Obituaries

Carli M. Werk, 9, of Gilbert, Ariz., died on Sunday, July 20, 2003, the morning of her sister's birthday, at her home in Gilbert following nearly two years of illness. Carli was born on July 8, 1994, to Ken and Donna Werk at Havre. She enjoyed school and was a second-grad-er at Finley Farms Elementary School in Gilbert. Her favorite periods were science, recess and lunch. Carli, who was feisty and good-hearted, loved a variety of arts and crafts, especially drawing and painting and writing in her many journals. Her interests...

John Wallace Duncan, 90, retired Joplin-area rancher, died Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at a Chester care facility. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Chester United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dale Wolery officiating. A fellowship reception will follow the service at the church. A private family interment will take place at the Duncan Family Cemetery north of Joplin at a later time. John was born June 29, 1913, to Troy and Helen (Keith) Duncan on the family ranch 28 miles north of Joplin. He attended the...

GREAT FALLS - Ramona F. Glover, 74, of 200 13th Ave. So., Great Falls, died Monday, July 21 at Peace Hospice from natural causes. Funeral Services will be at Fairview Baptist Church, 824 3rd Ave. No., on Friday, July 25, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in Great Falls. Ramona F. Glover was born Jan. 30, 1929, in Havre to George and Ruth Ferris. She was raised and educated in Havre. Prior to her marriage, she worked at J. C. Penney. Ramona married Mack L. Glover Jr. Aug. 22, 1951, in Great Falls....

CHOTEAU - Edna Gunderson, 76, died surrounded by her loved ones on July 18, 2003, in a nursing home of natural causes. A celebration of her life will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Choteau. Cremation has taken place with burial of ashes in the Choteau Cemetery. Edna was born to Freida and Ernest Arensmeyer on July 1, 1927, in Choteau, where she was raised with many brothers and sisters whom she dearly loved. Edna married Harold Gunderson in 1947 and they had five children. She attended Montana State...

GREAT FALLS - Ramona F. Glover, 74, of 200 13th Ave. So., Great Falls, died Monday, July 21 at Peace Hospice from natural causes. Funeral Services will be at Fairview Baptist Church, 824 3rd Ave. No., on Friday, July 25, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in Great Falls. Ramona F. Glover was born Jan. 30, 1929, in Havre to George and Ruth Ferris. She was raised and educated in Havre. Prior to her marriage, she worked at J. C. Penney. Ramona married Mack L. Glover Jr. Aug. 22, 1951, in Great Falls....

GREAT FALLS - Ramona F. Glover, 74, of 200 13th Ave. So., Great Falls, died Monday, July 21 at Peace Hospice from natural causes. Funeral Services will be at Fairview Baptist Church, 824 3rd Ave. No., on Friday, July 25, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in Great Falls. Ramona F. Glover was born Jan. 30, 1929, in Havre to George and Ruth Ferris. She was raised and educated in Havre. Prior to her marriage, she worked at J. C. Penney. Ramona married Mack L. Glover Jr. Aug. 22, 1951, in Great Falls....

INVERNESS - Martha Ann (Bickle) Freeman, 82, died in her sleep at a Bigfork nursing facility on Wednesday, July 16, 2003. Graveside services and burial will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Highland Cemetery in Havre with the Rev. VaunDalee Delong officiating. Special vocal music by Marcus Jochim will include "Amazing Grace" and "The Lord's Prayer." Family members will share scripture readings and special remembrances. Ann was born in Havre to Hiram Bickle and Martha Green on April 7, 1921. She grew up in Havre where she...

Patrick Leroy "Pat" Mason-Ehry, 62, died Saturday, July 12, 2003, at his residence from an apparent stroke. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. A committal service will take place at the Highland Cemetery following the memorial service. A nonhosted coffee reception will be held at the Gallery Restaurant following the Committal Rite. Cremation has taken place. Patrick was born Jan. 21, 1941, to Carl A. and Mary L. (Mason) at...

