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Leah B. Bauer
WOLF POINT - Leah B. Bauer Paha XI "Yellow Hair, " 82, died on Monday, Nov. 29, 1999, at the Faith Home.
Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Clayton Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Interment will be in the Poplar City cemetery.
Nathan A. Goodrich
GLASGOW - Nathan A. Goodrich, 93, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 1999, at Village Oaks in Chandler, Ariz.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. Interment will be in Highland cemetery. Bell Mortuary is in charge.
Louise G. Rasmussen
ROUNDUP - Louise G. Rasmussen, member of a pioneer Montana newspaper family, died on Friday, Nov. 26, 1999, at Roundup Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
She was born in Roundup on Aug. 7, 1914, to Alfred and Rachel (Preat) Johnston Eiselein. Her father came on the first train of the Milwaukee railroad to the new town of Roundup to establish a weekly newspaper, "The Roundup Record, " in 1908, and her mother was the daughter of pioneer homesteaders in the Little Snowy Mountains between Roundup and Lewistown.
After high school in Roundup, Louise earned a degree in journalism from the University of Montana in 1937 and went to work on the newspaper until the beginning of World War II when she was employed briefly by a war industry in Los Angeles before volunteering as a WAVE, the women's branch of the U. S. Navy. Her rank upon discharge was Storekeeper First Class.
While in the WAVEs she met and married
a sailor, Kenneth W. Rasmussen. After the war the couple settled briefly in Lompoc, Calif., but returned to Roundup to help out and eventually take over the "Roundup Record-Tribune." Louise became editor in 1961 and publisher after the death of her father in 1966. The newspaper, now published by her son, Eric and daughter-in-law, Mary, is the oldest family-owned newspaper in Montana.
Louise became the second woman to head the Montana Press Association, comprised of all Montana daily papers and most weeklies in 1979-80. She had previously served as president of the Montana Advertising Service as well as a member of the board of the press association. In 1991 she was awarded the Master Editor/Publisher Award by the press association.
Since 1975 she has been listed in "Who's Who of American Women." She was a past-president of the Roundup Chamber of Commerce, a member of Chapter N, PEO, and the university journalism honorary, Theta Sigma Chi.
The Rasmussens were honored with a banquet and plaque for community service in 1977, particularly for their help in raising money to reopen the community hospital. Ken died in 1986.
She was the acknowledged authority on Musselshell County history and one of the best bridge players in Roundup. A compulsive and wide-ranging reader, she sadly lost her sight to macular degeneration in her last years. Gentle and soft-spoken, she personified what, in earlier times, was called "a lady." She had lived with her son, daughter-in-law, and family for the past year.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Eric and Mary Ellen Rasmussen of Roundup; daughter and son-in-law, Polly and Gary McCauley of Seattle, Wash.; four grandchildren, Elizabeth (Al ) Gray of Roundup; Jason Rasmussen at school in Wahpeton, N. D.; Rachael Rasmussen, Murrietta, Calif.; and Kenny Rasmussen of Roundup; two great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Victoria Gray of Roundup; a sister, Betty Wetzel of Bigfork, Mont.; several nieces and nephews and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; brothers, Donald Eiselein and Alfred Eiselein Jr. and one great-grandaughter.
Visitation will be on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Wier Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. in Wier Funeral Chapel with Father Wayne Pittard officiating. Pallbearers will be Jon Eiselein, Greg Eiselein, Dan Eiselein, Tim Schaff, Roger Byford and Bryan Adolph. Burial will follow in Roundup City cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Christmas Food Basket program, Roundup Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, Musselshell Valley Historical Museum or the charity of choice.
Wier Funeral Home of Roundup is in charge of arrangements.
Duane A. Rodland
ROLLA, N.D. - Duane A. Rodland, 60, died on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1999, at the Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Hospital in Belcourt, N.D.
Services were held on Monday, Nov. 29, 1999. Keplin Funeral Home was in charge.
Folsom Lila Schultz
CODY, Wyo. - Folsom Lila Schultz, 90, died Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999, at the West Park Long Term Care Center.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at Ballard Funeral Home. Private interment will be held at Riverside cemetery.
Evan L. Jacobson
HARLOWTON - Evan L. Jacobson, 75, of Harlowton and Two Dot, Mont., passed away Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999, in Billings.
Evan was born April 9, 1924, to John M. and Mary Leath (Shumaker) Jacobson in Two Dot.
Evan served in the U.S. Army from April 10, 1943, to Dec. 23, 1945, in Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland. He received the Good Conduct Medal. He married
Shirley Schultz of Harlowton in 1953. She preceded him in death in April 1979.
He worked for the Burlington and Great Northern Railroads as a brakeman for 25 years.
On June 30, 1980, he married
Clara Jo Widdicombe in Chinook, Mont.
