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Rebecca Rose Connor
FORT BELKNAP - Rebecca Rose Connor, Indian name "First to Enter," died in an automobile accident at the age of 20, on Feb. 7, 2000, in Woodland, Calif.
Rebecca was born March 31, 1979, at Wolf Point, Mont., the daughter of Raymond Buckley and Delphine (Trudell) Connor, Jr., and was a 7/8 Gros Ventre and Santee Sioux Indian. Rebecca was raised in Glasgow and Fort Belknap Agency. She attended high school in Billings and Harlem, graduating from Harlem High School in 1997. Rebecca was attending D-Q University, a tribal college, in Davis, Calif., outside of Sacramento. Her major was home-interior design.
As a youth, she picked berries with her "grandma" Rose, played volleyball, was a high school cheerleader, enjoyed deer hunting with her dad, loved to shop and listen to her music, enjoyed pow-wows, painting, running and attending Indian sweats.
Rebecca enjoyed her family and many friends. In her short life, she lived it to the fullest, traveling in her "jeep."
She was preceded in death by her father, Raymond "Buckley" Connor, Jr., on Nov. 13, 1996.
Survivors include her mother, Delphine Connor of Billings; her grandmother, Rose Connor of Fort Belknap; a sister, Rita Cain of Broadus; three brothers, Terry Mace of Billings, Lonny Mace of Fort Belknap and Delvin Mace of Malta; four nephews; two nieces and her dog, Paco.
Wake services will be held at 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Red Whip Community Center in Fort Belknap. Funeral mass will be at 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 14, at the Red Whip Center with burial in the St. Paul's Mission cemetery at Hays. Adams Funeral Home of Malta is in charge of arrangements.
Boyd 'Rip' Crawford
FORT BENTON - Boyd "Rip" Crawford, also known as Jerry, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000, at the Missouri River Medical Center in Fort Benton.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the United Methodist Church. Burial of ashes will be at the Riverside cemetery. A reception following the burial will be held in the church fellowship hall. Benton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Clayton Millard Laing
BELGRADE - Clayton Millard Laing, 79, of Belgrade, passed away Feb. 11, 2000, at his home due to natural causes. He was born Nov. 26, 1921, in Sisseton, S.D., the son of Edson Sherman and Selma Cora (Pederson) Laing.
Clayton was raised on the family farm in Sisseton. As a young adult, he moved to California at the start of WWII to work for the North American Aircraft factory. His childhood sweetheart, Mildred Louise Loessin joined him. The couple were married
on June 28, 1942, in Yuma, Ariz. Their daughter, Sharon, was born in 1944.
They moved back to Sisseton, where he worked construction for many years as a heavy equipment operator, working in several states and building many miles of roads.
After retirement in 1984, Clayton and Mildred settled in Fromberg. In 1996, they moved to Belgrade to be near their daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Skip Shields.
Clayton was a member of the Operating Engineers union. His hobbies included tinkering with engines from old cars to lawn mowers. He also enjoyed taking care of his yard, gardening, playing cards, fishing and hunting.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred; his daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Skip Shields all of Belgrade; four grandchildren, Nichole (Shields) Roffler, Clayton Shields, Angela (Shields) Pierce and Clinton Shields; five great grandchildren and a sister, Viola Swemumson.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will he held Wednesday at 11 a.m., at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Interment of urn to follow at Meadowview cemetery.
Leo Sexton McCoy
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. - Leo Sexton McCoy, 87, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at his home in Thermopolis.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15 at St. Francis Catholic Church. Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16 at the church with burial to follow at Monument Hill cemetery. Mortimore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Kent V. Reindahl
STORY, Wyo. - Kent V. Reindahl, age 70, of Story, Wyo., passed away quietly surrounded by his family on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000, in Deaconess Medical Center in Billings.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Ferries Funeral Home. Interment will be in Quiet Rest cemetery in Story.
Memorials may benefit the Billings Lutheran Center, Box 825, Billings, MT 59103 or Story Women's Club, Box 103, Story, WY 82842.
Charles Zimmer
HARDIN - Charles Zimmer, 79, of Hardin, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, in the Big Horn County Memorial Hospital.
Charlie was born June 14, 1920, in Pleasenton, Neb., a son of Frank and Mattie Ward Zimmer. He grew up and attended schools in Nebraska. He moved to Hardin in 1939 and worked for various farms and ranches, as well as for the Marshall Wells store for nine years. He then began a career with the Montana-Dakota Utilities Corp., retiring after 25 years, in 1982.
