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Debra L. Duprey
Debra L. Duprey was taken away from us on Sunday, April 4, 1999, at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash. Debbie was born May 23, 1953, in Williston, N.D., and moved to Billings with her family when she was 17. Billings has been home ever since.
Debbie was diagnosed with Leukemia in October of '98. She put up the fight of her life for six months, but God had another plan for her life.
Debbie's life on earth was way too short. We have to be thankful for the 45 years we had her. My sister was one of the strongest, bravest people I will ever know. She was my idol and I will miss her deeply.
Debbie's love for her daughter, Rollena, and niece, Cami Ann, was so great. The two girls were a big part of her life and she often put her life on hold when they needed anything at all.
Debbie leaves behind her daughter, Rollena; mother, Mary Peterson; sister, Rae Ann Lanz; and niece, Cami Ann Peterson; and we cannot forget Nicki the Dog, all of Billings.
Debbie was preceded in death by her father, Roland Peterson.
"Debbie, We love you and will miss you."
Memorial services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Smith West Chapel, 304 34th St. W. Memorials may be made to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N.-LY-120, P.O. Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024.
Cecelia Rose Kallevig
FROMBERG - Cecelia Rose Kallevig, 51 of Fromberg, passed away Wednesday afternoon, April 6, 1999, at St. Vincent Hospital. The daughter of Tony and Rose (Klein) Sticka, she was born in Billings on Feb. 23, 1948.
Cecelia was raised and educated in Fromberg and graduated from high school in 1966. Following graduation, she attended business college in Minnesota for three years. After returning to Montana, she worked as an oil analyst for Cenex for over 10 years. Cecelia loved animals and enjoyed spending time watching her family participate in various sporting events. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Fromberg. She was preceded in death by her mother, Rose, in 1963.
Survivors include her father, Tony Sticka of Fromberg; her daughter, Genelle Tennyson of Great Falls; her three sons, Kristian Kallevig and Nathan Sticka of Fromberg and Jeremy Kallevig of Tucson, Ariz.; her brother Anthony Sticka of Hysham; her sister, Lorraine Vanuden of St. Paul, Minn.; and one grandson, Kristian A. Kallevig.
A Vigil Service will be held 7 p.m. Friday, April 9, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Fromberg. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at St. Joseph's with Rite of Committal in the Rockvale cemetery. The casket will be closed at the Funeral Mass. Memorials may be sent to St. Joseph's Catholic Church, c/o Sr. Mary Lou Mendel, Sacred Heart Parish, Bridger, MT 59014. Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Mathilda Jane Milne
Mathilda Jane Milne, of Billings, died Wednesday, April 7, 1999, at her home, while working on one of her beloved crossword puzzles. The daughter of Robert John and Lena Leeman, Jane was born Dec. 10, 1903, near Calgary, Canada.
Jane worked as secretary for Fleishman's Yeast Company and Massey--Harris Equipment Company before she married
her beloved Noble, who preceded her in death in 1997 after 74 very happy years of marriage.
Jane and Noble E. Milne were married
in Spokane, Wash., on Dec. 24, 1923. For 18 years she accompanied Noble on his travels as a sales rep for the Fuller Paint Company.
She loved her home in Billings where they settled in the late '40s. She was expert at crocheting, knitting, growing African violets and was a wonderful cook.
She is survived by three nieces, Mrs. Bruce (Maralyne) Spurway of Calgary, Canada, Mrs. Ralph (Beverly) Baird of Lakebay, Wash., and Mrs. Bob (Marilyn) Stout of San Diego, Calif.
For 32 years Jane had been a loving and devoted "adopted" grandmother to the Yenko children, Katrina, Ronald, and Charles. She and Noble were very special in our lives and will be sadly missed.
Visitation will begin 2 p.m. Sunday at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Mortuary. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Mountview cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Special K Ranch. Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Mathilda Jane Milne
Mathilda Jane Milne, of Billings, died Wednesday, April 7, 1999, at her home, while working on one of her beloved crossword puzzles. The daughter of Robert John and Lena Leeman, Jane was born Dec. 10, 1903, near Calgary, Canada.
Jane worked as secretary for Fleishman's Yeast Company and Massey-Harris Equipment Company before she married
her beloved Noble, who preceded her in death in 1997 after 74 very happy years of marriage.
Jane and Noble E. Milne were married
in Spokane, Wash., on Dec. 24, 1923. For 18 years she accompanied Noble on his travels as a sales rep for the Fuller Paint Company.
