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Robert J. Critelli
ORLANDO, Fla. - The family of Robert J. Critelli would like to share with extended family and friends that on Oct. 31, 1999, Robert passed away. He was 61.
Robert was career military. At the age of 16 he joined the National Guard and later joined the U.S. Army. During this time he served in Korea, Germany and with the 101st and 173rd Airborne Divisions, he participated in 10 campaigns in Vietnam over a period of three years. He also served in the 82nd Airborne Division. He retired in 1974 as a CWO-3 after 22 years of service.
Robert returned to Billings and worked for Prudential Insurance. With his strong desire for military lifestyle, he began working for Bell Helicopter which took his family to Iran. Upon evacuation from Iran, he began working in Saudi Arabia until he became ill in 1987. He enjoyed woodworking and visiting with his neighbors. He lived the rest of his life in Orlando, Fla. with his wife Carolyn always at his side.
Robert is survived by his loving wife, Carolyn; daughters, Cindy (Jerry) Moats of Billings and Thresa (Kevin) Kennedy of Orlando; sons, Joseph (Rebecca) Critelli and Reginald Critelli, both of Orlando; grandchildren Jessi, Janel, Jacque, all of Billings and Anthony, Stephanie, Shane, Alyse, Alicia and Ashley, all of Orlando; brother Donald Critelli of Billings, and sister Sharon Martinz of Billings.
Cremation has taken place and a memorial service was held on Nov. 5, 1999, in Orlando. Robert's remains will be placed in a national military cemetery.
Luci Johnson
April 18, 1937-Nov. 17, 1999
SEATTLE, Wash. - Our beloved Luci died after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Seattle, she earned her R.N. in Portland, Ore., where she met Paul, the love of her life. She created a loving home and also contributed her joy and energy to many in need, including Hospice, the Montana Rescue Mission, and others. She enjoyed both giving and receiving within her faith community. She cared for the friend and stranger alike. She is survived by her husband, Paul; children, Paula (Gary) Reeves, Vicki (Bill) Stocker, John, and Catherine (Brian) Mulhall; six precious grandchildren; and many more dear friends and relatives. Funeral Mass and burial were held in Seattle. Remembrances may be made to Montana Rescue Mission, 2822 Minnesota Ave., Billings, MT 59101. Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Chapel, Seattle.
Beth Ann Kellum
HARDIN - Beth Aim Kellum, 20, Big Horn County Deputy Sheriff, died Saturday morning, Nov. 20, 1999 of injuries sustained in a one car rollover west of Hardin.
Bkakiiliishda Xia Sash "Exalted Young Women, " an Indian name given to her by her great grandmother, Evelyn Old Elk, was born Feb. 26, 1979 in Seward, Neb., a daughter of James and Grace Bell Rock Kellum. She grew up and attended schools in Crow Agency and Hardin, graduating from Hardin High School in 1997. While in high school she actively participated in basketball, Bulldog Buddies, Indian Club, served as a class officer all four years and was also the student body president. She later attended the Haskell Institute and Little Big Horn College.
In 1998, Beth became a Big Horn County reserve deputy and recently completed her training at the Law Enforcement Academy in Helena. She currently was a Big Horn County Deputy Sheriff Her traditional values were also important to her, serving as the Reno District Princess at the Crow Fair in 1997.
Beth was a member of the Lutheran Church, Whistling Water Clan and was a child of the Bad War Deeds Clan. She was preceded in death by her father.
Survivors include her mother, Grace Kellum of Crow Agency; three sisters, Carie (Blaine) Bulltail of Lodge Grass, Jennifer Chasing Hawk of Minnesota and Holly Reed of Crow Agency; two brothers, James Kellum, Jr. of Texas and Allen Chasing Hawk of Glendive; her grandparents, Dora Rides Horse of Garryowen, Charles and Lorraine Dillon of Wyola; her adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wagoner of Iowa; a special aunt, Elizabeth (Keith) Reece of Hardin; her Godfather, Lance Pederson; her Godmother, Denise Goes Ahead; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Interment with Police Honors will follow in the Crow Agency cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Anne Lawver
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Anne Lawver, 77, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Nov. 14, 1999, at Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas.
She was born May 15, 1922, in Chicago and settled in Laurel, Mont., in 1952. She worked at Skyview Terrace in Billings as a cashier for 17 years.
In 1990, she moved to Las Vegas where she worked at Collegiate Graphics for seven years before retiring because of ill health.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald, in 1963.
She is survived by her children, Carol (Ira) Bungard of Las Vegas, Daniel (Anna) Lawver of Omak, Wash., and Leonard (Peggy) Lawver of Laurel; a brother, Frank Perry of Texas; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
"Bless you, Anne Lawver. God's speed, " said a statement from the family.
Memorial services will be at First Baptist Church in Laurel at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 22. Interment will follow at Little Bighorn Battlefield.
