Obituaries

ROCKY BOY Bernice Ruth (Meyers) Russette (Thunder Bird Woman), 71, of Rocky Boy died in her home peacefully on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, from a lengthy illness with cancer. A wake service will begin Thursday afternoon in Rocky Boy at the Catholic Church. Her funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Bernice was born Feb. 29, 1936, in Rocky Boy to Gilbert Meyers and Elizabeth Good Running. Bernice attended Salish Kootenai College and graduated in 1989 with a human service technology degree at the...

BIG SANDY Rosina Anna “Rosie” Pegar, 83, died peacefully at her Big Sandy residence on Wednesday evening, March 28, 2007. Rosary prayers will be at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Big Sandy. Funeral Mass will be held at 11a. m. Saturday at the church. Burial will follow at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Rosie was born Dec. 17, 1923, at the Black Coulee community south of Rudyard to August and Marion (Rideout) Diemert. She grew up on the family homestead 20 miles south of Rudyard. Rosie received her edu...

Floyd Arnold Sibley, 80, who had collapsed at his home Monday evening, March 26, 2007, died at a Chester hospital where resuscitative measures failed. His funeral service will be held at 10:30 a. m. Friday at the Chester United Methodist Church. Cremation will follow the services. Floyd was born Nov. 1, 1926, in Alberta, Canada, to Bertrum and Pauline (Lewis) Sibley. Floyd grew up in Alberta and received his formal education at Cardston. At a young age, Floyd came to the Sweetgrass Hills in northcentral Montana to work on...

BEND, Ore. Nanci Vohs (Huntley), 61, died at the Saint Charles Hospital in Bend, Ore., on Thursday, March, 8, 2007, after an unforeseen illness. A celebration of life will be held at Valley View Country Club today beginning at 5 p.m. This is an informal gathering and all of Nanci's friends are welcome to attend. Born May 1, 1945, in Rudyard, she grew up and lived most of her life on the Hi-Line in Montana. Nanci married Jerry Ritter in 1964 and had two daughters, Jill and Kari Sue. She graduated from Northern Montana College...

Katharine O. “Katie” Lovell, 83, of Havre died March 26, 2007, at Northern Montana Care Center from natural causes. Her funeral Mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Havre. Vigil services will held at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Jude Catholic Church. Katie was born Aug. 24, 1923, in Havre to Chester Eli and Hazel Mary (Webb) Atwood. Katie was raised in Valier and graduated from Valier High School in 1940. She went on to attend the University of Montana and graduated from Gonzaga University and...

CHESTER TiAnne Gayle Moore, 28, of Chester died and her infant son, Oran Blaine Gage, was delivered stillborn on Sunday, March 25, 2007, at a Chester hospital. Their funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. Thursday at the Chester Alliance Church. Burial will follow at the Joplin Cemetery. TiAnne was born Dec. 28, 1978, in Chester to Clyde Stephen Norris and Carolyn Joyce Halter. TiAnne grew up in the Joplin community and received her formal education there. She graduated from J-I High School in 1997. In the few years that...

LODGE POLE Sophia M. Healy, 81, died Sunday March 25, 2007, at Fort Belknap Public Health Service due to natural causes. A wake will begin on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Medicine Bear Lodge followed by a rosary at 7 p. m. Her funeral Mass will be Thursday held at 11 a. m. at Medicine Bear Lodge with burial following at the Lodge Pole Cemetery. Sophia was born Oct. 6, 1925, at Lodge Pole to Eugene and Stella (Rattle Snake) Gunn. She was raised in the Lodge Pole area and attended schools at Lodge Pole and Flandreau, S.D. Sophia...

Charles Donald Frye, 63, of Havre died at his home peacefully from a heart attack on Sunday, March 25, 2007. His graveside committal service will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Hill County Cemetery in Havre. Charles Donald Frye was born Aug. 29, 1943, in Malta to Charles Denver and Doris K. (Ruud) Frye. He graduated high school in Havre, where he competed with his shop class that took the state championship in engine rebuilding. The team then went on to compete nationally, where they placed second. Don loved car racing and...

