Obituaries

SPOKANE, Wash. - Mary Jane Miller, 64, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004, at her home in Spokane. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at St. Joseph's Cemetery in the Spokane valley. Mary was born March 13, 1940, at Chinook to Joseph and Mary Brian. She attended various schools in Montana as her family moved around to secure employment. She eventually moved to Portland, Ore., where she completed schooling that allowed her to obtain work in a dental office. She maintained that job until moving to Spokane. Mary...

Donna Mildred Sivertsen Goldberg, 73, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Northern Montana Care Center. A service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Lutheran Church. Donna was born in Havre on Nov. 21, 1931, to Selmer and Lillie Sivertsen. She spent her early years in Havre and Shelby. Her family moved to Chinook in 1941. She was valedictorian of the Chinook High School Class of 1949. Donna married Harold Goldberg on Sept. 28,1952. They lived on a farm near Inverness and had two daughters. She enjoyed vegetable and...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Mary Jane Miller, 64, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004, at her home in Spokane. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at St. Joseph's Cemetery in the Spokane valley. Mary was born March 13, 1940, at Chinook to Joseph and Mary Brian. She attended various schools in Montana as her family moved around to secure employment. She eventually moved to Portland, Ore., where she completed schooling that allowed her to obtain work in a dental office. She maintained that job until moving to Spokane. Mary...

Donna Mildred Sivertsen Goldberg, 73, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Northern Montana Care Center. A service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Lutheran Church. Donna was born in Havre on Nov. 21, 1931, to Selmer and Lillie Sivertsen. She spent her early years in Havre and Shelby. Her family moved to Chinook in 1941. She was valedictorian of the Chinook High School Class of 1949. Donna married Harold Goldberg on Sept. 28,1952. They lived on a farm near Inverness and had two daughters. She enjoyed vegetable and... Full story

SPOKANE, Wash. - Mary Jane Miller, 64, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004, at her home in Spokane. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at St. Joseph's Cemetery in the Spokane valley. Mary was born March 13, 1940, at Chinook to Joseph and Mary Brian. She attended various schools in Montana as her family moved around to secure employment. She eventually moved to Portland, Ore., where she completed schooling that allowed her to obtain work in a dental office. She maintained that job until moving to Spokane. Mary...

Donna Mildred Sivertsen Goldberg, 73, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Northern Montana Care Center. A service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Lutheran Church. Donna was born in Havre on Nov. 21, 1931, to Selmer and Lillie Sivertsen. She spent her early years in Havre and Shelby. Her family moved to Chinook in 1941. She was valedictorian of the Chinook High School Class of 1949. Donna married Harold Goldberg on Sept. 28,1952. They lived on a farm near Inverness and had two daughters. She enjoyed vegetable and...

KALISPELL - Howard Jay Moon, 100, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Kalispell. A Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Saint Judes Church, 440 Seventh Ave. N. in Kalispell. Howard was born May 23, 1904, at Tyler, Minn., to Frederick O. Moon and Mary E. Moon. In 1909, Howard traveled the Great Northern Railway with his mother, brother and grandfather to join his father at their new home in the Flathead Valley. Howard attended grade school in Kalispell and graduated from Flathead County High School in 1922. He earned his... Full story

FORT BELKNAP - Helen Kirkaldie Bierle, 80, died Dec. 26, 2004, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre due to natural causes. A funeral service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today in Medicine Bear Lodge at Lodge Pole with burial following at the Bill Kirkaldie Family Cemetery. Wake service began at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Medicine Bear Lodge. Helen was the oldest of eight children born on May 25, 1924, to William and Mary (Flack) Kirdaldie on the family ranch northeast of Lodge Pole. She attended grade school at the Kirkaldie School...

