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Forrest Kitto
TOSTON - Forrest Kitto, 79, of Toston, died Sunday, July 4, 1999, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at the Broadwater High School Gymnasium with interment in the Radersburg cemetery. Connors Funeral Home of Townsend is in charge.
Albert E. Matejcek
LEWISTOWN - Albert E. Matejcek, 79, died Sunday, July 4, 1999, at his home of natural causes.
Cremation has taken place and services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, July 9, in the Cloyd Funeral Home Chapel.
Albert T. 'Tom' Nelson
HINSDALE - Albert T. "Tom" Nelson, 79, died Saturday, July 3, 1999.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 12, at the Hinsdale Legion Hall with interment in the Hillview cemetery. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge.
Bud Ozbirn
CODY, Wyo. - Bud Ozbirn, 75, died Monday, July 5, 1999, at his home.
Memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Ballard Funeral Home is in charge.
Tyler (Talani) Berg Schiffer
ROSEBUD - Tyler (Talani) Berg Schiffer, 40, of Rosebud, died Sunday, July 4, 1999, at the Rosebud Health Care Center in Forsyth.
Vigil services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at the Beals Mortuary Chapel in Forsyth. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Forsyth with interment in the Forsyth Catholic cemetery.
Apolonia 'Lonie' Smelser
SIDNEY - Funeral services for Apolonia "Lonie" Smelser, 92 of Sidney, were Tuesday, July 6, 1999, at the Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Kent Stenzel officiating. Musical selections were provided by Marlin Beyer accompanied by Carol Lohrenz. Casketbearers were: All of Apolonia's grandchildren. Honorary casketbearers were: All of Apolonia's family and friends. Ushers were Toni Smelser and Tom Eleson. Interment was in the Sidney cemetery under the direction of the Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Apolonia "Lonie" was born on March 16, 1907, in Vinton, Iowa, to Alfred and Anna (Werning) Seefeld. She lived in Iowa and South Dakota most of her young life, but also spending a good deal of time with her grandparents, Mary and Frank Seefeld in Mobridge, S.D. After graduation from high school, she went to two years of Business College. Lonie was united in marriage to Rex Smelser on June 5, 1927, in Mobridge; to their union six children were born. Lonie worked off and on during her life, as a seamstress, for a photo lab, but most of her work was in bookkeeping. They moved from Iowa to Port Orchard, Wash., during the war, where they both worked at the ship yards. After moving back to Iowa for a few years the family moved to Miles City and two years later to Sidney where Rex managed Pacific Hide & Fur and Lonie worked as bookkeeper there, until their retirement in 1972. Lonie continued to work for another few years at Pacific. Later in 1980, Lonie started doing the bookkeeping for Border Steel, owned by Bill and Bret (son and grandson). She worked for them until she was about 84 years old. She has lived by herself in her home since Rex's death in December of 1983.
In May of this year Lonie moved to the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility, where she passed away on Sunday, July 4, 1999, at the age of 92.
Her children always enjoyed having her tell people her full name - Apolonia Wilhemina Anna Maria Seefeld Smelser, which she would tell with pride and a little embarrassment. A beautiful name for a beautiful lady.
Surviving her are: three sons, Leland and wife, Lucile Smelser of Glasgow, William "Bill" and wife, Sharon Smelser of Sidney, and James and Shirley Smelser of Power; three daughters, Beverly Becker of Polson, Frankie and husband, Gordon Morrison of Laurel and Anna and husband, Delton Mindt of Polson; a sister, Evelyn Hubbs of Holiday, Fla.; 22 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Rex; two sons-in-law, Charlie Evanson and LuVern Becker; a great-grandson, Stephen Pearson; a granddaughter, Debra Evanson; and a sister, Goldie Seefeld.
Joyce Lynn Stump Stewart
ROCKY BOY - Joyce Lynn Stump Stewart, 36, of Rocky Boy, died Sunday, July 4, 1999, in an automobile accident three miles south of Pryor.
