Obituaries

SHELBY - Vieanna May Osborne, 80, a former motel owner from Shelby, died Sunday, July 11, 2004, at a Havre care center. Her funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Shelby with burial to follow in Valley View Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Vieanna was born on Nov. 18, 1923, to Henry C. and Inez (Kinyon) Frederickson on the family homestead northeast of Lothair, where she was raised and attended country school. She married Alvin...

TURNER - Robert M. Simon, 87, died Friday, June 25, 2004, at his residence in Chinook due to natural causes. A memorial graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Turner Cemetery. Robert was born in Dodson on March 5, 1917, and grew up on the farm that was homesteaded by his parents, Albert and Julie (Ellefson) Simons. Bob graduated from Turner High School in 1933, then attended Northern Montana College. He taught school for a year before returning to farming. In 1941, he went to Glendale, Calif., to take an...

Melvin Sather, died Wednesday, July 7, 2004, in Sandy, Utah, of congestive heart failure. Melvin was cremated and his ashes will be interred in the Highland Cemetery, Havre. A graveside service will be held July 23 at 11 a.m. Melvin was born on March 26, 1916, in Moorehead, Minn. to Ove and Oline Borde Sather. Mel married Iris Weimer in Havre on Jan. 28, 1939. Mel married Ida Skordal in Chattanooga, Tenn., on September 29,1993. Mel worked for Eddy's Bakery for more than 30 years in Bismarck N.D., Havre, Great Falls,...

TURNER - Jewell C. Cederberg, 96, died Thursday, July 8, 2004, at a Havre care center. A funeral service was scheduled for 3 p.m. today in the Turner American Lutheran Church with burial following in the Turner Cemetery. Jewell was born in Springfield, Mo., on May 22, 1908, to Benjamin and Mettie (Tranthan) Adams. When she was 5, Jewell and her family moved to Glasgow to homestead. She attended both rural and city schools at Glasgow. On Oct. 5, 1927, she married Aben Cederberg in Wolf Point. They farmed near Glasgow until...

Winifred Eldora Uhlich, 88, a longtime Harlem resident, died Sunday, July 4, 2004, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. Cremation will take place and a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Assembly Of God church in Harlem with the Rev. Gladys Rushing officiating. Burial will follow at the Harlem Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately following the service. Winifred was born Oct. 2, 1915, at Devil's Lake, N.D., to J.O. and Elenora (Crosby) Jacobson. The family moved to...

June Baynham Slattum, 90, of Glasgow died Sunday, July 4, 2004, in Glasgow of natural causes. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kingdom Hall in Glasgow, with George Knudson officiating. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. June was born April 17, 1914, in Avondale to Warren and Gertrude (Langhaut) Thornton. She worked on the family farm and attended schools in Opheim. In 1934 June married Walter Alexander Baynham. He died in 1950. In 1953 she married Morris T. Slattum. He died several years...

Georgia Scot Kidd, 61, died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, Iowa, after a short illness. A memorial service will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin, with lunch following. Georgia was born March 4, 1943, in Belleville, Ill., the daughter of George and Dorothy Parent Fox. She grew up in Iron Mountain, Mich., until the family moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., where she graduated from high school and attended Arizona State University. Georgia married David Kidd on June 8, 1963, in...

Winifred Eldora Uhlich, 88, a longtime Harlem resident, died Sunday, July 4, 2004, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. Cremation will take place and a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Assembly Of God church in Harlem with the Rev. Gladys Rushing officiating. Burial will follow at the Harlem Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately following the service. Winifred was born Oct. 2, 1915, at Devil's Lake, N.D., to J.O. and Elenora (Crosby) Jacobson. The family moved to...

June Baynham Slattum, 90, of Glasgow died Sunday, July 4, 2004, in Glasgow of natural causes. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kingdom Hall in Glasgow, with George Knudson officiating. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. June was born April 17, 1914, in Avondale to Warren and Gertrude (Langhaut) Thornton. She worked on the family farm and attended schools in Opheim. In 1934 June married Walter Alexander Baynham. He died in 1950. In 1953 she married Morris T. Slattum. He died several years...

Georgia Scot Kidd, 61, died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, Iowa, after a short illness. A memorial service will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin, with lunch following. Georgia was born March 4, 1943, in Belleville, Ill., the daughter of George and Dorothy Parent Fox. She grew up in Iron Mountain, Mich., until the family moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., where she graduated from high school and attended Arizona State University. Georgia married David Kidd on June 8, 1963, in...

Dale Joseph Staudacher, 65, died Monday, July 5, 2004, at the Chester rest home. A prayer service will be at 7:30 p.m. today at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Messiah Lutheran Church in Havre, followed by burial at Highland Cemetery. Dale was born in Chester on May 17, 1939, to Thomas Staudacher Jr. and Aina C. Johansson. He grew up in the Chester community and received his early education there, graduating from Chester High School in 1957. Dale attended Eastern...

SAMMAMISH, Wash. - Roy Leslie Nelson, 61, a former Havre resident, died July 2, 2004, at a Bellevue, Wash., hospital of a cerebral embolism to the brain, causing a severe stroke. A viewing will be Friday at the Green Funeral Home in Bellevue. Cremation will take place. A memorial service will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Green Funeral Home. Roy was born to Carl F. and Lillian M. Nelson on Sept. 23, 1942, in Havre. He attended elementary through high school in Havre. He entered Northern Montana College, but discontinued due...

BILLINGS - Ingeborg Marie Miller died in Billings on Sunday, July 4, 2004, following an extended illness. A devotional service will be held in Billings today at 7 p.m. at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary & Crematory, 1001 Alderson. A funeral service will be held in Havre on Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Inga was born Nov. 29, 1919, on the family homestead north of Rudyard, the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Hans and Margit (Norb) Tollefson. She attended school in Rudyard, graduated from Northern Montana...

