Obituaries

Bart O. Wilson, 32, a local farmer, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003, west of Big Sandy one mile north on Ihmsen Wells Road. Cause of death is due to a single vehicle accident. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Jack Rampelberg officiating. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship will follow the committal rite at the Vets Club. Bart was born Jan. 13, 1971, to Kenneth Lloyd and Caroline (Becker) Wilson in Havre. Bart attended grade school in...

Bart O. Wilson, 32, a local farmer, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003, west of Big Sandy one mile north on Ihmsen Wells Road. Cause of death is due to a single vehicle accident. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Jack Rampelberg officiating. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship will follow the committal rite at the Vets Club. Bart was born Jan. 13, 1971, to Kenneth Lloyd and Caroline (Becker) Wilson in Havre. Bart attended grade school in...

Bart O. Wilson, 32, a local farmer, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003, west of Big Sandy one mile north on Ihmsen Wells Road. Cause of death is due to a single vehicle accident. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with the Rev. Jack Rampelberg officiating. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Fellowship will follow the committal rite at the Vets Club. Bart was born Jan. 13, 1971, to Kenneth Lloyd and Caroline (Becker) Wilson in Havre. Bart attended grade school in...

CARROLLTON, Ga. - Bradley Harold Beck, 46, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, of natural causes. Bradley was born in Havre on July 10, 1956. He lived in Carrollton for several years. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold Beck in 1993. Survivors include his mother, Ramona Beck Walker of Mesa, Ariz.; sisters, Barbara Beck and Brenda Parker of Phoenix, Ariz., Bev Glueckert of Missoula and Boni Drago of Toledo, Ore.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins....

John Wipf, 86, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Parr officiating. Interment with mili- tary honors will be held at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the Vets Club immediately after the interment at the cemetery. John was born July 26, 1916. in Chaseley, N.D., to Joe and Susan (Klensauser) Wipf. He entered into the U.S. Army in 1942. He was in...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Norman Peter Nault Sr., 87, Longtime Alaskan, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at the Fountain of Youth Spa in Niland, Calif. A funeral service and burial were held in Cascade, Idaho. A memorial service will be in Homer, Alaska, in the summer. Nault was born June 10, 1915, in Havre to Napoleon Nault and Hattie Jarvis Nault. Nault had known Harry Morrison of Morrison Knudson Co. for years and was employed by the company as a construction worker on Wake Island when it was attacked by the Japanese just after the...

KALISPELL - James Ray Myers, 91, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at a care home in Kalispell. A funeral service was held Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Kalispell with burial at the C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Myers was born on June 11, 1911, at Columbus to Ira M. and Myrtle B. (Tucker) Myers. Ray received his teaching certificate from Eastern Montana College in Billings and began teaching in Lone Pine in 1935. He moved on to teach in Missoula and then entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 to serve his country during World...

KALISPELL - Gil Deppmeier, 70, formerly of Hillsboro, Ore., died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, at Kalispell following a short illness. He was born in October 1932 to Doris and George Deppmeier at Havre. Gil had fond memories of riding his horse, Lady, and working summers as a ranch hand with his brothers and lifelong friend Bill Sanguine. After working for the Great Northern Railway, Gil served in the Air Force in Germany during the Korean War. From Europe he was transferred to Portland, where he met and married Donna Barrette....

ROCKY BOY - Merle Lee Big Bow, Sr., 49 years of age and landscaper, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at his residence in Rocky Boy after a short illness. A wake was held Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy with the Rev. Ruth Votaw officiating. The funeral service was Saturday morning at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. A fellowship luncheon was to follow committal rite at the church. Merle was born Sept. 11, 1953, to Earl and Elsie (Whitford) Big Bow in Rocky Boy. He attended Rocky Boy Elementary...

WARRICK/BIG SANDY - Pauline (Norden) Weaver, 69, died Monday Feb. 10, 2003, at her home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy with the Rev. James Robinson officiating. Burial is to follow the funeral service at the Big Sandy Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will follow the committal rite at the Christ Lutheran Church. Pauline was born Dec. 17, 1933, to Paul and Dorothy (Swanson) Norden in Havre. Her family lived near Warrick. She attend...

HINGHAM - Viola E. Ness, 75, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at a Havre hospital from complications of Parkinson's disease. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hingham Lutheran Church. Burial of ashes will be later this spring at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Viola was born March 18, 1927, at Chester to Estella Jesse Skonord and Percy F. Pimley. She was raised on the Pimley homestead north of Joplin and received her formal education at Joplin and Power. In 1943, she moved to Seattle to work as a...

JOPLIN - Errol Ortas Fossen, 88, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at a Chester nursing home due to pneumonia. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial is to follow in Joplin Cemetery. Errol was born on the family farm south of Joplin on Aug. 28, 1914, to Otto and Edith (Holum) Fossen. He grew up in the Joplin community and received his education there. He graduated from Joplin High School in 1933. He continued his schooling at Montana State College in Bozeman, where he studied agricultur...

WARRICK/BIG SANDY - Pauline (Norden) Weaver, 69, died Monday Feb. 10, 2003, at her home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy with the Rev. James Robinson officiating. Burial is to follow the funeral service at the Big Sandy Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will follow the committal rite at the Christ Lutheran Church. Pauline was born Dec. 17, 1933, to Paul and Dorothy (Swanson) Norden in Havre. Her family lived near Warrick. She attend...

