Obituaries

Lawrence Robert Parsons, 54, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at Bear Paw Hospice in Havre. He was diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor on May 19, 2005. A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Friday at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. The family suggests that people dress casually in jeans for the service. Private family interment of the cremated remains will be held at the Highland Cemetery. Lawrence was born Jan. 5, 1951, the first child of Otis and...

Vincent Thomas Sedivy Jr., 72, died in Whitefish on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005. Visitation will be Friday afternoon at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hingham Cemetery. Vincent was born March 22, 1933, in Havre. He was the elder of two sons born to Vincent T. Sedivy Sr. and Mildred Fern (Alex) Sedivy. Vincent was raised and educated at Hingham and graduated from Hingham High School in 1951. That year, he married his high school sweetheart, Audrey Marilyn Michaelson....

Lawrence Robert Parsons, 54, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at Bear Paw Hospice in Havre. He was diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor on May 19, 2005. A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Friday at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. The family suggests that people dress casually in jeans for the service. Private family interment of the cremated remains will be held at the Highland Cemetery. Lawrence was born Jan. 5, 1951, the first child of Otis and...

Sharon Elaine Ward, 48, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, of pancreatic cancer at her home with her family. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Messiah Lutheran Church with Pastor Michael Dahle officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service at the graveside. Sharon was born April 27, 1957, in Havre to Glenn and Joyce (Miewald) Warp. She was raised in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. She attended Northern Montana...

Former Havre resident Hugh E. Nugent died Sept. 22, 2005, in a St. Paul, Minn., hospital after a long illness. Cremation has taken place at the Cremation Society of Minnesota. No services are planned at this time. Hugh was born Aug. 29, 1932, in Anaconda. He graduated from Anaconda Central High School and served in the U.S. Air Force after graduation. In 1957 he married Hazel Fare in Wyoming. They divorced in 1982 after raising three children: Ellen of Shanghai, China, and Havre; Paul (Jody) of Havre; and Laura of Billings....

HARLEM - Brandi Lee Blatt, 31, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005, in a motor vehicle accident east of Havre. Her wake service will begin today at 1 p.m. at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church, with a rosary service at 7 p.m. The wake services will continue Wednesday at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Red Whip Center. Burial will follow at the Highway Church Cemetery. Brandi was born May 18, 1974, in Havre to Ken and Ethel (Bear) Blatt. She was raised and educated in Fort Belknap...

HARLEM - Brandi Lee Blatt, 31, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005, in a motor vehicle accident east of Havre. Her wake service will begin today at 1 p.m. at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church, with a rosary service at 7 p.m. The wake services will continue Wednesday at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Red Whip Center. Burial will follow at the Highway Church Cemetery. Brandi was born May 18, 1974, in Havre to Ken and Ethel (Bear) Blatt. She was raised and educated in Fort Belknap...

BOZEMAN - Donovan Leonard Hanson, 75, died at his home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, following a battle with cancer, with his wife at his side. A memorial service is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Gildford Baptist Church in Gildford. Cremation has taken place and his ashes will be spread by grandson, Michael, on the farm north of Gildford in the spring when the wheat is beginning to grow. Donovan was born March 9, 1930, in Havre to Leonard and Vivian Hanson. Donovan was raised on the family farm north of Gildford. He...

FORT BENTON - Katherine Brese Daniel, 96, of Fort Benton, Havre and Culbertson, died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, of natural causes at Missouri River Medical Center in Fort Benton. A funeral service was held Friday at Benton Funeral Home. A graveside service and burial were held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hillside Cemetery in Culbertson. Katherine was born Nov. 10, 1908, at Winnipeg, Manitoba, to George and Elizabeth Kaufman. She moved to the family homestead north of Culbertson when she was about 3 years old. Katherine married Jack Bres...

Devyon Alezander Schmidt, infant son of Kari Gierke and Jeremy Schmidt of Havre, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, the day of his birth. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday in Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Devyon is survived by his parents; brother, Dyllan of Havre; maternal grandparents, Tim and Nancy Gierki of Havre; paternal grandparents, Jarold and Lynell Schmidt of Havre; great-grandparents; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins on both sides of the...

CHINOOK - Leo W. Moore, 91, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home due to natural causes. A memorial service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Leo was born Aug. 1, 1914, in Chinook to John (Jack) and Goldie (Houn) Moore. He was raised on the Moore Family Ranch in the Bear Paw Mountains. Leo attended school at Riedel and graduated from Chinook High School in 1933. He married Mary E. Fredlund in Havre on June 2, 1933. Leo ranched in the Bear Paws in the summer, moved to Ch...

MALTA - Elizabeth (Beth) Bigwood Seel, 70, of Malta, a retired bookkeeper, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at a Havre care center of lung cancer. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Adams Memorial Chapel. Burial of her cremated remains will follow the service at the Malta Cemetery. Beth was born Dec. 19, 1934, in Malta to Cecil and Edna (Robinson) Bigwood. She graduated from Malta High School in 1952. She married the love of her life, Elmer ”Duke“ Seel, in Malta on March 11, 1953. They resided in M...

Martha McKay, 90, longtime Havre resident, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, at Benefis East in Great Falls of natural causes. Her graveside memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Highland Cemetery with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at First Lutheran Church immediately after the service at the graveside. Martha was born Dec. 7, 1914, in Denhoff, Russia, to John and Katherine Stromberger. As a young child, she fled the Russian Revolution with her maternal grandparents, uncles and...