Evan was a member of the Moose Lodge No. 1546 and the American Legion Post No. 15, Harlowton. His hobbies included horses, packing into the mountains, and cribbage. Evan always enjoyed watching an Atlanta Braves baseball game. Most of all, he loved people.
He was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Pam Jacobson; two brothers, Bill and Murph Jacobson.
Survivors include his wife, Clara Jo of the home in Harlowton; three sons, Perry Jacobson of Whitefish; Pat Jacobson of Cozad, Neb; and Bill Jacobson, U.S. Forces, Ft. Polk, La.; one daughter, Lora Peterson of Havre; and stepson, Kenny Widdicombe of Seattle, Wash.; one brother, Jay Jacobson of Harbor City, Ore.; and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 1999, at Perkins Funeral Home with Pastor Brian Powell officiating the services. Interment will be in Harlowton cemetery. Perkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Martha Dickie Cestnik
On the early morning hours of Nov. 30, 1999, at the age of 81 at St. Vincent Hospital, Martha Dickie Cestnik went to her Lord.
Martha was born on Oct. 25, 1918, to William H. And Josephine Crotty Dickie at Glasston, N.D. Soon after her family moved to Bathgate N.D., where she attended school. While there, she operated the telephone control board for the School for the Blind. In 1948 she moved to Billings. On Nov. 13, 1950, she married
Edward G. Cestnik in Crystal, N.D.
Survivors include her husband, children, Cynthia L. Ahern of Canton, Miss., and Richard E. Cestnik of Billings, and grandchildren, Brian and Barry Cestnik and Christopher and Patricia Ahern.
Martha was preceded in death by her mother, father, sisters Anne Deaverau and Kathleen Mahar, and brother William Dickie.
Martha enjoyed doing volunteer work which she did at St. Vincent de Paul and St. Vincent Hospital for many years.
Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas The Apostle Church with Rite of Committal at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park.
Michellotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Society or the charity of your choice.
Phyllis Spragg
CODY, Wyo. - Phyllis Spragg, 75, died at her home on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999.
Cremation has taken place and in accordance with her wishes no services are planned. Ballard Funeral Home was in charge.
Athalyn Worrall Husemann
CODY, Wyo. - Athalyn Worrall Husemann, 77, died at her home Monday, Nov. 29, 1999.
Cremation has taken place and in accordance with her wishes no services are planned. Ballard Funeral Home was in charge.
June Elisabeth Cech
MILES CITY - June Elisabeth Cech, age 81, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at her residence in Miles City. In order to serve her church full time, June took early retirement from Kimberly-Clark, Inc., and moved in the early '70s from the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin to serve in the Catholic Church's ministry with the Native American people. She served as executive secretary to Rev. Gilbert Hemauer OFM Cap at St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Mont., until 1978, when she moved to serve at the rectory in Medicine Lake and Froid, Mont. as all around housekeeper and as Fr. Gil's executive secretary for the Tekakwitha Conference.
As the conference grew rapidly, largely through her untiring service, the conference was established as the Tekakwitha Conference National Center in Great Falls, Mont. June remained as its executive secretary until the summer of 1989, when the Catholic Native Americans were entrusted with the full responsibility of the conference. June continued to assist Fr. Gil since then in several different capacities as her health and retirement permitted. June was selfless in her dedication and loyalty to her church and service within the church. Moving from Great Falls in the early '90s, she assisted in whatever way she could at St. Labre Indian School, Immaculate Conception Parish in Forsyth and over the past years at Sacred Heart Parish in Miles City, which she served faithfully until the time of her death.
June was often seen this past year walking Fr. Gil's dog, "Joy" around the rectory at Sacred Heart. She was deeply devoted and had a special affection for little "Joy."
June was an avid reader, an expert in solving the daily crossword puzzle, frequently prepared the evening meal for the priests at Sacred Heart Rectory and was selfless and untiring in serving the needs of others. She will be deeply missed.
Surviving June is her sister, Mrs. Dorothea Schommer and her husband Thomas; a sister-in-law, Mrs. William Cech and her nephews and nieces.
Preceding her in death were her parents, William George Cech, her father and Mary Bess Blaha, her mother; her brother, William and a sister Marie.
Vigil services will be held on Monday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Gil Hemauer-Capuchin as the celebrant. Rite of committal will follow at Calvary cemetery.
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Sacred Heart Parish in Miles City or to the charity of choice.
Lena Hedegaard Corey
Lena Hedegaard Corey, of Billings, passed away at Valley Health Care Center on Dec. 3, 1999, after short battle with cancer.
Lena was born April 7, 1914, on a farm near Crane, Mont., the fifth child and the second daughter of Adolph and Marie Hansen Hedegaard. She attended elementary school at the Midway and Savage schools and graduated at the top of her class from Savage High School in 1932. She attended Eastern Montana College as a scholarship student, received her teaching certificate there and taught in Richland County at Breezy Flat, Crane, and Midway schools.