KALISPELL - Howard Jay Moon, 100, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Kalispell. A Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Saint Judes Church, 440 Seventh Ave. N. in Kalispell. Howard was born May 23, 1904, at Tyler, Minn., to Frederick O. Moon and Mary E. Moon. In 1909, Howard traveled the Great Northern Railway with his mother, brother and grandfather to join his father at their new home in the Flathead Valley. Howard attended grade school in Kalispell and graduated from Flathead County High School in 1922. He earned his...

FORT BELKNAP - Helen Kirkaldie Bierle, 80, died Dec. 26, 2004, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre due to natural causes. A funeral service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today in Medicine Bear Lodge at Lodge Pole with burial following at the Bill Kirkaldie Family Cemetery. Wake service began at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Medicine Bear Lodge. Helen was the oldest of eight children born on May 25, 1924, to William and Mary (Flack) Kirdaldie on the family ranch northeast of Lodge Pole. She attended grade school at the Kirkaldie School...

Ella May Rowin, 92, died Friday, Dec, 24, 2004, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Her funeral service will be 2 p.m. today at the Holland & Bonine Chapel. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will follow at the Vets Club immediately after the graveside service. Ella was born Dec. 6, 1912, in Larimore, N.D., to Howard and May (Weston) Cady. She was raised in the Sweet Grass Hills north of Joplin, where she attended schools. When she was 16 years old, she married Melvin Erickson. The couple...

HARLEM - Franklin A. "Chick" Healy, 62, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, at Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital of natural causes. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Harlem Cemetery with veterans burial honors. A memorial mass will be held at a later date. Franklin was born Jan. 14, 1942, to Bud and Maymie (Contway) Healy on Jan. 14, 1942, at Fort Belknap. He spent four years in the U.S. Navy during the Cuban blockade. He worked on ranches, at Virgil's Standard Station in Harlem, was a dispatcher for the Harlem... Full story

Evelyn George of Havre died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004. Burial will be in the Hill County Cemetery in Havre. A memorial service will be held at the Assembly of God Church in Havre on Thursday at 2 p.m. She was born on May 15, 1920, to Lee and Genie Estell in Kermit, N.D., where she was raised and attended school through her sophomore year in high school. She and her two sisters and one brother lived with their parents on a farm. In 1935, the family moved to Havre. Evelyn worked at Deaconess Hospital for one year and then went... Full story

Barbara Mary Anez, 89, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at a Havre care center of natural causes. A prayer Vigil service will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Her funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Jude Catholic Church with Father Robert D. Grosch officiating. A fellowship luncheon will follow at the St. Jude Parish Center. Barbara was born Nov. 21, 1915, in Minneapolis, Minn., to George and Clara Kuth. She graduated from St. Margaret's Academy in 1932, and worked as a waitress in a diner... Full story

obituary Leroy "Lee" Cecil Johnson Jr., 47, died at his home in Havre from natural causes. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Community Alliance Church, 925 Eighth St, with the Rev. Tim Zerger officiating. Lee was born Jan. 2, 1957, to Leroy and Ellouise Johnson. He married Kim Taylor in 1978. They divorced 1980. Then he married Vickie Terry on June 25, 1985. They divorced in 1998. Lee was a truckdriver for many years working for many different companies. He also worked for Big Sandy Convalescent...

obituary Leroy "Lee" Cecil Johnson Jr., 47, died at his home in Havre from natural causes. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Community Alliance Church, 925 Eighth St, with the Rev. Tim Zerger officiating. Lee was born Jan. 2, 1957, to Leroy and Ellouise Johnson. He married Kim Taylor in 1978. They divorced 1980. Then he married Vickie Terry on June 25, 1985. They divorced in 1998. Lee was a truckdriver for many years working for many different companies. He also worked for Big Sandy Convalescent...

