Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

CASPER, Wyo. - Tempie Powell, 68, of Casper, Wyo., formerly of Havre, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at her home surrounded by her family. A funeral service was held on May 23 at College Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry D. White officiating. Interment was at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Tempie was born on July 25, 1934, in Nolan, Texas, to Alphonso Brown and Leanora (Bland) Terry. Tempie married Jesse Oran Powell in Carlsbad, N.M., on July 3, 1954. They lived in Havre from 1973 through 1984. She earned her GED in Havre...

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...

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...

CASPER, Wyo. - Tempie Powell, 68, of Casper, Wyo., formerly of Havre, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at her home surrounded by her family. A funeral service was held on May 23 at College Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry D. White officiating. Interment was at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Tempie was born on July 25, 1934, in Nolan, Texas, to Alphonso Brown and Leanora (Bland) Terry. Tempie married Jesse Oran Powell in Carlsbad, N.M., on July 3, 1954. They lived in Havre from 1973 through 1984. She earned her GED in Havre...

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...

FORT BELKNAP AGENCY - A wake service for Frances White of Fort Belknap Agency will start at 7 p.m. today at her home. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the White Cemetery at Three Buttes. A full obituary will follow....

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...

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...

FORT BELKNAP AGENCY - A wake service for Frances White of Fort Belknap Agency will start at 7 p.m. today at her home. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the White Cemetery at Three Buttes. A full obituary will follow....

CONRAD - Daniel J. Schaub, 67, former Havre resident, died Tuesday, May 27, 2003, in Conrad of natural causes. A service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Pondera Funeral Home in Conrad, followed by graveside service at the Hillside Cemetery. He was born in 1935 in Belle Fourche, S.D. He attended school in Fairview. He married Edna DeBoer in Great Falls in 1967. He worked as a brakeman for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Havre. Survivors include his wife, Edna of Conrad; sons, Gary and Dennis Schaub of Havre...

HARLEM - Joshua Thomas Raven Chief (Kuxi Hunpa) Rutherford, 28, a Blaine County deputy sheriff, died on Thursday, May 29, 2003, after responding to a domestic disturbance. A wake and rosary was Sunday at the Fort Belknap Agency in the Red Whip Recreation Center. A funeral Mass was this morning at the Harlem High School gymnasium with the Rev. Joseph Retzel, S.J., officiating. Joshua was born on Aug. 16, 1974, in Denver, Colo. He was educated at Edgewater Elementary School, Wheat Ridge Junior High School and Harlem High...

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...

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...