Obituaries

Devona G. “Toni” Wieweck, 71, of Havre died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, at her home of natural causes. Her memorial service will be 2 p.m. Monday at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Rowlie Hutton officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the V. F.W. Club immediately after the services at the graveside. Toni was born June 20, 1935, in Stanley, N. D., to Thomas and Genevieve (Pettingail) Mahle. When she was an infant, her family moved to Anaconda, where she was raised and edu...

CHESTER Golda Belle Allen, 79, of Chester died Wednesday evening, Oct. 25, 2006, at the hospital in Chester. Her funeral service will be held at 11 a. m. Monday at the Chester Assembly of God Church. Following burial at the Chester Cemetery, a memorial luncheon will be held at O.S.L.C. Fellowship Hall. Golda was born Oct. 26, 1927, at Chester to Ed and Louisa (Stott) Allen. Golda grew up in Whitlash and received her early education there. Her high school years were spent in Thompson Falls, Shelby and Chester. She graduated...

FORT BELKNAP Florence Marie (Longknife) Capture, 87, Assiniboine Indian name Mahdu- Maz meaning “Iron Braid”; died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. Her funeral Mass was scheduled for today at 10 a.m. at Red Whip Center with burial following at the Hi-way Cemetery. A wake began at 5 p.m. Thursday with rosary recited at 7 p.m. at Red Whip Center. Florence was a full-blood Assiniboine Indian born to John and Josie (Brandt) Longknife on July 31, 1919, at Fort Belknap Agency. She was rais...

CHANDLER, Ariz. Ole B. “O.B.” Lund, a former Montana businessman and a current resident of Chandler, Ariz., died Monday morning, Oct. 9, 2006, a few weeks short of his 92nd birthday. The memorial service was held at the Mountain View Lutheran church in Ahwatukee, Ariz., on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 14. A graveside service will be held in Havre in the late spring of 2007. He was born Dec. 13, 1914, in Havre to Olaf and Lina (Nagelhus) Lund. He was reared on the family farm and ranch in the Simpson community northwest of Havre a...

Josephine “Jo” Bubnash, 82, longtime Chester resident, died Sunday morning, Oct. 22, 2006, at Blossom House Assisted Living in Yakima, Wash. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chester. Burial will follow at the Chester Cemetery. Jo was born Jan. 17, 1924, on the family farm south of Chester to Polish parents, Stanislaw “Stanley” Kantorowicz and Katherine Lopata. Jo received her formal education at the nearby Hay Coulee Country School, located in the “Warsaw” community south of Chester. Fo...

TERRY Viola (Cashatt) Fluss, 86, of Terry, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006, from congestive heart failure and cancer. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 1 to 7 p. m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Terry. Her funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church in Terry. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. at the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City. Vi was born Feb. 4, 1920, to Charles and Katherine Sindelar on their farm near Allen. She graduated from Cohagen High School in 1937. Edward...

TERRY Viola (Cashatt) Fluss, 86, of Terry, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006, from congestive heart failure and cancer. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 1 to 7 p. m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Terry. Her funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church in Terry. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. at the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City. Vi was born Feb. 4, 1920, to Charles and Katherine Sindelar on their farm near Allen. She graduated from Cohagen High School in 1937. Edward...

Shirley Ann Hoffman, 70, of Grove, Okla., a former Box Elder resident, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at the Integris Grove General Hospital of complications of pneumonia. Memorial services were held on Friday, Sept. 22, at Worley Luginbuel Chapel in Grove, Okla. Interment was in Fort Gibson National Cemetery. Shirley was born June 28, 1936, in Havre to Augustus “Gus” and Alice (Flatness) Hobbs. She graduated from Box Elder High School in 1954. Shirley married Russell Hoffman in 1960, and they moved to Arizona, where they res...

KALISPELL John Michael Ladanye, 51, of Kalispell, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo., after a brave struggle against brain cancer. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula. His funeral service will be held at 11 a. m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Glen Burfeind of Kalispell First Presbyter-ian Church officiating. Internment will follow at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Missoula. A memorial service for John will be held in Havre at a later d...

Dolores “Dodie” Laughnan, 77, of Havre died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Her funeral Mass will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church with Father Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Havre. A fellowship luncheon will be held at St. Jude Parish Center immediately after the services at the graveside. Dolores was born June 26, 1929, at the family home in Havre. She attended St. Jude School and graduated from Havre Central High Sch...

Joseph Vincent Divish, 91, of Havre died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. His memorial Mass will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at St. Jude Catholic Church with Father Robert D. Grosch officiating. A fellowship social will be held immediately after the service at St. Jude Parish Center. A private family burial will be held. Joseph was born July 20, 1915, at Goldstone, near Hingham, to Joseph and Mary (Kupka) Divish. He was raised and attended school in Hingham...

Anna M. Lipp, 89, of Havre died Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A memorial graveside service will be Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will follow at the Havre VFW Club. Cremation has taken place. Anna was born Nov. 16, 1916, north of Hingham to John and Angeline (Geisinger) Lipp. She was raised and educated in Hingham, graduating in 1936. In August of 1937, Anna moved to Havre and was employed by Clair and Loretta Dow. She maintained their home, yard...

