Obituaries

MARIETTA, Ga. - Arvid W. Hobby, 67, of Marietta, Ga., died Thursday, June 19, 2003, in Marietta. A Mass was held last Wednesday in Marietta. A memorial service and interment will be held in Glasgow at a later date. He was born in Bainville on July 23, 1935, to Fred and Helen (Vannatta) Hobby. He attended school in Bainville. After graduation, he joined the Great Northern Railway in 1954 in Havre, then transferred to Glasgow. He continued to work for the railroad as a brakeman and later as a conductor. He retired with...

ROCKY BOY - Edward James Arkinson, 50, of Rocky Boy died on Sunday, June 29, 2003, at a Havre hospital of complications of diabetes. The wake service began Sunday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at Rocky Boy. A traditional funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will follow the service at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Edward was born on May 5, 1953, at Rocky Boy to Thomas and Maggie (Coffee) Arkinson. He attended school at Rocky Boy and at Wahpeton, N.D., and also SIPI Indian College in Albuquerque, N...

Cleo Geneva Everaert, 79, of Havre died Monday, June 23, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. There will be a committal rite service at the Highland Cemetery in Havre at 2 p.m. Thursday with Sister Judith Maender officiating. Cleo was born Dec. 10, 1923, to Alfred and Alice (Clowes) Schuele in Havre. Cleo grew up and attended schools in Havre. She graduated from Havre High School in 1941. After high school she was employed at the Havre Laundry. In 1971 she met Florimond "Butch" Everaert. The couple were married...

ROCKY BOY - Ronald D. Eagleman Jr., 5, of Rocky Boy died Wednesday June 25, 2003, at a Havre hospital after a battle with brain cancer. A wake service will began Wednesday night at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church with the Rev. Ruth Votaw officiating. The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Ronald was born June 13, 1998, to Ronald Eagleman Sr. and Lorena The Boy in Havre. He attended Head Start School in Rocky Boy. Ronald enjoyed playing X Box...

LIBBY - Bertha Anderson, 79, died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at her home in Libby. A service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Libby Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Kevin Lindgren officiating. Private interment will be at Highland Cemetery in Havre. She was born on Feb. 29, 1924, on the family homestead near Gildford to Peder and Anna Mork. She met Dell Anderson and they were married on Jan. 11, 1944, at Great Falls. They lived at Gildford and farmed on the Anderson homestead six miles south of town until selling the farm...

WHITEFISH - Blake Gregory Anderson, 46, of Whitefish died on Sunday, June 22, 2003, at the family home from complications of diabetes. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Austin Funeral Home in Whitefish. Funeral services will be on Friday at 11 a.m. at the Whitefish Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Andy Kennaly officiating. Grave side will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Cut Bank with the Rev. Paul Kohler officiating. Blake was born July 17, 1956, in Farmington, N.M. He moved to Cut...

WHITEFISH - Blake Gregory Anderson, 46, of Whitefish died on Sunday, June 22, 2003, at the family home from complications of diabetes. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Austin Funeral Home in Whitefish. Funeral services will be on Friday at 11 a.m. at the Whitefish Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Andy Kennaly officiating. Grave side will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Cut Bank with the Rev. Paul Kohler officiating. Blake was born July 17, 1956, in Farmington, N.M. He moved to Cut...

ROCKY BOY - Angie F. Swan, 24, died Sunday, June 22, 2003, from injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A wake will begin today at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. The funeral ser- vice will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with Marvin Russette officiating. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Angie was born on June 22, 1979, to Clifford and Marjorie (Cochran) Swan in Havre. She was raised and educated in Rocky Boy and Harlem. Angie worked numerous jobs in her young life, including...

ROCKY BOY - John Roasting Stick Sr., 67, died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at a Havre hospital due to congestive heart failure. A wake service began at 4 p.m. Monday with the funeral at 10 a.m. today, all at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. Burial will be at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. John was born on July 4, 1935, to Simon and Mary (Walking Child) Roasting Stick. He married Georgiana Gopher on April 7, 1959, at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. John worked for the Rocky Boy Forestry and was a construction laborer and a seasonal...

HARLEM - Ronald Frances "Super" Doney, Giniha (Fear), 52, died Thursday, June 19, 2003, as the result of injuries he sustained in a vehicle crash. He was born on Aug. 27, 1950, to Charles Lindy and Irene Talks Different Doney. He attended grade school at St. Paul's Mission in Hays, then went on to Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota. He graduated in 1969. That summer he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1969-72. He was stationed at Chu Lai, Vietnam, with the 31st-196th Light Infantry Division, and in Germany with...

ROCKY BOY - Jennifer Lynn DeCoteau, 28, of Rocky Boy died Sunday evening from injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A wake began at 4 p.m. Monday at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, also at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with Marvin Russette officiating. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Jennifer was born Feb. 17, 1975, in Havre to Raphael De Coteau and Kathy Sutherland. She was raised and educated in Rocky Boy and graduated from Rocky Boy High School in...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Charlotte Ann (Green) Perry, 65, of North Haven, Conn., died on Saturday, June 21, 2003. The wake will be held Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue, North Haven, CT. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Cabrini Church, 56 Pond Hill Road, North Haven, Conn., with burial to follow at St. Thomas' Cemetery in Southington, Conn. Charlotte was born on Aug. 7, 1937, in Havre to the late Leslie and Frances (O'Neil) Green. Leslie and his so...

