OBITUARY LISTINGS

Jul 31, 2013

Sylvia Louise Adamson, 77, a homemaker from Valier, passed away Wednesday (July 31, 2013) at the Missouri River Care Center in Great Falls due to natural causes. Arrangements will be announced at a later date. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Louise was born March 13, 1936 at Colorado Springs, CO, to James & Sylvia...

Jul 30, 2013

William C. (Clayton) Briden, Jr, 79, a retired GM Dealer died July 30, 2013, at the Benefis Peace Hospice of natural causes.   Services will be Monday (Aug. 5) at 2:00 p.m. at the Valier United Methodist Church with Pastor Dolly Collins officiating.  Arrangements are under the care of Whitted Funeral Chapel.

Clayton was born on...

Jul 29, 2013

Catharina Elizabeth Praag Thompson passed away in her home on July 29, 2013 due to  illness.  Catharina, known as Dicky to her family and friends, was born on January 26, 1935 in Amsterdam, Holland to Thomas and Alida (Smit) Praag. Dicky was one of eight children and grew up in Holland moving to America in 1959 at the age...

Jul 21, 2013

Nicolas (nick) Jordan Barnes, 21, passed away July 21, 2013 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on July 17, 2013. Nick was born on March 10, 1992 in Florence Oregon. Nick spent the first 5 years of his life living on the Oregon coast, where his love of the outdoors began, before moving to Washington state with...

Jul 18, 2013

Ruth Rosamond Kimmet, 99, a long time resident of the Sweetgrass Hills, passed away July 18, 2013 at the Teton Medical Center in Choteau due to natural causes.

Ruth was born April 5, 1914 in Oconto, WI to Anton and Bernice (Barry) Tomsheck. Along with her sisters, Bernice and Alice, Ruth resided on the Tomsheck homestead until...

Jul 17, 2013

Joseph A Wurz, 76, retired gardener, teacher and minister from Rimrock Colony passed away on July 17, 2013 from natural causes.  Services will be Saturday, July 20 at 12 Noon at the colony with burial to follow in the Rimrock Colony Cemetery.

He was born February 19, 1937 to Andrew and Susie (Hofer) Wurz at Sunnysite Colony...

Jul 16, 2013

Theresia Mary Mengershausen, 58, a teacher and homemaker from Cut Bank, went to be with the Lord and Savior she loved on July 16th after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be Friday, July 26th, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. A celebration of her life will be at 1:00 pm...

Jul 14, 2013

Susanna S Kleinsasser, 84, of the Pondera Hutterite Colony near Valier, passed away peacefully at the Pondera Medical Center in Conrad from natural causes.  Funeral services will be at 12 noon on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 with burial to follow in the Pondera Hutterite Colony Cemetery.

She is survived by her three sons, five daughters, twenty-nine grandchildren...

Jul 11, 2013

Carole Ione Guderjahn Kaleva, age 71, slipped away into the arms of her Savior, on Thursday, July 11 th at the Northern Rockies Medical Center after battling ALS for several years.  She was born on June 11, 1942 to Louis and Dorothy (Strietzel) Guderjahn in Rolla, ND.  Carole grew up in Rolla and was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel...

Jul 10, 2013

John A. Chambers, 74, a retired oil field worker and Army Veteran from Cut Bank, passed away Wednesday, July 10 th , at the Marias Medical Center due to a stroke.  Memorial services will be held 1:00 pm, Tuesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Cut Bank. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

He was...

Jul 8, 2013

Dorothy ‘Dot’ Ione Seifert, 80, of Shelby, passed away Monday, July 8, 2013 at the Marias Care Center due to cancer.  Memorial services will be 2:00 pm Friday, July 19, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church with burial of ashes to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery.  Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

She was born...

Jul 2, 2013

Mary Louise Schroder, 88 of Cut Bank, formerly of Kalispell, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank due to natural causes.

Mary was born to Orland and Florence (Stevenson) Covert on July 14, 1924 in Kalispell, where she was raised and attended school.

She married the love of...

Jun 20, 2013

Our beloved son Coby Shane Epperson died June 20, 2013 due to injury on the job. He was born May 2, 1993 and just turned 20 only a month before. Coby graduated from Sunburst High School in 2011 and went right to work for Al’s Diesel. He later moved to Oregon to work with his Uncle Abijah in construction....

Jun 15, 2013

James G. Cochran, 55 of Blackfoot, passed away June 15 th near the divide off Duck Lake Road while cutting wood. No services are planned and cremation has taken place under the direction of the Whitted Funeral Chapel.

He was born August 22, 1958 at Poughkeepsie, PA to Thomas & Margaret Cochran and grew up at LaGrangeviewlle,...

Jun 11, 2013

Captain Kevin D. Sirucek, 36, passed away near Autobahn 6 close to Crailsheim, Germany, on June 11, 2013.  Kevin’s ashes will be scattered over the big Montana sky by his wife, Beccy.

At the time of his passing, Kevin was stationed in Ansbach, Germany, and the Company Commander for Echo Company Forward Support Company and was in...

Jun 7, 2013

George Adolv Vodall, 83, a long time Toole County and life time Montana resident died June 7, 2013, at home after a long heroic battle with cancer.  Interment will be in the Harlowton Cemetery with a graveside service for family and friends on June 12 at 2 pm.  A public Celebration of Life will be held in Kevin later...

Jun 1, 2013

In Loving memory of Daniel Ryan Kooyman; October 2, 1983 – June 1, 2013, a son, brother, father, and husband like figure. Daniel is survived by his parents Henry Steve Kooyman and Suzette Helaine Kooyman, his sister Michelle Fawn Still, and his half brother and sisters, Steven Henry Anderson, Wendy Jean (Kooyman) Taylor, and Cindy Marie (Kooyman) Palmer, his...

May 31, 2013

Elizabeth J Wurz, 86, a retired teacher passed away at her home at the Zenith Hutterite Colony on Friday, May 31, 2013 from cancer.  Services are set for Monday, June 3, 2013 at 12 noon with burial to follow in the Zenith Colony Cemetery.

Elizabeth was born November 23, 1926 to Jacob and Susanna (Entz) Wurz in...

May 29, 2013

Hugh “Buddy” Monroe Jackson, whose Indian name was ‘Ma Koyii  Poyoktsi  Rising Wolf’, 77,  an anthropologist from Cut Bank, passed away Wednesday, May 29,  at the Northern Rockies Medical Center. Memorial services will be 1:00 pm, Wednesday, June 5, at the Cut Bank Moose Lodge. Burial with military honors will follow in the St. Michael’s Cemetery at Browning.  Whitted...

May 28, 2013

Eleanor Jean (Hawkins) Greco, 81, of Cut Bank passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Northern Rockies Medical Center after an extended illness.  A memorial service will be held on June 8, 2013, at 1:00 pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Shelby with a reception to follow.  Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.  Condolences...