Obituaries

Jul 10, 2015

Dolores Fitzsimmons, age 92, passed away at Valley Health Care in Billings early Sunday morning, July 5, 2015.

Dolores was born on April 15, 1923, in Mandan, N.D., the fourth of five children and only daughter of Ralph and Pauline (Opitz) Friesz. She graduated from Mandan High School in 1940 and, after attending the College...

Jul 9, 2015

Nathan Paul Vannatta, 32, a Billings resident, died Saturday, July 4, 2015, in an accidental firework explosion.

Nathan Paul Vannatta was born on May 3, 1983, to Gregory and Martha (Dozier) Vannatta. Nathan attended Sidney High School, where he graduated. Clarissa Amber Vannatta was born to Nathan and his girlfriend Tanya Hoerster, on July 23, 2010. Nathan...

Jul 9, 2015

On July 5, 2015, Stephanie lost her fierce, courageous battle with cancer and passed away peacefully, surrounded by family.

Stephanie was born on Nov. 29, 1978, in Billings, to Kristine Buehler and Mark Miller. She was instantly her mom's best friend, and that friendship lives on eternally. Form early on, Steph was a strong-willed, happy-spirited girl, with...

Jul 8, 2015

Theodore Eldon "Ted" Iverson, 69, of Billings, passed away July 5, 2015, at Aspen Meadows in Billings.

Ted was born on Oct. 24, 1945, to Chester and Silda (Liebelt) Iverson, in Minot, N.D., where the family farmed south of Sawyer. At the age of 14, he moved with his family to Ronan, where he graduated from high...

Jul 4, 2015

Lois Cam Ramsett was born on April 11, 1929, in Bemidji, Minn., to Floyd C. Cam and Katherine Linn Cam.

Lois graduated from the University of Minnesota on June 10, 1950, with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing education. She worked part-time at Deaconess Hospital until she transferred to the St. Vincent Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care...

Jul 1, 2015

Mom went to be with our Heavenly Father on June 24, 2015.

Mom was born in Las Animas, Colo., on July 17, 1935.

She married the love of her life, Daniel Joseph Sullivan. They had four children: Julia, Daniel, Steven and a stillborn daughter. She was a proud grandmother of 15 and great-grandmother of 28....

Jun 30, 2015

Joline Carpenter passed away peacefully at her home in Billings, MT in the arms of her husband on the afternoon of Friday, June 26th, 2015. She was 59 years old.

Joline was born in Red Lodge, Montana in January of 1956 to Donald and Ursula Short, and was the youngest of three children. They lived above the...

Jun 30, 2015

At the age of 50, our beloved Daniel James Evenson tragically passed away June 24, 2015.

Born in Billings on Nov. 15, 1964, to Ernest and Elizabeth (Murdoch) Evenson, he grew up with three brothers and two sisters and graduated from Billings Senior High in 1983.

He started working in a dairy, then with a...

Jun 29, 2015

Mary Ostrom passed away June 26. 2015. She was born May 24, 1926 on a homestead near Rosebud, Montana, the daughter of George and Ethel Martin. She loved to tell stories about her life on the farm and about growing up with three older brothers. It was being a farm girl that gave her the love of and compassion...

Jun 28, 2015

Joel Tyler Benson, 36, passed away June 23, 2015, unexpectedly at home.

Joel was born July 19th, 1978 in Billings MT. He was the 7th child of James & Belle Benson. He grew up in Colstrip, MT – in South Eastern Montana. He graduated from Colstrip High School in 1997.

Joel served 4 years in...

Jun 26, 2015

On June 21, 2015, an accident claimed the life of Craig Brent Musselman in Billings, Montana. He was born June 3,1972, in Logan, Utah, to the late Jerome D. and Jean (Redmond) Musselman.

The Musselman family moved from Utah to Billings in the Spring of 1974. He attended Billings schools, including Skyview High School, where he was...

Jun 25, 2015

Frank Mathern, of Lewistown, passed away at St. Vincent Hospital on June 22, 2015. Frank was born to Cecilius and Elizabeth Mathern, the eighth of 10 children, on Nov. 2, 1925, on their farm near Ingomar. He attended a country school near Ingomar and High School in Forsyth, graduating in 1943. He went to work for the Milwaukee Railroad...

Jun 24, 2015

Sharon Stidham passed away with her family by her side on June 21, 2015. Once again, Arnie has Sharon by his side, and we now have two special angels watching over us. On Aug. 15, 1943, Dr. Morgan delivered a daughter to Arnie and Hilda Dahlman in Red Lodge. Sharon grew up and completed high school in Red Lodge,...

Jun 20, 2015

Joseph John Bloyder, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, went to be with the Lord on June 13, 2015.

Joe was born on Dec. 3, 1939, in Bayonne, N.J., to Joseph F. and Estelle Bloyder. He had one older sister, Irene. Joe's intelligence showed up at a young age when he graduated with honors from Saint...

Jun 19, 2015

Richard Lee Larimer of Billings died peacefully at St. Vincent Hospital on June 17, three days after suffering a stroke.

Dick was born Nov. 28, 1934, in Topeka, Kan., to Joseph and Anna. He grew up in Nebraska before serving in the U.S. Army from 1959 until 1961. He married Margaret on Nov. 19, 1961, in Loup...

Jun 19, 2015

Jim Hengelfelt, 61, of Billings. passed away June 12, 2015, at Billings Clinic Hospital, due to complications of necrotizing pancreatitis.

He was born in Leavenworth, Kan., and graduated from Topeka West High School, Topeka, Kan. He earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan. Jim Hengelfelt moved to Billings in 1978 to begin...

Jun 15, 2015

Gabe, surrounded by his family, joined his three brothers and sister in heaven June 15, 2015. He was born February 27, 1943, one of sixteen children, to Antonio and Louisa Riojas. Raised and attended school in Laurel, MT he found great passion in fishing and exploring the Yellowstone River.

October 20th, 1967 he married Yvonne Neill. Together...

Jun 10, 2015

Ludwig (Louie) Joseph Dauenhauer was born April 22, 1932 to Jacob and Rose (Freidt) Dauenhauer in St. Placidus, N.D. He passed away peacefully on June 6 surrounded by loved ones. Louie was raised in Mott, N.D. on the family farm. He always said, "Mott, the place that God forgot." Hard work was instilled in him at a young age...

Jun 9, 2015

Jane Evelyn (Carlstrom) Nuxoll passed away on June 9, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska, at age 88. Jane was born on Aug. 10, 1926, in Yellowstone County, to Lois Adelle (White) Carlstrom and Carl Herman Carlstrom, both deceased. Jane had one sister, Esther (Carlstrom) Eaton, deceased, and one brother, David Carlstrom. Jane had 12 nieces and nephews. Irene Messmer, her...

Jun 8, 2015

His family and friends feel loss, but the Lord is celebrating the addition of Bob's Stewart's glorious bass voice to that heavenly Barbershop Chorus.

Born August 23, 1923 on a farm near the town of Grygla, Minnesota, Robert Lee Stewart was blessed with a passion for singing that he put to work in choruses, quartets and church...