Eva L. McIntosh, 73, died Friday, June 20, 2003, at her residence after a long battle with lung cancer. A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Zoe Coutts and John Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the services at the graveside. Eva was born Nov. 10, 1929, and raised north of Havre to Claude and Blanche (Bjertnes) Springer. Eva attended Grainbelt School. She moved to Havre and wo...

CHOTEAU - Kari Ione Aardal, 39, of Choteau died Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital drom complications due to diabetes. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Choteau. The Revs. Jerry Olson, Luther Mathsen of Albuquerque, N.M. and Eric Mathsen of the Bronx, N.Y., will officiate jointly, as per Kari's wishes. The Revs. Luther and Eric are members of the family, being sons of Mr. and Mrs. Almore Mathsen of Spring Grove, Minn. A second funeral service will be held at...

BIG SANDY - Ray Aman, 78, retired grain elevator operator and Army veteran died Tuesday, June 17, 2003, with his family by his side at a Great Falls hospital after a short illness. The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Big Sandy with the Rev. Marvin Eldridge officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Big Sandy Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the church immediately following the graveside service. Memorials may be made to the Big Sandy Medical Center, 165 Mo...

BIG SANDY - Ray Aman, 78, retired grain elevator operator and Army veteran died Tuesday, June 17, 2003, with his family by his side at a Great Falls hospital after a short illness. The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Big Sandy with the Rev. Marvin Eldridge officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Big Sandy Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the church immediately following the graveside service. Memorials may be made to the Big Sandy Medical Center, 165 Mo...

Lillian "Bill" Phipps, 91, died Saturday, June 14, 2003, of natural causes at a Havre care facility. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel, with Ila McClenahan officiating. Burial will be at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook, with Ila McClenahan officiating. There will be a fellowship reception at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1315 Washington Ave., Havre, following the committal service in Chinook. Lillian was born on Dec. 20, 1911, in Bergen,...

Glorianne Virginia Mangold, 65, died Friday, June 13, 2003, at a Great Falls hospice of cancer. Visitation will be on Wednesday at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Vigil prayers will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the mortuary chapel. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Inverness with burial following at the Rudyard Cemetery. A luncheon will be at the Rudyard Catholic Youth Center. Glorianne was born April 3, 1938, in Havre to Clinton Evans Sr. and Mathilda "Tillie"...

Virginia (Ginnie) Elizabeth (Fisher) Keeley, 77, of Havre died Monday, June 16, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Memorial graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Highland Cemetery. Virginia was born June 1, 1926, in Hauge, N.D. to Julia and John Fisher. Her mother died when she was very young and she was raised by her stepmother, Eva Fisher. Virginia attended school in Hingham and graduated from Hingham High School. She then went to work for F.A. Buttrey in Havre. She married Mark A. Keeley June...

David John Borst, 57, of Carson City, Nev., died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at Carson City from complications of cancer. Cremation has taken place. A burial will take place next to his parents in Havre. Dave was born Aug. 20, 1945, at Malta to Lillian and James Borst. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Lillian Borst, and brother, James. Survivors include his wife, Marlas; sons, Tom and Bob; daughter, Sheila; brothers, Irvin and Jerry of Havre, Richard of Yuma, Ariz., and Robert of Kalispell; sister, Patty...

Luke Clayton Blackwell, 11, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, in a tragic auto accident north of Zurich. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church in Havre with burial following at 5 p.m. in the Forsyth Cemetery at Forsyth. Luke was born on Nov. 17, 1991, to Michael and Loreena (Reena Gilje) Blackwell in Port Angeles, Wash. He lived with his family in the coastal Pacific Northwest and Forsyth. Then later attended his first school years in Mandan, N.D., and Havre. Luke was one of a kind...

ROCKY BOY - Shirlin Lee Woods, 38, Inidan name Sha Bey Wah-ooo (White Buffalo Woman), died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at a hospital in Seattle, Wash., due to liver failure. Wake Services will started Wednesday afternoon at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. A funeral service will be at 2:30 p.m. today at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Shirlin was born Feb. 23, 1965, to Tony and Shirley C...

BIG SANDY - Claude E. Miner, 62, farmer and veteran, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at home of cancer. A gathering and rosary will be today at 7:30 p.m. The funeral will be on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Big Sandy. Claude was born in Havre to George and Edith Adell (Anderson) Miner on Aug. 19, 1940. He was raised and lived most of his life in the Kenilworth area. He attended school at the Ferndale and Lincoln schools in the country until the family moved to town where he graduated from the...

David John Borst, 57, of Carson City, Nev., died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at Carson City from complications of cancer. Cremation has taken place. A burial will take place next to his parents in Havre. Dave was born Aug. 20, 1945, at Malta to Lillian and James Borst. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Lillian Borst, and brother, James. Survivors include his wife, Marlas; sons, Tom and Bob; daughter, Sheila; brothers, Irvin and Jerry of Havre, Richard of Yuma, Ariz., and Robert of Kalispell; sister, Patty...

Luke Clayton Blackwell, 11, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, in a tragic auto accident north of Zurich. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church in Havre with burial following at 5 p.m. in the Forsyth Cemetery at Forsyth. Luke was born on Nov. 17, 1991, to Michael and Loreena (Reena Gilje) Blackwell in Port Angeles, Wash. He lived with his family in the coastal Pacific Northwest and Forsyth. Then later attended his first school years in Mandan, N.D., and Havre. Luke was one of a kind...