Charlie married
Esther Steinmetz on Aug. 5, 1944, in Hardin and the couple made their home in Hardin.
He was an active member, past president and secretary of the Big Horn County Rod and Gun Club. He loved to shoot and taught his knowledge to many youth in a hunter safety program. He was an excellent wood worker, often helping anyone with projects.
Charlie was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister.
Survivors include his wife, Esther; a daughter, Carol Ann (Robert) Schomer of Hardin; a son, Ronald Zimmer of Worland, Wyo.; one sister, Ruth Durtsche of Lewistown; four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Tuesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert Baker officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Andy Fasching
Andy Fasching, 19, son of Paul and Carol L. Fasching of Billings, passed away Feb. 10, 2000, at the St. Vincent's Hospital from a ruptured hiatal hernia.
He was born Sept. 27, 1980, in Billings. He was raised in Lockwood and attended Lock-wood Schools, Senior High, and at the time of his death he was a senior at the Career Center.
He was employed at Don's Express Lube.
Andy loved to work on cars, and he had built a Nova drag racing car which he raced in Lewistown and won a trophy. He also enjoyed hunting and riding motorcycles. Most of all he loved being with his many friends and his fiancée, Joey Stevens. He was looking forward to his graduation and marriage to Joey Stevens in June of this year.
Survivors include his parents, Paul and Carol Fasching of Billings, his brother Ryan; his fiancée, Joey Stevens; grandfather, Lee Roy Fasching, grandmothers, Janice Ridl and Dorothy Barth, all of Billings, and grandmother, Myrtle Gulke of Oakes, N.D.; great-grandmother, Edna Gustafson of Billings.
Andy was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Harold Barth and Raymond Ridl and uncle Jack Fasching.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15 at Smith West Chapel, 304 34th St. West. Visitation will be at Smith Downtown Chapel, 120 N. 26th starting at 4 p.m. Saturday. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
"He will be sorely missed by all who knew him."
Helen F. Hood
PARADISE VALLEY, Calif. - Helen F. Hood, formerly of Lovell, Wyo., died at Grand Care in Paradise Valley from complications of diabetes.
Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Haskell Funeral Home in Lovell, Wyo. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, at Haskell Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Kane cemetery east of Lovell.
Thomas Michael Monaghan
MILES CITY - Thomas Michael Monaghan, age 61, of Miles City, passed away after a seven year fight with cancer, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000, at the Holy Rosary Health Center.
Tom was born on Oct. 13, 1938, at Butte, the son of Joseph P. and Catherine (McDermott) Monaghan. He attended St. Ann's grade school in Butte and graduated from Butte Central in 1956. He then attended Montana State University in Bozeman where he graduated with an electrical engineering degree in 1960. He began working for the Westinghouse Corporation, and he fulfilled his military obligation in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. He then attended the University of Montana in Missoula, graduating in 1966, with a degree in law.
Tom and Joan Smith were united in marriage on June 4, 1966, in Missoula. They moved to Helena, where he clerked for Chief Justice James T. Harrison. In 1967, they moved to Miles City, where Tom joined the Lucas & Jardine Law Firm, which later became the Lucas & Monaghan Law Firm.
He was a well-known and highly regarded attorney, and was a member of the State Bar Association, the Montana Trial Lawyers Association, past member and chair of the Montana Board of Bar Examiners, and a charter member of ABOTA. In 1995, the Montana Supreme Court acknowledged him for "distinguished services rendered to the Montana Judiciary and People of Montana." In 1997, the State Bar presented Tom with the Local Professionalism Award.
He was a member of the Miles City Public Library Board, Holy Rosary Hospital Board, and the Rotary Club. Tom was an avid jogger and enjoyed flying. His life was devoted to his family, and he especially loved watching and participating with his children in sports.
Tom is survived by his wife, Joan of Miles City; three daughters, Kathleen and her husband, Jun Jorgenson of LaCrosse, Wis.; Molly and her husband, John Schwarz and grandchildren David and Silas of Kalispell; and Ann Monaghan of Butte; and his son, Michael Monaghan of New York City. He is also survived by one brother, John Monaghan.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, in the chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of arrangements.
Should fiends desire, memorials may be made to the Miles City Library Foundation, 1 South Q St., Miles City, MT 59301, or Miles City Food Bank, 1010 Main St., Miles City, MT 59301.