MALTA Belva Phyllis Morin-Johnson, 71, a homemaker and certified nurse assistant, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at the Phillips County Hospital of natural causes. Her funeral service will be held at 11 a. m. Tuesday at the Malta Lutheran Church with burial in the Malta Cemetery. Belva was born Nov. 1, 1935, in Malta to Levi and Beatrice (Stevens) Emeline. She was raised and educated in Malta. She married Francis Joseph Morin on July 7, 1953, in Great Falls. They made their home in Saco and later moved to Malta. After Joe's...

BOX ELDER Caroline Thelma Mitchell, 66, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, died of cancer Thursday evening, March 22, 2007, at Northern Montana Hospital. Her funeral Service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. The wake began Friday at the church. Caroline was born Feb. 14, 1941, to Malcolm Gilbert and Caroline (Whitford) Mitchell in Fort Belknap. She enjoyed bingo, spending time with her grandchildren, visiting...

HARLEM Peter T. Leo, 87, a Great Northern/Burlington Northern Railway employee and farmer of Harlem died Friday, March 23, 2007, of natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. His funeral service will be held at 11 a. m. Tuesday in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Chinook with burial following in Kuper Memorial Cemetery located north of Chinook. Peter was born to Sam and Elodie (Landuyt) Leo on Dec. 3, 1919, at Zurich. He attended schools in both Zurich and Harlem. Early in life, he worked on the farming...

ROCKY BOY Terri Louise Walker Manriquez, 42, of Havre died Monday, March 19, 2007, at Northern Montana Hospital of liver cancer. Her wake service will begin 4 p.m. today at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church and continue through 9 a. m. Thursday. Cremation will take place. Private family interment will be held at a later time. Terri was born August 26, 1964, in Torrance, Calif., to Larry and Alyce (Brisbo) Walker. She was raised and educated in Lodgepole, Butte and Bell Gardens, Calif. She obtained her GED and attended Fort...

HAVRE/HOGELAND Ruby Sudan, 96, of Hogeland died Monday, March 19, 2007, at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a graveside memorial service will be at a later date in the Silver Bow Cemetery at Hogeland. Ruby was born on June 26, 1910, in Dell Rapids, S.D., to Mahlon and Rosa (Reedy) Bapp. She moved with her family when she was 3-months-old. Ruby lived on the family homestead west of Twete on the Big Flat and later Hogeland in 1930. She attended school at Silver Bow and graduated fro...

BELGRADE Martha Konrad Decker, 88, died Tuesday morning, March 20, 2007. Funeral Services will be held at 11a. m. Saturday, March 24, 2007, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Belgrade. Interment will be held in Glasgow at a later date. Martha was born in Nashua in April 1918 to Wilhelm and Mathilda (Fix) Konrad. In 1939, she married Benjamin Decker. Together they raised four children, beginning in Frazer and later moving to Havre. Following Ben's death in 1990, Martha moved to Billings and later to Three Forks. Martha was...

ROCKY BOY Terri Louise Walker Manriquez, 42, of Havre died Monday, March 19, 2007, at Northern Montana Hospital of liver cancer. Her wake service will begin 4 p.m. today at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church and continue through 9 a. m. Thursday. Cremation will take place. Private family interment will be held at a later time. Terri was born August 26, 1964, in Torrance, Calif., to Larry and Alyce (Brisbo) Walker. She was raised and educated in Lodgepole, Butte and Bell Gardens, Calif. She obtained her GED and attended Fort...

NAMPA, Idaho (Zola) Ernestine Harmon, 88, died quietly in Nampa, Idaho, on March 19, 2007, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease with her loving family at her bedside. A memorial service will be held at College Church of the Nazarene, 504 E. Dewey, Nampa, on Friday at 10:30 am. Entombment will be at the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Caldwell. The family will greet loved ones and friends at the Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel, 404 10th Ave. So., Nampa, on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. Family and friends may send...

