Obituaries

BIG SANDY - Ann Boettcher, 72, longtime Big Sandy resident, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005, of complications of cancer. A celebration-of-life service will be held at Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy at 11 a.m. Saturday. Ann was born Feb. 18, 1933, to Earl James Pilkenton and Eva Ruth Klink at Glendale Research Hospital in California. Ann grew up and attended elementary, middle and high school in Glendale, Calif., graduating in 1950. After high school, she attended junior college for two years and then went to the University...

Donald K. "Don" Vaupel, 88, of Havre, long-time area businessman and pharmacist, died of natural causes Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital. Crema-tion has taken place. At the request of Don and the family, there will be no funeral service, but friends and acquaintances are invited to the Mediterra-- nean Room Vineyard at the Duck Inn in Havre for an informal gathering from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. All who knew him are encouraged to stop by and celebrate a wonderful life. Don was born in Malta on April 19, 1917....

HARLEM - Patricia Gale (Pat) Rowe, 52, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, while visiting her mother in Harlem. A funeral service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chinook with burial following in the Harlem Cemetery. A funeral dinner will be held afterward at the Neal Terhune home, 410 Second Ave. SE in Harlem. Visitation will be Thursday evening at the Edwards Funeral Home from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Pat was born Jan. 5, 1953, in Poplar to Stewart and Lois (Scherzer) Rowe. She...

Margaret L. "Marge" LaRocque, 58, of Havre died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, of lung cancer at Peace Hospice in Great Falls surrounded by her family and friends. Viewing will be Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the Gallery Restaurant at the Holiday Village Shopping Center immediately after the services at the graveside. Marge was...

CHINOOK - Leona Grace Steffen Jensen, 84 of Chinook died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, after a courageous battle with cancer. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the American Lutheran Church with burial following in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Leona was born April 18, 1921, in Harlem to Arthur and Emma (Anacker) Steffen. She attended Snake Creek School, Harlem Schools and graduated from Chinook High School in 1938. Leona married Kenneth Jensen in 1942. She was an active leader in Paradise Valley 4-H. She enjoyed...

Clifford Gaylord Haugen, 83, of Havre died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital, surrounded by his family. Public visitation will take place at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home in Havre from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. His funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service at the graveside. Memorials in Cli...

HARLEM - Patricia Gale (Pat) Rowe, 52, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, while visiting her mother in Harlem. A funeral service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chinook with burial following in the Harlem Cemetery. A funeral dinner will be held afterward at the Neal Terhune home, 410 Second Ave. SE in Harlem. Visitation will be Thursday evening at the Edwards Funeral Home from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Pat was born Jan. 5, 1953, in Poplar to Stewart and Lois (Scherzer) Rowe. She...

Margaret L. "Marge" LaRocque, 58, of Havre died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, of lung cancer at Peace Hospice in Great Falls surrounded by her family and friends. Viewing will be Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the Gallery Restaurant at the Holiday Village Shopping Center immediately after the services at the graveside. Marge was...

CHINOOK - Leona Grace Steffen Jensen, 84 of Chinook died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, after a courageous battle with cancer. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the American Lutheran Church with burial following in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Leona was born April 18, 1921, in Harlem to Arthur and Emma (Anacker) Steffen. She attended Snake Creek School, Harlem Schools and graduated from Chinook High School in 1938. Leona married Kenneth Jensen in 1942. She was an active leader in Paradise Valley 4-H. She enjoyed...

Clifford Gaylord Haugen, 83, of Havre died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital, surrounded by his family. Public visitation will take place at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home in Havre from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. His funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service at the graveside. Memorials in Cli...

Karen Jo Meyers, 53, whose real name, Ka Say Way Skum Ka Po, loosely translated means Jingle Sitter, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, at her home in Box Elder due to diabetic complications. A wake began at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at Rocky Boy on Sunday and ends today. The funeral services will be held at the Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy 10 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by Kenny Writing Bird of Rocky Boy along with the Rev. Pete Guthnick and the Rev. Barden. Interment will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Following interment,...

Orville Howard Goodrich, 88, of Havre died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005, of natural causes at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook. Graveside services were in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday. Orville was born June 16, 1917, in Wichita, Kan., to Bingham and Gracia (Wilhoite) Goodrich. Orville was raised in Kansas City and graduated from NorthEast High School. Upon graduation, Orville enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was a World War II veteran and served as a radarman, mostly in the Pacific. In 1941, he married Rose Hines in Kansas...

MISSOULA - James M. Elmslie, 83, of Missoula, formerly of Havre, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, surrounded by his family in Missoula. A graveside service with full military honors will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Highland Cemetery with the Rev. Zoe Coutts officiating. Details regarding a reception will be announced at the service. Jim was born April 8, 1922, to James M. Elmslie Sr. and Pearl Webster Elmslie. He was a graduate of Havre High, class of 1940, and Northern Montana College. He served in the U.S. Army in...

WALKERVILLE - June Cady Corbitt, 85, of Walkerville died Monday, Aug. 8, 2001, at her home surrounded by her family. Visitation will be 9 to 10 a.m. Monday in St. Patrick's Church. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Cremation will take place following the Mass with private interment of ashes to be held at a later date. She was born on June 3, 1920, in Kremlin to Harry W. and Rose M. (Vosen) Cady. She attended grade school in Kremlin and graduated from high school in Gildford. June attended Northern Montana College a...