Helen M. Prichard
COLUMBUS - Helen M. Prichard celebrated her 98th birthday on Feb. 3, 2000, at the Stillwater Community Hospital swing bed unit, where she had been a resident for the past two years.
On Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, she peacefully slipped away to join her husband, Don, in eternal rest.
She was born on Feb. 3, 1902, in Osawatomie, Kan., to Harry and Ella Wilkinson. She graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1921. Helen and Don were married
on June 1, 1922, and they traveled by train to Hunters Hot Springs, Mont., for their honeymoon. The remainder of the summer was spent in Columbus with Don's sister, Iva Power and family.
In 1924, the couple moved to California where Don found work as a carpenter. Helen liked the climate, and the fact that she could get around Los Angeles by streetcar. She told of taking the streetcar downtown in the afternoon, taking in a movie, and getting home in time to have dinner on the table when Don came home from working on construction projects, such as the "Spruce Goose" or a home for Bing Crosby.
In 1946, they moved to Columbus, and Helen went to work in the Stillwater County Library. Helen appreciated good books and was dedicated to making reading interesting to young folks with many programs, including a story hour. She drove the bookmobile around the county to schools, and other drop-off places. She even drove it up the mountain to the Lake Camp during the chrome mine days.
Helen and Don were a loving and caring couple. When in California, they helped with the rearing of the daughter of one of Don's co-workers who was killed in a car accident. When Stillwater County Extension Agent Joe Kolar died of Bulbar Polio, they became strong supporters of his family and remained as family the rest of their lives.
They were close to their families, visiting Kansas and California many times. Helen was a very organized person and a wonderful cook. As a couple, they took part in many community activities.
Helen is survived by nieces, Katherine Burleson of Billings, Helen Melin of Downey, Calif., Evelyn Vest of Ashland, Neb.; and nephews, Dale and Gloria Reynolds of Lampe, Mo., Vernon Kelch of Junction City, Ore., Lee and Donna Prichard of Huntington Beach, Harold Prichard of Eugene, Ore., and Bob Smith of Billings; chosen family members, Margaret Davis of Laguna Hills, Calif., Ruth Graham and Janel Brunckhorst and family of Absarokee and Linda Majerus and family of Lewistown.
Helen spent her last three years without Don by her side, but she enjoyed the warmth of many friends, and her special friend, Forestine Pelton.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb.14, at Community Congregational Church in Columbus. There will be no visitation. Interment will be at Mountainview cemetery in Columbus. Smith Funeral Chapel in Laurel is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers: memorials are requested to Stillwater County Library, Columbus Community Congregational Church, or the Senior Citizen Center.
Charles Smith
GREAT FALLS - Charles Smith, 85, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14, at the Scobey Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Scobey cemetery. Waller Funeral Home of Scobey is in charge.
Dorothy Esther Barnett
Dorothy Esther Barnett, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at Deaconess Hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000.
Dottie, as she was familiarly called, was born March 11, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pa. She resided in Pennsylvania prior to her marriage to Gerson Barnett in September of 1946. After a short residence in Philadelphia, the family moved to Montgomery County, Md., where she and her husband spent most of their lives. Following Mr. Barnett's retirement, the couple moved to Hollywood, Fla., where they enjoyed nearly 10 years of sun and the beach. In 1998, they moved to the Billings area where they could once again be with family.
Dottie was always a caring person. She worked as a volunteer for both Cerebral Palsy Association and the Special Olympics. Her hobbies were duck-pin bowling and gardening. Probably her greatest pleasure was her grandchildren. Even in her 50s she learned to ski in order to share that time with them.
Dottie is survived by her husband of 53 years, Gerson Barnett; two sons, Robert Carl Lehm and his wife, Donna of Billings and Evan Thomas Barnett and his wife, Joanne of Brookeville, Md. She also leaves three beloved grandchildren, Dianne Renee Lehm and Robert Clark Lehm, both of Billings, and Renee Joanne Barnett of Brookeville, Md., as well as a brother, William Edward Coats and his wife, Tina.
Viewing will be held 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, February 11, at the Dahl Funeral Chapel located at 10 Yellowstone Ave. in Billings. Services will be held at l0 a.m. Saturday, at the Dahl Chapel. Interment will be at Mountview cemetery following the services. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.
Robert W. Carpenter
CODY, Wyo. - Robert W. Carpenter, 92, formerly of Powell, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000, in Casper.
Funeral services will be 12 p.m., noon, Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Ballard funeral Home in Cody. Interment will follow in Crown Hill cemetery in Powell.
