Obituaries

BILLINGS - Gary W. "Mick" Morris, 66, of Billings died Friday, May 20, 2005, at a Billings hospital. A memorial service will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Chinook United Methodist Church. Mick was born to Willis Morris and Beatrice (Drewniak) Morris on May 29, 1938, in Havre. He graduated from Chinook High School in 1956 and served honorably in the U.S. Navy from January 1957 to January 1961. Mick married Betty Shelstad on May 19, 1961, in Chinook. Mick worked for Hilde Construction. In 1973, he moved to Gillette, Wyo., and...

CHINOOK - Lorraine Johnson, 77, of Chinook died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. A memorial graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Lorraine was born on Feb. 3, 1928, in Lowell, Mass., to John and Mary (O'Neal) Magee. She was raised in Lowell and graduated from Lowell High School. Lorraine married Jack Johnson on Sept. 22, 1946, in Lowell. Lorraine worked as a clerk for a number of years in a local grocery store. Survivors include her husband, Jack...

HARLEM - Benjamin D. "Tuffy" Hofer, 38, of Harlem, a ranch hand, died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at his home due to a heart attack. A wake service will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Log Church at Fort Belknap Agency. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Harlem High School Little Gymnasium with burial following in the Harlem Cemetery. Benjamin was born Oct. 1, 1966, at Fort Belknap to Darius K. and Katie (Stahl) Hofer. He lived at the North Harlem Colony, where he also graduated from school. When he...

CHINOOK - Lorraine Johnson, 77, of Chinook died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. A memorial graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Lorraine was born on Feb. 3, 1928, in Lowell, Mass., to John and Mary (O'Neal) Magee. She was raised in Lowell and graduated from Lowell High School. Lorraine married Jack Johnson on Sept. 22, 1946, in Lowell. Lorraine worked as a clerk for a number of years in a local grocery store. Survivors include her husband, Jack...

HARLEM - Benjamin D. "Tuffy" Hofer, 38, of Harlem, a ranch hand, died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at his home due to a heart attack. A wake service will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Log Church at Fort Belknap Agency. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Harlem High School Little Gymnasium with burial following in the Harlem Cemetery. Benjamin was born Oct. 1, 1966, at Fort Belknap to Darius K. and Katie (Stahl) Hofer. He lived at the North Harlem Colony, where he also graduated from school. When he...

Michael H. Wolf, 87, died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at a hospice facility in Hamilton of natural causes. Michael's funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church in Havre, with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton offi- ciating. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the VFW Club immediately after the services at the graveside. Michael was born Sept. 23, 1917, at his family home in Liberty County. He was raised and educated in Liberty...

HAINES, Alaska - Edmund Adolph Vogel, 87, of Haines died Saturday, April 28, 2005, at his residence of advancing leukemia. A graveside service was held May 2 at Jones Point Cemetery at Haines. Ed was born Dec. 21, 1917, at Hingham. He grew up on the family wheat farm. He joined the U.S. Army in 1939 and was stationed in Alaska, building runways at Annette and Yakutat en route to the Aleutian Islands. He reached the rank of master sergeant. Following the war, he returned to Alaska and logged in Ketchikan. Ed married Lola Kidd...

A memorial service will be held for Mary Beth Snyder, 92, a lifelong resident of Havre at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Snyder died of complications from a cerebral aneurism on Friday, March 11, 2005, in Phoenix, Ariz., where she spent her winters. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley O. Snyder, and sister, Annabelle Cowan. Survivors include her son, Rod (Susan) Snyder of Brady; daughters, Louanne (Dale) Sheneman of Idyllwild, Calif., and Louise (Don) Krumm of Washington, D.C.; and five...

RUDYARD - Clifford A. Krejci, 83, of Rudyard died Sunday, May 15, 2005, at the Liberty County Hospital in Chester from progressive lung disease. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chester. Burial with military rites will follow at the Chester Cemetery. Cliff was born Feb. 8, 1922, at Rudyard to Joseph and Emily (Tichey) Krejci. Cliff grew up and received his education in Rudyard and graduated from Rudyard High School in 1940. In his teens, he worked in the family service...

