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George J. Hegdal
BIG TIMBER – George J. Hegdal, 70, died Friday, April 7, 2000, at his ranch near Big Timber.
Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Lowry Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Big Timber Lutheran Church with burial in Mountain View cemetery.
Mary Hochhalter
HARDIN – Mary Hochhalter, 87, died Friday, April 7, 2000, in the Big Horn County Memorial Nursing Home.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Hardin Church of the Open Bible with burial in the Fairview cemetery. Bullis Mortuary is in charge.
Raymond M. Korb
Raymond M. Korb, 90, a former Malta, Glasgow and Spokane, Wash., resident died of natural causes Thurs-day, April 6, 2000, at a Lewistown Nursing Home. He was born April 30, 1909, in Calio, N.D., the son of August and Louise Korb.
In 1930, he married
Hor-tense Schuler. Following their marriage, they farmed in North Dakota for 12 years and then moved to Malta, where Ray worked as a mechanic and a carpenter for many years. In 1963, they moved to Glasgow where he was employed in civil service at the Glasgow AFB. In 1969, Ray was transferred to Fairchild AFB in Spokane, where they lived until retirement. After retiring, Raymond and Hortense moved to Billings to be closer to family.
Survivors include four sons and their wives; Gus and Carolyn Korb of Havre, Marvin and Donna Korb of Great Falls, Fred and JoAnn Korb of Billings, and Greg and Kim Korb of Deer Park, Wash.; five daughters: Donna Mavencamp Strommen (Ole) of Malta, Sister Mary Clare of St. Paul, Minn., Elaine Sulser (Sid) of Billings, Elsie Sorenson (Harold) of Forsyth and Jane Quass (Jim) of Billings; 34 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Ray was preceded in death by his wife Hortense, a son Ronald, a daughter Betty, and a grandson Joe.
Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist. A Vigil Service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, at St. Bernard’s Parish. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 13, at St. Bernard’s Parish with cremation to follow. Private interment will be at Holy Cross cemetery.
Doyle D. Reich
Doyle D. Reich, 58, died Friday, April 7, 2000, at his home of natural causes.
Cremation will be held. Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Heights Baptist Church. Cremation or Funeral Gallery is in charge.
Raymond F. Stevens
LAUREL – Raymond F. Stevens passed away on April 7, 2000, at the age of 86.
He was born on March 27, 1914, to Anna and Wm. LeRoy Stevens. He spent his youth in Forsyth where he played basketball, trombone and piano. Raymond graduated in 1932 as valedictorian of his class. He graduated from U M with a B.A. in business administration in 1938 and began a long banking career at the 1st National Bank in Miles City, 1936-1938; Forsyth State Bank 1938-1939; Midland National Bank, Billings, 1939-1941; and Yellowstone Bank in Laurel from 1941-1978, retiring as senior vice president.
Raymond also attended Pacific Coast Banking School in 1964 with a special citation for his thesis, and graduated from the American Bankers Association Graduate School of Banking. He joined Corinthian Lodge No. 72 in 1943, took the Scottish Rite 32nd Degree and joined Al Bedoo Shrine in 1964. He was a charter member and past president of Laurel Kiwanis Club, past president of Group VII Montana Bankers Association, charter member of Laurel Golf Club and a board member of the Montana Senior Golf Association.
He married
Ruth Jacobsen on June 12, 1939, in Miles City. They made Laurel their permanent home in 1941. He enjoyed fly fishing, golfing, playing the piano, and after retirement he took up the hobby of oil and acrylic painting.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Virginia in 1984; and his wife in 1986.
He is survived by three daughters, Karen Whisenhunt of Minneapolis; Susan (Lee) Macdonald of Great Falls; Ellan (Cliff) Yuill of Joliet; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Laurel United Methodist Church with interment at the Laurel cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday and from 1 to 8 p.m. Monday at Smith Funeral Chapel in Laurel.
Memorials may be made to the Al Bedoo Shrine or Laurel United Methodist Church.
Melissa Rae Stiffarm-Boe
Melissa Rae Stiffarm-Boe, 22 years, died Sunday, April 2, 2000, at the St. Vincent Hospital in Billings from injuries received in an automobile accident.
Melissa was born Aug. 1, 1977, at Fort Yates, N.D. She was raised at Hays, Billings and Fort Belknap, graduating from the Harlem High School in 1995. She attended Eastern Mon-tana College for a year and then the Kicking Horse School at Ronan for training as a dental assistant. She worked at the Fort Belknap Kwik Stop and later at the Flying J in Billings as a cashier.
Melissa enjoyed visiting family and friends and was a very vibrant person. She was a collector and lover of Mickey Mouse items, Mickey was on most all her things.
Survivors include her parents, Donna and Tennyson Boe of Billings; sister, Denise LaRock of Fort Yates; brothers, Michael Martin of Tucson, Ariz., Matthew Stiffarm, William Stiffarm of Fort Belknap; godparents, Lori Martin of Porcupine, N.D., Steve Willard of Fort Yates; aunt and uncle, Kathryn and Doug Johnson and family of Fort Belknap; goddaughter, Shay Eagleshield; nephew, Wymen Martin and numerous friends.
