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James A. Prokopec
CODY, Wyo. - James A. Prokopec, 67, of Cody, died Wednesday, March 24, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital in Billings, Mont.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at Christ the King Lutheran Church with interment in the Bull Creek cemetery. Ballard Funeral Home is in charge.
Jessie Marie Richards
WOLF POINT - Jessie Marie Richards, 84, died Tuesday, March 23, 1999, at the Faith Lutheran Home after a long illness.
Visitation will be 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, March 26, at the Clayton Memorial Chapel. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at the chapel. Graveside services will be at a later date in the Vine Grove cemetery in Vine Grove, Ky.
Mary Belle Swan
LEWISTOWN - Mary Belle Swan, 80, died Monday, March 22, 1999, at the Central Montana Medical Center of natural causes.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 26, in the Cloyd Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation will follow and inurnment will be at a later date in the Lewistown City cemetery.
Mattie Irene Clark Yetter
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. - Mattie Irene Clark Yetter, 62, died Tuesday, March 23, 1999, at West Park Hospital.
Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. Sunday, March 28, at the Ballard Funeral Home in Cody. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 29, at the Meeteetse cemetery.
Dorothe E. Rott
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Dorothe E. Rott, 91, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at Westview Health Care Center.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Sheridan Elks cemetery. Ferries Funeral Home is in charge.
Quinto Ruffatto
SIDNEY - Mass of Christian Burial for Quinto Ruffatto, age 88, of Sidney, will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 1999, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Sidney, with Father Greg Staudinger presiding. A Rosary service will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999, at Fulkerson's Funeral Home.
Music will be provided by: Gary Rauschendorfer and Roxy Rees. Casketbearers will be: Greg Rauschendorfer, Mike Fisher, Tom Ruffatto, Jeff Ruffatto, Dave Ruffatto, and Dennis DeVries. Honorary Casketbearers will be all of Quinto's many friends and grandchildren. Ushers will be Johnny Ruffatto and Mel Rauschendorfer. Interment will be in the St. Bernard's Catholic cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Quinto Ruffatto was born in Illinois on Sept. 5, 1910. In 1911, he moved with his parents, Joseph and Giovanna Ruffatto, to Montana where they homesteaded south of Brockton. He worked on the family farm, with the exception of a short time in the '30s, when he went to work at Fort Peck to help with the construction of the dam. Thereafter, he returned to the farm and, after the death of his parents, he, together with his brother, Raymond, purchased the farm.
In 1948, he married
Mary Covarrubius. They sold the farm in 1967 and moved to Sidney. Quinto worked for Martini Steel for 13 years, retiring in 1980. Quinto enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He loved playing cards - especially pinochle. The smile behind his eyes and his keen sense of humor will long be remembered by all who knew him.
Quinto died from a heart attack on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in Sidney.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; his children, Joe of Plainview, Texas, Paul (Nan) of Sidney, Marguerite Beringer (Barry) of Billings, and Don of Bozeman; grandchildren, Joseph of Austin, Texas, Angelo and Tiffany of Billings, Giovanna, and Holle and Hannah Warfield of Sidney; his brother, George (Babe) of Stevensville; sisters, Ida Herness of Gillette, Wyo., Flora McCullough of Denver, Nellie Fisher of Sidney; and sister-in-law, Francis of Missoula; together with many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Quinto was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Sheila; son, Bob; brothers, Raymond, Pete, John, and Steve; sisters, Emma, Marie, and Mary.
Memorials can be made to St. Matthew's Catholic Church or the American Heart Association.
Guy L. Todd
CODY, Wyo. - Guy L. Todd, 93, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at West Park Hospital.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the First Presbyterian Church. Ballard Funeral Home is in charge.
Dock H. Workman
NORRIS - Dock H. Workman, age 80, of the lower Madison, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 1999, at Fort Harrison Veterans Administrative Hospital.
He was born May 30, 1918, at Cabelle County Queens Creek near Huntington, W.Va., to George and Elizabeth (Skaggs) Workman. He was remembered living in Red Lodge, Forsyth, Miles City, Billings, Plains, Kalispell, Columbia Falls, Missoula, Helena, Bozeman, and retiring on his ranch on the lower Madison River near Norris.