Hazel K. Moore
DODSON - Hazel K. Moore, 84, died Friday, Nov 19, at the Phillips County Good Samaritan Center in Malta of natural causes.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at the Dodson Lutheran Church with burial in the Hillside cemetery. Adams Funeral Home of Malta is in charge.
Donna Panasuk
SIDNEY - Donna Panasuk, 68, died Friday, Nov. 19, at the Sidney Health Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23 at Fulkerson Memorial Chapel in Sidney.
Laraene F. Campbell
LIVINGSTON - Laraene F. Campbell, 61, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 1999, at her home of diabetes-related illnesses.
Cremation has taken place and no services are planned. Franzen-Davis Crematory is in charge.
Vera H. Conway
GREAT FALLS - Vera Conway, 70, passed away unexpectedly in Great Falls on Nov. 1, 1999. Memorial services were held on Nov. 5, 1999, at Croxfords & Sons Funeral Home in Great Falls.
Survivors include her husband, Robert of Great Falls; sons, Darrell Conway of Missoula and Dennis (Sandy) Conway of Laurel; one daughter, Denice (Mark) Baune of Great Falls; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; one sister, Verna Hostetler of S. St. Paul, Minn., and a brother, Lyle Wright of Pine River, Minn. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert L. Conway.
Mark Andrew Naglich
Mark Andrew Naglich passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999.
He was born on Dec. 4, 1946, to Joe and Vera Naglich in Billings. He lived his first six years in Bearcreek. Mark went to school in Billings and graduated from Senior High in 1965. He studied education until Boeing recruited him to work in mock-up. He moved to Seattle where he met his wife, Sheila Vitek, in 1968 and was married
Jan. 7, 1972, in Billings. They moved back to Seattle where they lived for 26 years. Mark was a welder. He worked on the trailer used to haul the pipes for the Alaskan Pipeline, repaired and installed cranes for the fishing fleet in Ballard, made storage racks sold to Boeing and other assorted talents.
Mark was drafted into the army in 1971 where he served as an MP clerk at Fort Lewis and Fort Lawton, Wash., where he was also discharged in 1977. During this time he also received real estate schooling.
Mark loved sports, music, restoring old cars, reading and making people laugh.
Survivors include his wife, Sheila of Billings; two sons, Paul and Raymond of Renton, Wash.; one grandchild, Katlyn, and one due in April; Aunt Olga DiPasquale and cousins, Al and LeRoy DiPasquale; Uncle Mike and Aunt Virginia Naglich and cousin, Pat Naglich; Uncle H.C. and Aunt Rose MacFarland and cousins, Joe, Mike and Nick Kosorok and Judy Hugelen; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22, 1999, at Smith Downtown Chapel. Interment will take place at a later date at the Bearcreek cemetery.
Cameon Lynn Fischer Poore
BELGRADE - Cameon Lynn (Fischer) Poore went to her Heavenly Father Wednesday night after battling cancer. She fought with courage and great faith. Camy's compassion will be sorely missed by all those who knew her.
Camy was a mother and wife first. She was extremely proud of her sons, Nick, Cody, and Gary Pericich and supportive of her husband, Mike Poore. Camy loved people; she was compassionate, caring and sensitive toward people's needs. She gave other people hope and reassurance that God was with them for strength and comfort. Camy was and is what we aspire to become. She loved her Lord and loved that which He created. She will be missed by all those lives she touched.
Camy is survived by her husband, Michael Poore; her three sons, Nicholas James, Cody Phillip, and Gary Clifford Pericich; her father, James R. Fischer; her sisters, Wendi Fischer-Norris and Tracy Lester; as well as many friends and caring family.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999, at the Peace Lutheran Church in Belgrade, 203 Jackrabbit Lane.
Camy's loving tenderness will be remembered and cherished. Memorials in her name may be made to Eagle Mount, 6901 Goldenstein Lane, Bozeman, MT 59715.
Nikolai D. Skaarland
MISSOULA - Nikolai David Skaarland, 21, formerly of Livingston, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, in Missoula, as the result of a homicide.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at American Lutheran Church in Livingston. Franzen-Davis Funeral Home of Livingston is in charge.
Myrle Teeters Franks
3/27/20 - 11/16/99
Myrle Maxine Teeters was the first child born to W. Walter and Edyth (Griffith) Teeters at Columbus on March 27, 1920. Myrle grew up on her parents' farm 12 miles north of Columbus with her younger brothers and sister, Bill, Delbert and Shirley.
She attended 1-8th grades at Hensley Creek School, spent one year boarding in Columbus and one year living in Manhattan with her uncle, Merle, and aunt, Ebba Griffith, while attending high school. In 1936 the family moved to Laurel where they owned a dairy and Myrle completed her last two years of high school, graduating in 1938. She went on to attend Business School at Billings Polytechnic Institute in 1939.