obituary Leroy "Lee" Cecil Johnson Jr., 47, died at his home in Havre from natural causes. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Community Alliance Church, 925 Eighth St, with the Rev. Tim Zerger officiating. Lee was born Jan. 2, 1957, to Leroy and Ellouise Johnson. He married Kim Taylor in 1978. They divorced 1980. Then he married Vickie Terry on June 25, 1985. They divorced in 1998. Lee was a truckdriver for many years working for many different companies. He also worked for Big Sandy Convalescent... Full story

obituary Leroy "Lee" Cecil Johnson Jr., 47, died at his home in Havre from natural causes. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Community Alliance Church, 925 Eighth St, with the Rev. Tim Zerger officiating. Lee was born Jan. 2, 1957, to Leroy and Ellouise Johnson. He married Kim Taylor in 1978. They divorced 1980. Then he married Vickie Terry on June 25, 1985. They divorced in 1998. Lee was a truckdriver for many years working for many different companies. He also worked for Big Sandy Convalescent...

Alfred V. Draeger, 88, lifelong north Havre farmer, died of natural causes Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004, at Northern Montana Care Center. His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. Burial with military honors will fol- low at the Highland Cemetery. There will be a fellowship luncheon at the church immediately after the service at the graveside. Alfred was born Sept. 16, 1916, to Emil C. and Anna (Boettcher) Draeger at Cottonwood, where the family homesteaded.... Full story

obituary ROCKY BOY - Henry Wolfchild Sr. 65, whose Indian Name was Pe-wah-pis-k-ko-yah-wi-t, meaning Iron Body, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at the Rocky Boy Clinic of natural causes. His wake service began Saturday and continued through Sunday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at Rocky Boy. His funeral service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today, also at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Henry was born Aug. 6, 1940, in Rocky Boy to Wolfchild and Short Arms. He was raised and educated... Full story

POLSON - Rose Daisy (Bostic) Tietema, 102, of Polson died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell from natural causes. Visitation was held Sunday at the Grogan Funeral Home. A funeral service was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at the First United Methodist Church. Interment was to fol- low at Lakeview Cemetery. A reception was to follow the graveside services at the church hall. She was born in Pipestone, Minn., on Dec. 23, 1901, to Ed and Margaret (Kaiser) Bostic. She married John Henry Tietema on June... Full story

FORT BELKNAP - Douglas "Lil Doug" R. Snell, Jr., 22, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at Fort Belknap Agency due to a history of illness since child hood. A funeral service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Red Whip Center with burial following in the Hi-way Cemetery. A wake and rosary will begin Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the center. Douglas was born Dec. 14, 1981, at Fort Belknap Agency to Douglas R. Snell Sr. and Karen Clark. He attended schools in Harlem and graduated from Harlem High School in 2001. Dougie like to play the Keno... Full story

obituary HINGHAM - Shirley Arlys Scheuerman, 80, of Hingham died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at her residence of natural causes. A funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Gildford with the Rev. Eddie Fallo officiating. Burial will follow at the Calvary Cemetery in Havre. A fellowship luncheon will be held at 2 p.m. at the church. Shirley Arlys Scheuerman was born on March 30, 1924, to Arnold and Sylvia (Myers) Hanson in Artichoke, Minn. She moved to Montana with her family as a young girl. They...

obituary PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. - Thomas Edward Van Kleeck, 47, of Pequot Lakes, Minn., died Friday, Dec. 10, 2004. A service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes with the Rev. Frank Milo officiating. Tom was born June 20, 1957, in Havre to Edward and Rosetta (Czabanski) Van Kleeck. He attended school in Havre and worked for the Burlington Northern Railway after graduation. Tom married Robin Larson on Aug. 18, 1990, in Havre. They moved to Pequot Lakes in 1996. Tom loved hunting,...

MIAMI - James D. Owens, 66, of Miami, a longtime Montana school principal, superintendent and basketball coach, died of cardiac arrest Friday in Miami. Cremation has taken place. Services will take place in White Sulphur Springs in early summer. Owens, 66, was born on Jan. 2, 1938, in Circle, MT. Jim lived most of his life in Montana. He graduated from Wibaux County High School, where he excelled in basketball, baseball and football. Jim attended the University of Montana and Montana State University, where he played basketba... Full story