Obituaries

BIG SANDY - Annie A. Torkelson, a retired bar owner, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. She was 92. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Adams Memorial Chapel in Malta. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Annie was born April 3, 1910, to Henry and Sophia (Siskavich) Andrews in Budapest, Hungary, while her family was making the journey from Austria to Canada. Her family homesteaded in the Caldwell area in northern Phillips County. She attended school in Caldwell and...

EMPORIA, Kan. - Edith Mae Crumpacker died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in an Emporia, Kan., hospital. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. A private inurnment will be at a later date. Edith was born in Havre, Mont., to Thomas Wesley and Christine Andrus McDonald. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in Pleasanton, Kan. Edith married William Dale Crumpacker Jr. on Dec. 4, 1948, in Berryville, Ark. He preceded...

Obituary CHINOOK - Andrew A. Waritz, 72, died Monday, March 3, 2003, at a Havre hospital of heart failure. A funeral service will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the St. Gabriel Catholic Church with burial in the Highland Cemetery in Havre. Andy served in the U.S. Army and worked for the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Madge Waritz of Chinook; sons, Mitch Waritz of Spokane and Steve Waritz of California; daughter, Suzanne Waritz of Houston, Texas; stepdaughter, Bernadette Stock of Port Orchard,...

BIG SANDY - Annie A. Torkelson, a retired bar owner, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. She was 92. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Adams Memorial Chapel in Malta. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Annie was born April 3, 1910, to Henry and Sophia (Siskavich) Andrews in Budapest, Hungary, while her family was making the journey from Austria to Canada. Her family homesteaded in the Caldwell area in northern Phillips County. She attended school in Caldwell and...

EMPORIA, Kan. - Edith Mae Crumpacker died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in an Emporia, Kan., hospital. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. A private inurnment will be at a later date. Edith was born in Havre, Mont., to Thomas Wesley and Christine Andrus McDonald. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in Pleasanton, Kan. Edith married William Dale Crumpacker Jr. on Dec. 4, 1948, in Berryville, Ark. He preceded...

BIG SANDY - Annie A. Torkelson, a retired bar owner, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. She was 92. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Adams Memorial Chapel in Malta. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Annie was born April 3, 1910, to Henry and Sophia (Siskavich) Andrews in Budapest, Hungary, while her family was making the journey from Austria to Canada. Her family homesteaded in the Caldwell area in northern Phillips County. She attended school in Caldwell and...

EMPORIA, Kan. - Edith Mae Crumpacker died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in an Emporia, Kan., hospital. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Emporia. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. A private inurnment will be at a later date. Edith was born in Havre, Mont., to Thomas Wesley and Christine Andrus McDonald. She graduated from Pleasanton High School in Pleasanton, Kan. Edith married William Dale Crumpacker Jr. on Dec. 4, 1948, in Berryville, Ark. He preceded...

Sigurd E. "Sig" Meland, 81, retired North Havre farmer and rancher and U.S. Army veteran, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at a Havre care center of complications from Parkinson's disease and diabetes. Funeral service is 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Lutheran Church in Havre with the Rev Brad Ulgenes officiating. There will be a burial with full military honors following the funeral service at the Highland Cemetery. There is a fellowship luncheon in Sig's honor following the committal rite at the church. Sig was born July 6, 1921 t...

Philip J. Leeds, 58, of Wenatchee, Wash., died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003, at a Wenatchee hospital. Services will be held at a later date. He was born and raised in Havre. He was a math and science teacher at Havre Central Junior High School for 13 years. He has lived in Wenatchee for the past 17 years and had recently worked at Plaza Super Jet in Wenatchee. He was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Philip (Tip) Leeds, and a brother, Jeff Leeds. Survivors include his wife, Colleen (Olson) Leeds of Wenatchee; daughter, Kim...

Olive K. Kiemele, 79, of Havre died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at her residence of natural causes. Her funeral service is 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Parr officiating. Public viewing will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship to follow the committal rite at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Olive was born Dec. 30, 1923, to Theo and Ida (Hauge) Kenfield 21 miles north of Inverness in the Minneota...

Betty Helen Zoren, 76, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A private family service has taken place. Betty was born on March 18, 1926, to Fred and Nelle Bateman in Great Britain. She was educated in Great Britain. On Dec. 4, 1944, Betty married George P. Zoren in Bedford, England. She was in Her Majesty's Royal Navy and George was in the U.S. Army Air Corps. George preceded her in death on Jan. 29, 2003. The couple moved to Havre in 1965 due to George's employment...

CHINOOK - William L. "Bill" Nash, 62, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, due to a semi-truck accident west of Rawlins, Wyo. A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the American Lutheran Church with burial in Kuper Memorial Cemetery with military honors. Bill was born on April 28, 1942, to Wallace and Lucille(Finley) Nash in Havre. He attended schools in Chinook and graduated from Chinook High School in 1960. From 1960 to 1962 he served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged from the Montana National Guard in...