On June 8, 1940, Myrle married
Jake Franks at the EUB Church Parsonage in Billings. They had five children, Jerry, Dick, Bernadine, Barbara and Juanita. They lived in the Laurel area until May 1956 when the family moved to Livingston where they farmed in both the Paradise and Shields River Valley. This move to Livingston was especially hard for her as Juanita died the week they moved and she was leaving her parents, family and close friends.
Everyone always said what a hard worker Jake was, but in all his business adventures, Myrle was quietly working behind the scenes. One cold winter when they owned the dairy, the hired man quit without notice and Jake was railroading so she milked the 80-100 cows by herself and she and Barb loaded those 100 lb. milk cans into the pickup. While owning Chico Hot Springs, she washed bedding for over 100 beds, using a wringer washer, hung them on the line to dry and took them in to iron. This was done daily, along with helping to prepare and serve three meals a day and working at the front desk checking in guests.
In June 1995 the Teeters children had a reunion and placed a sign at the top of Teeters Hill - 12 miles north of Columbus. There couldn't have been a more pleasant day. The weather was beautiful, the grass green, the sky blue, the company pleasant and the reminiscing wonderful. The event was attended by friends, family and many longtime Columbus area residents, in-cluding Myrle's first grade teacher, Alice VanCampen. Remember, Myrle was 75 years old at the time.
On Sept. 1, 1999, after finding that Myrle had cancer, she went home with Barbara to be cared for by Jerry, Elizabeth, Dick, Bernadine, Barbara, granddaughter, Robin, and the last few days by her cousin, Ruth Laipple. She loved having company and sick as she was could never get enough. Her brother Bill's many visits were very important to her. On the night of Nov. 16, 1999, at 79 years, she decided she had enough of this world and wanted to join her loved ones in Heaven.
Over the years, the things she enjoyed most were her church, family (especially those little grandkids), the Laurel coffee club, the Teeters' Cousin's Reunions, going for a walk, fishing, playing Skippo in Livingston and Monday morning coffee with Jake's sisters-in-law.
Survivors include her four children, Jerry and Elizabeth of Billings, Dick and Judy of Laurel, Bernadine and Jack Harris and Barbara Britt of Billings; her two brothers, Bill of Worden, Del of Laurel; sister, Shirley of West Linn, Ore.; 11 grandchildren, Juanita Hansen and Laurel Hutchinson of Livingston, Robin, Ron and Rick DeYoung, Greg Franks and Shawna Hoffmann of Billings, Wayne Franks of Gillette, Wyo., Robert Franks of Hinesville, Ga., Chrisdean Love of Gilbert, Ariz., and Rod Britt of Columbia Falls; 13 great-grandchildren, one adopted great-grandchild, six step-great-grandchildren and one step-great-great-grandchild.
Myrle was preceded in death by Jake; her parents; daughter, Juanita; and grandson, Tracy Franks.
Myrle was a member of Livingston's Holbrook United Methodist Church for many years until joining EUM Church in Billings. Services are planned for Saturday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m. at EUM Church on Fourth and Broadwater, the same church where she and Jake were married
. Burial in the Laurel cemetery will follow. Donations may be made to Billings Big Sky Hospice, Holbrook Methodist Church-Livingston or EUM Church-Billings.
Life has come full circle. Our Mom and Grandmother has gone to meet her maker.
Charles F. Gardner
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Charles F. Gardner, 86, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, in the Sheridan V.A. Medical Center.
Visitation will be 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Ferries Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, with interment in Sheridan Elks cemetery.
Clesson M. Hayes
MANHATTAN - Clesson M. Hayes, 84, of Manhattan and formerly of Gardiner, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999, at Mountain View Care Center in Bozeman.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 22, at Gardiner Community Church. Franzen-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory of Livingston is in charge.
Mary L. Humeniuk
Mary L. Humeniuk, 73, of Billings, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital.
She was born June 22, 1926, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Earl and Anna Gilbert.
Mary is survived by her son, Terry Shipley of Billings; daughter, Jeri Cox of East Liverpool, Ohio; and brother, Bruce Gilbert of Mogadore, Ohio; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Keeping with Mary's wishes, no memorial services are planned.
Luci Johnson
April 18, 1937-Nov. 17, 1999
SEATTLE - Our beloved Luci died after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Seattle, she earned her R.N. in Portland, Ore., where she met Paul, the love of her life. She created a loving home and also contributed her joy and energy to many in need, including Hospice, the Montana Rescue Mission, and others.
She enjoyed both giving and receiving within her faith community. She cared for the friend and stranger alike. She is survived by her husband, Paul; children, Paula (Gary) Reeves, Vicki (Bill) Stocker, John, and Catherine (Brian) Mulhall; six precious grandchildren; and many more dear friends and relatives.
Recitation of the Rosary will be today, Friday, at 8 p.m. at Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Chapel, Seattle. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Seattle. Interment, Lake View cemetery, Seattle. Remembrances may be made to Montana Rescue Mission, 2822 Minnesota Ave., Billings, MT 59101.