She loved her home in Billings where they settled in the late '40s. She was expert at crocheting, knitting, growing African violets and was a wonderful cook.
She is survived by three nieces, Mrs. Bruce (Maralyne) Spurway of Calgary, Canada, Mrs. Ralph (Beverly) Baird of Lakebay, Wash., and Mrs. Bob (Marilyn) Stout of San Diego, Calif.
For 32 years Jane had been a loving and devoted "adopted" grandmother to the Yenko children, Katrina, Ronald, and Charles. She and Noble were very special in our lives and will be sadly missed.
Visitation will begin 2 p.m. Sunday at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Mortuary. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Mountview cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Special K Ranch. Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Fred Sauther
SPOKANE, Wash. - Fred Sauther, age 67, passed away April 7, 1999, in Spokane.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Florence at the home; daughter, Anne Todd; three sons, Gary Sauther, William Sauther and Thomas Sauther, all of Spokane; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Lorraine Duke and Berniece Toldness, both of Billings; five brothers, Armine Sauther, Walter Sauther, Willard Sauther and Arnold Sauther, all of Billings, and Victor Sauther, Spokane. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Reuben Sauther and Edward Sauther.
Fred was a wonderfully loving father and grandfather to his family. He was well known in the retail furniture industry.
Visitation will be Friday, April 9, 1999, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home, 1400 S. Pines Road, Spokane. Funeral service will be held Saturday, April 10, 1999, 9 a.m. at Opportunity Free Methodist Church, 1313 S. Pines Rd, Spokane, with Pastor David Hubbard officiating. Interment to follow at Pines cemetery, Spokane. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 900 N. Maple, Spokane, WA 99201.
Helen Evelyn Stevenson
Helen Evelyn Stevenson died April 7, 1999, at her home in Billings. She was born Nov. 29, 1915, on the family farm near Huntley, the fourth child of Lincoln A. and Nina B. Wells. After graduating from Huntley High School, she attended college and beauty school in Billings, and operated Evelyn's Beauty Shop about 35 years.
Evelyn married
Elton R. Stevenson on March 13, 1937, in Billings. They made their home in Billings for 62 years, except for four years at Ballantine during the early '40s. Together they raised three sons: Robert C. (Lois) Stevenson and Ronald E. (Kaye) Stevenson of Billings and Mel G. Stevenson of Palmeres, Alajarela, Costa Rica. Besides her husband and sons, Evelyn is survived by one sister, Emogene (Howard) Marty of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and one brother, Cecil (Fern) Wells of Bozeman; her grandchildren: Barbara Merrifield, Laurel; Carol Ehrman, Modesto, Calif.; Kim Stevenson and Scott Stevenson, Billings; and Keri Stevenson, Seattle, Wash.; and eight great-grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Paul and Leroy Wells; and one sister, Enid Carmack.
Evelyn was active as one of Jehovah's Witnesses for over 50 years, thoroughly enjoying sharing knowledge of the Bible with others. Evelyn loved her boys, her grandchildren, working in the yard, and will be remembered as a generous person, a hard worker, and for her sense of humor.
Cremation will take place. A memorial service will be held Monday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 36th Street West and Monad.
Theresa Clubfoot-Adams
SEATTLE, Wash. - Theresa Clubfoot-Adams, 41, formerly of Lame Deer, Mont., died Sunday, April 4, 1999, at a Seattle hospital.
Wake services will be at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 11, at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Lame Deer. Funeral services will be held promptly at 10 a.m. Monday, April 12, at the church with interment at Clubfoot Creek near Birney. Rausch Funeral Home is in charge.
Russell L. Davis
In a small humble cabin east of Judith Gap on March 30, 1916, a baby was born that would impact the world of music in many ways. This baby was Russell L. Davis. He died Monday, April 5, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital at the age of 83 after a very brief illness. He had just returned from a trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Blessed with the gift of music and with the knowledge of the finger positions on the alto saxophone, he began his professional music career at age 12. His career started with the Judith Gap "Happy Jacks" and spanned years, playing with many big bands in the Chicago area, and groups throughout the Midwest, as well as with the Jack Teagarden Band.
In 1943 Russ joined the military where he served 3 years in the U.S. Army Airforce Band. It was in the military that a fellow musician helped him to learn to read music. He was discharged in 1946.