Eleanor Mary Bear, 82, of Havre died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, at her home after a short and brave battle with cancer. Viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. A prayer vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with her funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude's Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at St. Jude Parish Center...

HAYS - Benjamin ”Toady“ Carrywater, 69, died at his home north of Hays of natural causes on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005. A wake and rosary were held Friday night in the Mission Recreation Center. A funeral Mass was held Saturday at 2 p.m. in St. Paul's Recreation Center. Burial was to follow in the Mission Cemetery with military honors. Ben was born on May 20, 1936, at Fort Belknap Agency to Moses and Annie (Sleeping Bear) Carrywater. He was raised in the Hays area and attend school at Pierre, S.D., St. Paul's Mission and Hay...

CHESTER - June Elrid Dolezal, 74, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, surrounded by her family at Liberty County Hospital in Chester of complications related to diabetes. A funeral Mass was scheduled for 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chester. A luncheon was to follow. A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Sunburst Cemetery. June was born Feb. 6, 1931, in Shelby to Edward and Ethel (Barnes) McDermott. June was raised in Sunburst and received her formal education there. She married Valerian...

MALTA - Don A. Davison, 81, retired railroad conductor and brakeman of Malta, died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at Phillips County Hospital of natural causes. Don was born Oct. 28, 1923, in Malta to Elbert and Elizabeth (Stith) Davison. He spent his early years in Malta and the surrounding area cowboying and ranching. He served as a machine gunner in the 10th Mountain Unit of the U.S. Army during World War II in Italy. Don worked for the Great Northern/BNSF Railway as a conductor and brakeman for 34 years. He retired to the...

Dorothy Millicent Flint, 83, of Havre died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Vets Club immediately after the services at the graveside. Dorothy was born Oct. 20, 1921, in Port Henry, N.Y., to Frederick and Elizabeth (Pritchard) Stellar. She was raised and educated in New...

HAYS - Lillian Theresa Talks Different Fox, 82, whose Assiniboine name Pahazi Wiya means "Yellow Hair Woman" and Gros Ventre name Aki-See-Itha means "Little Woman," died surrounded by her family after a short illness on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at the Phillips County Hospital in Malta. A vigil began at 1 p.m. today at her residence with the wake at 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Mission Recreation Center. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mission Center with burial following in Lodge Pole Cemetery. Lily was born Apri...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Beverly D. Southern, 89, died at her home in Spokane on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, after a brief illness. A graveside service was held Monday afternoon in Spokane Memorial Garden. Beverly was born June 19, 1916, to Arthur and Cynthia Towe in Minneapolis. She grew up on her parents' farm at Box Elder. She graduated from the University of Montana in 1939 and taught school in Montana for several years. In 1941, she married Earl Southern, moved to Spokane. After their divorce in 1966, Beverly moved to Seattle...

Helen (Schach) Mickelson, 82, of Havre died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at her home with her daughter Cathy at her bedside. Memorial services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in First Lutheran Church. Cremation has taken place. A potluck dinner will follow at the Shanty Bar. Helen was born Nov. 1, 1926, to Theodore and Meta (Rhode) Schach in Fargo, N.D., and was raised in Perth, N.D. After graduation from high school in Perth, Helen went to work for Western Union Telegraphy and worked in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Antonio, Texas....

HAYS - Lillian Theresa Talks Different Fox, 82, whose Assiniboine name Pahazi Wiya means "Yellow Hair Woman" and Gros Ventre name Aki-See-Itha means "Little Woman," died surrounded by her family after a short illness on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at the Phillips County Hospital in Malta. A vigil began at 1 p.m. today at her residence with the wake at 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Mission Recreation Center. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mission Center with burial following in Lodge Pole Cemetery. Lily was born Apri...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Beverly D. Southern, 89, died at her home in Spokane on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, after a brief illness. A graveside service was held Monday afternoon in Spokane Memorial Garden. Beverly was born June 19, 1916, to Arthur and Cynthia Towe in Minneapolis. She grew up on her parents' farm at Box Elder. She graduated from the University of Montana in 1939 and taught school in Montana for several years. In 1941, she married Earl Southern, moved to Spokane. After their divorce in 1966, Beverly moved to Seattle...

Helen (Schach) Mickelson, 82, of Havre died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at her home with her daughter Cathy at her bedside. Memorial services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in First Lutheran Church. Cremation has taken place. A potluck dinner will follow at the Shanty Bar. Helen was born Nov. 1, 1926, to Theodore and Meta (Rhode) Schach in Fargo, N.D., and was raised in Perth, N.D. After graduation from high school in Perth, Helen went to work for Western Union Telegraphy and worked in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Antonio, Texas....

MONTICELLO, Minn. - Matthew Finn Andersen, 34, of Monticello, Minn., died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, of an apparent heart attack at Big Lake Hospital in Monticello. A funeral service was held Sept. 15 at the Peterson-Grimsmo Chapel of Monticello with the Rev. Jim Noterbaart officiating. Matthew was born March 24, 1971, in Minneapolis to David and Shelley (Heimdahl) Andersen. He spent most of his life in the Monticello area. He enjoyed swimming, sports, being outdoors, hunting, snowmobiling, motorcycling, cars, designer clothes...