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...

FORT BELKNAP AGENCY - James Walking Chief, 95, died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Medicine Bear Lodge in Lodge Pole. Burial will follow in the Lodge Pole Cemetery. A wake will begin at 5 p.m. today in the Medicine Bear Lodge with rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. James was born on Jan. 20, 1908, at Lodge Pole to Moses and Mary (Turns Around Woman) Walking Chief. He attended school and was raised in the Lodge Pole area. James married Suzie...

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....

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...

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...

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...

ROCKY BOY - Agnes Parker, 77, of Rocky Boy died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Wake services began Sunday at 4 p.m. with the funeral service scheduled for 10 a.m. today, all at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Agnes was born Aug. 29, 1925, in Great Falls to Joe and Josephine (Walking Child) Alexander. Agnes moved to Rocky Boy in 1943 with her family. She married Robert Parker Sr. Jan. 3, 1946. They had six...

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...

ROCKY BOY - Agnes Parker, 77, of Rocky Boy died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Wake services began Sunday at 4 p.m. with the funeral service scheduled for 10 a.m. today, all at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial was to follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Agnes was born Aug. 29, 1925, in Great Falls to Joe and Josephine (Walking Child) Alexander. Agnes moved to Rocky Boy in 1943 with her family. She married Robert Parker Sr. Jan. 3, 1946. They had six...

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...

William G. "Bill" Pruys, 86, a farmer north of Havre, died Monday Feb. 10, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. A vigil will be 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Jude Catholic Church. A funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Jude with Fr. Robert D. Grosch officiating. There will be a fellowship luncheon sponsored by the Knights of Columbus at the St. Jude Parish Center following the funeral Mass. Burial will follow the luncheon at the Cottonwood Cemetery. Bill was born Sept. 13, 1916, to Theodore and Frances...

BIG SANDY - Adell Myers, 82, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2003, in her home on the farm of natural causes with her beloved husband Bud close by her side. A funeral service and celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Big Sandy High School Auditorium with Scott Rauscher officiating. Burial is to follow at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Following the committal rite, a luncheon will be served at the Jerry Martin Memorial Hall in Big Sandy. Adell was born Feb. 19, 1920, on the Kenilworth Prairie of Big Sandy to Adolph and Mildred...

BIG SANDY - Adell Myers, 82, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2003, in her home on the farm of natural causes with her beloved husband Bud close by her side. A funeral service and celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Big Sandy High School Auditorium with Scott Rauscher officiating. Burial is to follow at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Following the committal rite, a luncheon will be served at the Jerry Martin Memorial Hall in Big Sandy. Adell was born Feb. 19, 1920, on the Kenilworth Prairie of Big Sandy to Adolph and Mildred...

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...

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...

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...