Obituaries

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Frances "Frankie" Brown, 68, died Jan. 27, 2003, at her in Moses Lake, Wash., home of lung cancer. A memorial service was held on Feb. 6, 2003, at the Lake City Foursquare Church in Moses Lake, with the Rev. Dave Chandler officiating. Frankie was born in Havre to George and Ruth Friesen on Dec. 9, 1934. The family moved to Ephrata, Wash., in 1946 and she graduated from Ephrata High School in 1952. Frankie married Vernon Lee Brown. In 1980 she moved to Moses Lake where she worked at the Grant County...

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Leo "Dutch" Rueben Ebel, 80, died on March 9, 2003. Leo was born in Chinook to Jacob and Lillian Ebel on Dec. 3, 1922. Leo and his brothers and sisters moved to Moses Lake in the late 1920s. He attended school there. He was given the nickname of "The Moses Lake Midget" by the local press and fans. He was only 5 feet, 6 inches tall, but played like he was a foot taller than everyone else. During his early years, he began a lifelong love of the outdoors, hunting and fishing. He built his home on the hill...

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Frances "Frankie" Brown, 68, died Jan. 27, 2003, at her in Moses Lake, Wash., home of lung cancer. A memorial service was held on Feb. 6, 2003, at the Lake City Foursquare Church in Moses Lake, with the Rev. Dave Chandler officiating. Frankie was born in Havre to George and Ruth Friesen on Dec. 9, 1934. The family moved to Ephrata, Wash., in 1946 and she graduated from Ephrata High School in 1952. Frankie married Vernon Lee Brown. In 1980 she moved to Moses Lake where she worked at the Grant County...

William R. Anderson, 72, a retired Burlington Northern Santa Fe engineer, died March 21, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. Viewing will be at the First Lutheran Church in Havre on Friday from noon to 1:30 p.m. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, fol- lowed by a reception at the Eagles Club. Born and raised in Great Falls, he married Evelyn Zachary in 1948. He worked on the family farm until 1952 when he moved to Havre and worked for the Great Northern Railway as a fireman. Bill al...

CHINOOK - Arthur Eugene Rusch, 76, died Friday, March 21, 2003, at his home in Chinook of natural causes. The funeral Mass was today at 11 a.m. in Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church. Rosary was recited Sunday evening in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Arthur was born in Chinook to Richard (Dick) Edward and Margaret Loretta (Raas) Rusch on Sept. 27, 1926. He graduated from Chinook High School in 1944. Art enlisted in the U.S. Navy and he served his country with honor on the U.S.S. Bennington until he was discharged in 1946....

HARLEM - Ardele D. Kulbeck, 72, died on Thursday, March 20, 2003, at a Great Falls nursing home of cancer. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Harlem High School gymnasium with burial following in the Harlem Cemetery. Ardelle was born to Knute and Elizabeth (Bjorgebakkum) Kviteberg at Wild Rose, N.D., on Dec. 26, 1930. In 1941 she moved to Nashua with her family. She graduated from Nashua High School in 1949. Ardelle was working in Havre as a beautician when she met Knute Kulbeck and they were married in...

ROCKY BOY - James Albert "Peachum" Wells, 79, World War II veteran and retired carpenter, died Thursday, March 14, 2003, at a Havre Hospital of natural causes. The wake service was Sunday at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. The funeral Mass was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. The burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Peachum was born on March 14, 1923, to Pete Laundrie and Anna Rose Descharme at the Rocky Boy Agency. His stepfather, James Descharme, raised him. He attended schools at...

BIG SANDY - James Evan "Jim" Ramer, 68, local farmer and rancher and Navy veteran, died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at a Big Sandy medical center of heart failure. Cremation has taken place. The memorial service is 2 p.m. Thursday at the Big Sandy High School Auditorium with Bishop Thad Willis officiating. The burial of the cremat- ed remains will follow the memorial service with full military honors at the Big Sandy Cemetery. There will be a fellowship luncheon at the Big Sandy Senior Center following the committal rite. Jim was...

GREAT FALLS - Anthony John Kologi, 93, died Friday, March 14, 2003, at a Havre care facility of natural causes. A funeral service is 1 p.m. on Tuesday at the O'Conner Funeral Chapel in Great Falls with the Rev. Patrick Zabrocki officiating. The burial will follow the funeral service at the Highland Cemetery in Great Falls. Anthony was born Sept. 9, 1909, to Joseph and Lena (Schneider) Kologi at Long Prairie, Minn. When he was 6 years old, Anthony's family moved to Cascade and later to Great Falls with his father's job. He...