ROCKY BOY - Rose Eagleman, Si-piw Is-kwew (River Woman), known as a child as Kwe-Kahn, 85, died of cancer Saturday, July 19, 2003, at a Havre hospital. A wake service began Sunday afternoon at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. The funeral service was scheduled for 10 a.m. today at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church with Pastor Ruth Votaw officiating. Burial was to follow at the Eagleman Cemetery. Rosie was born Nov. 11, 1917, to Walking Child and Day Sitting in Bassano, Alberta. The family moved to Great Falls when Rose was a young...

MALTA- - Lila L. Robinson, 73, died Frday, July 18, 2003, at a Malta care center of natural causes. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Malta Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Malta Cemetery. Lila was born July 23, 1929, at Havre to Vern and Charlotte (Bridal) Brader. She was raised in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. She moved to Las Vegas and worked at the Boulder Dam for several years as a secretary. She returned to Havre in 1959 and worked for the Ruby Bank System prior to marrying...

ROCKY BOY - Lance Sheldon Parker Sr., Thunder Child, 33, died Sunday, July 20, 2003, in a motor vehicle accident. A wake service began Sunday evening at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the funeral Mass beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, also at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Lance was born Sept. 18, 1969, in Havre to Edmond and Laverne (Allery) Parker. He moved to Kansas with his family when he was a young child. He graduated from high school...

INVERNESS - Martha Ann (Bickle) Freeman, 82, died in her sleep at a Bigfork nursing facility on Wednesday, July 16, 2003. Graveside services and burial will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Highland Cemetery in Havre with the Rev. VaunDalee Delong officiating. Special vocal music by Marcus Jochim will include "Amazing Grace" and "The Lord's Prayer." Family members will share scripture readings and special remembrances. Ann was born in Havre to Hiram Bickle and Martha Green on April 7, 1921. She grew up in Havre where she...

Patrick Leroy "Pat" Mason-Ehry, 62, died Saturday, July 12, 2003, at his residence from an apparent stroke. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. A committal service will take place at the Highland Cemetery following the memorial service. A nonhosted coffee reception will be held at the Gallery Restaurant following the Committal Rite. Cremation has taken place. Patrick was born Jan. 21, 1941, to Carl A. and Mary L. (Mason) at...

ROCKY BOY - Rose Eagleman, Si-piw Is-kwew (River Woman), known as a child as Kwe-Kahn, 85, died of cancer Saturday, July 19, 2003, at a Havre hospital. A wake service began Sunday afternoon at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. The funeral service was scheduled for 10 a.m. today at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church with Pastor Ruth Votaw officiating. Burial was to follow at the Eagleman Cemetery. Rosie was born Nov. 11, 1917, to Walking Child and Day Sitting in Bassano, Alberta. The family moved to Great Falls when Rose was a young...

Jon Herbert Ziegler, 56, of Havre died Wednesday, July 16, 2003, west of Havre. Cremation has taken place and a gathering of family and friends will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at the St. Jude Parish Center. Anyone who would like to stop by and say goodbye to Jon or to extend sympathies to the family is invited. Jon was born July 17, 1946, in Bagley, Minn., to Herbert John and Odonna Mae (Walker) Ziegler. Jon married Sharon Flathers on May 10, 1969, in Havre. He enlisted in the National Guard in Havre and serving six years...

GREAT FALLS - Marjorie Mary Gruber, 83, of Great Falls died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, of natural causes. A memorial service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Sts. Peter and Paul. A private family burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery. She was born Dec. 29, 1919, at Great Falls. She grew up and attended schools in Great Falls and graduated from Great Falls High School. She attended McPhail School of Music and Dance in Minneapolis, Minn. She taught dance and music with her sister, Virginia, at the Klick School of Music and...