A wake will be held Wednesday at the Senior Citizens Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 8, at the center with interment in the Rocky Boy cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home of Havre is in charge.
Regina A. Turley
MUSSELSHELL - Lifetime Montana resident Regina Adele Stovall Turley passed away July 5, 1999, in Houston, Texas, at the age of 91. The oldest of seven children, she was born in the Oklahoma Indian Territory on July 27, 1907, and migrated with her parents to the family homestead eight miles south of Musselshell in 1908. She was educated in country schools.
Regina married
Gerald Emmett Turley in 1926 and they moved to Mountain Home 14 miles south of Musselshell to ranch with Gerald's brother, John and his wife, Minnie. In 1928 they built their own ranch buildings 16 miles south of Musselshell on the south fork of Hawk Creek and continued to improve upon the families' homesteads. Regina and Gerald lived and thrived on a ranch at a time when it was not easy or popular, and raised seven rugged boys and one daughter. After their children were nearly grown, Gerald and Regina divided their ranch with John and Minnie, yet remained lifelong friends with them. Regina was a natural stockman and continued to raise sheep, cattle and train stockdogs until after her husband's death in 1973. She spent her winters in Houston with her only daughter, Adele Giles until her death.
Regina was a lifetime member of the Catholic Church, the Democratic Party and very proud of her Native American heritage. It could be said that after Regina was made, "they threw away the mold." She was exceptionally strong-willed, hardworking and honest. Regina was patient, yet she demanded responsibility and discipline from young and old. She was able to laugh at herself while maintaining her dignity through both good and difficult times. Regina was a very Classy Lady.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Emmett; brother, Preston; sisters, Grace Lent and Edith Anderson; and her two sons, Patrick and Gerald O'Neil Turley. She is survived by her sons, Edward of Lilloet, B.C., Turla of Roundup, James "Mike" of Musselshell, Francis of Singapore, Malaysia, Curgus of Roundup; and daughter, Adele Giles of Houston; brothers, Jesse Stovall of West Yellowstone, Kirk Stovall of Livingston; and sister, Alberta Dowdy of Barstow, Calif.; 27 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 1999, at the Wier Funeral Chapel. Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, 1999, at St. Benedict's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Musselshell cemetery. Wier Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice.
Emma 'Tommy' Weston
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Emma "Tommy" Weston, 92, died Monday, July 5, 1999, at Westview Health Care Center.
Cremation has taken place and private family services will be at a later date. Kane Funeral Home is in charge.
Olga Whitehead
BOTHELL, Wash. - Olga Whitehead, 85, our beloved mother, died in Bothell on June 28, 1999.
Olga was born Nov. 26, 1913, in Moosehorn, Manitoba, Canada, to Johann and Berta Schenheit, the third of five children. Her family moved to the Neche, N.D., area in 1928 where Olga married
Joe Pearce in 1931. They had one child, Humbert Lester Pearce. Joe was killed in an unfortunate accident.
On May 8, 1937, Olga married
Burril Avon Whitehead of Cut Bank. They had three children. Olga lived for 49 years in Billings. She was a longtime member of the American Legion Auxiliary and was dedicated to charitable work throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Burril; her brother, Otto; and her sisters, Augusta and Helen. Olga is survived by her brother, Reinhard Schenheit and wife, Ruth; sons and daughters-in-law, Bert and Jean Pearce and Avon and Beatrice Whitehead; daughter, Priscilla Whitehead; daughter and son-in-law, Prudence and Clarence Whitworth Jr.; five grandchildren, Michael and Catherine Pearce, Justine Whitehead, and Clancy and Chauncy Whitworth; three great-grandchildren, Joseph and Nadia Pearce, and Kassandra Whitworth.