He was well known as an entertainer and for playing country western and bluegrass music. He also was remembered for his mechanical and rodeoing ability. He was known as "Utah Slim" in the Old Turtle Rodeo Association and was a renowned musician who played at the Grand Old Opry. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, three sisters, and his son, James Herbert Workman.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jane Workman of the lower Madison, three daughters, one son, four stepchildren, eight grandchildren, 10 step-grandchildren and four sisters.
Memorial services will he held Saturday, Jan. 16, 1999, at 1:30 p.m. from the Four Corners Baptist Church at 111 Arrowhead Trail, Bozeman, with Rev. Curtis Crow officiating. Military honors will be offered at the family ranch on the lower Madison, east of Norris, with Pastor Lynn Balgeman officiating.
Interment of ashes will be held at a later date at the Willow Grove cemetery at Buffalo, Wyo.
Memorials are preferred to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund or the Disabled American Veterans c/o Bonnie Jane Workman, P.O. Box 3485, Bozeman, Mont. 59772 or 1-406-685-3218.
K&L Mortuary of Harrison in charge of arrangements.
Jo Anne 'Jodie' Armstrong
MORTON, Miss. - Jo Anne "Jodie" (Andrews) Armstrong, 65, formerly of Billings and Hardin, Mont., died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at her home.
Services were held Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Ott & Lee Chapel with interment in the Bethlehem cemetery.
Lewis S. Brannin
BIG TIMBER - Lewis S. Brannin, 92, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at Pioneer Medical Center.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the Melville Lutheran Church with interment in Mountain View cemetery in Big Timber. Lowry Funeral Home is in charge.
Dean C. Burnham
LEWISTOWN - Dean C. Burnham, 88, formerly of Brooks, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at Valle Vista Manor.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at First Christian Church with interment in the Lewistown City cemetery. Creel Funeral Home is in charge.
Daniel L. Cade
LAVINA - Funeral services for Daniel L. Cade, 78, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 16, 1999, at the Methodist Church in Lavina. The Rev. Joe Easton will officiate. Burial will be in the Lavina cemetery.
Daniel L. Cade was born July 12, 1920, in Ryegate, son of Joe and Helen Tuffley Cade. He died Jan. 11, 1999, at the Cade Ranch near Lavina.
He was raised on the Cade ranch in the Tuffley Bench area. Dan attended the Twin Coulee country school and the Lavina School. During WWII, he was in the Army, serving in the Pacific from July 1942 until 1945. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He spent most of his life ranching on the Cade Ranch. He worked as a night watchman at the No. 3 mine in Roundup in the 1950s.
He was an avid pinochle card player. His love of music and dancing was expressed in the many dances he attended. He was a regular participant at the Lavina and Roundup Senior Centers.
Dan is survived by his three children: Wilburn Cade of Roundup, Paul Cade of Billings, and Ann Cade Phelps and her husband, Stephen Phelps of Vacaville, Calif.; one grandchild, Thomas Cade Phelps of Vacaville; two sisters: Betty Laughlin and brother-in-law, James Laughlin of Palmdale, Calif., and Marian Sutton of Renton, Wash., and one brother, Leland Cade of Billings; one niece and five nephews; and his close friend in recent years, Iris Abbot.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Don "Bud" Cade; his parents; and his in-laws, Eva and Vince Logan. Memorials may be made to the Lavina Senior Center in Lavina.
Wier Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Gerald A. (Jerry) Franz
ARLINGTON, Va. - Our beloved husband and father Gerald A. (Jerry) Franz passed away early Saturday morning, Jan. 9, 1999, from a heart attack. He was 66 years old. He was born in Minneapolis, to Harold and Edith Franz and lived there until he went to college.
He graduated from Mankato State, Mankato, Minn., with a bachelor's degree in business administration and sociology. He entered the Marines out of college and was stationed at Quantico USMC Base in Virginia where he married
his wife of 44 years, Delores Franz.