In 1947, Russ attended the Conn Vocational School in Elkhart, Ind., to learn his lifelong trade of musical instrument repair. He established his business in December of 1947 in Billings and practiced this trade for 47 years, sewing professional and beginning musicians - all equally important to him. Some of his happiest hours were spent in the repair shop. He invented several tools that are used in the repair industry today.
Russ was one of the original members of the Billings Symphony Orchestra playing clarinet and then being drafted to the string bass. He played for 46 years. However, his first love was jazz music - playing tenor sax and clarinet.
Russell L. Davis was born March 30, 1916, near Judith Gap, to Philip Davis and Esther Miller Davis. He was the middle of five children. He graduated from Judith Gap High School in 1933 and he had a little over a year of college education when he attended MSU-Bozeman and University of North Dakota at Grand Forks.
As much as music was his life, so was photography, birds, wild flowers, and backpacking in the Beartooth Mountains. And most of all he was a caring person - listening to and helping countless people. You will also remember him for his love of the English language, especially puns.
He is survived by Mary, his wife of 19 years; a sister, Enid Lake (Richard) of Missoula, and brothers, Clifford (Kittie) of Bozeman, Berle of Clancy and Philip (Helen) of Missoula; two adopted daughters from a previous marriage, Leslie Oien, Missoula, and Chris Poole, Maine. Russ was preceded in death by his mother and father.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 10, 1999, 11 a.m., at First Baptist Church, corner of Third Avenue North and Division Street. A luncheon will follow. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Billings Symphony Endowment Fund, 201 N. Broadway, Billings 59101. Cremation and interment has taken place.
Fred S. Endsley
1949-1999
CODY, Wyo. - Fred S. Endsley, 49, of Cody, formerly of Chicago, Ill., died Monday at his home surrounded by his family after a courageous, year-long battle with esophageal cancer.
He was born Oct. 13, 1949, in Houston, Texas, the son of Dr. Fred "Ted" and Patricia Endsley.
A committed and creative teacher nearly all his adult life, he was a multidisciplinary visual artist, with interests in photography, computer imaging, and sound. His other interests were broad and ranged from design, generative systems, painting, drawing and printmaking to writing, collecting, gallery direction, curating, gardening and parenting.
He is survived by his wife, Karen "KP" of Cody; his daughter, Stephanie Brown of Columbus, Ohio; his parents, brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Scott and Mary Endsley of Scottsdale, Ariz.; sister and brother-in-law, Ellen and Richard Garland of Richardson, Texas; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Kelly and Tommy Jackson of Cody; former wife, Suzanne Endsley of Chicago; and eight nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his extended family, his mother-in-law and father-in law, Karen and John Gibbons, and Patricia Greever Manning, all of Cody.
A Brother's Memory by Scott Endsley: "Fred is my big brother. An ear, a vision, that helped me learn my own vision. An honest vision, forever changing on an unchanging landscape. He was to me, as he was to many of his friends and students, a big brother.
"He died as he lived. Surrounded by those whose vision he shared, shaped and made real through his own suffering and joy. Pain, persistence, perspective and ultimately passion. I will miss him truly, as will the mountains he walked through, the hands that he held and those that held him. His life was transparent in his dense images which held, as he long knew, only the fleeting moment. Now he has moved on to capture another image, another vision. I love you, Big Brother."
A celebration of Fred's life will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Old Trail Town.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established to provide a photography scholarship at the Art Institute of Chicago. Donations will be accepted at Shoshone First Bank. (To enjoy a taste of Fred's work on the Internet, visit: https://www.artic.edu/~fendsley)
Dorothy Higgins Foster
Dorothy L. Foster passed away Tuesday, April 6, 1999, at St. John's Lutheran Home, following a brief battle with cancer.
Born on Nov. 19, 1912, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Dorothy was the daughter of Bert and Eva Higgins. She attended public schools in Roberts, Idaho. Her life revolved around education, reading and learning. She attended the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, in 1930-31 and was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. When the Depression no longer allowed her to continue her education there, she returned to Idaho Falls and received business training. She worked for Shell Oil Co. as a stenographer until she was able to return to her university studies, completing a two-year teaching degree from the University of Idaho at Pocatello, now Idaho State University.