Our mother loved her family, her many friends, poetry, birds, flowers and fishing. She will be greatly missed.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7, at the Smith West Chapel with interment to follow at Mountview cemetery. Memorials can be sent to Friendship House in Billings or the Shodair Children's Hospital in Helena. Smith West Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Ann C. Donald
MELVILLE - Ann C. Donald was born June 6, 1919, in Dayton, Ohio, and passed away peacefully in her home near Melville, surrounded by her family on July 5, 1999.
Ann married
Bill Donald on June 6, 1946. They lived and ranched near Two Dot for eight years before returning to the Donald family ranch near Melville, where they have lived ever since. Her gracious nature, quick wit and iron will made her many friends throughout her life, whom she enjoyed immensely.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Margaret Carberry; her brothers, Robert and Oliver; and her sister, Eleanor Vose.
She is survived by her husband, Bill; her daughter and family, Elli and Paul Hawks, their daughters, Gina and Jenny; her son and family, Bill and Betsy and their sons, Josh and Wyatt, all of Melville.
Memorial services will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Big Timber on Friday, July 9, 1999, at 2 p.m. Memorials may be sent to the Crazy Mountain Museum of Big Timber. Lowry Funeral Home arranged the services.
Florence Dusenberry
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Florence Irene Dusenberry, 90, died Sunday, July 4, 1999, at Westview Health Care Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at Kane Funeral Home with interment at a later date in Mount Calvary cemetery in Zanesville, Ohio.
Katherine I. Goodall
Katherine I. Goodall, 79, of Billings, passed away Saturday, July 3, 1999, at the Western Manor Care Center.
She was born Dec. 19, 1919, in Red Lodge, the daughter of John and Anna Boggio.
She married
Mark Goodall, who preceded her in death.
Survivors include her daughters, Joanne Goodall, Sherry Goodall and Arlene Cox; her grandsons, Kenneth Gray and John Gray; brothers, Henry Boggio, Edward Boggio, John Boggio; and sisters, Pierina Phillips, Barbara Johle and Mary Sheppard.
Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 2336 St. John's Ave. Interment of ashes will be in the Park City cemetery.
Jane E. Hale
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Jane E. Hale, 67, died Friday, July 2, 1999, at the Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County.
Memorial services were held July 5 at Champion Funeral Home with inurnment of cremated remains to be at a later date in the Resurrection cemetery Mausoleum in Clinton, Md.
Alma (Welker) Heath
SHELBY - Alma (Welker) Heath, 82, of Shelby, passed away Saturday morning at her home in Shelby. A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 8, at the Community United Methodist Church in Shelby with Rev. Mike Parr officiating. Committal will follow in Mountain View cemetery in Shelby. Memorials are suggested to the Alma Heath Memorial Fund c/o First State Bank of Shelby, 260 Main, Shelby, MT 59474 or to a charity of the donor's choice. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Shelby in charge of arrangements.
Alma was born June 3, 1917, to John and Mary (Baldwin) Welker on the family farmstead near Shelby. She was the middle of nine children and was looked on as the revolving and center post of her family. She graduated from high school in Shelby and was very competitive in academics as well as athletics. She was a free throw champion and played on the girls high school basketball team.
Alma married
Dale W. Heath on June 30, 1935, in Shelby, where they farmsteaded. She was a devoted homemaker her whole life and was well known for having a freezer full of cookies and goodies where her grandchildren were known to raid on occasion. The history of her family was very important to her as she kept numerous scrapbooks and daily journals all her adult life. The whole family knew where they were and what they were doing at any given time.
Alma was a sports enthusiast, from the sidelines for her family and friends or competing herself. She was a member of the Marias Valley Golf and Country Club, the Shelby Women's Bowling Association, serving as an officer on both. She was active in the Round Robin Pitch Club and the Senior Citizen Pitch Club. She also taught youth bowling classes and served as Chairperson for the Red Cross Blood Drive for many years. She was also inducted into the Shelby Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame and was an avid gardener.