Frances Lorraine Inman, 94, died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at a Havre Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Jack Rampelberg officiating. The committal rite will follow at the Highland Cemetery in Havre. A fellowship luncheon will follow the committal service at the Havre Eagles Club. Frances was born Dec. 2, 1908, to Frank and Eva (Reisinger) Thomas in Britt, Iowa, the fourth of six children. At the age of fou...

ROCKY BOY - James Albert "Peachum" Wells, 79, World War II veteran and retired carpenter, died Thursday, March 14, 2003, at a Havre Hospital of natural causes. The wake service was Sunday at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. The funeral Mass was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. The burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Peachum was born on March 14, 1923, to Pete Laundrie and Anna Rose Descharme at the Rocky Boy Agency. His stepfather, James Descharme, raised him. He attended schools at...

BIG SANDY - James Evan "Jim" Ramer, 68, local farmer and rancher and Navy veteran, died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at a Big Sandy medical center of heart failure. Cremation has taken place. The memorial service is 2 p.m. Thursday at the Big Sandy High School Auditorium with Bishop Thad Willis officiating. The burial of the cremat- ed remains will follow the memorial service with full military honors at the Big Sandy Cemetery. There will be a fellowship luncheon at the Big Sandy Senior Center following the committal rite. Jim was...

ROCKY BOY - James Albert "Peachum" Wells, 79, World War II veteran and retired carpenter, died Thursday, March 14, 2003, at a Havre Hospital of natural causes. The wake service was Sunday at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. The funeral Mass was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. The burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Peachum was born on March 14, 1923, to Pete Laundrie and Anna Rose Descharme at the Rocky Boy Agency. His stepfather, James Descharme, raised him. He attended schools at...

BIG SANDY - James Evan "Jim" Ramer, 68, local farmer and rancher and Navy veteran, died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at a Big Sandy medical center of heart failure. Cremation has taken place. The memorial service is 2 p.m. Thursday at the Big Sandy High School Auditorium with Bishop Thad Willis officiating. The burial of the cremat- ed remains will follow the memorial service with full military honors at the Big Sandy Cemetery. There will be a fellowship luncheon at the Big Sandy Senior Center following the committal rite. Jim was...

Ernest R. "Ralph" Hammond, 86, a retired heavy equipment operator, died March 12, 2003, at a Havre care facility of natural causes. Celebration of Life is 11 a.m. on Monday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship will follow the Committal Rite at the Church. Ralph was born on July 16, 1916, to J.W. and Bessie Johnston Hammond at Froid in Roosevelt County. He was educated in Roosevelt County. Ralph married Lillian Burch in Havre on...

Obituary Frank Mosbrucker, 69, retired farmer, died March 9, 2003, at a Havre Hospital of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Cremation has taken place. A prayer vigil is 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel. A funeral memorial Mass is 2 p.m. Friday at the St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial is to follow the funeral Mass at the Highland Cemetery. Luncheon will be at the Parish Center immediately after the graveside services. Frank was born Jan. 13, 1934, to Florian and...

Obituary GREAT FALLS - Mildred Maxine Williams, 82, died on March 6, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Church of Christ in Chinook. Mildred was born on Aug. 24, 1920, in Billings. She was adopted to the Rackcliffe family in Billings. She was raised and attended schools in Billings. Mildred was married to a Kline in 1936 in Billings. They later divorced. She had a common-law marriage to Carl Edward Padden in Great Falls. He died in...

William M. Moore, 70, of Havre died Friday, March 7, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel in Havre with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Cremation has taken place. A fellowship reception will follow the committal service at the Eagles Club. Bill was born Aug. 8, 1932, in Helena and raised in the Whitefish area. He attended schools in Whitefish. After completing school he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...

Obituary GREAT FALLS - Mildred Maxine Williams, 82, died on March 6, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Church of Christ in Chinook. Mildred was born on Aug. 24, 1920, in Billings. She was adopted to the Rackcliffe family in Billings. She was raised and attended schools in Billings. Mildred was married to a Kline in 1936 in Billings. They later divorced. She had a common-law marriage to Carl Edward Padden in Great Falls. He died in...

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...

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...