Obituaries

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...

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...

Helen Louise Daum, 93, died March 13, 2003, at a Chinook care facility of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will take place at a later date. Helen was born Aug. 31, 1901, to Henry Madison and Dorothy C. (Sturgeon) Gable. She attended school in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. On Aug. 26, 1928, Helen married F. Arthur Daum at Havre. To this union, three children were born. Her husband and two sons precede her in death. She was a member of the Van Orsdel Methodist Church for more than 60...

Jane Callahan, 76, of Havre, a retired dental assistant, died Saturday, March 15, 2003, at Peace Hospice of Montana of cancer. A rosary and vigil are 7 p.m. today at St. Jude's Catholic Church. Her memorial service is 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with burial of ashes in Highland Cemetery. She was born Jan. 4, 1927, in Havre, where she was raised and educated. She attended St. Jude's Grade School and graduated from Havre High School in 1945, then attended Northern Montana College in Havre. She worked as a dental assistant...

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...

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...

Helen Louise Daum, 93, died March 13, 2003, at a Chinook care facility of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will take place at a later date. Helen was born Aug. 31, 1901, to Henry Madison and Dorothy C. (Sturgeon) Gable. She attended school in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. On Aug. 26, 1928, Helen married F. Arthur Daum at Havre. To this union, three children were born. Her husband and two sons precede her in death. She was a member of the Van Orsdel Methodist Church for more than 60...

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...

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...

Helen Louise Daum, 93, died March 13, 2003, at a Chinook care facility of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will take place at a later date. Helen was born Aug. 31, 1901, to Henry Madison and Dorothy C. (Sturgeon) Gable. She attended school in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. On Aug. 26, 1928, Helen married F. Arthur Daum at Havre. To this union, three children were born. Her husband and two sons precede her in death. She was a member of the Van Orsdel Methodist Church for more than 60...

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...

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...

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...

Albert "Woody" Hall Woodard, 75, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at a veterans hospital in Fort Harrison after a long illness. He was buried at the Montana Veterans Cemetery in Fort Harrison on March 11. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Havre Assembly of God Church. Albert was born on July 31, 1927, in Elgin, Ill., to Christine I. Cooper and Theodore A. Woodard. Albert served in the U.S. Merchant Marines in 1943 and then in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Albert married M. Jean Miller in 1963 in Ch...

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...

BIG SANDY - Donald LeRoy "Donnie" Fox, 65, retired Air Force communication tech sergeant, died Sunday, March 9, 2003, at his mother's residence in Big Sandy of pancreatic cancer. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Luncheon will follow the funeral service at the church. Burial with full military honors will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Donnie was born Feb. 28, 1938, to Inez Lucille Huestis at the Florence Crittenton...

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...

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...