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Vance 'Bear' Birky
Feb 9, 2012
Vance ‘Bear’ BearChild Birky, 42, a logger from Kalispell, passed away near Kaycee, Wyoming on February 9, from a tragic vehicle accident. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 18, at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Birky; children, Tiffany James, Michael Birky, and Chessara Birky; step-daughter Harlee Johnson; grandsons,...
Linda M Mempa
Feb 8, 2012
Linda M. Mempa, 65, a medical transcriptionist from Shelby, MT, passed away Wednesday at the Marias Care Center due to a lengthy illness. Services are pending and will be announced later, burial ashes will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery at Nampa, ID. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is in charge of arrangements. Linda was born June 5, 1946 at Nampa,...
Dorothy Nagy
Feb 8, 2012
Dorothy Nagy, age 72, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center due to complications related to a kidney transplant. Visitation is Monday, February 13, after 1 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby where a vigil will be held at 7 pm. Funeral Mass will be 11 am Tuesday, February 14, at St. Thomas Aquinas...
Robert Brian John Schnell
Jan 17, 2012
Robert Brian John Schnell, 50, a construction worker from Cut Bank, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 17th) at a Great Falls Hospital due to natural causes. Memorial services will be 3:00 PM, Friday (Jan. 27th) at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Survivors include his mother, Sadie Schnell of Hemet, CA; daughters, Brandi (Justin) Schnell of Sidney, Shannon (Sean) Schnell...
Sofia 'Sofie' Kristine Larson
Jan 14, 2012
Sofia “Sofie” Kristine Larson (11), a sixth grader at Shelby Elementary School, died unexpectedly Saturday, January 14, of a brain aneurysm in her sleep at home with her family. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 17, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. A mass will follow at St. Williams Catholic Church Tuesday evening...
GaNelle Appleton
Jan 10, 2012
GaNelle Appleton, 76, a retired cashier for the Buttrey Grocery Store in Shelby, passed away on January 10, 2012, at the Shelby hospital from natural causes. The family is inviting neighbors and friends to an ice cream social on Saturday, January 14, from 2:00-6:00 pm at GaNelle’s home, 907 Marias, in Shelby to celebrate her life. GaNelle was born April...
Carol Jean Guith
Jan 8, 2012
On December 6, 1954 a most wonderful person was born into this world in Cut Bank, MT, Carol Jean Miller. She was the youngest of four children born to Chester Glenn and Mary Ellen (Creech) Miller. She grew up and went to school in Cut Bank until she was 17 years old when she married Mike Burns. Together they moved...
Wilgus Fulton
Jan 8, 2012
Wilgus Oliver Fulton, 83, a retired truck driver and farmer, passed away from natural causes on January 8, 2012 at a Shelby hospital. Graveside services will be Thursday, January 12, at 1:00 pm in the Sunburst Cemetery. He was born on August 16, 1928 in Wheeler Co, Texas to Cecil and Marion (Miller) Fulton. He grew up in Texas, Oklahoma...
Rebecca D Hofer
Jan 5, 2012
Rebecca D Hofer, 66, of the Hillside Hutterite Colony, passed away at her home on January 5, 2012 of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 am on January 8 at the Hillside Colony with burial to follow in the colony cemetery. Rebecca was born to Rev David and Elizabeth Hofer on July 19, 1945 at the Sunny...
Kenneth E Leck
Jan 5, 2012
Kenneth Edwin Leck, 90, a long time Galata area farmer from Great Falls, passed away from natural causes on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at the Benefis Extended Care Center. Visitation is Sunday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel, where funeral services will be held 11:00 am Monday with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. A lunch will follow at...
Evelyn Mae Munson
Dec 24, 2011
Evelyn Mae Munson, 75, died of natural causes at the Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank on Saturday, December 24, 2011. She was surrounded by her loving family who bid her farewell into the everlasting arms of Jesus. Evelyn was born December 17, 1936 in Helena, adopted at birth by Edward and Wanetta Hillius of Cut Bank. Evelyn was...
Eva Burney
Dec 22, 2011
Eva A. (Snyder) Burney, 74, of Cut Bank, died of natural causes on Thursday, December 22, 2011, surrounded by family at her daughter’s home in Kevin. Visitation is Monday, December 26, from 1 to 7 p.m. at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Her funeral is Tuesday, December 27, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Cut Bank...
Beverly Steiner
Dec 20, 2011
Beverly Steiner, 83, a retired homemaker from Hamilton, passed away at the Marias Medical Center in Shelby, Montana on December 20, 2011. She was born May 27, 1928, in Los Angeles, CA. and lived in the L.A. area until the end of her junior year of High School. She completed High School in Pennington, New Jersey in 1946. Beverly graduated...
Edwin L Kruger
Dec 18, 2011
Edwin LeRoy (Ed) Krueger, 75, a longtime Shelby barber, died Sunday, December 18, at Marias Care Center in Shelby. Graveside inurnment will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, December 26 in the Mountain View Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on January 16 at 11:00 am at St Luke’s Lutheran Church in Shelby, followed by a reception in the...
Donna L. Carter
Dec 14, 2011
A graveside service for family and friends will be Wednesday December 21st at 2:00 pm at Mountain View Cemetery, Shelby. Visitation will be from 1-7 p.m. Tuesday and until noon Wednesday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at a later date in the spring. Donna was born November 8th 1932, in Shelby, to parents Bud...
Chantel A. Vasquez
Dec 7, 2011
Chantel Alan Vasquez, 19, died December 7, 2011 at Cut Bank, Montana. Private funeral services were conducted Monday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby; her final resting place will be on the family in ranch in Babb, Montana. Chantel was born May 16, 1992 at Browning, Montana; she had resided in the Browning, Lewistown and Cut Bank areas, working...
Esther F Evans
Dec 2, 2011
Esther Evans passed from this life on December 2, 2011, and was 88 years of age at the time of her death. Esther had resided in the Kalispell area for the last six years, having moved here from the Conrad and Shelby area, the last four years of which she resided at the Immanuel Nursing Home. The family would like...
Nancy J Edwards
Dec 2, 2011
Nancy Goldrick Edwards, 79, from Cut Bank, MT died December 2, 2011 at Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank. Funeral Services will be held at 3 PM on Monday, December 5, 2011 at St Margaret’s Catholic Church. Interment will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery with a reception to follow at St Margaret’s. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby is...
Michael J Wurz
Nov 28, 2011
Michael J Wurz, 81, passed away November 28, 2011, at his home at the Hillside Hutterite Colony from natural causes. Funeral services will be Thursday, December 1, at 12 noon at the Hillside Colony with burial to follow in the colony cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Michael was born October 2, 1930 to john and Rachel...
Peter J Wurz
Nov 25, 2011
Peter J Wurz, 74, the secretary and treasurer for Rimrock Hutterite Colony, passed away Friday, November 25, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls due to cancer. Funeral services will be Monday, November 28, at 12 noon at the Rimrock Colony with burial to follow in the colony cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Peter was born September...
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