Philip J. Leeds, 58, of Wenatchee, Wash., died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003, at a Wenatchee hospital. Services will be held at a later date. He was born and raised in Havre. He was a math and science teacher at Havre Central Junior High School for 13 years. He has lived in Wenatchee for the past 17 years and had recently worked at Plaza Super Jet in Wenatchee. He was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Philip (Tip) Leeds, and a brother, Jeff Leeds. Survivors include his wife, Colleen (Olson) Leeds of Wenatchee; daughter, Kim...

Olive K. Kiemele, 79, of Havre died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at her residence of natural causes. Her funeral service is 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Parr officiating. Public viewing will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship to follow the committal rite at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Olive was born Dec. 30, 1923, to Theo and Ida (Hauge) Kenfield 21 miles north of Inverness in the Minneota...

Bart O. Wilson, 32, a local farmer, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003, west of Big Sandy one mile north on Ihmsen Wells Road. Cause of death is due to a single vehicle accident. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Jack Rampelberg officiating. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship will follow the committal rite at the Vets Club. Bart was born Jan. 13, 1971, to Kenneth Lloyd and Caroline (Becker) Wilson in Havre. Bart attended grade school in...

John Wipf, 86, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Parr officiating. Interment with mili- tary honors will be held at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the Vets Club immediately after the interment at the cemetery. John was born July 26, 1916. in Chaseley, N.D., to Joe and Susan (Klensauser) Wipf. He entered into the U.S. Army in 1942. He was in...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Norman Peter Nault Sr., 87, Longtime Alaskan, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at the Fountain of Youth Spa in Niland, Calif. A funeral service and burial were held in Cascade, Idaho. A memorial service will be in Homer, Alaska, in the summer. Nault was born June 10, 1915, in Havre to Napoleon Nault and Hattie Jarvis Nault. Nault had known Harry Morrison of Morrison Knudson Co. for years and was employed by the company as a construction worker on Wake Island when it was attacked by the Japanese just after the...

KALISPELL - James Ray Myers, 91, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at a care home in Kalispell. A funeral service was held Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Kalispell with burial at the C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Myers was born on June 11, 1911, at Columbus to Ira M. and Myrtle B. (Tucker) Myers. Ray received his teaching certificate from Eastern Montana College in Billings and began teaching in Lone Pine in 1935. He moved on to teach in Missoula and then entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 to serve his country during World...

CARROLLTON, Ga. - Bradley Harold Beck, 46, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, of natural causes. Bradley was born in Havre on July 10, 1956. He lived in Carrollton for several years. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold Beck in 1993. Survivors include his mother, Ramona Beck Walker of Mesa, Ariz.; sisters, Barbara Beck and Brenda Parker of Phoenix, Ariz., Bev Glueckert of Missoula and Boni Drago of Toledo, Ore.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins....

John Wipf, 86, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Parr officiating. Interment with mili- tary honors will be held at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the Vets Club immediately after the interment at the cemetery. John was born July 26, 1916. in Chaseley, N.D., to Joe and Susan (Klensauser) Wipf. He entered into the U.S. Army in 1942. He was in...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Norman Peter Nault Sr., 87, Longtime Alaskan, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at the Fountain of Youth Spa in Niland, Calif. A funeral service and burial were held in Cascade, Idaho. A memorial service will be in Homer, Alaska, in the summer. Nault was born June 10, 1915, in Havre to Napoleon Nault and Hattie Jarvis Nault. Nault had known Harry Morrison of Morrison Knudson Co. for years and was employed by the company as a construction worker on Wake Island when it was attacked by the Japanese just after the...

ROCKY BOY - Agnes Parker, 77, of Rocky Boy died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Wake services began Sunday at 4 p.m. with the funeral service scheduled for 10 a.m. today, all at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Agnes was born Aug. 29, 1925, in Great Falls to Joe and Josephine (Walking Child) Alexander. Agnes moved to Rocky Boy in 1943 with her family. She married Robert Parker Sr. Jan. 3, 1946. They had six...

KALISPELL - Gil Deppmeier, 70, formerly of Hillsboro, Ore., died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, at Kalispell following a short illness. He was born in October 1932 to Doris and George Deppmeier at Havre. Gil had fond memories of riding his horse, Lady, and working summers as a ranch hand with his brothers and lifelong friend Bill Sanguine. After working for the Great Northern Railway, Gil served in the Air Force in Germany during the Korean War. From Europe he was transferred to Portland, where he met and married Donna Barrette....

ROCKY BOY - Merle Lee Big Bow, Sr., 49 years of age and landscaper, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at his residence in Rocky Boy after a short illness. A wake was held Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy with the Rev. Ruth Votaw officiating. The funeral service was Saturday morning at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. A fellowship luncheon was to follow committal rite at the church. Merle was born Sept. 11, 1953, to Earl and Elsie (Whitford) Big Bow in Rocky Boy. He attended Rocky Boy Elementary...

WARRICK/BIG SANDY - Pauline (Norden) Weaver, 69, died Monday Feb. 10, 2003, at her home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy with the Rev. James Robinson officiating. Burial is to follow the funeral service at the Big Sandy Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will follow the committal rite at the Christ Lutheran Church. Pauline was born Dec. 17, 1933, to Paul and Dorothy (Swanson) Norden in Havre. Her family lived near Warrick. She attend...