OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, MT & Surrounding Areas
James Gordon Larson
Oct 17, 2011
James (Jim) Gordon Larson, 82, a retired long-time business man and real estate manager from Shelby, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011. Visitation is Thursday, October 20, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 21, at the Shelby Community United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will follow in the...
David Ratzburg
Oct 14, 2011
David Ratzburg, 94, a long time Ledger area farmer, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Marias Care Center in Shelby. Funeral services are 2:30 pm Monday, October 17, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby, with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. A reception at the Elks Lodge will follow the services at the cemetery. The...
Lamar D Shook
Oct 13, 2011
Lamar Diane Shook, 64 of Cut Bank, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center surrounded by her family. Memorial services are 1:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 20, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, followed by a reception at the Moose Lodge. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband Terry Shook of Cut...
Della Frances Frazer
Oct 11, 2011
Della Frances (Porter) Frazer, 97, of Shelby, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, at the Marias Care Center. Visitation is Sunday, October 16, from 1:00 until 7:00 pm and funeral service 11:00 am Monday, October 17, both at the Whitted Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in the Valley View Cemetery. She was born to Mary Catherine Roberts and Samuel...
Frank Damberger
Oct 6, 2011
Frank Damberger , 82 of Cut Bank, a retired carpenter, passed away peacefully of lung cancer on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 15, 2011, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Cut Bank. Burial with military honors will be held at the Crown Hill Cemetery followed by a...
Donald Eugene Erdmann
Oct 5, 2011
Donald Eugene Erdmann, 79, of Cut Bank, went to be with his Lord on October 5, 2011 at the Benefis Hospital in Great Falls due to natural causes. Memorial services will be held on October 24, 2011 at 1:00 pm at the Prairie Peace Lutheran Church in Cut Bank. Inurnment with military honors will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery...
Betty A Hughes
Oct 3, 2011
Betty Ann (Erdahl) Hughes, 61, a Browning Elementary grade school teacher from Cut Bank, passed away from Pancreatic and Liver cancer on October 2nd at the Northern Rockies Medical Center. Memorial services for Betty will be Saturday October 8th at 2:00 pm at St Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor Bear officiating. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Betty...

Ronald McRae
Sep 28, 2011
Ronald Joe McRae, 62, an auto mechanic from Cut Bank, passed away September 28, 2011 at the home of his sister after a six month battle with cancer. Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, October 4, at the Crown Hill Cemetery with a reception to follow at the Cut Bank Community Bible Church. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge...
Lois B Rimel
Sep 27, 2011
Lois Blanche George Rimel, 99, a homemaker and teacher from Cut Bank, passed away at the Glacier Care Center September 27, 2011. Memorial services will be 2:00 pm, Wednesday October 26 at the First Presbyterian Church. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. She is survived by nieces, Eileen (Allen) Thompson of Stone Wood, WA, and Blanche Sands of...
Mark D Furr
Sep 25, 2011
Mark Duane Furr, 54, an oil field driller from Shelby, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011 at his home due to cancer. Visitation is Friday from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services are 1:00 pm Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the First Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Condolences...
Mary Ann Waller
Sep 20, 2011
Mary Ann Waller, 70, of Cut Bank, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at a Great Falls hospital after a long battle with hepatitis C. Private Graveside services will be held at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Cut Bank. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband of 20 years, Bob Waller of Cut Bank, daughter,...
Genevieve Lois Harwood
Sep 11, 2011
Genevieve Lois Tenney Harwood, 87, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2011 at the Pondera Medical Center in Conrad from natural causes. Her funeral service will be Friday, September 16, 2011, at 11:00 AM at the Community United Methodist Church in Shelby with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 until 7:00 pm at...
Ella Mae Johnson
Sep 10, 2011
Our precious baby girl Ella Mae was welcomed in to this life by her loving parents and big brother on September 3, 2011 and was welcomed into heaven by our loving Father on September 10, 2011. Ella Mae was with us only for a short period of time but she managed to touch many lives and give enough love to...
Clara E Brown
Sep 8, 2011
Clara E. Brown, 82, a retired CNA from Shelby, beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother, gently passed away September 8, 2011 at Marias Medical Center of natural causes. Services will be held at 1:00 pm, September 12, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Shelby. Burial will be at Mountain View Cemetery with a reception following back at the church. Relatives and...
Larry J Brown
Sep 7, 2011
Larry J. Brown, 54, of Cut Bank died peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with pancreatic cancer on September 7, 2011 at the Northern Rockies Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Cut Bank at 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 10. Interment will be at Crown Hill Cemetery with a reception following...

Jacob A Wurz
Sep 6, 2011
Jacob A Wurz, 53, a carpenter from the Hillside Hutterite Colony near Sweet Grass passed away suddenly from a heart condition at the Marias Medical Center on September 6, 2011. Funeral services will be held at the Hillside Colony at 11:30 am on Friday, September 9, with burial to follow in the Hillside Colony Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in...
Georgia D Knickerbocker
Sep 4, 2011
Georgia D Knickerbocker, 91, ‘Matriarch’ of the Knickerbocker clan, died of natural causes on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at Marias Medical Center in Shelby. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Friday, September 9, at the Whitted Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her...
Barbara E Cain
Aug 12, 2011
Barbara Elaine (Coen) Cain, 65, recently retired Cut Bank Public School Administrative Assistant, left us much too soon on August 12, 2011 at Northern Rockies Medical Center from natural causes. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Cut Bank with a reception to follow at the Moose Lodge....

Eugene A Nelson
Jul 20, 2011
Eugene A. Nelson, 76, of Cut Bank, died July 20 at the Marias Care Center in Shelby. He was born at St. James, Minnesota September 16, 1934 to Ervin and Myrtle (Wright) Nelson. He graduated from St. James High School in 1952. He was united in marriage to Ardell Lunz September 22, 1953 and they resided in the South Branch,...

Gene Jacob Losing
Jul 19, 2011
Gene Jacob Losing, 74, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on July 19th, 2011 from complications of liver disease. He was joyfully surrounded and supported by his children in his final days. A memorial service is planned for 2: 30 PM Friday, July 22nd at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 602 East Main Street in Cut Bank, MT, 59427...