Obituaries

Jun 21, 2016

On June 11, 2016, this world lost a great magician, singer of songs, joke and story teller, artist and carpenter, Alvin F. Buening. We called him Dad and now he has joined our Mom, Dolly (Payovich) Buening. He heard her voice saying she had Heaven ready for him. They married in Red Lodge on Dec. 23, 1950. Dad and...

Jun 21, 2016

Rachel Birkenbuel passed at Valley Nursing in Billings Saturday afternoon at the age of 83.

Rachel was born a twin in Great Fall Montana in 1932, her early years spent in the windy city on the Rocky Mountain front in a close family of siblings, celebrated Swedes and lumber sales. Upon graduation she attended Stanford University for...

Jun 18, 2016

Eleanor Veronica Hoffer Scharosch was born on Nov. 11, 1923, to Fred and Minnie Hoffer in Dickinson, N.D. She contracted polio at nine months and never regained the use of her legs. As the oldest of six children, Eleanor credited her close, loving family with her indomitable outlook and extraordinary accomplishments. She traveled three times to Shriners' Hospital in...

Jun 16, 2016

Larry Ketterling, 7o, of Billings passed away on May 4, 2016 in Billings. He was born December 22, 1945 to parents John and Lydia (Heitz) Ketterling. Larry was a long haul truck driver for 20 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, visiting with family and friends and playing chess with his sons. Larry spent three years in the Marine Corps...

Jun 15, 2016

John Garfield Duke passed away on June 12, 2016. He was born on April 25, 1923, in Wallsburg, Utah. He was sealed to Helen Austin Duke in Logan, Utah, in June of 1954. They were blessed with 10 beautiful children, three of whom preceded them in death. John has now joined his beloved Helen, three of their children, and...

Jun 14, 2016

To his final day in this world, Tom Frisby brought joy to the lives of people he had known for a lifetime and those who had met him only days before.

Tom was born in Billings, the beloved son of Bert and Gretchen Frisby. Although he was an only child, he had, as he said, many brothers...

Jun 13, 2016

Linda Maria Lohman passed to her heavenly life on June 9, 2016, at RiverStone Hospice Home in Billings. Linda will be remembered for the strong faith, integrity and authenticity she demonstrated throughout her life. She embodied grace, kindness and peace, even to the end. She will be deeply missed by all whose lives she touched, especially her loving family...

Jun 10, 2016

Richard "Dick" Model, 94, passed away Friday, June 10, 2016, following a brief admission at the RiverStone Health Hospice Home in Billings.

Dick was born and raised in Milwaukee, the son of Frank and Bertha Model. He graduated from Pulaski High School in 1940. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on Oct. 1, 1942, and served in...

Jun 8, 2016

Lorri L. Larsen, 56, passed away in Billings on June 8, 2016, after a protracted illness.

She was born in 1959 in Havre, to William and Lois Dropps (Melby). Most of Lorri's childhood was spent on the family farm near Rice, Minn. Throughout her life, she longed to return to farm living, often joking that she "was...

Jun 7, 2016

December 11, 1915 - June 5, 2016

Delivered by her father, Viola Sadie Carr Hill arrived on Dec. 11, 1915, at the homestead home four miles west of Winnett to her parents, Thomas and Addie Carr. After 100 years of living well, on June 5, 2016, she peacefully went to her eternal home. All of...

Jun 7, 2016

Katherine L. "Kay" Koch, 93 of Billings, passed away Friday, June 3, 2016, at St. John's Lutheran Nursing Home.

The daughter of Harry and Katherine Stratford, Kay was born in Billings on Aug. 3, 1922. One of seven children, she was their only daughter. Kay married Fred L. Koch on Feb. 14, 1951, in Columbus. He preceded...

Jun 6, 2016

On June 2, 2016 our amazing Dad decided to leave us to join Nancy for what would have been their 67th wedding anniversary.

There will be a hole in our hearts. He was always quick to make us laugh, a talented jack of all trades, treasuring his family above all else.

To continue...

Jun 6, 2016

Gary Joseph Seiffert passed away on June 3, 2016, at the Billings Clinic.

He was born on Dec. 20, 1940, in Billings, the son of Joe and Betty Seiffert. Gary was raised on the family farm in Lockwood and attended Billings Senior High School and Montana State University, where he obtained a degree in business administration. Gary...

Jun 2, 2016

Charlotte McAllister Donlin died on May 26, 2016, in Billings. She was 89. Born on June 9, 1926, in Long Beach, California, Charlotte was the second of three children born to Roy and Elizabeth "Bess" McAllister. The McAllisters endured the Depression, earthquakes and World War II, always supporting each other and enjoying life in Southern California. She was preceded...

Jun 2, 2016

On Sunday, May 29, 2016, after a long and frustrating battle with Parkinson's disease, Jack Streeter peacefully fell asleep and woke up in heaven.

Jack was born the only child of Delton and Helen on May 24, 1933. He graduated from Billings Senior High in 1951 and University of Montana in 1956 with a degree in Petroleum...

Jun 1, 2016

Beloved wife, mother and sister, Carol Loreen Bartle, 95, passed away May 26th, 2016. She was born to John and Florence Carlson on Sept 22, 1920 in Nortonville, North Dakota. The family moved to Edgeley, ND in 1926 where she attended school and graduated from high school in 1938. She played on a women's softball team and also played...

May 31, 2016

“The greatest Granny in the world”, left those that loved her the most way too soon on May 25th, 2016.

Marletta was born August 15th, 1962 to Ernest and Erika Ward in Anaconda MT. She was the youngest of 4 children. Marletta was twelve years younger than her nearest sibling. As a child she grew up in...

May 29, 2016

David (Dave) Pursell passed away surrounded by his loving wife Betty and family on May 26, 2016.

Dave was born in Boise, ID on July 18, 1934 to Harry and Rose Pursell. He attended Boise High School and graduated from Boise Junior College with a BA degree. There he re-connected with the love of life Betty Henderson...

May 26, 2016

Army Specialist Timothy Jacob Davis "TJ," 31, passed unexpectedly in his Billings home on May 22, 2016. After fighting a war abroad, he came home to fight his own war, a personal war with PTSD, but this time he's not coming home. TJ now joins the ranks of all our fallen veterans in heaven.

An Iraqi Freedom...

May 26, 2016

Sally passed away at 89 on May 22, 2016, in Billings, where she was born and raised. Her birth on Oct. 10, 1926, was the first child of Virginia Rodes Snidow and Richard John O'Malley, and two siblings followed: Patricia Ann and Thomas Richard.

Sally's early years were spent in the home of her grandparents, the Snidows,...