Obituaries

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...

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...

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....

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...

Raymond C. Vaughn, 84, of Havre died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the church immediately after the services at the graveside. Raymond was born Aug. 9, 1921, in Cottonwood to Charles and Hazel (Fowler)...

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...

Raymond C. Vaughn, 84, of Havre died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the church immediately after the services at the graveside. Raymond was born Aug. 9, 1921, in Cottonwood to Charles and Hazel (Fowler)...

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...

Raymond C. Vaughn, 84, of Havre died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the church immediately after the services at the graveside. Raymond was born Aug. 9, 1921, in Cottonwood to Charles and Hazel (Fowler)...

CUT BANK - Ida Mary (Geary) Walker, 90, a retired store clerk and teacher from Cut Bank, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005, at Northern Rockies Medical Center due to natural causes. A rosary was held Sunday evening at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. A celebration of life was held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Margaret's Catholic Church with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. Ida was born Oct. 16, 1914, to Patrick and Eola (Weidenfeller) Geary at Ovando, where she was raised. She attended elementary school at the Kleinsmith Flats School and...

ROCKY BOY - Dolan Jake SunChild, Ki-hew E-me-o Yah-Tah-k (Hooping Eagle), 19, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, at Benefis Hospital of respiratory failure. His funeral service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial was to follow at their family plot at Eagle Lookout located near the Laredo Road. Dolan was born Sept. 3, 1986, to Darrell and Winona (LaMere) SunChild. He was raised and educated in Rocky Boy and graduated from Rocky Boy High School in 2004 with...

Salome "Sally" Borsch, 92, of Havre died of natural causes Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. Rosary and vigil services will be held at 7 p.m. today at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Chinook. A funeral Mass and burial will follow later in the week at St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church and cemetery in Waterloo, Ill. Sally was born in Salem, Ill., on Nov. 9, 1912, to Thaddeo and Elizabeth (Yanones) Buchunas. She was raised in East St. Louis, Ill., and graduated from high school there. She...

BIG SANDY - Betty Ann Svennungsen, 73, died Friday, Sept. 25, 2005, at the Big Sandy Nursing Home of natural causes. Her funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy with the Rev. Jeff Stoopes officiating. Burial will follow at the Big Sandy Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service at graveside. Betty was born Oct. 22, 1931, to Birdeen and Josephine (Rasmussen) Gullickson in Big Sandy. She attended schools in Big Sandy and graduated from Big...

Margaret Genevieve Loranger, 82, died Thursday Sept. 21, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Viewing will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Margaret's funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Vineyard Room of the Duck Inn immediately after the service at graveside. Margaret was born July 21, 1923, in Havre to Frank and Aminta (Dillenbe...

CHINOOK - Kenneth Dean Flying/Cochran, 48, of Chinook, a carpenter, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005, at his home in Chinook of an apparent heart attack. A wake and rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. today at the Red Whip Community Center at Fort Belknap. The funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Red Whip with burial in the Big Warm Cemetery. Kenneth was born Sept. 30, 1956, at Fort Belknap, to Kenneth Gordon and Myrna (Flying) Cochran. Kenny enjoyed most things in life. He was an avid firefighter as well as a...

CONRAD - Victor L. Orr, 62, of Conrad died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at the Pondera Medical Center in Conrad of natural causes. A graveside service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Lakeview Cemetery. Victor was born April 18, 1943, in Choteau to Robert and Martha (Brown) Orr. He attended school in Dupuyer, Great Falls and Valier. He proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1966. He was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, where he also attended college. Upon his honorable discharge, Victor started to upholster, which became...

KALISPELL - Vicki Lynn Matkin, 51, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, due to cancer at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell. A funeral service for Vicki was Saturday afternoon in the Johnson Mortuary Chapel with Vicar Mark Langhoff of the St. John Lutheran Church in Deer Lodge. She was born on June 5, 1954 in LaMoure, N. D., the second child of Ivan and Diane (Hess) Wallgren. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Deer Lodge, where she grew up. She loved horses and barrel racing. She graduated from Powell...

CHESTER - Lila Viola (Hendrickson) Wadhams Lyders, 90, of Chester died Friday, Sept. 16, 2005, at the Liberty County Nursing Home in Chester. A funeral service and burial will be held in Seattle, Wash., later this week. Visitation for Chester friends is today at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Lila was born May 14, 1915, at Mandan, N.D., to Carl and Agnes (Haugen) Hendrickson. Lila received her early schooling in North Dakota. Her family moved to Montana, so she continued her education in Chester. The Hendricksons...

Arthur Charles "Art" Radford, 48, of Havre died Monday, Sept. 12, 2005, at his home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be scheduled by the family at a later time. He was preceded in death by his grandparents. Arthur was born July 16, 1957, in Denver, Colo. He was raised and educated in the Denver area. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December of 1977 and was honorably discharged in December of 1981. He worked in various states doing rock chip window repair work. He was an avid hunter and...

Christine J. Bohl, 72, of Havre died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, at Benefis East Hospital in Great Falls of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Tim Maroney officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will follow at the Vets Club. Christine was born Oct. 30, 1932, in Havre to John and Angeline (Geisinger) Lipp. She was raised and educated in Hingham and graduated from Hingham High School. On June...