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Mable Irene 'Pete' Rolston Anderson
Irene "Pete" Rolston Anderson, 91, of Billings and formerly of Seattle, passed away Jan. 20, 2000, at Western Manor, where she resided since March of 1998. Irene was one of five daughters born to Minnie D. Young Rolston and George W. Rolston of Kansas. The family moved to Lewistown in 1918 and lived there until 1940.
Irene married
Frank Anderson of Seattle where they resided until his death in 1957. She worked as a secretary for Pacific Marine Supply in Seattle until retirement
When her sister, JoElla, passed away, Irene moved back to Billings to help her sister, Gwen, take care of their other sister, Ruth, who resided in a Billings nursing home. Irene loved to golf, dance, and was always proud of having been a chorus dance girl for the big bands in the '30s. She was well known for her good sense of humor and always had smiles for everyone. Irene and Frank were licensed pilots and at one time owned their own plane. She was a member of the Ninety-Nines Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots and a member of Beta Sigma Phi.
Survivors include two nieces, Diane R. Kosmann of Laurel and Betty Grace (James M.) Johnson of Seattle; one great niece, Yvonne C. Britton of Laurel; two great nephews, Randy E. (Deanna) Rutschke of Billings and David E. Kosmann, Jr. of Laurel; and two great great nephews, Layne Matthew Britton of Laurel and Ryan James Keyser of Billings.
Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday at Cremation or Funeral Gallery, with interment following at Mountview cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Montana Rescue Mission, 2822 Minnesota, Billings, Mont., 59101.
Arrangements were by Cremation or Funeral Gallery.
Olga W. Dalke
POWELL, Wyo. - Olga W. Dalke died Jan. 21, 2000, at the Powell Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 2, 1910, in Fredonia, N.D., to Gustov and Elizabeth Suko. On March 20, 1934, she married
Jacob Dalke in Terry, Mont.
Survivors include one son, Kenneth (Jane) Dalke of Laramie; one daughter, Mary (Roland) Wells of Powell; four grandchildren, Debra (Jack) Riker of Encampment, Jim Dalke of Laguna Niguel, Calif., Steve (Debbie) Wells of Reno, Nev. and Donna (Jack) Norton of Riverton; four great grandchildren, Lindsey and Danielle Riker, Mandy Norton and Samuel Wells; one sister, Emma Christensen and three brothers, Alvin, Hubert and Ervin Suko. She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Clara Beckmann; two brothers, Daniel and Edwin Suko and her husband, Jake, who died Aug. 3, 1981.
Jake and Olga Dalke came to Powell in 1934. They homesteaded on the Wellwood Division of the Shoshone Irrigation Project. After leaving Wellwood, they farmed in the Powell and Billings areas. They also owned a cattle ranch on Northfork near Cody.
In 1956, they purchased the Great Western Sugar Farm from Ross Bunn, where they raised potatoes, malting barley, pinto beans and livestock.
They were involved in their children's 4-H and FFA projects, helping get animals ready for various fairs each summer. They were recognized as Honorary Wyoming State FFA Farmers in 1958.
Olga was a true partner in farming. She operated equipment, milked cows and raised large gardens. She was a fantastic cook. She enjoyed embroidering and crocheting. She also enjoyed being with family and friends.
Visitation will be at Miratsky-Eaton Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. at the Park County Fairgrounds with Pastor Scott Rauscher officiating. Burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery.
Miratsky-Eaton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Louise L. Eck
MISSOULA - Louise L. Eck, 93, of Missoula, former long-time Lewistown resident, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2000, at Village Health Care Center in Missoula. Louise was born Dec. 19, 1906 at Divide, Mont., to Charles and Effie Lindlief. She graduated from Jefferson County High School in Boulder, attended the University of Montana and Missoula Business College.
On July 12, 1931, she was united in marriage to Earl E. Eck in Missoula, where they lived before moving to Lewistown in 1940. Mr. Eck owned and operated Eck's Pharmacy from 1940 until 1970. They lived in Lewistown until 1990 when they moved to Missoula.
Louise was a member of Marie Chapter No. 36, 0.E.S., Daughters of the Nile and Grand Cross of Color. She was active in Rainbow Girls and DeMolay Mothers. She was a member of the first Central Montana Girl Scout Council and later a Girl Scout leader until her daughter graduated from high school.
She did volunteer work at the Lewistown Art Center and helped with various community drives. She was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lewistown.
Survivors include her husband, Earl of Missoula; one daughter, Elaine (Joe) Wiggs of Oronoco, Minn., and one son, Ed (Joyce) Eck of Missoula. In addition, she is survived by six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother.
Funeral services for Louise Eck will be held at the Creel Funeral Chapel in Lewistown on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Lewistown City cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital or to the charity of one's choice.
Creel Funeral Home of Lewistown is in charge of arrangements.
Emma Kathrine Ring
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Emma Kathrine Ring, 82, a former longtime Billings area resident, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000, at Southwest Washington Medical Center.