A memorial for Sarah Louisa Woeppel will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Havre Assembly of God. Woeppel, 88, of Havre died Thursday, May 5, 2005, of natural causes. A luncheon will be held immediately afetr the service in the church fellowship hall. A graveside service has already taken place in Highland Cemetery. Survivors include her son Allan (Kathleen) of Havre; sisters, Elsie K. Nelson and Lily (Dwayne) Kretchmer, all of Havre; Iris Hay of Hood River, Ore.; brothers, Lewis (Irene) Gilbert of Harlem, Quenton Gilbert of...

BOZEMAN - Myrna Lee Russell, 69, of Bozeman died Saturday, May 7, 2005, while visiting relatives in Denver, Colo. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Grand Avenue Christian Church in Bozeman. She was born Dec. 2, 1935, in Glasgow to Walter and Eva (Foust) Luse. Myrna graduated from Glasgow High School in 1954. She became a registered nurse in 1957 after attending Columbus School of Nursing in Great Falls. She met Max Russell and married him in 1958. Together they built a very good life with their two...

Mary Patricia Granier, 83, of Havre died Sunday, May 15, 2005, at her residence. A prayer vigil/rosary service will be held 5 p.m. Friday at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Her funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude's Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch as celebrant. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the St. Jude Parish Center immediately after the service at the graveside. Mary was born to Ross and Gertrude (Gallo) Lence on Oct. 12, 1921, in Whitefish....

LEWISTOWN - Angeline Kathryn McMullen, 83, died Monday, May 9, 2005, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. A funeral liturgy was held Thursday morning at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Lewistown. Cremation followed the service with committal planned at the Plains Cemetery in Plains. Angie was born May 12, 1921, to Christian and Kathryn (Byrne) Gebhardt on the family farm near Balta, N.D. She attended school in Peerless and graduated from Peerless High School in 1940. After graduation, Angie moved to southern California, where...

CHESTER/LAKESIDE - Betty Jo Kuntz, 81, of Lakeside, formerly of Havre, died Saturday, May 14, 2005, at her home with her family at her bedside. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chester. Burial will follow in the Chester Cemetery. A separate memorial service will be held for Betty at 10 a.m. on Friday at the Eidsvold Lutheran Church at Lakeside. Betty was born June 2, 1923, in Rudyard to Robert and Josephine (Saueressig) Phillips. She grew up on the family farm at...

MISSOULA - Joseph R. Crowley, 91, Butte native and former president of Northern Montana College, died in Missoula on Wednesday, May 11, 2005. His funeral Mass will be at noon Saturday at St. Patrick's in Butte. Interment will be in Holy Cross family plot. He was the son of Margaret and Don H. Crowley, pioneer Butte residents. Dr. Crowley received a B.A. degree from the University of Washington in English literature. He earned both his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Montana. He was a World War II veteran... Full story

Cora T. Hedges, 100, of Havre died peacefully Friday, May 6, 2005, in her room at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A prayer vigil and rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holland & Bonine Chapel. Her funeral Mass will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Jude's Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at the Calvary Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the St. Jude Parish Center immediately after the services at the graveside. Cora was born July 9,...

CHINOOK - Ruth Mary Gorman Gallup, 74, died April 20, 2005 in Yakima, Wash. A memorial graveside service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Ruth was born on Dec. 24, 1930, in Cleveland to Donel and Emma Gorman. She is survived by daughter, Carmel Taule of Sunburst; sons, Fred Gallup of Sweet Grass and Hanford Gallup of Anacortes, Wash.; brother, Jim Gorman of Cut Bank; sisters, Pauline Leo and Aileen Zarn, both of Chinook, Loretta Coyner of Yakima, Wash., and Joan (Wells) Lamey of Havre; five...