Vivian H. Bradley
SIDNEY – Vivian H. Bradley, 86, died Thursday, April 6, 2000, at the Sidney Health Center, Extended Facility.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Peoples Congregational Church. Interment will be in the Sidney cemetery. Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney is in charge.
Marie Quilico Braida
Marie Quilico Braida passed away Wednesday, March 29, at Valley Health Center. She was born Oct. 26, 1902, in Red Lodge to parents Andrew and Teresa Quilico. She was educated in Red Lodge public schools and graduated from the Oakland Conservatory of Music on June 18, 1918, in Oakland, Calif.
Marie taught piano and accordion and was a member of the Treasure State Jazz Band from 1919 through 1929. She was chosen the first Miss Montana and Miss Billings in March 1933, and re-presented Northwest Airlines at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago as the first airline hostess on the first Inaugural Air Mail Flight out of Billings. She married
Sylvester Louis Braida in Red Lodge in 1922. Soon thereafter they moved to Billings where Syl opened a commercial print shop next to their home at 645 Grand Ave.
Marie participated wholeheartedly in many organizations. She was a member of the First Congregational Church and Congo Club. She was active on the Women’s Committee of the Billings Symphony Society and a member of the Order of Eastern Star serving as Associate Matron of Venus Chapter No. 3. She was a board member and directed choir for Assembly No. 24, Order of Rainbow Girls and was awarded the Grand Cross of Colors. Marie also served with the Midland Empire Girl Scout Council being involved with Troop No. 1 from 1954 through 1959. Marie loved her sisters in Chapter Y, PEO and was an enthusiastic member for 48 years.
Marie was preceded in death by her loving husband, Syl, her parents and two brothers, Frank and John Quilico. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Welker and her husband, Jack of Rapid City, S.D.
Marie was “pure Italian.” She loved to cook Italian food, speak and sing in Italian and tell stories of her grandparents who lived in northern Italy. She enjoyed life to the fullest by sharing her musical talents and great sense of humor with her many friends, fellow residents and staff at West Park Village Retirement and Valley Health Care Center. She always had a twinkle in her eye and brought cheer and laughter to those around her. Her strong faith in God and His Son Jesus Christ sustained her through good time and bad during her 97 years of life.
Memorials may be given to the First Congregational United Church of Christ, Chapter Y, P.E.O. Sisterhood or the Shriner’s Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, April 17, West Park Village Retirement Center.
Marjory G. Buskirk
SHERIDAN, Wyo. – Marjory Grace Buskirk, 83, died Wednesday, April 5, 2000, at Sheridan Manor.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 10, at the Sheridan Municipal cemetery. Kane Funeral Home is in charge.
Joe J. Jackson
Joe J. Jackson, age 88, of Billings died Wednesday, April 5, 2000, at Western Manor Health Care Center.
He was born March 6, 1912, in Billings. He graduated from Billings High School. Joe served in the U.S. Navy during WW II in the South Pacific. He returned to Billings and worked as a mechanic for Burlington Transportation and later for the General Services Administration until his retirement.
He married
Pearl “Bodie” Shumaker on July 4, 1948 in Lewistown.
Joe was a member of Yellowstone Post No. 4, American Legion; VFW No. 1634; Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 10 of which he was very active in the flag program; 40/8; Billings Elks Lodge; the Masons and Al Bedoo Shrine,
Joe is survived by a sister-in-law, Fern Mickulin of Helena, and numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and -nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bodie, in 1988, a sister Sarah Rafn of Lewistown and Billings and a brother, D.O. Jackson of Laurel.
Graveside service with military honors will be 3 p.m. Monday, April. 10, at Mountview cemetery. Visitation will be at Smith’s Downtown Chapel, 12 Noon thru 8 p.m. Sun. A reception will follow the graveside service at the American Legion Club.
Memorials may be made to Yellowstone Post No. 4 for youth community projects.
Freda M. Ostby
GLENDIVE – Freda M. Kesler Ostby, 67, died on Thursday, April 6, 2000, at the Sidney Health Center.
There will be a gathering of family and friends at a later date at Fort Peck Lake.
Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive is in charge.
Serena Louise Pfister
“Louise” Pfister died April 6, 2000, at Aspen Meadows Nursing Home after a long debilitation. She was born Dec. 11, 1904, in Ogden, Kan., to Robert James Huey and Margaret Musgrove Huey. Louise survived all her brothers and sisters. She began teaching at 27 in country schools in the Ogden area and later in Ogden. She earned a B.S. in 1930 and an M.S. in 1932 from Kansas State College.
In 1932, she began welfare work for Riley County, Kansas. She was county welfare supervisor at the time of her marriage in 1937 to William Pfister of Lank, Wyo. They left Wyoming in December 1939, arriving at Huntley with a trainload of cattle and sheep which they trailed up Pryor Creek to the old T.A. Snidow Ranch. They purchased the Tom Tollefson Ranch in the Bull Mountains in 1942.