Lena met her husband, Clifford Corey, in Billings and they were married
June 22, 1938, at the Lutheran Church in Savage, Mont. Their first home was on 27th Street in Billings, later on the Billings Bench, and in 1945 they purchased a home on Wyoming Ave., where Lena lived until August, 1994, when she moved to Westpark Village. Their son, Dale L. Corey, was born Feb. 27, 1941.
Lena operated a private kindergarten in her home, then taught kindergarten classes at the YMCA from 1956 to 1958. During this time she earned a B.S. Degree in Education and then an M.S. Degree in Early Childhood Education. In 1958 she became one of the first two special education teachers at the Montana Center for Handicapped Children, where she taught until her retirement in 1978. She has maintained contact with some of her students throughout her life.
In 1964, Lena's husband, Cliff, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, which became increasingly debilitating until his death in 1980. During that time Lena maintained her teaching career and cared for Cliff at home. She was also preceded in death by her son, Dale, who died in a plane crash in Billings in December, 1992.
Lena was very active in the American Lutheran Church in Billings, the professional sorority Kappa Gamma Delta, and the Yellowstone Valley Retired Teachers Organization. Following her retirement, she enjoyed traveling in the U.S.A. and abroad. She enjoyed gardening, walking, and working with children.
Lena is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Marion and Lora Hedegaard; her daughter-in-law, Sandra Corey; her granddaughter, Staci Robison and husband, Stan; her great-grandson, Christian Robison, all of Billings; her grandson, Heath Corey and his wife, Andrea, and her son, Ted, of Chandler, Ariz.; her close friend and helper, Mildred Tombre, of Billings, and many nieces, nephews, and friends.
Lena's cheerful personality and her courage during times of extreme tragedy earned her the admiration of all who knew her. She will be missed.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at American Lutheran Church with interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Memorial donations may be made to Big Sky Hospice, P.O. Box 35033, Billings, MT 59107-5033, American Lutheran Church, 5 Lewis Ave., Billings, MT 59101, or the charity of your choice.
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Adam Decker
BELFIELD, N.D. - A Funeral Mass for Adam Decker, 86, Belfield, will be held Monday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Thomas Richter celebrating. Interment will be in St. Bernard's cemetery following the service. Visitation will be Sunday at Price-Murphy Funeral Home from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and continue at St. Bernard's Catholic Church at 5 p.m. There will be a rosary and vigil at 7 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Adam died Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at Eastern Montana Veterans Home in Glendive, Mont.
Adam Decker was born Jan. 16, 1913, in Dickinson, N.D., to Christian and Mary Decker. He attended school in Schefield, N.D. Adam married
Patricia Hibl on June 27, 1939, in New Hradec. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this past June. Adam served in the U.S. Army from Jan. 19, 1944, to Nov. 3, 1945. He was a mail carrier for 50 years and a farmer for over 30 years. Adam was also a fur buyer for 25 years. Adam was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion. He was an active member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Belfield. Adam's interests included trapping and he was proud to be a North Dakota native. He also enjoyed dancing and taking day trips, by car, around the state. Adam was an active sponsor of the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.
Adam is survived by his wife, Patricia Belfield; two sons and daughter-in-law, Kester and Sharon of Mannheim, Germany and Ken of Sheridan, Wyo.; four daughters and sons-in-law, Kay and Jerry Iverson of Spicer, Minn., Pat Decker and Ken Hunkins of Hillsboro, Ore., Rosanna and Roger Smith of Lee's Summit, Mo., Sheila and Steve Akason of Fargo, N.D.; 12 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Frank and Mary Decker of Camano Island, Wash., Floyd Decker of Spokane, Wash., Ben and Ruth Decker of Spokane, Wash., Pete and Famie Decker of Dickinson, N.D.; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Rose and Pete Laches of Dickinson, N.D., Terry and Bud McCay of Spokane, Wash., and Betty and Mike Donahue of Spokane, Wash.
Adam was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; two sisters and one grandson.
Taylor Ann Deupree
LEWISTOWN - Taylor Ann Deupree, 51/2 months of age, died suddenly early Saturday morning, Dec. 4, 1999, due to sudden infant death syndrome.
Funeral services for Taylor Ann Deupree will be held at the Creel Funera1 Chapel on Monday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Lewistown City cemetery. Creel Funeral Home of Lewistown is in charge of arrangements.
Stanley D. Bennett
TERRY - Stanley David Bennett, 77, died on Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at his home.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Terry Legion. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Terry is in charge.
Lela Mae Capron
CODY, Wyo. - Lela Mae Capron, 76, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at West Park Long Term Care Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, at Ballard Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Riverside cemetery.