After discharge from the Marines in El Toro, Calif., he worked three years for First Bank in Billings. He stayed in Billings and for the next 10 years worked as a sales representative for General Electric. In 1969, he opened Plaza Appliance in Billings and over the next 15 years owned several other appliance stores in Montana and Wyoming. During this time, he was also a leader in Young Life and on the board of the Yellowstone Treatment Centers.
In 1984 he moved to Washington, D.C., to work with the International Foundation coordinating the National Prayer Breakfast. At the time of his death, his focus was on fostering relationships between his Latin American friends and Jesus Christ. He impacted many people's lives with his friendship and faith.
He loved his family dearly and is survived by his wife, Delores Franz of Arlington; his children, Gail A. Rolinger of Nogales, Ariz., Holly Jo Franz of Helena, Mont., Merry Carney of Salt Lake City, Utah, Gerald Jr. (G.A.) Franz of Arlington and Sarah D. Franz of Arlington. He is also survived by his two brothers, Harold Franz of El Cajon, Calif., and Donald Franz of Brooklyn, Minn.; his brother-in-law, Dan Dahle of Owatonna, Minn.; and his sister, Lorraine Anderson of La Costa, Calif.
Jerry's funeral will be Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church. He will be buried at Quantico Base. Please send cards and letters to the Franz family, 6829 N. 19th Road, Arlington, Va. 22205, and memorials to The International Foundation, P.O. Box 23813, Washington, D.C. 20026-3818.
Earl Haakenson
GREAT FALLS - Earl Haakenson, 64, formerly of Helena and Lewistown, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 1999, at Park Place Health Care Center.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at Creel Funeral Chapel in Lewistown. Private inurnment will be held.
Christine Melia (Pedersen) Hancock
January 6, 1952-January 12, 1999
Christine Hancock, known to her family and many friends as "Chris, " fought a brave and prolonged battle with cancer but succumbed to her adversary Jan. 12, 1999.
She was born Jan. 6, 1952, in Hawaii, which was then an U.S. Trust Territory. The only daughter of Clayton and Marjorie (Price) Pedersen, she was reared and educated in Kailua on the island of Oahu. Her mother succumbed to cancer when Chris was just a teenager. Along with her father, she then assumed the responsibility of rearing her two younger brothers. During this time her godmother, June Bradley, of Honolulu; her mother's twin, Elsa Price of Sarasota, Fla.; and Richard and Jean Isakson or Kapolei, Hawaii, were loving and stabilizing influences for her, as they would continue to be throughout her life.
Upon graduation from Kaulua High School in 1970, Chris' desire for adventure and independence brought her to Montana. She graduated from Rocky Mountain College in 1974 with degrees in psychology and history. She met William Hancock while at Rocky and they were married
in Hawaii, Aug. 20, 1972. After doing volunteer work for the Mental Health Center she then devoted her life to rearing her family here in the Billings area.
The loved ones surviving her include her husband, William, her daughters, Kerry and Kelly, and her son, Shaun. She leaves also a grandson, Kevyn Pust, her daughter Kerry's child. Her surviving family residing in Hawaii includes her father, Clayton Pedersen; her two brothers, David and Ronald and his wife, Kyleen; her nephews, Kevin and Justin; her nieces, Angleen and Cathy; and a great-grandnephew, Nohea.
Chris always considered her life richly blessed and even with her illness, never felt that she had been treated unkindly by fate. As she would say "aloha nui loa."
Memorials may be sent to Big Sky Hospice, P.O. Box 35033, Billings, MT 59107; Ronald McDonald House, 1139 N. 27th St., Suite B2, Billings 59102; or for One Another Cancer Family Network, P.O. Box 6446, Bozeman, MT 59771.
A Vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday evening, Jan. 14, and Funeral services will be conducted Friday, Jan. 15, at 3 p.m. Both services to be held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1241 Crawford Drive, Billings.
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Ruby Farris Kron
MILES CITY - Ruby Farris Kron, 62, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1999, at her home.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home.