CHINOOK Malcolmina (MacArthur) Donis, 80, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at Northern Montana Hospital after a courageous fight with illness. Her funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church with burial in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Mocky, as she was affectionately known by family and friends, was born June 3, 1926, the sixth child of Finaly and Isabella MacArthur. She graduated from Chinook High School in 1944 and went to work at the Independent Food Store. On March 6, 1955, Mocky married Sam...

ROCKY BOY Terri Louise Walker Manriquez, 42, of Havre died Monday, March 19, 2007, at Northern Montana Hospital of liver cancer. Her wake service will begin 4 p.m. today at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church and continue through 9 a. m. Thursday. Cremation will take place. Private family interment will be held at a later time. Terri was born August 26, 1964, in Torrance, Calif., to Larry and Alyce (Brisbo) Walker. She was raised and educated in Lodgepole, Butte and Bell Gardens, Calif. She obtained her GED and attended Fort...

NAMPA, Idaho (Zola) Ernestine Harmon, 88, died quietly in Nampa, Idaho, on March 19, 2007, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease with her loving family at her bedside. A memorial service will be held at College Church of the Nazarene, 504 E. Dewey, Nampa, on Friday at 10:30 am. Entombment will be at the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Caldwell. The family will greet loved ones and friends at the Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel, 404 10th Ave. So., Nampa, on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. Family and friends may send...

CHINOOK Malcolmina (MacArthur) Donis, 80, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at Northern Montana Hospital after a courageous fight with illness. Her funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church with burial in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Mocky, as she was affectionately known by family and friends, was born June 3, 1926, the sixth child of Finaly and Isabella MacArthur. She graduated from Chinook High School in 1944 and went to work at the Independent Food Store. On March 6, 1955, Mocky married Sam...

Lorraine Arlis Witt, 79, a homemaker and former beautician of Havre, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at the Care and Comfort Home in Havre, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Cremation will take place and her memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the First Lutheran Church with Pastors Brad Ulgenes and Michael O'Hearn officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Eagles immediately after the graveside service. Lorraine was born Dec. 10, 1927,...

LODGE POLE Garrett Edward James Sears, 10-monthold son of Christopher Sears and Carmen Moccasin, died in Missoula on Friday, March 16, 2007. A wake service will begin at 5 p. m. today at Medicine Bear Lodge. His funeral service will be held at 11 a. m. Tuesday in Medicine Bear Lodge with burial following at the Lodge Pole Cemetery. Garrett was born on May 31, 2006, in Havre. He was attending Tiny Bubbles Day Care in Missoula. Garrett is survived by his parents, Christopher Sears and Carmen Moccasin, both of Missoula;...

MALTA Margaret L. Grabofsky, 89, a homemaker of Malta, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls of natural causes. Her funeral service will be held at 11 a. m. Wednesday at the Malta Lutheran Church with interment in the Malta Cemetery. Margaret was born March 9, 1918, in Harlem to August and Jenny (Loen) Sveen. She was raised and educated in the Turner area and graduated from Turner High School. She attended Northern Montana College in Havre and received a teaching degree. She taught school at Sunny...

GREAT FALLS Charles G. Davis, 86, of Great Falls, a World War II veteran and retired pharmacist, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. At Charlies' request no services are planned. Charles was born May 16, 1920, in St Anthony, Idaho. He attended Idaho State University, where he graduated from Pharmacy School. In 1943, he married “Jean” Rhoades in Pocatello, Idaho. He served in World War II in Okinawa. Charles and Jean then moved several times, living in Great Falls from 1958 to 1963, whe...

MALTA Darryl William Black, 70, an Army veteran and retired boiler engineer of Malta, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at the Phillips County Hospital of natural causes. A memorial service will be held at 3 p. m. today at the Hillside Cemetery in Dodson. A luncheon at the Dodson Lutheran Church will follow the service. Darryl was born May 25, 1936, in Malta to William and Bessie (Stout) Black. He was raised and educated in Dodson and graduated from Dodson High School and attended Northern Montana College. He earned a degree...