Obituaries

May 11, 2017

Sonia was born on Christmas Day 1938, to Bert and Elenora Isaacson in Butte. She graduated from Butte High in 1956 and attended Pacific Lutheran College in Tacoma, Washington. In 1958, she married her high school sweetheart, Jim Clark, and they moved to San Francisco, where she tried her hand at being a Navy wife. While in San Francisco,...

May 9, 2017

Kendall Edward Kraske was born on Sept. 10, 1941, in Billings, to Louise and Emil Kraske, just minutes earlier than his womb-mate Karen. He attended Billings Senior High after his first choice, Billings Central High, decided they weren't a good match.

A few years later, he met the love of his life, Lavern, his wife of 51...

May 9, 2017

Phyllis Marguerite Cornell went to be with the Lord on May 7, 2017b after a brave battle with Huntington's Disease and CVA.

Phyllis was born January 28, 1940, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. She moved to Billings in 1955 and graduated from Billings Central in 1957. She immediately went to study with the Sisters of Charity in Leavenworth, Kansas,...

May 6, 2017

Clinton Leland McFarland passed away suddenly on May 6, 2017, in his lifelong home, with family at his side. He was born in Billings on March 29, 1930, to Clinton B. McFarland and Beulah A. Barnett McFarland. He attended grade school at Two Pine School and graduated from Senior High School in1948. He attended one year of college at...

May 6, 2017

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. - Marie Rose Browning, widow of Judge James R Browning of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, passed away peacefully in Marin County, California, surrounded by her family. She was 97 years old.

She was born in Red Lodge, Montana, and was the only daughter of L. E. Chapell and Jeanne Chapell (Mora). Her...

May 6, 2017

Susan Marcy Thayer passed away May 6, 2017, from cancer.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Aldine, and is survived by her father, Thomas Thayer; her brothers, Mel and John; her sister Maria; and nieces and nephews.

Marcy was born in Dallas, Oregon, and spent her childhood in Oregon. She spent her life...

May 5, 2017

Mariann Mikes, a loving wife, caring mother and generous friend, passed on May 2, 2017, likely due to a pulmonary embolism.

Mariann, 64, was born on Jan. 20, 1953, to Fabian and Irene (Sailor) Breitbach in Circle. She received her education in Circle, going on to graduate from Carroll College with a degree in medical...

May 3, 2017

The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow them. - Proverbs 20:7

Our Dad walked with amazing integrity. By the time his life here on earth ended, the influence this faith-filled man had in his 85 well-lived years had spread far and wide.

He was a devoted husband, loving father, Korean War...

May 1, 2017

On the rainy afternoon of April 28, 2017, my dad, Tom Uzelac, left for heaven at the age of 93. True to the tough and resilient qualities of his generation, he waited until he could celebrate his 66th wedding anniversary with my mom, Vera.

He began his life on April 4, 1924, in Red Lodge, as the...

Apr 29, 2017

Betty Trusler passed away on April 29, 2017, at Mission Ridge.

Betty loved to spend her time with family, and gardening.

She is survived by daughter Sharon Miller (Melvin); and her grandchildren, Lea Ann Zinne (Todd), Steve Miller (Stephanie) and Greg Miller. Betty had six great-grandchildren: Tyler Zinne, Hailey Zinne, Kallie Zinne, Seth Miller, Gianna...

Apr 28, 2017

Jeanne Whitney Koch was born in Billings on March 11, 1941. She was a beautiful and precocious child.

Jeanne traveled a lot as a child when her stepdad, Don Enderle, was in the Navy. She graduated high school and came back to Billings to attend Eastern Montana College. She lived with her grandparents, Ivan and Genda Moody....

Apr 27, 2017

Marcella "Sally" (Fasching) Rogina passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017, after a two-year battle with cancer. She was an amazing mother, grandma and great-grandma.

She was born on Oct. 18, 1936, to Edward and Rozina (Stroh) Fasching in Beach, N.D. The family moved to Billings when she was young. At the age of 5, she lost...

Apr 27, 2017

Michael Jay Gaub, 54, of Billings, passed away on April 26, 2017, at Billings Clinic, surrounded by his wife and twin daughters, Erin and Emily. He was born on June 15, 1962, in Glendive, graduating from Dawson County High School.

Michael worked for the Glendive Police Department for 20 years and the State of Montana for the...

Apr 27, 2017

Dennis Lee Hove, "Pete," 69, of Billings, passed away Saturday morning, April 22, 2017, at Valley Health Care Center, with his family by his side, after a long battle with kidney disease.

Dennis was born on Dec. 6, 1947, in Plentywood, to Theodore and Blanche Hove. He grew up on a ranch and graduated from Westby High...

Apr 22, 2017

Patricia E. Hammerel, 92 of Billings, passed away, Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

The daughter of Clyde and Daphne Elbert, she was born December 10, 1924 in Fort Worth, TX and graduated from high school in Ten Sleep Wyoming in 1942.

After graduating from Nursing School, she worked as a Registered Nurse and Medical Records Technician....

Apr 21, 2017

Mitchell William Erdmann, 55, died peacefully on April 19, 2017, with family by his side.

He was born in Billings to William Gene and Marcella Louise Erdman on Jan. 26, 1962. He had an older brother, Steve, and a younger brother, William. Mitch attended schools in Billings and Lockwood. In 1980, he graduated from Billings Senior High....

Apr 21, 2017

We lost our beautiful Montana born and raised Phyllis Bellingham on April 20, 2017, in Billings. She passed quietly, without pain, at the Billings Clinic Hospital during the night. Just the way she would have planned it.

Phyllis was born in Billings on July 24, 1922, to the police chief of Billings, Val Lechner and Evelyn Scott...

Apr 20, 2017

Douglas James Daum, 68, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, going to meet his old rodeo horses Pass and Socks.

The son of Bill and Irma Daum, Doug was born May 7, 1948, in Lewistown. He started farming and ranching with his parents in Pryor at age 13. He was very dedicated...

Apr 15, 2017

Jack Sterling Pulliam, 84, of Billings, in the arms of angels, was delivered to the Lord on Sunday, April 9, 2017.

Jack was born in East Lynn, Missouri, on July 16, 1932, to Harold and Glada (Ammon) Pulliam. As a boy, along with his brother and sister, the family moved to Stockton, California.

In 1956,...

Apr 15, 2017

William Reymer passed away on Feb. 25, 2017, in Columbus. He was born in Billings on Feb. 23, 1921. He began working in his father's machine shop, Reymer Machine, while in high school. He graduated from Billings High in 1938 and attended Gonzaga University for two years. Bill entered the U.S. Army in 1942. Basic training was at Camp...