Mrs. Pfister was an original member of the Bull Mountain Landowners Association and a founding member of the Northern Plains Resource Council, originating the organization’s name. She operated the ranch in the Bull Mountains after her husband’s death, and later then with her daughter Ellen. She is survived by her daughter Ellen, and Ellen’s husband, Don Golder, of the Bull Mountain ranch, and by a niece, Mildred McGee of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Mrs. Pfister loved poetry, her Bible, reading, fine sewing and gardening.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 10, at Smith’s Downtown Chapel in Billings. Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Lusk cemetery in Lusk, Wyo.
Memorials may be sent to the Northern Plains Endowment Fund, 2501 Montana Ave., No. 2000, Billings, MT 59101.
Dorothy Virginia Popelka
Dorothy Virginia Popelka, 79, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2000, with her husband and four children at her side. Dorothy was born March 24, 1921, in Billings, to Adolph and Amelia Walter. She attended school in the Billings area. Dorothy met her husband, Richard, at a local dance and they were united in marriage on Jan. 12, 1941, sharing 59 wonderful years together. Out of this union was born five children, Dickie, Judy, Pat, Karen and Bob.
Dorothy was a generous and loving mother and wife who gave so much of herself sewing for her family, being a 4-H, Brownie, and Boy Scout leader and room mother for each of her children. She loved gardening, sewing, playing cards, dancing, baking her famous chocolate chip cookies and especially, spending time with her family. As a devoted grandmother, she was adored by her grandchildren and touched each of their lives in her own special way.
During her lifetime she was an active member of the Billings Saddle Club, a member of NILE for many years, and a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Richard and Dorothy lived in the same house for 28 years, raising their family in the Billings Heights area. They then moved to a beautiful ranch in Red Lodge, raising registered shorthorn cattle and Quarter Horses for the next 22 years. They sold the ranch in May of 1992 and returned to Billings for the remainder of Dorothy’s life.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one sister, and her son, Richard Duane Popelka. Survivors include her husband, Richard; daughters, Judy Kirkland and Pat Sanford of Billings, and Karen (Doug) Boylan of Bozeman; son, Robert (Jamie) of Billings; four brothers, Art Walter of Billings, Bob Walter of Anchorage, Alaska, Dick Walter of Shepherd and Kenny Walter of Clark, Wyo.; three sisters, Alvina Lackman of Billings, Shirley Rodgers of Laurel, and Beverly Ray of Puyallup, Wash.; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Visitations may be made at Smith West Chapel, 304 34thh Street West, from noon until 9 p.m. on Saturday, noon until 8 p.m., on Sunday and prior to the funeral Monday morning. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 10, at the Smith West Chapel with interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be sent to the Williams Syndrome Assoc., P.O. Box 297, Clawson, MI 48017 or the Yellowstone 4-H Foundation, P.O. Box 35021, Billings, MT 59107.
Mom, the way you lived your life was, in itself the best example of love, compassion, and giving of yourself that could be taught by any parent. Even though God began to call you home, through your pain and suffering your concern was not for yourself but was for your loving husband and your family. You did a great job, but now it’s time we apply those lessons so wisely and tenderly taught. Thank you for instilling a part of you in each of us, so that we may continue to look through your eyes and see life as you did. You can put your worries aside about Dad; we will take good care of him as we know you would. Our comfort comes from knowing that you are now by God’s side and that you are in peace. Everyone on this earth that was touched by your life knows that you were special. Give our love to Dickie, and we will miss you until we can be with you once again. Your Loving Family.
Darlene M. Randall
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. – Darlene Mildred Randall, 73, died Thursday, April 6, 2000, at the Washakie Memorial Hospital in Worland after a long illness.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Mortimore Funeral Home.
Karen Anona Slaugh
Karen Anona Slaugh, 47, died at her home Thursday, April 6, 2000. She was born to John William Jr. and Anona Bernice Belisle Slaugh on Sept. 6, 1952, in Pocatello, Idaho. Most of her early years were spent in Aberdeen, Idaho, until the family moved to Billings in 1968. Karen graduated from Billings Senior High, working at COR Enterprises.
Karen was a member of St. Bernard’s Parish and Growth Thru Art.
Karen is survived by her mother, Bernice, and stepfather, Morris Korwald and brother, John Slaugh, all of Billings; two sister, Joyce (Joe) Watson of Great Falls and Linda Korwald of Mesa, Ariz.; grandmother, Anona Belisle of Pocatello; and an aunt, Dorothy (Dale) Chadwick of Pocatello. She was preceded in death by her father, Jack Slaugh and grandparents, Bill and Lillian Slaugh.
Vigil will be at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Bernard’s Parish, 226 Wicks Lane, and Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday. Rite of Committal will be at Aberdeen cemetery in Aberdeen, Idaho. Memorials may be made to COR Enterprises, 200 S 24th St., Billings, 59101 or Growth Thru Art, 2911 Second Ave. N., Billings, 59101. Arrangements were made by Cremation or Funeral Gallery.
Bella Jo Grayson
WOLF POINT - Bella Jo Grayson, 93, died of natural causes on April 5, 2000, at the Faith Lutheran Home.
Visitations will be held from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 9, at the Clayton Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 10, at the Clayton Memorial Chapel. Interment will be in the Antelope Creek cemetery in Antelope, Mont.