CHINOOK Dorothy (Brown) Grabofsky, 80, of Chinook died at Peace Hospice in Great Falls on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, surrounded by her loving family. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday at the Chinook High School auditorium. Dorothy was born Feb. 5, 1926, to B.H. (Harry) and Mary (Brewster) Brown at Forks. She was raised on the family farm near Whitewater and graduated from Whitewater High School. After graduation, she was employed as bookkeeper at Loring Auto. Later she attended...

BIG SANDY Jeanette Elaine Cline, 79, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls of natural causes. Her memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Oct., 20, 2006, at the Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy with Pastor Jeff Stoopes officiating. Burial will follow at the Big Sandy Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the services at the graveside. Jeanette was born Jan. 18, 1927, in Big Sandy to John and Jennie (Upsal) Whetham. She attended school in Box Elder. The...

Anthony Christopher Lopez, 14, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, south of Havre from injuries he sustained from a motor vehicle crash. His wake service was to begin at noon today at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at Rocky Boy....

Margaret Catherine Berg, 60, of Havre died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at her home due to a heart condition. Viewing for Margaret was 11 a. m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Her funeral service will be 4 p.m. today at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church in Havre with Pastor Richard Rice officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately after the service at the church reception hall. A private family burial will be held. Margaret was born July 22, 1946, in Havre to Edward and Agnes (Tow) Cook....

Judy Schmidt, 58, of Havre died Thursday Oct. 12, 2006, of cancer at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place. Her memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Jude Catholic Church with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Eagles immediately after the service. Judy was born March 3, 1948, in Wenatchee, Wash., to Patrick and Virginia (Ayres) Hart. She was raised and educated in Lake Chelan, Wash. After graduating from high school, Judy moved with her mother...

Margaret Catherine Berg, 60, of Havre died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at her home due to a heart condition. Viewing for Margaret will be 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Saturday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Her funeral service will be 4 p.m. Monday at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church in Havre with Pastor Richard Rice officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately after the service at the church reception hall. A private family burial will be held. Margaret was born July 22, 1946, in Havre to Edward and Agnes (Tow)...

CHINOOK Lance Cpl. Jeremy Scott Sandvick Monroe, 20, of the United States Marine Corps, Echo Company 2 Battalion 3rd Marines Division, was mortally wounded in action at Al Anbar Province in Haditha, northwestern Iraq. His funeral service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the Chinook High School Gymnasium. Burial will follow at the Hillside Cemetery in Dodson with full military honors. Jeremy is the son of Mellissa Sandvick Pike of Chinook and Monte Monroe of Darby. He is a 2004 graduate of Chinook High School. Jeremy was...

FORT BELKNAP Carla Jean (Ball) Perry, 67, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at her home in Harlem with her daughter, Cheryl, and son-in-law, James Stiffarm, with whom she shared a special bond with as her own son, and other family members at her bedside. Her funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Harlem Assemblies of God Church with burial following at the Lodge Pole Cemetery. A wake service will begin today at 7 p.m. in the Assemblies of God Church. Carla was born July 29, 1939, at Fort Belknap Hospital to Robert...

ROCKY BOY Thomas Ray Patrick Gardipee, 48, of Rocky Boy died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at the Rocky Boy Clinic of respiratory failure. His wake service began Wednesday night at 5 p. m. at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. His funeral service will be held at 10 a. m. today at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with Kenneth Gopher, Roy Small and Derik Small officiating. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Thomas was born March 17, 1958, in Parker School on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. He attended schools in Rocky Boy and Box...

Leonard “Red” Opperud, 85, a retired city of Havre Waste Plant operator, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at his home of natural causes. Cremation will take place. His memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church in Havre with Pastor John Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately following the graveside services. Leonard was born Oct. 23, 1920, in Ambrose Divide County, N. D. He was raised on the family farm by...

SPOKANE, Wash. Paul W. Angstman, former Havre resident and businessman, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, at Harborcrest Retirement Estates in Spokane, Wash. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at St. Jude's Catholic Church at 2 p. m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Friends and family are invited to celebrate Paul's life in St. Jude's Parish Center after interment at Hill County Cemetery. Paul was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jess L. Angstman Sr. On Nov. 27, 1921, in Harlem. He attended Havre schools and graduated from Havre...

CHINOOK Kenneth Gilmore, 87, carpenter, ferry operator and a cowboy, passed away at his home south of Chinook on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006. His funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the Alice Nash Memorial Cemetery at the Lone Tree Bench with military honors. Kenneth was born in Geraldine on April 21, 1919, to Pearl and Josie (Good) Gilmore. His family moved several times, winding up 80 miles south of Chinook in the Missouri River badlands. On...

ROCKY BOY Marie Cecile Eagleman, 68, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at a hospital in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, from cancer. Her wake service will began Friday night at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Her funeral service was scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, also at the Our Savior's Lutheran Church with Pastor Marvin Russette Officiating. Burial was to follow at the Eagleman Family Cemetery. Marie was born Feb. 11, 1938, in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Louie Merasty and Elizabeth Desjarles. She was raised...