HARLOWTON - Jeannette Verne Wojtowick, 88, former longtime Harlowton resident, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, in Sheridan from a stroke. A viewing will be after 9 a.m. and continuing until the Rosary on Friday at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Harlowton. The Mass of the Resur-rection will be celebrat- ed Saturday at 11 a.m., also at St. Joseph's. Rite of committal will be in the Catholic Cemetery. Jeanne was born Aug. 5, 1914, in Lewistown to Tom and Verne (Cook) Baker. She graduated from Fergus County High School...

CHESTER - Emmi Viola Schroer Girard Kelso, 89, died Sunday, Fed. 2, 2003, from complications of Alzheimer's disease at a Spokane, Wash., care center. A funeral Mass will be 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chester. A reception will follow at the church. Graveside service and burial will be 3:30 p.m. at the Lothair Cemetery. Emmi was born on Oct. 2, 1913, on the family homestead north of Galata to Linus and Ester (Naslund) Markuson. She grew up on the farm and received her early education at the Greenhill...

CHINOOK - Beatrice Christiansen, 97, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003, in Billings. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd at 24th Street and Lewis in Billings and at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook. Interment will be at Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Bea was born to John and Lilly Staff at her parents' homestead on Dec. 10, 1905. She was baptized at the family homestead by a circuit-riding preacher. She grew up as a farm and ranch girl, riding horseb...

HARLEM - Elmer E. Stuhlmiller, 78, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, at a Chinook nursing home due to natural causes. A memorial graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Fort Harrison Cemetery in Helena with military honors. Elmer was born on March 27, 1924, in Dodge, N.D., to Emanuel and Anna (Weisz) Stuhlmiller. He graduated from Dodge High School in 1942 and attended Dickinson Normal School during the summer of 1942. Elmer taught at rural Collins School west of Dodge during the 1942-43 school year. He served in the...

CHESTER - Emmi Viola Schroer Girard Kelso, 89, died Sunday, Fed. 2, 2003, from complications of Alzheimer's disease at a Spokane, Wash., care center. A funeral Mass will be 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chester. A reception will follow at the church. Graveside service and burial will be 3:30 p.m. at the Lothair Cemetery. Emmi was born on Oct. 2, 1913, on the family homestead north of Galata to Linus and Ester (Naslund) Markuson. She grew up on the farm and received her early education at the Greenhill...

HARLEM - Elmer E. Stuhlmiller, 78, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, at a Chinook nursing home due to natural causes. A memorial graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Fort Harrison Cemetery in Helena with military honors. Elmer was born on March 27, 1924, in Dodge, N.D., to Emanuel and Anna (Weisz) Stuhlmiller. He graduated from Dodge High School in 1942 and attended Dickinson Normal School during the summer of 1942. Elmer taught at rural Collins School west of Dodge during the 1942-43 school year. He served in the...

Peter "Russ" Dahlen, 80, of Twin Valley, Minn., died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, at a Fargo, N.D., hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Twin Valley. Visitation will be at the Anderson Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday. There also will be visitation one hour before the funeral service at the church. Interment will be at Twin Valley Memorial Garden Cemetery, Twin Valley, Minn. Dahlen was born on March 16, 1922, on a farm east...

Timberly Elaine Cline, infant girl, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brad Ulgenes officiating. The burial will follow the funeral service at the Highland Cemetery. Timberly was born Feb. 1, 2003, to Janessa Janae Cline. She was preceded in death by her great-grandfather, Marvin Cline; cousin, Sean Figarelle; and great-uncles, John Wagner and Tim Parry. Survivors include her mother, Janessa Janae Cline...

George P. Zoren, 80, and retired veteran, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A private family service has taken place. Memorials in George's honor may be made to a person's choice. Services and arrangements are under the direction of the Holland and Bonine Funeral Home. George was born Feb. 22, 1922, to Vincent and Agnes Zoren at Little Falls, Minn. He attended grade school and high school there. After high school graduation, he entered in to the U.S. Army Air...

JOPLIN - Marlin C. "Sonny" Spicher, 58, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, after a seven-year battle with leukemia. Cremation has taken place. There will be a memorial service at a later date. He was born Dec. 25, 1944. Sonny farmed at Joplin and Hingham until his illness forced him to retire a few years ago. He was a true family man whose whole life was wrapped around his family and his faith. Sonny became a snowbird and wintered in Nevada, where he was at the time of his death. He was preceded in death by his parents. Sonny...

Peter "Russ" Dahlen, 80, of Twin Valley, Minn., died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, at a Fargo, N.D., hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Twin Valley. Visitation will be at the Anderson Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday. There also will be visitation one hour before the funeral service at the church. Interment will be at Twin Valley Memorial Garden Cemetery, Twin Valley, Minn. Dahlen was born on March 16, 1922, on a farm east...

HAVRE - John Askvold Jr., 85, a World War II veteran and retired Pharmacist, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at a Havre hospital. Memorial services will take place at a later date. Cremation has taken place. Adams Funeral Home and Hi-Line Crematory are in charge of arrangements....