Obituaries

Oct 14, 2017

Verna M (Barr) Ruff was born to John and Minerva Barr, Sept. 12, 1938, in Columbus. She graduated from Absarokee High in 1956.

Dick and Verna were married Oct. 24, 1958, in the Congregational Church in Absarokee, and the journey began. We were blessed with twins on May 20, 1961: Randy from Bonner and Nancy from Billings....

Oct 10, 2017

Gary Haworth was born in Billings on Feb. 17, 1948. He graduated from West High and served in the Vietnam War. Later, he worked for Boise Cascade. He was married to Marcella Dutchak and they had one daughter, Carrie.

He loved spending time with family and friends, and also spending time with his dad and grandkids. He...

Oct 9, 2017

Our beloved mother, wife and grandmother drew her last breath, surrounded by family, on Oct. 7, 2017, at 92 years young. Renee Worchesek Stone was born in Fargo, ND, to Leo A. and Gorena E. Worchesek on Feb. 7,1925. Officially named after her mother, the new little baby was lovingly called "Bunny," which suited her well throughout her life....

Oct 9, 2017

Cliff Weller passed away Oct. 8, 2017. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on Dec. 26, 1925, to Clifford R. Weller, Sr. and Eleanor Jaquith Weller. His mother passed away before he was 2 years old and Clifford Sr. remarried Hazel Burke.

Cliff attended Luther College in Nebraska and Denver University in Colorado.

In 1951,...

Oct 9, 2017

Eric was born on June 9, 1933, in Billings, to Jacob and Irna Winkler. He was a letter carrier for the USPS for 36 years.

His survivors are his spouse, Carmen; a sister, Rose Effertz; two daughters, Erika (Mike) Campbell, Reneé (Nick) Campbell; three grandchildren, Leah (David) Fredrickson, Alex and Andrea. He was preceded in death by...

Oct 7, 2017

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Robert Walter Criswell, 76 of Hysham, MT passed away at Horizon Hospice Home in Billings on April 6, 2009. Bob was born in Hysham on March 31, 1933 to Leslie and Myrtle Criswell. He attended school in Hysham, graduating in 1951.

Following high school, Bob joined the United States Navy....

Sep 28, 2017

Madilyn "Sody" Bell Jones passed away on Sept. 25, 2017. More than our wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, Sody was our best friend, brightest smile, most infectious laugh, and constant source of energy. She was the gregarious, irreverent matriarch of our family. There was never a dull moment when Sody was present and we loved her fits of...

Sep 26, 2017

Mabel Maxine Dolan passed away on Sept. 24, 2017, after a brief stay at RiverStone Hospice House.

She was born on July 8, 1923, to Cliff and Emma Devaney. Her place of birth is listed as Roosevelt County. She grew up in Wolf Point with her sisters Mary and Henny (Henrietta). Mom took bookkeeping in high school...

Sep 26, 2017

Louis Moran passed away peacefully on Sept. 20, 2017, in Billings. Louie was born on Dec. 4, 1918, in Geddes, South Dakota, to William Christopher and Marie (Philipps) Moran. He was the oldest of six children. His family relocated to Conrad in 1928 as the Great Depression began. He worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late...

Sep 25, 2017

Peg was born in Lewistown on Dec. 7, 1942, to Robert "Joe" and Vesta Wichman.

Peg went to Wild Rose School, Moore High School and on to Beauty School in Billings. She also worked at First National Bank, Northwest Fabrics/Hancock Fabrics. Early in Peg's adult life, she enjoyed going to Pat's Club, where she meet John Straight...

Sep 23, 2017

John Ray Black was born on September 15, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, and passed away surrounded by his beloved family at Mission Ridge Senior Living Community in Billings, Montana, on September 17, 2017, having just marked his 89th birthday.

The third child of Allen and Florence (Beard) Black, John spent his childhood in Glendale, California, where...

Sep 21, 2017

Surrounded by family and resting comfortably, Kathryn Sweeney passed away in the early morning hours of Sept. 21, 2017.

Kathryn Mary (Morgan) Sweeney was born in Rigby, Idaho, on Jan. 10, 1949. Her family moved to Montana in 1956 when her parents purchased a local apiary business that became Morgan Honey Farm. Kathryn graduated from Hot Springs...

Sep 19, 2017

Christian Mark Sorensen, age 57, of Billings, passed away in a car accident on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.

Chris was born on Dec. 2, 1959, in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, to Sylvester C. Sorensen and Marvel Eloise Hutson. He attended Eastern Montana College in Billings (now MSUB), where he earned a B.A. in environmental studies. He then...

Sep 19, 2017

Callen K. Northam died peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 13, 2017, while visiting Texas. He was born in Chicago, the only child of Harry and Jean Northam.

Cal spent his childhood growing up in Chicago and spent a great deal of time working on a farm near Michigan City, Indiana, owned by his grandparents. He graduated...

Sep 13, 2017

Gary D. Miller, 77, passed from this life to his heavenly home on Sept. 11, 2017, from complications of Myasthenia Gravis, an incurable autoimmune disease.

Gary led a full life. He grew up in Livingston, roaming and hunting in the mountains and all the fishing holes he could find on the Yellowstone River. He joined the Air...

Sep 13, 2017

Thomas Michael Olsen, son of Mary Fuqua, was released by God from 15 years of pain and suffering as family and friends surrounded him with love. The loved ones left behind are his mother; three children: daughters, Angela VanDecar and Jessica (Jason) Johnson, and son, Chris (Kelli) Johns: 11 grandchildren: Brecken and Greyson VanDecar; Tristin Rodriguez, Aria and Lukas...

Sep 11, 2017

The Life of a most Gracious Lady

Shirley May Burton was born at home on May 19th, 1934 in the small, Montana town of Musselshell. Due to an unfortunate bout of scarletina, Lorene Burton was asked not to come to the hospital in Roundup and was, instead, met at home by the local doctor for Shirley’s delivery....

Sep 8, 2017

Mary T. Duenow passed away peacefully on the morning of Sept. 2, 2017, after a rapid decline in health caused by a rare and fatal condition called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Mary was born to Bill and Agnes Kisling on Dec. 9, 1940, in Hutchinson, Minnesota, the youngest of six children. She graduated from Hutchinson High School. She married...

Sep 6, 2017

JoAnn (Taylor) Driscoll, age 73, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 3, 2017. JoAnn was born in Ephrata, WA on October 19, 1943 to Duane and Catherine (Lynch) Taylor. She attended elementary school in Connell, WA and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1961. She attended Washington State University and completed Seattle Dental Assistants Technicians School in 1962....

Aug 31, 2017

In the late evening of Aug. 29, 2017, our loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother peacefully passed away. Evelyn J. Funk was born Dec. 30, 1930, and raised on the family farm west of Billings. The daughter of George and Eva Staley, she was also sister to Helen, Lil, George and Harry.

Evelyn attended both Elder Grove and...