrob, Elvis Presley, filling the air with the gentle timbre of Love Me Tender.

Judy was born the youngest of 10 children to Elsie (nee...

Felix W. Parks

Jan 16, 2017

Felix W. Parks 79, of Conrad, MT went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 16, 2017. He was born on September 9, 1937 in Harrison, Arkansas to Felix T. & Hazel I. Parks.  At the age of 4, they moved the family to Pittsburg, KS.  He grew up in Pittsburg, where he graduated from...

Lois W. Dunk

Jan 14, 2017

Our dear mother, Lois Wahneta (Carver) Dunk went home to be with the Lord

on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the age of 98. Lois was a resident at the Glacier

Care Center in Cut Bank, Montana at the time of her death.

Lois was born on August 22, 1918 in Monango, North...

Gisela H. Coutts

Jan 6, 2017

Gisela Hildagard Coutts, 82, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017. She was born November 10, 1934 in Koblenz, Germany to Herman and Margaret Lippertz.

Memorial services will be held Friday, January 27, at 2:00 PM Cut Bank Community Bible Church.

Gisela is an animal lover and helped keep the neighborhood cats and dogs well fed....

Victor Luedtke

Jan 2, 2017

Vic Luedtke, 99, a lifetime resident of Cut Bank died in his sleep at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank on Monday January 2, 2017.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 7, at 10:30 am at Prairie Peace Lutheran Church.

Victor Emil Luedtke was born November 27, 1917 at the homestead...

Kelly Kay Tafelmeyer

Dec 31, 2016

Kelly Kay (Corey) Tafelmeyer passed away on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at Northern Rockies Medical Center from complications of COPD.

Her funeral service will be on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Kelly was born on Nov. 14, 1955, in Scobey to Lyle and Cleo Corey. She was raised in...

Clarence J. Connelly

Dec 30, 2016

Clarence J Connelly, 86, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2016.  He was born October 1, 1930 in the family home near Lindsay, Nebraska to James and Catherine (Widhalm) Connelly.  He grew up on that family farm south of Lindsay and stayed there until being drafted into the Army in December of 1951.

After finishing...