DOUGLAS, Wyo. - Lori Lynn Minnehan Darr, 48, of Douglas, Wyo., died Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at a Casper, Wyo., medical center. Funeral services were scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the First United Methodist Church in Douglas, Wyo., with the Rev. Dr. Robert D. Firebaugh and the Rev. Bill Moore officiating. Internment will be in the Douglas Park Cemetery. Lori was born Jan. 1, 1955, in Shelby to John and Ruth (Carlson) Minnehan. She graduated from Havre High School in 1973. She then attended Montana State University, earning...

Laceen Elizabeth Ophus of Big Sandy died Sunday, July 6, 2003, in a horse riding accident south of Havre in the Bear Paw Mountains. She was 19. A service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Big Sandy High School gymnasium with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. Those who wish are welcome to ride horses in the funeral procession from the high school to the reception afterward at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church, Big Sandy. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the church and one hour before the service at the sc...

ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - Dean Blake Anderson, 42, was pronounced dead on arrival Monday at Northern Montana Hospital as a result of an accidental drowning. A wake service for Blake, whose Native American name is Eagle Child, began Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church at Rocky Boy. A Native American funeral service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with burial to follow at Rocky Boy Cemetery. Blake was born April 20, 1961, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Henry and Nancy (Raining Bird)...

Randy Lynn Miller, 53, of Chandler, Ariz., died at his home surrounded by family and friends on March 17, 2003, after a battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Evangelical Church, 152 Aberdeen St. in Glasgow. Randy was born Sept. 18, 1949, in Wessington Springs, S.D., the son of Ivan and Helen Dascher Miller. He moved from South Dakota to Montana with his family in 1954, and graduated from Nashua High School in 1968. Randy then moved to Havre, where he studied music at Northern...

HARLEM - Rosella Marie O'Bryan Welch, 88, of Harlem died July 3, 2003, in Billings due to natural causes. A graveside service will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Rosella was born on Dec. 14, 1914, at the O'Bryan family ranch home near the old town of Coberg on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. She was the only daughter of James Edward Smith O'Bryan and Sarah Standing Bear. In her early years she attended school at Coberg and later attended secretarial school at Haskell Indian School in...

CHINOOK - Lena Ramberg, 91, died Thursday at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home due to natural causes. A funeral service will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the American Lutheran Church with burial following in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Lena was born Magdalena Katarina Dorothia Albrecht on Jan. 7, 1912, in Hussum, Germany, to Herman and Minna (Fieland) Albrecht. She came to the United States on Nov. 27, 1923, with her parents and three brothers. She married Harry "Pat" Ramberg on April 15, 1931, and they lived on a farm south of...

PLENTYWOOD - Britt Chandler, 81, died Monday, June 30, 2003, at his home surrounded by his family. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Plentywood. with the Rev. Bob Sewvello officiating. Burial will be at Plentywood Cemetery. A public gathering will be held at 7 p.m. today at Fulkerson Memorial Chapel in Plentywood. Britt was born in Plentywood to John Britton Chandler II and Ellen Parsley on Feb. 3, 1922. On Aug. 21, 1945, he married Elizabeth Lodahl of Dagmar. When he was 17, he...

LODGE POLE - Robert Messerly, 40, a rancher died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at his home after suffering a heart attack at his home. A wake service will be this evening at the family home at mile marker 2 on the road north of Lodge Pole. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the family home. Cremation will follow the service. Robert was born on June 17, 1963 at Fort Belknap to Glen and Leona (Longfox) Messerly Jr. He was raised at Fort Belknap and attended school at Harlem. At Harlem he met Pat Crantz and after many...

DALLAS - Gay Duane Kravik, 64, died Friday, June 27, 2003, from cancer. A celebration of his life was scheduled for this morning at the Wildwood Chapel at Restland Funeral Home, with a graveside service following. Gay was born on March 27, 1939, at Havre to Gay Laverne and Breta (Anderson) Kravik. He grew up on a dairy farm in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. After attending Montana Tech University, he graduated with a master's degree in petroleum engineering from Penn State University. He worked in the oil and...