Sarah Louisa Woeppel, 88, a Havre homemaker and farmer died of natural causes on Thursday, May 5, 2005, at the home of her son, Allan Woeppel. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Havre Assembly of God Church. A luncheon will be held at the church fellowship hall immediately after the service. A graveside service has already taken place in the Highland Cemetery at Havre. Sarah Louisa was born Jan. 2, 1917, at Laird, Colo., to Millard G. Gilbert and Emma (Talmon) Gilbert Albro. Louisa and her family...

CHINOOK - Donald Luther Waldrip, 81, of Las Vegas, died Monday, May 2, 2005, at his residence in Las Vegas, Nev., due to cancer. Services were held at Palm Mortuary on May 3, 2005 at 2 p.m. A graveside service will be today at 2 p.m. in Kuper Memorial Cemetery with military honors. Don was born on Feb. 9, 1924, in Havre to Luther and Nellie (Casady) Waldrip. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and married Janice Strain of Chinook. Don worked construction as an electrician and was retired from the construction...

STEVENSVILLE - Marjorie B. Dailey, 79, of Stevensville, a former Havre Daily News employee, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005, of natural causes at the Bitterroot Living Center in Stevensville. At her request, there will be no public services. Cremation has taken place and placement will be at the Lewistown City Cemetery at a later date. She was born June 7, 1925, in Lewistown to Carlos and Carmen Wallace. As a young girl, she lived on the family ranch near Brooks and received her education in Brooks and Lewistown. That family ranch...

CHINOOK - Ben Paul Fisher, 74, a farmer, rancher and Air Force veteran, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at a Great Falls hospital of complications from a fall. His funeral is 2 p.m. Saturday at Assembly of God Church in Chinook, with burial in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Ben was born Sept. 14, 1930, at home in Hopp Iliad, south of Big Sandy, to Louis J. and Julia (Vrabel) Fisher. He went to school at Hopp Iliad until eighth grade, then attended high school in Helena and Big Sandy, going on to receive a GED through the Air Force. He... Full story

Eliza Cleavenger, 84, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A prayer vigil service will be 5 p.m. Friday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. The wake service will begin afterward at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church in Rocky Boy. Her funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Jude's Catholic Church in Havre with burial to follow at the Highland Cemetery. A celebration of life luncheon will be held at the Vineyard immediately after the services at the graveside. Eliza was born Aug....

Ann R. Smith, 34, of Chinook died Monday, May 2, 2005, at Northern Montana Hospital due to heart-related complications. A funeral service will be Friday at 9 a.m. in St. Jude's Catholic Church with burial following in the Highland Cemetery. Ann was born on June 30, 1970, in Spokane, Wash., to Robert D. Thole and Shirley D. Kraft. She attended schools in Havre. She graduated from Havre High School in 1988 and attended Northern Montana College. Ann was an Eagles member in Havre for 16 years. She worked in the propane business,...

JOPLIN - Dorma Johnson Hadford, 90, of Joplin died of natural causes at the Liberty County Nursing Home in Chester on Monday, May 2, 2005. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bethel Church in Joplin. Burial will follow at the Joplin Cemetery. She was born Dorma Vera Heydon on May 15, 1914, at Chester to Frank and Effie (Taplin) Heydon, who farmed 12 miles northwest of Joplin. Dorma received her early education at the Meldrum country school near the farm. She finished her schooling in Joplin, where she...

Marvel L. Swanson, 70, of Havre died Saturday, April 30, 2005, at Benefis East Campus in Great Falls after complications from surgery. Crema-tion has taken place and her memorial service will be 1 p.m. Friday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Marvel was born Oct. 10, 1934, to Murrell and Gloris (Montgomery) Wilson in Whitefish. She was raised and educated in Whitefish and graduated from high school there. In 1951, when Marvel was 17, she moved with her family to Havre. Marvel... Full story