On July 29, 1932, Dorothy married
Walter T. Foster and the couple moved to Dillon where they reared their family and lived for the next 30 years. She substitute taught in the Dillon Public Schools and subsequently received B.S. and M.S. degrees in education at Western Montana College of Education, now University of Montana at Dillon. She taught for 17 years in the Dillon schools at fourth, sixth and junior high school levels. She was an active member of the St. James Episcopal Church and many civic groups in Dillon. Her husband, Walt, died in 1963 and in 1970, Dorothy retired from public school teaching and at age 58, decided to apply for the United States Peace Corps. She had long desired to travel and see the world, and the Peace Corps provided the ideal opportunity for her to use her talents as an educator and at the same time allow her to experience another culture.
As the oldest of a group of 100 trainees in Hawaii, Dorothy was quickly loved and accepted as the younger volunteers' "den mother." She was assigned to teach English, as well as English and Victorian literature, at the University of Chiengmai in northern Thailand and quickly grew to love that country and its people. When her two-year stint was up, she volunteered for a third year. While in the Peace Corps, she took advantage of the travel opportunities her assignment afforded her and visited Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Bali and China.
At the end of her third year, Dorothy returned to Billings where she was named director of the Community Day Care Center, a position she held for five years. The University of Chiengmai invited her back to teach once again and she returned to Thailand for one more year. At the end of that year, she opted to take the "long way home, " joining a British bus tour in Nepal and touring for three months through Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, Belgium and finally England and Scotland.
Dorothy was honored by having her picture included in an article about the first 10 years of the U.S. Peace Corps in Life Magazine, and was also featured in several Peace Corps publications.
Once again, reluctant to retire upon her return to Montana, Dorothy was invited to work for the Refugee service in Billings as a Vista Volunteer. She helped the Hmong refugees who had assisted the U.S. military in Vietnam settle into Billings, teaching them English and American culture for three years. She also worked as a Vista volunteer for the Prevention of Child Abuse program and then for the Montana Child Adoption Agency. She was a successful grant writer for many agencies and served as a reviewer for educational grants submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.
Dorothy loved to share her experiences and was a frequent speaker at public meetings throughout Billings. She was a tireless reader and lifelong learner and enjoyed her book group, giving book reviews and reports until just a year before her death. She was also a volunteer for the Moss Mansion, the Western Heritage Center and the Billings Library. She was a member of AAUW, Resider's Club, as well as an avid bridge player often playing in all-day bridge marathons.
Survivors include her son, Stephen H. Foster, of Billings and daughters, Gleanne Foster Wray of Moscow, Idaho, and Kathie Foster Wilcox of Lewiston, Idaho. A son, Rodney C. Foster, and a granddaughter preceded her in death. She also leaves 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 9, 1999, at 2 p.m. in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Billings. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to St. John's Nursing Home or a charity of the donor's choice.
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Lucille A. Henderson
BASIN, Wyo. - Lucille Ann Henderson passed away Wednesday, March 31, 1999, after spending a short time at the Wyoming Retirement Center. She was 78.
Lucille was born on Dec. 20, 1920, along with her twin brother, Lawrence, to Lee and Mildred (Laird) Chouinard in Baylor, Mont. She attended elementary schools in Avondale and Glasgow, Mont. Lucille attended high school at St. Margaret's Academy in Minneapolis, graduating in June of 1939. She returned to her family at Fort Peck, Mont., and went on to become the first Miss Montana in July of 1939, going on to Atlantic City to represent Montana in the Miss America Pageant.
In November, 1940, she married
Oscar Moe in San Francisco. She lived on Kodiak Island, Alaska, and also worked as a welder in the shipyards in Vancouver. Later they moved to Billings. Soon after they divorced.
In 1946 she moved to Greybull to work for Hap Crane. It was here she met Leonard Henderson, and they were married
on Aug. 19, 1946, in Red Lodge, Mont. While living in Greybull, she kept busy being a housewife, mother, Girl Scout leader, cooking at the Greybull School, helping with local and county beauty pageants. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends and family, sewing, camping, picnicking and puzzles. After her husband Leonard passed away in 1987, Lucille moved to Basin, to be near her family.
Survivors include her daughter and family, Connie, Bill and Misty Stoelk of Basin; one brother, Lee Chouinard and wife Carol of Napa, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard; two granddaughters, Jennette and Lena Kay; one grandson; her parents, Mildred and Lee Chouinard; two brothers, Lawrence and Al Chouinard; two sisters, Lois Shaffer, and Ione Brynildsen.
Cremation has taken place. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. April 9 at Mount View cemetery in Basin. Atwood Family Funeral Directors Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
