Obituaries

Feb 24, 2021

Lowell L. Butler passed away due to complications from MS, surrounded by his loving family, on Feb. 24, 2021. He was 80 years old. Lowell born on Dec. 5, 1940, in Miles City, to Howard Butler and Ella (Brikholz). He was an intelligent, kind man, with a wry sense of humor. His early years were spent in the Custer...

Feb 23, 2021

A beautiful soul went to Heaven on Tuesday evening, Feb. 23, 2021. Mom has been reunited with her soulmate and other loved ones who passed before her. Deo Toft Degn was born on Sept. 7, 1933, to Christina and Knut Toft in Sidney. After she graduated from high school, she met and married our father, Arne Degn, in 1952....

Feb 20, 2021

Taylor Randal Vigesaa, 24, of Billings passed away unexpectedly Feb. 20. He was born on November 26, 1991 in Billings. He attended Trinity Lutheran School and Billings West High. Taylor had a passion for music and played drums in his church praise group and furiously at home.

He was a dedicated and loving father to his son...

Feb 18, 2021

Jean "Joe" Shay, age 85, of Billings, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at St. John's United in Billings. Cremation has taken place, and no services are planned at this time. A private family interment will be held at Mountview Cemetery. Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary in Billings is entrusted with arrangements.

Joe was born on May 26, 1935,...

Feb 16, 2021

Nunziata "Nancy" Barbara Critelli passed away quietly early in the morning of Nov. 20, 2015, at Highgate Senior Living facility. She had suffered from Parkinson's and Myelodysplastic syndrome for several years. She was born on Dec. 4, 1927, in Billings.

Nancy lived a long and remarkable life. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the...

Feb 13, 2021

Mary Lou Dimich, 78, passed away of natural causes at St. Vincent’s Health Care Center on February 5, 2006. She was the daughter of William and Lettie Graham and was one of three children.

Born June 17, 1927 in Pensacola Florida she and her family moved back to Fromberg in 1929. While growing up in Fromberg she...

Feb 13, 2021

Kathryn K. Johnson, 98, of Vida, Montana, passed away at Aspen Meadows in Billings, Montana, on Feb. 13, 2021. She was born April 18, 1922, in Jamestown, North Carolina, the youngest child of J. N. and Ida Jordan Kersey. She graduated from Jamestown High School as salutatorian and attended Jones Business College in High Point, North Carolina, where she...

Feb 12, 2021

Heaven welcomed a special Angel on Feb. 12, 2021. Nancy Ann Whitmer passed away peacefully in her home with family by her side. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Mom's greatest gift was loving everyone right where they were in life and making everyone feel heard and seen. Mom's love language was a special "hello sunshine"...

Feb 9, 2021

Bernice, age 87, passed away February 9, 2021 of natural causes at Avantara Nursing Home. Bernice was born on May 8, 1933 in Epping, N.D. daughter of Arthur M. and Valborg A. (Strand) Mortenson. Bernice was second of four daughters. She was educated in the Williston school system through the 8th grade and later completed her GED.

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Feb 6, 2021

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A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. February 6 at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary in Billings for Joyce Harms, who died on February 2 of age-related causes. She was 94.

She was born in Terry, Montana, on August 31, 1917, to Charles and Margaret McCulloch. She attended public school in...

Feb 5, 2021

Nancy Kay Pollock, 59, of Billings gained her angel wings on Feb. 5, 2021.

Nancy was born in Billings on Oct. 6, 1961, to Ronald and Violet (Krum) Balzer. She grew up on the family farm and later graduated from Huntley Project High School. During her high school years, Nancy met the love of her life, Gary...

Feb 4, 2021

Bea Gibson passed away Feb. 4, 2021, at RiverStone Hospice House in Billings, after a fall two weeks earlier. She was just 52 days shy of her 100th birthday.

Bea was born Bernice Marie Reh on March 25, 1921, in Fresno, California, to Adam and Stephanie Reh - the fifth of seven children.

After high...

Feb 3, 2021

Donna Lynn Meyer was born on June 7, 1954, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the third of four children of Norbert and Mary Meyer. Donna died on Feb. 3, 2021, in Billings, where she lived since her family moved there when she was 10 months old.

Donna was a fiercely independent, strong woman. She deeply loved...

Feb 2, 2021

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our brother/son Ronald Owen Jensen on Tuesday February 2, 2021 from natural causes. Ron was born May 11, 1955 at Trinity Hospital in Minot, North Dakota to proud parents Otto and LaVerne Jensen. Ron was older bother to Bruce, Brad and Gary. He started life in Westhope,...

Feb 2, 2021

Benita Ardea Steel Solberg passed away Feb. 2, 2021, peacefully at home, at the age of 81.

She was born Dec. 29, 1939, in Lewistown, Montana, to Benjamin and Ardea Walker Steel. She graduated from Judith Gap and Eastern Montana College. She married Marvin Solberg on July 28, 1962, in Billings. Benita worked at Midland Bank, Reporter...

Feb 1, 2021

On Feb. 1, 2021, an angel came to take Michael P. Ross home to his Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

Michael entered this world on Aug. 30, 1956. He attended Holy Rosary and Billings Central H.S., lettering in football. On Oct. 28, 1973, he was in a debilitating accident that changed the course of his life. While...

Jan 31, 2021

John Sidney Orr died on Jan. 31, 2021.

John was born on June 19, 1933, in Enid, Oklahoma, to William H. and Naomi Williams Orr. He moved to Houston, Texas, with his family, where he attended grade and high school. After high school, John spent two years on active duty in the U.S. Navy.

John...

Jan 21, 2021

Donna Mary Kimmery went to heaven on angel's wings on Jan. 21, 2021, after a long battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was born in Romulus, Michigan, on May 15, 1938, the eldest daughter of Helen and Ralph Nichols. She attended school in Byron, Michigan, and graduated in 1956. She went on to Nursing School at Grand...

Jan 20, 2021

Mark Fry unexpectedly passed from this present life into the full presence, wonder and glory of Jesus Christ on Jan. 20, 2021. He was 64.

Mark left a legacy of love by how he lived his life. He embodied peace and a steady, never-rushed, never-wavering, always-at-ease way of thinking, living and relating. He selflessly exemplified what it...

Jan 18, 2021

Diane Jo Ruby, 63, passed away Jan. 18, 2021, in Billings, from Lupus and Covid-19-related complications. She was a beloved mom, daughter, grandma, aunt, sister and friend.

Diane was born in Billings to Russell and Dorothy Foreman on Nov. 4, 1957. She was given her middle name Jo after being born on her grandmother Josephine's 48th birthday....