Obituaries

Albert "Woody" Hall Woodard, 75, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at a veterans hospital in Fort Harrison after a long illness. He was buried at the Montana Veterans Cemetery in Fort Harrison on March 11. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Havre Assembly of God Church. Albert was born on July 31, 1927, in Elgin, Ill., to Christine I. Cooper and Theodore A. Woodard. Albert served in the U.S. Merchant Marines in 1943 and then in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Albert married M. Jean Miller in 1963 in Ch...

Ernest R. "Ralph" Hammond, 86, a retired heavy equipment operator, died March 12, 2003, at a Havre care facility of natural causes. Celebration of Life is 11 a.m. on Monday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship will follow the Committal Rite at the Church. Ralph was born on July 16, 1916, to J.W. and Bessie Johnston Hammond at Froid in Roosevelt County. He was educated in Roosevelt County. Ralph married Lillian Burch in Havre on...

Obituary Frank Mosbrucker, 69, retired farmer, died March 9, 2003, at a Havre Hospital of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Cremation has taken place. A prayer vigil is 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel. A funeral memorial Mass is 2 p.m. Friday at the St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial is to follow the funeral Mass at the Highland Cemetery. Luncheon will be at the Parish Center immediately after the graveside services. Frank was born Jan. 13, 1934, to Florian and...

Obituary Frank Mosbrucker, 69, retired farmer, died March 9, 2003, at a Havre Hospital of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Cremation has taken place. A prayer vigil is 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel. A funeral memorial Mass is 2 p.m. Friday at the St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial is to follow the funeral Mass at the Highland Cemetery. Luncheon will be at the Parish Center immediately after the graveside services. Frank was born Jan. 13, 1934, to Florian and...

BIG SANDY - Donald LeRoy "Donnie" Fox, 65, retired Air Force communication tech sergeant, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at his mother's residence in Big Sandy of pancreatic cancer. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Luncheon will follow the funeral service at the church. Burial with full military honors will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Donnie was born Feb. 28, 1938, to Inez Lucille Huestis at the Florence Crittenton...

Obituary Frank Mosbrucker, 69, retired farmer, died March 9, 2003, at a Havre Hospital of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Cremation has taken place. A prayer vigil is 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel. A funeral memorial Mass is 2 p.m. Friday at the St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial is to follow the funeral Mass at the Highland Cemetery. Luncheon will be at the Parish Center immediately after the graveside services. Frank was born Jan. 13, 1934, to Florian and...

BIG SANDY - Donald LeRoy "Donnie" Fox, 65, retired Air Force communication tech sergeant, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at his mother's residence in Big Sandy of pancreatic cancer. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Luncheon will follow the funeral service at the church. Burial with full military honors will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Donnie was born Feb. 28, 1938, to Inez Lucille Huestis at the Florence Crittenton...

BIG SANDY - Donald LeRoy "Donnie" Fox, 65, retired Air Force communication tech sergeant, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at his mother's residence in Big Sandy of pancreatic cancer. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Luncheon will follow the funeral service at the church. Burial with full military honors will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Donnie was born Feb. 28, 1938, to Inez Lucille Huestis at the Florence Crittenton...

BIG SANDY - Donald LeRoy "Donnie" Fox, 65, retired Air Force communication tech sergeant, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at his mother's residence in Big Sandy of pancreatic cancer. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Luncheon will follow the funeral service at the church. Burial with full military honors will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Donnie was born Feb. 28, 1938, to Inez Lucille Huestis at the Florence Crittenton...

Obituary GREAT FALLS - Mildred Maxine Williams, 82, died on March 6, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Church of Christ in Chinook. Mildred was born on Aug. 24, 1920, in Billings. She was adopted to the Rackcliffe family in Billings. She was raised and attended schools in Billings. Mildred was married to a Kline in 1936 in Billings. They later divorced. She had a common-law marriage to Carl Edward Padden in Great Falls. He died in...

William M. Moore, 70, of Havre died Friday, March 7, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel in Havre with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Cremation has taken place. A fellowship reception will follow the committal service at the Eagles Club. Bill was born Aug. 8, 1932, in Helena and raised in the Whitefish area. He attended schools in Whitefish. After completing school he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...

BIG SANDY - Annie A. Torkelson, a retired bar owner, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. She was 92. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Adams Memorial Chapel in Malta. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Annie was born April 3, 1910, to Henry and Sophia (Siskavich) Andrews in Budapest, Hungary, while her family was making the journey from Austria to Canada. Her family homesteaded in the Caldwell area in northern Phillips County. She attended school in Caldwell and...

EMPORIA, Kan. - Edith Mae Crumpacker died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in an Emporia, Kan., hospital. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. A private inurnment will be at a later date. Edith was born in Havre, Mont., to Thomas Wesley and Christine Andrus McDonald. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in Pleasanton, Kan. Edith married William Dale Crumpacker Jr. on Dec. 4, 1948, in Berryville, Ark. He preceded...

