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...

Angelina Kay (Angie) Lotton, 22, of Havre died unexpectedly of natural causes relating to Addison's Disease on Monday, June 23, 2003. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church in Havre with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Angie was born Dec. 2, 1980, and attended school in Havre. She graduated from Havre High School in 1999. She had a love for children and spent many hours being a part-time nanny in high school and subsequently traveled to many places as a full-time nanny foll...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

HARLEM - Gay A. Stearns, 77, formerly of Chinook, died at his home in Harlem on Friday after a long battle with congestive heart failure. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Fort Belknap Red Whip Center. Burial with military honors will be in the Malta Cemetery. Gay was the oldest of 12 chil-dren born on April 14, 1926, in Malta to Kenneth and Beatrice (Smith) Stearns. Gay attended schools in Whitewater. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1944 and served during World War II. Gay was a bar/restaurant owner, ranch...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Helen Carol Smith, 59, formerly of Rudyard, died on Saturday, June 7, 2003, at an Anchorage medical center from colon cancer. A small service for friends and family was held at Evergreen Memorial Chapel in Anchorage on Thursday afternoon. Plans for a second memorial service in Whitefish on June 24 are pending. Carol was born in Whitefish on March 18, 1944, to Maxine Lodinoff. She married James Smith in 1963 right after graduating from high school. Following four years of college in Superior, Wis., she and...

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...

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...

CHESTER - Mina May Thielman, 96, died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, June 2, 2003. A funeral service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chester with burial following at the Chester Cemetery. Mina was born in Mildred, Minn., to Claude and Ella Mae (Porter) Ames on May 23, 1907. When Mina was a child, her family moved to Hannah, Alberta, Canada, and she began her early education there. When she was 10, the family moved to Lothair, where her father operated a livery stable. She continued her...

FORT BENTON - Joseph Peter Jordan, 84, a former Fort Benton mayor, died of natural causes Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at a Great Falls hospice. A vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church in Fort Benton. A funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the church with burial in Riverside Cemetery. A lunch in the church basement will follow the burial. Joe was born on Jan. 3, 1919, on the family farm in Hettinger County, N.D., to Juliana Stein and Peter Jordan. He attended country school until eighth grade and...

GILBERT, Ariz. - Laurel Ann Holloway, 72, of Gilbert, Ariz., died May 25, 2003. A memorial for family and friends is planned for late June. Laurel was born on Aug. 22, 1930, at Rudyard to Ralph and Lottie Koefod. She attended Montana State University and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She married Frank Holloway in 1950. Her family will miss her warm sense of humor and strong will. Laurel is survived by he sister, Kathleen Van Luchene of Mesa, Ariz.; daughters, Pamel Holloway of Estes Park, Utah, and Wendy Lambros of...

CHINOOK - Carroll Ray Rudolph, 79, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, at a Chinook nursing home due to natural causes. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the American Lutheran Church with burial in the Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Carroll was born in Chester on Oct. 10, 1923, to Ray and Hazel (Ray) Rudolph. He was raised in Joplin and graduated from Joplin High School in 1943. He attended college at Northern Montana College in Havre for two years. Carroll was a farmer and rancher all of his life. He and his brother Donald had R...

Howard Glenn Olson, 79, retired railroader, died Friday, May 30, 2003, at a Great Falls Hospital of natural causes. A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church in Havre with the Revs. Catherine Card and Brad Ulgenes officiating. The committal service will be held at the Highland Cemetery in Havre following the funeral services. There will be a fellowship reception at the church following the committal rite. Howard was born March 9, 1924, to Halvor and Gunda (Aamot) Olson in Havre. He was raised and...