Rosary services will be at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 25, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Vancouver. Funeral mass will be held at noon, Wednesday, Jan. 26, at the church. Open casket visitation will be from 5-9 p.m., Sunday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday at Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow the mass at Evergreen Memorial Gardens cemetery.
Samuel F. Taylor
GLENDIVE - Samuel F. Taylor, 71, passed away Saturday, Jan. 22, 2000, in the Northeast Montana Health Services-Trinity Hospital in Wolf Point.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in the chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Interment will follow in Dawson Memorial cemetery in Glendive.
Frances Borek Williams Winn
COLUMBUS - Frances Winn passed away Jan. 20, 2000, at the Stillwater Community Hospital, where she had been since Dec. 9, 1999, suffering from a brain tumor.
Frances was born Nov. 18, 1911, to Frank and Ollie Thayer Borek at Bearmouth, Mont. She graduated from Columbus High School in 1930. She married
Glen Williams on June 14, 1932, and they lived west of Columbus on a ranch for 49 years. Glen passed away Feb. 25, 1981. Frances worked at the Stillwater Community Hospital for 30 years as a LPN. She married
Stanley E. Winn on Sept. 9, 1983. Stan passed away Dec. 16, 1996.
Frances was active in the community. She belonged to and took an active part in the St. James Lutheran Church, Columbus Junior Homemakers and Columbus Garden Club. She was with the Columbus Red Cross blood drawing for many years.
Frances was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands and a brother, Aubrey Borek. She is survived by a son, Dale (Evelyn) Williams and a granddaughter, Carrie Williams, all of Columbus; a grandson, Jason (Hope) Williams and their children, Fallon and Colton of Wiirzburg, Germany; a sister, Florence (Jack) Crumbaker; a niece, Carol Crumbaker and her daughters, Shelby and Sidney Nelson of Billings; two step-daughters that she was very fond of, Nancy Galvin and Sharon James; two step-sons, Stanley E. (Frances) Winn, Jr. and Larry (Susan) Winn of Seattle; five sisters-in-law, May (Mike) Lotoft of Big Timber, Margaret Williams of Miles City, Tony (Hank) Jordal of Kalispell, Esther Nelson and Leila Williams of Columbus; numerous nieces; nephews; step-grandchildren; step-great grandchildren; a step-son, Wayne Olson, of Las Vegas, Nev., and a step-daughter, Karen Olson, of Madison, Wis.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 25, at St. James Lutheran Church in Columbus. Interment will follow in Mountainview cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. James Lutheran Church or a charity of one's choice. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m., Monday, Jan. 24, at Smith Funeral Chapel in Columbus.
Gladys Zumbrun
RED LODGE - Gladys Zumbrun, 70, of Billings, formerly of Red Lodge, passed away Thursday evening, Jan. 20, 2000, in Billings Deaconess Medical Center. She was born on May 16, 1929, near Lodge Grass, a daughter of George and Clara Graham.
On March 21, 1946, she married
Lloyd Zumbrun Sr. in Billings. They ranched on the West Bench until retirement, moving to Billings in 1995.
Gladys' priorities in life were devotion to her family and assisting her husband on the ranch. For many years, she was an active member of the B.P.O. Does, secretary of the Rocky Fork Decreed Users, Inc., and an election judge in Red Lodge.
Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Zumbrun, Sr. of Billings; six children and their spouses, Lloyd Zumbrun, Jr. (Sherrie) of Red Lodge, twins Evelyn Jean Typolt (Ty) of Bozeman and Earl Dean Zumbrun (Cindy) of Red Lodge, Gary Zumbrun (Heidi) of Roberts, and twins Tammy South (Denny) and Timothy Zumbrun (Johna), all of Absarokee; two brothers, Dean Graham of Billings and Harry Williams of Livingston; two sisters, Jessie Keith of Ekalaka and Mattie Whitaker of Dean; 11 grandchildren, Tanya, Zane, Ryan, Josie, Lyle, Kristin, Shane, Stetson, Seth, Colter and Tyler; and one great granddaughter, Fallon.
Gladys was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Robert and George Graham, and one sister, Evelyn Werhonig.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Olcott Funeral Chapel, with a luncheon immediately following in the Elks Lodge. Burial will be Monday afternoon in the family plot in the Joliet cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the Northern Rockies Kidney Center, 2800 10th Ave. North, Billings, MT 59107.
Edward Dale 'Ed' Bear
POPLAR - Edward "Ed" Dale Bear, 43, died on Jan. 20, 2000, at his home in Poplar from complications from diabetes.
Ed was born on July 2, 1956, in Los Angeles, the son of Leonard and Bertha Bear. He grew up and attended schools there and came to the Poplar area in 1977 and lived there ever since. Ed worked for A & S Industries in Poplar and also worked three years as a counselor at the Spotted Bull Treatment Center and was state certified.
