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Norma Jean Copenhaver
Feb 23, 2023
Norma Jean Copenhaver, age 70, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family on February 23, 2023 in Conrad, MT.
She was born November 6, 1952 to the late Wayne and Joyce Copenhaver, and was raised on the family farm East of Brady, MT with her three siblings, and cousins close by. She was...
Marguerite V. (Verstraete) Freebury
Feb 23, 2023
Marguerite Rachael (Verstraete) Freebury, 91, passed on Thursday, February 23, 2023 of renal kidney failure. 1 of 6 kids born to Emil and Marie Verstraete. She was the middle child of 4 sisters and 2 brothers. In 1951 she married her neighbor boy and love of her life, Richard “Dick” Freebury.
Marguerite...
Catherine Stibel
Feb 21, 2023
Catherine H. Stibel, 94, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, sister -in- law, aunt, great aunt, and friend peacefully passed away February 21st.
Vigil service will be held Friday, March 24, at 7pm at Asper/Pondera Funeral Home. Funeral mass will be held Saturday, March 25, at 10am at St. Michael's Catholic...
Oliver W. Harris
Feb 18, 2023
Oliver Wendell Harris, Jr. 99, passed February 18, 2023. Graveside service will be Monday, April 17, at 11:00am at Crown Hill Cemetery. A reception and time of fellowship will follow at the Cut Bank Moose Lodge.
Oliver was born August 2, 1923, near Brinkman, Oklahoma as a sharecropper’s son. His family of eight migrated...
Patti (Purcell) Danielson
Feb 15, 2023
After blessing us with her presence for more than 100 years, Mary Patricia “Patti” Danielson passed away February 15, 2023., at Long term Care in Logan Conrad. She is truly missed. She was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota on June 8, 1922 to James and Mary Cynthia Purcell. When she was young, the family moved to Sweetgrass where she...
Sue Layton
Feb 15, 2023
Beverly “Sue” Layton, 71, passed away on February 15, 2023 at Logan Health-Chester. Sue was born September 12, 1951, in LaJunta, Colorado, to Alene “Linni” Sweet and Kenneth Maniford Fulton. In the 60’s her family relocated to Butte, Montana, where she lived until the mid ‘70s. She then made her way to Chester to work as an aide...
Mary Patricia (Purcell) Danielson
Feb 15, 2023
Mary Patricia Danielson, 100, passed on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
A full obituary to follow.
Grace (Richie) Ness
Feb 11, 2023
On the morning of Saturday, February 11, 2023, Grace Ness passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends.
She was born Grace Irene Richie to parents Lola Lorraine Patton and France Dale Richie in Villisca, Iowa on August 15, 1943. When she was a young girl they moved to Montana and settled in Rudyard, Montana....
Roxanna K. (Davis) Kimmet
Feb 7, 2023
Roxanna Kay (Davis) Kimmet passed away on February 7, 2023, at her home in Shelby from cancer. She was born on January 29, 1959, in Shelby, Montana to William and Shirley (Adams) Davis. She is survived by her husband, Lyle C. Kimmet, and sisters Kathleen Davis, Shelby, and Linda Spangler, Minot, North Dakota, and many nieces...
Donavan W. Heimbigner
Feb 5, 2023
Donavan Walter Heimbigner, age 55, passed away on February 5, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida.
A funeral service will be 2:00 Pm on Saturday, February 25 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chester, followed by burial at the Chester Cemetery.
Donavan was born on September 20, 1967 in Havre, Montana to Donald Elwin Heimbigner and Betty...
Patrick McLeod
Feb 5, 2023
Patrick “Pat” McLeod, 57, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away February 5, 2023 in the hospital with his daughter and brother by his side after a long battle with various diabetic complications. He was born on September 29, 1965, along with his sister, Pam, to Neil and Glenna (Berezay) McLeod, in Milk River, Alberta. The first set of twins...
Marie Blanche (Olson) Mitch
Feb 5, 2023
Marie Blanche Olson Mitch passed away on February 5, 2023, at the Glacier Care Center in Cut Bank, Montana. She was 90 years old and had lived her entire life in Montana.
Funeral service will be Saturday, February 11, at 2:00pm at Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints in Cut Bank. Visitation will be one...
Shelly Kay Butterrfly
Feb 2, 2023
Shelly Kay Butterfly, 57, passed on Thursday, February 2, 2023.
A wake will begin at Old Eagle Shield Center on Tuesday. Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, February 9, at 2:00pm at Little Flower Catholic Church.
Ambrose Albert Hansmann
Feb 2, 2023
Ambrose Albert Hansmann, 86, passed away February 2, 2023, at Logan Health Care in Conrad.
He was born in Minnesota on July 16, 1936 and moved to Teton County Montana with his parents, Albert and Anna, shortly after birth. The oldest of 7 children, Ambrose worked on the family farm in Pendroy – haying,...
Lewis G. Carroll
Feb 1, 2023
Lewis Gordon Carroll, 90, passed on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.
Lewis was born to Edwin and Nellie (Pond) on his father's homestead near Birch Creek, in Pondera County, on June 10, 1932, the youngest of five girls and three boys.
As with most Montana families, times were tough during and...
Mildred Mable (Puckett) Clark
Jan 28, 2023
Mildred (Milly) Mable (Puckett) Clark
After 95 years of life, on January 28th, 2023 Mildred Clark exited her earthly duties to join her Mother, her Father, and husband Edward “Ted” Clark, along with their daughter Mary Lou Clark, son Sylvan Mark Clark, and Grandson Jacob Edward Clark in the arms of her Heavenly Father.
Mildred...
Dick Preputin
Jan 25, 2023
Richard “Dick” Anthony Preputin,77, born on May 22nd, 1945 in Conrad to Stephen and Erma (Williams) Preputin, died January 25th, 2023.
Dick graduated from Conrad High School in 1963. He then attended and graduated MSU Bozeman and majored in Ag production. While in Bozeman he met Rosalie McCormick and they later Married on October 25th 1969 in...
Eleanor R. Bush
Jan 22, 2023
Eleanor R (Ellie) Simmes Bush passed away peacefully on January 22, 2023, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls. She passed from complications with pneumonia and previous health issues. She was surrounded by family and friends in the final days prior to her passing.
Ellie was born in Shelby, on June 21, 1942. She grew...
Dawn (Ross) Bjornstad
Jan 21, 2023
Dawn Eloise Ross Bjornstad, 92, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on January 21, 2023 at her home on the Bjornstad farm north of Joplin.
Dawn was born in Billings, MT to Donald A and Margaret L (Clark) Ross on July 4th, 1930. She was fond of telling everyone that she had lived...
Ralph D. Shettel
Jan 18, 2023
Ralph Dee Shettel, 86, passed on January 18, 2023 in CutBank during a hospital stay. Ralph was born in Chester to Mildred and Alva Shettel on December 7, 1936. He was the 5th child of the family, 5 boys and 3 girls.
When Ralph was a week old he developed a high fever and pneumonia and almost...
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