OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
Kathleen Mary Big Spring
Feb 18, 2013
Kathleen Mary Big Spring, 95, long time ranch wife from East Glacier, passed away Monday, February 18, 2013 at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank. Memorial Mass will be 11:00 am Friday, February 22nd, at the Church of the Ascension at East Glacier. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her sisters, Theresa (Carlyle) Fauley of...
Louis J Roark
Feb 17, 2013
Louis James Roark, 81, an oil field truck driver, farmer and Navy Veteran from Oilmont, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the Marias Care Center. Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Saturday, February 23rd, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Burial with military honors will follow in the Sunburst Cemetery. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Gladys...
Robert J Baumgartner
Feb 11, 2013
Robert (Bob) Joseph Baumgartner, 86, of Cut Bank, died February 11, 2013 at the Glacier Care Center of natural causes. A memorial celebrating Bob’s life will be held at a later date. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Bob was born in 1926 to Godfrey and Rosa (Korteum) Baumgartner in Minnesota; then spent his childhood in North Dakota....
Walter Ehlers Mundt
Feb 3, 2013
Walter Ehlers Mundt, 94, a retired dairy branch manager, hunting guide in the Bob Marshall Wilderness and independent contractor from Shelby, passed away February 3, 2013 at the Marias Care Center in Shelby from natural causes. Visitation is Friday, February 8, from 4:00-7:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 9,...
Doris Janelle Shafer
Jan 30, 2013
Doris Janelle (Hackler) Shafer, 79, of Shelby went to be home with her Lord on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. She passed away at home due to natural causes. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 5, from 1-7 p.m. at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 6. Interment will follow in...
Nancy McAlpine Ellis
Jan 28, 2013
NANCY EHLI (MCALPINE) ELLIS, 68 of Blaine, WA and former Sunburst resident, went home to be with Jesus on January 28, 2013, after a brief battle with cancer. Visitation is Sunday, February 3, from 3:00 until 7:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Monday, February 4, at the Sunburst Methodist Church with...
Fred Nanini
Jan 16, 2013
Fred Nanini, 86, a retired oil field worker and Army Veteran from Cut Bank, passed away Wednesday, January 16, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center from natural causes. At his request cremation has taken place and no services are planned. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Wanda (Wiley) Nanini of Cut...
Lucille M Frydenlund
Jan 14, 2013
Lucille Robertson Frydenlund, 85, a farm wife from Shelby, passed away Monday (Jan. 14th) at the Marias Care Center due to natural causes. At her request cremation has taken place and a graveside service will be held at a later date. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. She is survived by her children (all of Shelby) daughter, Becky...
Edith M Lozing
Jan 13, 2013
Edith Marie Lozing, age 78, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank, due to complications related to mesothelioma. Cremation has taken place. A celebration of her life will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, the 19th, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Cut Bank. Inurnment will be in the Sweet Grass Cemetery in...
Evelyn Leggett
Jan 9, 2013
Evelyn Leggett, 88 of Shelby, passed away on January 9, 2013 at the Marias Care Center from natural causes. Evelyn Carlson Leggett was born November 22 in the year of 1924 in a log cabin that still stands on the highline near Ballantine, Montana. She was born of Swedish homesteader parents. She was the only survivor of their 6 children....
Coletta Irene Gottfried
Jan 6, 2013
Coletta Irene Beebe Spangler Gottfried, 81, a long time Shelby business owner and former Mayor, passed away peacefully at her home in Helena on January 6, 2012, from natural causes. Visitation is Thursday, January 10, from 1:00 until 8:00 PM at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 1:00 PM Friday, January 11, at the Community United Methodist Church in...
Mary Lee Stephens
Jan 6, 2013
Mary Lee Stephens, 83, a lifelong resident of Cut Bank, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2012, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center due to natural causes. Vigil/Rosary service will be 7:00 PM, Wednesday, January 9, at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church. Memorial Mass will be 11:00 AM, Thursday at the church. Inurnment will follow in the Crown Hill Cemetery. Whitted Funeral...

Genevieve M Boyce
Jan 5, 2013
Genevieve “Gen” Mary (May) Boyce, 91, of Cut Bank, passed away surrounded by her loving family Saturday, January 5, 2013, at Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank. At her request cremation has taken place and private family graveside services are planned for Friday, January 11 at Calvary Cemetery in Havre. Whitted Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. Gen, the youngest...

James 'Red' Robertson
Dec 28, 2012
James M “Red’ Robertson, 75, passed away Friday, December 28, 2012, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls from natural Causes. At his request, cremation has taken place and no services are planned. Jim was born January 23, 1937 in Conrad to Clarence and Beatrice (Eide) Robertson. He is survived by his wife, Marlys, and son, Brian, both of Shelby. A...
Richard K Bundy
Dec 27, 2012
One of the last real cowboys, Richard Kenaloo Bundy of Cut Bank passed away the evening of December 27th at the Glacier Care Center just two days shy of his 90th birthday. Dick, a World War II veteran, died of natural causes. Richard was born December 29, 1922 in Dutton, MT to P.K .and Mayme (Lathrop) Bundy. He was the...

Bodie Gil Torval Halvorson
Dec 13, 2012
Bodie Gil Torval Halvorson, infant son of Jay Halvorson and Amber Anderson of rural Kevin, passed away Thursday, December 13th, shortly after his birth, at the Marias Medical Center in Shelby. His cause of death is still being determined. Whitted Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. Funeral services are 2:30 pm, Wednesday, (December 19th) at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church in...

Lois Lester
Dec 13, 2012
Lois Lester, 94, who had lived in both Cut Bank & Shelby over the years, passed away Thursday, December 13, at the Pondera Extended Care Center in Conrad. At her request no services are planned, cremation has taken place and her ashes placed in a niche next to her husband at Hillcrest Mausoleum in Great Falls. Whitted Funeral Chapel is...
Henry McDermott
Dec 10, 2012
Henry Edward McDermott, 93, a man of quiet strength and resolve passed away Monday at the Marias Care Center in Shelby. Memorial services are 2:00 pm, Saturday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Burial with military honors will follow in the Sunburst Cemetery. A reception for family and friends will then follow at the New Life Community Church. Affectionately known as...
LaVern Eugene Rewerts
Dec 7, 2012
LaVern Rewerts, 80, retired oil field service manager from Cut Bank, died of natural causes Friday, December 7, 2012. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Funeral Service is 2 p.m. Friday, December 14, at Prairie Peace Lutheran Church with burial to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. LaVern was born June 14, 1932...
Annie Catherine Wiegand
Dec 5, 2012
Annie C. Wiegand, 93, a long time Devon area farmwife, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2012 at the Marias Care Center. Visitation is Monday from 1:00 to 8:00 pm, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Funeral services are 2:00 pm, Tuesday, December 11th, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, with burial to follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Annie was...