He loved fancy dancing, going to pow-wows, attending the Wolf Point Stampede, listening to soul music, watching boxing, and was very close to his nieces and nephews. Ed was baptized as a Nazarene. In his teens he was in a boxing club in California.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, a brother, Leonard, and a baby daughter, Constance Rose.
Survivors include a daughter Mone¢ Marie Bear of San Jose, Calif; three brothers, Everett John Bear of Poplar, Daniel (Georgia) Bear of Wolf Point, and Maynard Bull of Rapid City, S.D.; three sisters, Tanya (Abe) Frederick, Bernadine (Arlie) Shields; and Debra Bear, all of Poplar; and three grandchildren.
Visitations will be held 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24, at the Clayton Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Monday afternoon visitations will be at the Poplar Cultural Center with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the Poplar Cultural Center with Rev. Enright Bighorn and Pastor Ray White Tail Feather both of Poplar officiating. Interment will be in the Chelsea cemetery.
Larry Bowler
SCOBEY - Larry Bowler, 83, longtime publisher of Daniels County Leader and founder of KCGM radio, died Friday, Jan. 21, at Daniels Memorial Hospital.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at Scobey United Methodist Church. Private family interment will be in Scobey cemetery on Saturday. Waller Funeral Home is in charge.
Barbara Seletin Blank Boyd
ROUNDUP - Barbara Seletin Blank Boyd, 81, daughter of George and Rose Blank, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000, of a long illness in the Roundup Memorial Nursing Home. She was born on Sept. 2, 1918, in Hesper, Mont.
Barbara was preceded in death by her late husband, Kermit Boyd, and her two daughters, Donna and Roberta King. Survivors are her sons, Ron Horn of Louisiana and Jerry King of Billings. Also surviving are grandchildren, Tia, Terry and Brian Horn and Dwayne Kings of Billings and Sherrie King of Cody, Wyo.
Cremation has taken place at Smith's Crematory. Inurnment will take place at Terrace Gardens cemetery.
Bob Breshears
Bob Breshears, 69, of Billings, went home to be with the Lord, on Friday morning, Jan. 21, 2000, at Deaconess Medical Center following an acute illness. Praise the Lord for Bob can now hear and sing again. The son of Marvin and Elizabeth (Mellinger) Breshears, he was born in Billings on May 17, 1930.
Bob was raised in Billings and educated in Great Falls at the Montana State School for the Deaf and Blind. On Nov. 30, 1957, he married
Ramona M. Jensen in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Billings. He worked for the City of Billings for 12 years. Bob was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather whose love for the Lord Jesus and his family came before everything else in his life. He loved baby-sitting his grandchildren, fishing, the Minnesota Vikings, gardening, and traveling. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters, Ann Blakely and Edith Scheln, and his brothers, Walter, Barney, and twin brother, Bill.
Survivors include his beloved wife, Ramona of Billings; his four children, Clayton and his wife, Marilyn; Roberta Frigon and her husband, Mike; Brett and his wife, Julie, all of Billings; and Jacqueline Nahrgang and her husband, John of Lewistown; his brothers, Tom and Clyde of Billings; his sisters, Stella Breshears of Billings and Helen Fulton of Cody, Wyo.; his mother- and father-in-law, Chester and Phyllis Jensen of Billings; his sister-in-law, Penny Haynes and her husband, Jon of Billings; his brothers-in-law, Fred Jensen and his wife, Cindy of Billings and Robert Raincloud and his wife, Peggy of Olympia, Wash.; and his 10 precious grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 328 S. Shiloh Road, with interment to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Robert F. Gee
Robert F. Gee, who died suddenly at his home in Billings on Jan. 6, 2000, taught English at Eastern Montana College (now Montana State University-Billings) for 21 years. Born Jan. 13, 1919, at Winifred, he earned his B.A. at the University of Minnesota in 1941.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After his discharge, Gee returned to the University of Minnesota, taking his M.A. in 1949 and beginning work on his doctorate. Meanwhile he began his teaching career at Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, Mo. There he gave courses in drama from 1947 to 1951 and 1952-53. In 1954, Gee became associate professor of English and speech at General Beadle State Teachers College in Madison, S.D.
Nine years later he took a position at Eastern Montana College and taught a variety of courses ranging from basic expository writing and rhetoric to courses in English literature, including Chaucer and Shakespeare. Gee retired from EMC at the end of the spring quarter in 1984. He continued to visit the campus regularly, actively supporting the university library, until his death.
He leaves a niece, Diane Laurence of San Antonio, Texas.
Opal Verona Koenig
Opal Verona Cue Koenig, 82, of Billings, formerly of Fairfax, S.D., died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000, at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Fairfax, S.D. Rite of Committal will be in the Hiland cemetery, in Fairfax. Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist was in charge of local arrangements.
Nancy Laundenglos
MILES CITY - Nancy Laundenglos, 75, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24, in the Bullis-Graves Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in the Custer County cemetery.