CHINOOK - Monica Miller, 98, longtime resident of Chinook, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2005, of natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. A funeral service will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Chinook. Monica was born on July 4, 1907, in Tomah, Wis., to the late Hugh and Maude (Gordon) Mathers. Monica came to Montana at the age of 14 to join her parents at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, and remained there until she graduated from Harlem High School. She attended college in...

Duaine Raymond Sloan, 66 of Havre, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005, in Arlington, Va., while enjoying vacation with his family. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church, with military honors to be held outside the church. A fellowship luncheon will follow in the First Lutheran Fellowship Hall. Burial will be held Monday at 4 p.m. in Chester. Duaine was born March 17, 1939, in Minot, N.D., to Lyndon and Lulu (Schwede) Sloan. He grew up on the farm near Coulee, N.D., where he was baptized and...

KALISPELL - Kathy Lee Prescott, 48, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005, at her home in Kalispell. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home. Interment will take place at a later date at the C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell. Kathy was born Oct. 1, 1956, in Redding, Calif. She lived in Kansas before moving home to Poplar. She was a member of the Assiniboine tribe. She married Johnnie Martinez in 1983 and they divorced in 1992. Kathy was a fun-lvoing person who loved to laugh. Survivors...

LITTLETON, Colo. - Gale D. Hanson, 76, formerly of Havre, died at his home in Littleton, Colo., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005. Gale was born Dec. 6, 1928, in Havre. He grew up in Havre and graduated from Havre High School in 1946. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He returned to Montana and graduated from the University of Montana. Gale went to work for the F.A. Buttrey Co. While working as a buyer for Buttrey in New York City, he met and married Carol Tucker. They later moved to Denver, where he was a merchandiser until his...

CHARLES CITY, Iowa - Sally A. Williams Simonson Wood, 69, of Charles City, Iowa, and formerly of Havre, died Sunday, July 24, 2005. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Havre, with inurnment to follow beside her late husband in Highland Cemetery of Havre. Sally was born May 7, 1936, in Boone, Iowa, to Robert A. Williams and Minnie (Harris) Williams. Sally spent her life serving her God and others. She graduated from Augustana Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, Ill. She...

CHINOOK - Christine Ann Whitney, 24, of Chinook, a homemaker who enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, traveling and playing pool, died Sunday, July 31, 2005, in Great Falls of cardiomyopathy. A memorial service will be held at noon Friday at Ryan Dam north of Great Falls. Survivors include her life partner, T.R. Olson of Chinook; sons, Tehrin Kail Olson and Xandor Kegan Olson of Chinook; mother, Aarah Whitney of Calgary, Alberta; father, Daniel Whitney of Vallejo, Calif.; sisters, Tara Whitney of Corvallis; brother, Jason...

CHINOOK - Christian Thomas Loftsgaard, infant son of Thor and Julie (Fuglevand) Loftsgaard, died Thursday, July 28, 2005, at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Gabriel's Catholic Church with burial at 2 p.m. in Highland Cemetery at Havre. Christian was born on May 9, 2005, and battled with hypoplastic left syndrome for 11 weeks. In his short life, he was cherished deeply and loved fiercely. Through his battles and sweet spirit, he inspired hope, faith...

Lucas James Floren, 21, of Whitefish and formerly of Havre died of a motorcycle accident Saturday, July 30, 2005, between Kalispell and Whitefish. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Fifth Avenue Christian Church with burial following in the Calvary Cemetery. Cremation has taken place. Lucas was born Dec. 10, 1983, in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. Luke entered the U.S. Marine Corps and graduated in the honor platoon in San Diego, Calif. He worked as an electrician in Florida, Havre, and most re...

LIBBY - Clayton "Clayt" Irwin Mejie, 83, of Libby, formerly of Hogeland, died Monday, July 25, 2005, at a Libby care center of natural causes. A memorial service was held Saturday morning at American Lutheran Church in Turner with the Revs. Rowlie Hutton and Jack Siemens officiating. Inurnment with military honors was held at Wing Cemetery. Clayt was born Jan. 25, 1922, in a squatter's shack in Tweet to Lottie Mae (Davis) Ward and Ernest Mejie. From the time he was 3, Clayt lived with his Aunt Rose and Uncle Clayt on the...

LIBBY - Clayton "Clayt" Irwin Mejie, 83, of Libby, formerly of Hogeland, died Monday, July 25, 2005, at a Libby care center of natural causes. A memorial service was held Saturday morning at American Lutheran Church in Turner with the Revs. Rowlie Hutton and Jack Siemens officiating. Inurnment with military honors was held at Wing Cemetery. Clayt was born Jan. 25, 1922, in a squatter's shack in Tweet to Lottie Mae (Davis) Ward and Ernest Mejie. From the time he was 3, Clayt lived with his Aunt Rose and Uncle Clayt on the...

Lucas James Floren, 21, of Whitefish and formerly of Havre died of a motorcycle accident Saturday, July 30, 2005, between Kalispell and Whitefish. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Fifth Avenue Christian Church with burial following in the Calvary Cemetery. Cremation has taken place. Lucas was born Dec. 10, 1983, in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. Luke entered the U.S. Marine Corps and graduated in the honor platoon in San Diego, Calif. He worked as an electrician in Florida, Havre, and most re...