STANFORD - Clarence L. Lathrop, 71, of Stanford died Monday, July 5, 2004, in Great Falls Benefis East Medical Center after an extended illness. Funeral liturgy will be 3 p.m. Thursday at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Lewistown. Interment will follow at Central Montana Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will begin today at the Creel Funeral Home of Lewistown. Clarence was born March 28, 1933. in Havre, the son of Clarence and Avis M. (Nordgulen) Lathrop. He served his country in the U.S. Army during occupational service in...

Evelyn Joy (Huestis) Purkett, 74, died Monday, July 5, 2004, in the presence of her family at the family home, after a long battle with leukemia. A memorial graveside service will be Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Highland Cemetery. Evelyn was born on Sept. 21, 1929, in Hingham to Francis and Florence (Smith) Huestis. Evelyn married Willard Purkett on Dec. 1, 1948, in Great Falls. Evelyn was known to many as "Granny." Evelyn was preceded in death by a son, Williard E. Purkett; her parents; sisters, Gay Dahlberg, Deliah Mord and...

HARLEM - Michael E. Matte, 52, died unexpectedly at his mother's residence in Harlem on Sunday, July 4, 2004, due to natural causes. A funeral Mass will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in St. Thomas Catholic Church. A rosary will be recited on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in St. Thomas Catholic Church. Michael was born on Jan. 2, 1952, at Fort Belknap Agency to Edward and Vivian (Short) Matte. He attended school in Harlem and graduated from Hays High School in 1970. He moved to Seattle and married Anna Kompkoff. They later divorced and he retu...

HAYS - Shelly Lynn (Fortune) Longfox, 44, of Hays, formerly of Miles City, died Sunday, July 4, 2004, at Benefis East hospital in Great Falls of multiple organ failure. A wake service will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Medicine Bear Lodge in Lodge Pole. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Medicine Bear Lodge, with interment in the Longfox Family Cemetery at the family ranch. Shelly was born in Quinn, S.D., on July 2, 1960, the daughter of Vern and Wildene (White) Fortune. In 1962, she moved with her family...

Evelyn Joy (Huestis) Purkett, 74, died Monday, July 5, 2004, in the presence of her family at the family home, after a long battle with leukemia. A memorial graveside service will be Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Highland Cemetery. Evelyn was born on Sept. 21, 1929, in Hingham to Francis and Florence (Smith) Huestis. Evelyn married Willard Purkett on Dec. 1, 1948, in Great Falls. Evelyn was known to many as "Granny." Evelyn was preceded in death by a son, Williard E. Purkett; her parents; sisters, Gay Dahlberg, Deliah Mord and...

HARLEM - Michael E. Matte, 52, died unexpectedly at his mother's residence in Harlem on Sunday, July 4, 2004, due to natural causes. A funeral Mass will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in St. Thomas Catholic Church. A rosary will be recited on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in St. Thomas Catholic Church. Michael was born on Jan. 2, 1952, at Fort Belknap Agency to Edward and Vivian (Short) Matte. He attended school in Harlem and graduated from Hays High School in 1970. He moved to Seattle and married Anna Kompkoff. They later divorced and he retu...

MALTA - Claude Ezra "Ezzie" Ereaux, 61, a Malta businessman, died June 25, 2004, of a pulmonary embolism at a Great Falls hospital. A wake will be on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Malta. A funeral service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Malta High School gymnasium with the Rev. Jim O'Neil and the Rev. Joseph Retzel officiating. Burial will be in the Malta Cemetery. A reception will follow the funeral at the Tin Cup. Ezzie was born on May 29, 1943, and was raised in south Wagner and Malta. He...

Dorothy W. Dea, 86, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at a Big Sandy nursing home of natural causes. Cremation will take place and her memorial service will be 1 p.m. Monday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. John Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Eagles Club immediately after the service at the graveside. Dorothy was born on July 13, 1917, in Raynesford to Earl G. and Lena E. (Tintinger) Watson. She was raised in the Cascade area and attended...

GREAT FALLS - Charles Daniel "Charlie" Adams, 48, died peacefully on Sunday, June 27, 2004, of adenocarcinoma in his family's home in Great Falls. Graveside services and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Inverness Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Charles was born in Havre to Charles and Virginia (Richter) Adams on Dec. 14, 1955. He grew up in the Inverness community. After graduating from Inverness High School in 1974, he worked in construction with Warhank's of...

MALTA - Claude Ezra "Ezzie" Ereaux, 61, a Malta businessman, died June 25, 2004, of a pulmonary embolism at a Great Falls hospital. A wake will be on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Malta. A funeral service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Malta High School gymnasium with the Rev. Jim O'Neil and the Rev. Joseph Retzel officiating. Burial will be in the Malta Cemetery. A reception will follow the funeral at the Tin Cup. Ezzie was born on May 29, 1943, and was raised in south Wagner and Malta. He...

Dorothy W. Dea, 86, died Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at a Big Sandy nursing home of natural causes. Cremation will take place and her memorial service will be 1 p.m. Monday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. John Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Eagles Club immediately after the service at the graveside. Dorothy was born on July 13, 1917, in Raynesford to Earl G. and Lena E. (Tintinger) Watson. She was raised in the Cascade area and attended...

GREAT FALLS - Charles Daniel "Charlie" Adams, 48, died peacefully on Sunday, June 27, 2004, of adenocarcinoma in his family's home in Great Falls. Graveside services and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Inverness Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Charles was born in Havre to Charles and Virginia (Richter) Adams on Dec. 14, 1955. He grew up in the Inverness community. After graduating from Inverness High School in 1974, he worked in construction with Warhank's of...