Obituary GREAT FALLS - Mildred Maxine Williams, 82, died on March 6, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Church of Christ in Chinook. Mildred was born on Aug. 24, 1920, in Billings. She was adopted to the Rackcliffe family in Billings. She was raised and attended schools in Billings. Mildred was married to a Kline in 1936 in Billings. They later divorced. She had a common-law marriage to Carl Edward Padden in Great Falls. He died in...

Obituary CHINOOK - Andrew A. Waritz, 72, died Monday, March 3, 2003, at a Havre hospital of heart failure. A funeral service will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the St. Gabriel Catholic Church with burial in the Highland Cemetery in Havre. Andy served in the U.S. Army and worked for the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Madge Waritz of Chinook; sons, Mitch Waritz of Spokane and Steve Waritz of California; daughter, Suzanne Waritz of Houston, Texas; stepdaughter, Bernadette Stock of Port Orchard,...

Obituary CHINOOK - Andrew A. Waritz, 72, died Monday, March 3, 2003, at a Havre hospital of heart failure. A funeral service will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the St. Gabriel Catholic Church with burial in the Highland Cemetery in Havre. Andy served in the U.S. Army and worked for the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Madge Waritz of Chinook; sons, Mitch Waritz of Spokane and Steve Waritz of California; daughter, Suzanne Waritz of Houston, Texas; stepdaughter, Bernadette Stock of Port Orchard,...

BIG SANDY - Annie A. Torkelson, a retired bar owner, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. She was 92. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Adams Memorial Chapel in Malta. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Annie was born April 3, 1910, to Henry and Sophia (Siskavich) Andrews in Budapest, Hungary, while her family was making the journey from Austria to Canada. Her family homesteaded in the Caldwell area in northern Phillips County. She attended school in Caldwell and...

EMPORIA, Kan. - Edith Mae Crumpacker died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in an Emporia, Kan., hospital. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. A private inurnment will be at a later date. Edith was born in Havre, Mont., to Thomas Wesley and Christine Andrus McDonald. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in Pleasanton, Kan. Edith married William Dale Crumpacker Jr. on Dec. 4, 1948, in Berryville, Ark. He preceded...

BIG SANDY - Annie A. Torkelson, a retired bar owner, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. She was 92. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Adams Memorial Chapel in Malta. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Annie was born April 3, 1910, to Henry and Sophia (Siskavich) Andrews in Budapest, Hungary, while her family was making the journey from Austria to Canada. Her family homesteaded in the Caldwell area in northern Phillips County. She attended school in Caldwell and...

EMPORIA, Kan. - Edith Mae Crumpacker died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in an Emporia, Kan., hospital. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. A private inurnment will be at a later date. Edith was born in Havre, Mont., to Thomas Wesley and Christine Andrus McDonald. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in Pleasanton, Kan. Edith married William Dale Crumpacker Jr. on Dec. 4, 1948, in Berryville, Ark. He preceded...

Olive K. Kiemele, 79, of Havre died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at her residence of natural causes. Her funeral service is 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Parr officiating. Public viewing will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship to follow the committal rite at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Olive was born Dec. 30, 1923, to Theo and Ida (Hauge) Kenfield 21 miles north of Inverness in the Minneota...

Betty Helen Zoren, 76, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A private family service has taken place. Betty was born on March 18, 1926, to Fred and Nelle Bateman in Great Britain. She was educated in Great Britain. On Dec. 4, 1944, Betty married George P. Zoren in Bedford, England. She was in Her Majesty's Royal Navy and George was in the U.S. Army Air Corps. George preceded her in death on Jan. 29, 2003. The couple moved to Havre in 1965 due to George's employment...

CHINOOK - William L. "Bill" Nash, 62, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, due to a semi-truck accident west of Rawlins, Wyo. A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the American Lutheran Church with burial in Kuper Memorial Cemetery with military honors. Bill was born on April 28, 1942, to Wallace and Lucille(Finley) Nash in Havre. He attended schools in Chinook and graduated from Chinook High School in 1960. From 1960 to 1962 he served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged from the Montana National Guard in...

Sigurd E. "Sig" Meland, 81, retired North Havre farmer and rancher and U.S. Army veteran, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at a Havre care center of complications from Parkinson's disease and diabetes. Funeral service is 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Lutheran Church in Havre with the Rev Brad Ulgenes officiating. There will be a burial with full military honors following the funeral service at the Highland Cemetery. There is a fellowship luncheon in Sig's honor following the committal rite at the church. Sig was born July 6, 1921 t...

Betty Helen Zoren, 76, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A private family service has taken place. Betty was born on March 18, 1926, to Fred and Nelle Bateman in Great Britain. She was educated in Great Britain. On Dec. 4, 1944, Betty married George P. Zoren in Bedford, England. She was in Her Majesty's Royal Navy and George was in the U.S. Army Air Corps. George preceded her in death on Jan. 29, 2003. The couple moved to Havre in 1965 due to George's employment...