Obituaries

Apr 10, 2019

Jeanice H. Cousins slipped peacefully into eternity at RiverStone Hospice Home on April 8, 2019, after a brief illness. She was born May 23, 1925, to Lawrence and Mary Hodgkins, into a family of seven children, along the rocky coast of Maine. She is survived by her youngest brother, Jimmy. She often regaled us with antics recalled from her...

Apr 7, 2019

Thomas Carmichael Drummond, Jr. died peacefully surrounded by his family on April 2, 2019.

Tom was born in 1929 to Scottish immigrants. He was the youngest of three boys and lived with his family on a sheep ranch in the Deer Lodge Valley. Tom attended a one-room school for two years, then bused to Deer Lodge, where...

Apr 6, 2019

Thomas Norman Thayer, whose life was aptly represented by his explosive initials, passed away on March 31, 2019.

He was born in Iowa in 1929 and, not long after, revealed his natural entrepreneurial skills. He began his career as a wheeler-dealer as a young boy in Gila Bend, Arizona, selling tamales out of his toy wagon for...

Apr 5, 2019

Alice Helen (Okins) Senechal, aged 102, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on March 31, 2019, in Billings. Alice was born at the family home in Drady, rural Minot, North Dakota, on Jan. 7, 1917, the fifth of six children born to Edward and Hattie (Jones) Okins. Her mother died when she was 4 years old,...

Apr 5, 2019

Joanne Frances Arletta Diefel, age 84, passed away peacefully at her home with hospice on April 3, 2019, due to a long battle with COPD.

She was born March 15, 1935, in Fairview to Ora and Fanny Yadon. She married the love of her life, Leonard Diefel, in December of 1949.

Family and friends and...

Apr 4, 2019

Rosalie W. Smallwood entered her eternal rest in Jesus, her Savior, on April 2, 2019. She was born to Rev. Paul D. and Margaret T. White on March 6, 1928 in Eskridge, Kansas where her father pastored the Reformed Presbyterian Church. When she was 2 years old, her family moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where Rosalie developed a lifelong love...

Apr 4, 2019

Betty's path through life started in Fremont, Nebraska, the second child of Leroy and Gladys Webster. During her childhood, the family relocated to Gillette, Wyoming. It was there that she met and married Charles Marshall and moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, operating their ranch and raising their family of four: Linda, Debra, John and Alice. As Sheridan grew around the...

Apr 4, 2019

Betty's path through life started in Fremont, Nebraska, the second child of Leroy and Gladys Webster. During her childhood, the family relocated to Gillette, Wyoming. It was there that she met and married Charles Marshall and moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, operating their ranch and raising their family of four: Linda, Debra, John and Alice. As Sheridan grew around the...

Apr 2, 2019

Thomas Carmichael Drummond, Jr. died peacefully surrounded by his family on April 2, 2019.

Tom was born in 1929 to Scottish immigrants. He was the youngest of three boys and lived with his family on a sheep ranch in the Deer Lodge Valley. Tom attended a one-room school for two years, then bused to Deer Lodge, where...

Apr 2, 2019

Mary Agnes (Farnik) Olson, 91, passed away in Billings, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Mary was born in Hingham, on April 21, 1927, to Czech immigrants Frank and Elizabeth (Horinek) Farnik. She was the youngest of their four children, raised and educated in Hingham. In 1943, her parents sent her to Great Falls to boarding school: St. Thomas Home,...

Apr 1, 2019

Regina Marianne Kunz, age 97, born Aug. 4, 1921, passed away Friday, March 15, 2019, of natural causes.

Cremation has taken place and a funeral mass will be at St. Bernard's Parish at a later date.

Regina is predeceased by her husband, Arthur, who died Dec. 7, 2000. There will be an inurnment of their...

Mar 31, 2019

Marjorie Hansen died peacefully on Saturday, March 23, surrounded by family, at West Park Village in Billings. She was preceded in death by her husband, Christian A. Hansen; her parents, Asa A. and Alice Wolfe; and her brother John Wolfe. She is survived by her children, Karen Elsen (Douglas), Carl Hansen (Ginger Gier), Allen Hansen (Suzidee) and Elizabeth Hansen;...

Mar 31, 2019

Marjorie Hansen died peacefully on Saturday, March 23, surrounded by family, at West Park Village in Billings. She was preceded in death by her husband, Christian A. Hansen; her parents, Asa A. and Alice Wolfe; and her brother John Wolfe. She is survived by her children, Karen Elsen (Douglas), Carl Hansen (Ginger Gier), Allen Hansen (Suzidee) and Elizabeth Hansen;...

Mar 30, 2019

Betty Pursell, 83, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 16, 2019. Betty was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was born on May 19, 1935, in Boise, ID, to William and Mirtha Henderson.

Betty graduated from Boise High School in 1953. She attended Boise Junior College for a year. Betty...

Mar 30, 2019

Dale Allen Tullar, 62, died peacefully in his home on March 23, 2019, after a long battle with his health. Dale was born the second of three boys to Jack and Ellen Taylor on Nov. 22, 1956, in Glendale, California.

After the untimely death of his father Jack, Ellen married Richard Tullar, who adopted the three boys...

Mar 29, 2019

David M. Kirby, 65, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of March 21, 2019, after a short and unexpected illness, with his wife and son at his side.

David was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, and was the youngest of four siblings. While growing up, his father was transferred several times throughout Massachusetts and New...

Mar 26, 2019

Our dear Mom, "Gramma Marge," "Grams," and "GG" left us to join her loving husband, her mother and father, her grandson and many friends waiting for her in heaven early Sunday morning, March 24, 2019, surrounded with the abundant love of her family. She was 89 years young and lived a life of love and dedication to her family...

Mar 26, 2019

Patricia Delores Eastman passed away on March 5, 2019. Patricia's love for her family, her friends, and living a life of faith and deep integrity were second to none. She was a lifelong member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Patricia's love for God was a daily expression through serving her church, the Billings community, and through daily...

Mar 25, 2019

Lawrence "Larry" B. Guess, 77, went to join his wife and Heavenly Father on March 23, 2019. In the comfort of his own home, surrounded by his loving family, he passed peacefully after a brief battle with cancer.

Larry was born on July 24, 1941, in Mobile, Alabama, to Corrine Tacon. In his early years, Larry spent...

Mar 23, 2019

Antone F. O'Dea "Tony" was born on Jan. 20, 1925, in Anaconda, to George and Anna (Koch) O'Dea. When his father passed away in the 1930s, he moved with his mother and four brothers to the Koch farm in Sumatra. He graduated from Forsyth High School in 1943. He enlisted in the Army and served for two and a...