Alma is survived by her husband of Shelby; son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Sharon Heath of Clark, Wyo.; daughter, Sharlene Brandes and husband, Gordon of Billings; grandchildren, Alan Heath and wife, Lorri of Sisters, Ore., Jana Anthony of Beaverton, Ore., Steven Ahrens and wife, Julie of Shelby; great-grandchildren, Jessica Heath, Jacob Heath, Brandi Anthony, Dustin Ahrens, Sharelle Ahrens; sisters, Blanche Greene of Mechanicsburg, Ill., Corrine Merhar of Shelby; brothers, Ralph Welker of Dupuyer and James Welker of Shelby; as well as 29 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Lawrence, Forrest, and Miles Welker; and a granddaughter, Monica Heath.
"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you"
Ida Krop
POWELL, Wyo. - Ida Krop, 86, of Powell, formerly of Red Lodge, Mont., died Sunday, July 4, 1999, in Billings Deaconess Medical Center.
She was born on Nov. 10, 1912, in Red Lodge, a daughter of John and Amanda Waisanen. Raised and educated in Red Lodge, she graduated from Carbon County High School. She received her teaching certificate from Eastern Montana College in Billings, and then taught for a brief time. During World War II she worked in the shipyards in Seattle and returned to Red Lodge where she was employed at Red Lodge Cleaners and Sawyer's Grocery.
On Aug. 22, 1951, she married
John Krop in Columbus. They settled in Powell where she worked at Ben Franklin Store for several years before retiring in 1977. Ida was an excellent cook and homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, John Krop of Powell; two nieces, Lorraine Ladley and Kaye Palmer; and one nephew, Toby Waisanen.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, in the Red Lodge cemetery. Friends and family will gather at 1:30 p.m. at Olcott Funeral Chapel to proceed to the cemetery.
Robert 'Bob' Lucas
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Robert "Bob" Lucas, 60, formerly of Miles City, Mont., died Sunday, July 4, 1999.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 10, at the United Methodist Church with interment in the Custer County cemetery, both in Miles City. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home is in charge.
Ellen McDonnell
BIG TIMBER - Ellen McDonnell was born Dec. 21, 1909, to C.M. and Carrie Rein near Melville, at the base of the Crazy Mountains. She was the youngest of five children. Her childhood was spent there on the ranch, either at the "lower place" or "up the canyon."
Elementary school years for Ellen took place at the Settlement School near the lower place. She went to two years of high school at Sweet Grass High School, spent a year at a private high school in Madison, Minn., and then went to St. Olaf's College where she sang in F. Melius Christiansen's choir. Summers she spent with her family at the ranch, raking hay behind a team of horses and riding horseback whenever possible.
After her graduation from St. Olaf's, she taught music and history at Sweet Grass High School until her marriage on Oct. 27, 1941, to A. Ronald McDonnell. They lived in Big Timber and had one daughter, Mary Ellen, for whom Ellen was an incredible role model and friend as well as a wonderful mother. During their lives together, Ron and Ellen spent happy days in Helena during the years Ron was in the legislature and at the cabin on the Boulder River.
Ellen directed the choir at the Big Timber Lutheran Church for many years. She belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary and enjoyed building creative floats for the rodeo parade. She also directed an American Legion chorus and a community chorus over the years. In her later years she loved growing flowers - especially roses - which she shared with everyone.
She touched many lives, but no one will miss her more than her daughter, Mary Ellen (Mimi) Cremer; her granddaughters and grandson-in-law, Rebecca and Lance Weppler, Cornelia Cremer and Alexandra Cremer; and her many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Lloyd and Clarence; two sisters, Lillian and Hilda; her husband; her son-in-law, Bill Cremer Jr.; and a grandson, Shawn.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, 1999, at Big Timber Lutheran Church. Interment will follow in Mountain View cemetery. Memorials can be sent to the family to be used for music scholarships. Lowry Funeral Home arranged the services.
