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Lester E. Folvag
Lester E. Folvag, 57, of Billings, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 27, 2000, in the Billings Deaconess Medical Center.
Lester was born on Sept. 27, 1942, in Culbertson, to Lloyd and Pauline Folvag, the second of five children. He attended school in Froid, and later attended butchering and meat cutting school, in Toledo, Ohio. Lester married
Diana Knutson in 1960 and had two daughters, Lana and Lori. He did farm work until 1964 when Lester and Diana moved to Billings, where he helped operate the family cafe with his parents. In 1971, Lester started D&F Sanitation. In 1978, he married
Norma Moore and they had three children, Jennifer, Janet, and Lance. He was presently operating a yard maintenance service with his son and helper, Lance.
Lester was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed being outdoors, fishing and camping and especially enjoyed his grandchildren. Lester was always willing to help anyone in need.
He is survived by his wife, Norma; one son, Lance Folvag of the family home; four daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Lana) Long, Miss Lori Folvag, Mrs. Carl (Jennifer) Johnson and Miss Janet Folvag. Two stepchildren, Nathan Moore and Mrs. Kelly (Christina) Smith; one brother, Harry Folvag; three sisters, Mrs. Francis (Sharon) Arneson of Savage, Mrs. Richard (Carol) Miller and Mrs. James (Charlene) Elkins of Billings. He also leaves ten grandchildren, Dustin, Zachary, Danielle, Kacy, Tiana, Taylor, Savanna, Andrew, Kayla and Samantha. Lester was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, at Smith West Chapel; 304 34th St. West with interment at Mountview cemetery. Viewing will be held from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday at Smith Downtown Chapel and prior to services at the West Chapel on Wednesday.
Robert N. Jochem
BELGRADE – Robert N. Jochem, 80, passed away May 28 at Mountain View Care Center. He was born March 6, 1920, to Karl and Frieda (Reese) Jochem in Ravanna, Neb.
Bob grew up and went to school in Ravanna and later joined the regular Army, serving in Fort Lewis, Wash., and Ft. Francis E. Warren In Cheyenne, Wyo. He served in the US Army during WWII from 1939 to 1945. He married
Frances Bud on April 29, 1943. They have four children, Mary Ann, Robert, Teresa and Dan.
After the war, Bob worked as an accountant for various firms until 1959 when he opened his own office in his home at 2011 Pryor Lane in Billings, retiring in 1992. He was a charter member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Billings, member of the Holy Name Society, and Retired Volunteer Program. Bob enjoyed cards, especially pinochle, bingo and bowling, but his most prized interest was his grandchildren. Bob and Frances moved to Belgrade in December of 1999.
Bob is survived by his wife, Frances of Belgrade, daughters, Mary Ann (William) Jacobson, Teresa (Michael) Riggs; sons, Robert (Betsy) Jochem Lanier, Dan (Nancy) Jochem; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren; sisters, Beulah Davis, Bernice Peterson, Rosella Lammers and sister-in-law, Toby Jochem. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Raymond Jochem.
Visitation will be at 6 p.m. and the Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, at the Valley of the Flowers Catholic Church in Belgrade. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1, also at the Church. Interment will follow at Sunset Hills cemetery. Memorials in his name may be made to The Alzheimer’s Association, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611-1676 or the charity of your choice.
Lawrence E. Johnson
FAIRVIEW – Funeral services for Lawrence E. Johnson, 88 of Fairview will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview, with Pastor Larry Quanbeck officiating. Interment will be in the Fairview cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Lawrence passed away Monday, May 29, 2000, at the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility in Sidney.
Kathryn Putnam
Kathryn Putnam, 87 of Billings, died Saturday, May 27, 2000, at her home.
The daughter of Alexander and Theodora Podbielski, Kathryn was born Nov. 18, 1912. She attended schools in Great Falls. Kathryn moved to Billings in 1945 and married
Ray Brain. He preceded her in death in 1950. In 1951 she married
John Putnam. He died in 1967.
Kathryn enjoyed gardening, classical music, reading and working crossword puzzles. She was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Billings Garden Club and had been active in RSVP. She had worked part time at Yellowstone County Courthouse in various offices.
Kathryn wanted to take this opportunity to thank her sister Sophie for taking such good care of her during her illness and also thank Helen Bender for her loyalty and friendship throughout the years.
Survivors include her daughter, Jackie Putnam, of Lawrenceville, Ga., her son, Orville R. Brain, of Trego, Mont., a sister Sophia Smith, of Billings and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital.
Leona Schell
Our beloved mother Leona Schell, 84, went to be with Jesus May 22, 2000. She was born in Worden, Mont., Nov. 16, 1915, the daughter of Mary and Peter Herman.
She married
Emil Schell, a masonry contractor, and they shared a wonderful and full life together.
Her loving, giving heart was felt by all her family and those she touched. Her door was always open for those in need with loving kindness. Thank you, Mom, for being you. We have been blessed by it. Her sense of humor and laughter will be remembered by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Howard Dean Frank; a brother, Carl Herman, and a sister, Louise George.
Survivors include two sons, LaVane (Irene) Frank of Molt and George (Judy) Frank of Billings; a daughter, Marge Freeman of Billings; and four sisters, Elizabeth Becker, Helen Frank, Clara Roberts and Ann Allen; numerous nieces and nephews and her beloved Buffy. Mom also enjoyed and loved her 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren with deep devotion.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, at Faith Evangelical Church, 2932 Broadwater Ave., Billings. Private family graveside services will follow.
Memorials may be made to Big Sky Hospice, P.O. Box 35033, Billings, Mont., 59107.
Jess Shaw
MOSBY – Jess Gail Shaw, 70, passed away Saturday afternoon at Saint Vincent Hospital in Billings of natural causes.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at the Cloyd Chapel in Lewistown with inurnment in Central Montana Memorial Gardens in Lewistown. The Cloyd Funeral Home of Lewistown is in charge of arrangements.
Norma Siegle
GLENDIVE – Norma Stockwell Amunrud Siegle, age 87, died on Sunday, May 28, 2000, at Glendive Medical Center Extended Care.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 31, in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Wibaux, Mont. with Pastor Chris Schneewind officiating. Interment will follow in the Wibaux cemetery. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive is entrusted with arrangements.
Norma was born on Oct. 18, 1912, in Yates, Mont., the daughter of Daniel and Mabel (Davis) Stockwell. She was raised and educated in the Beach and Wibaux area. She married
Roy Amunrud in Glendive in 1933. They lived North of Wibaux where they farmed and ranched. In 1968 they moved to Hamilton, for one year. Then they moved to Terry, where they ran Roy’s Camper Court. Roy preceded her in death in 1974. She married
Wilhelm “Bill” Siegle in 1977 in Belle Fourche, S.D. They have made their home in Glendive since. Norma loved to travel, visit, play cards, and cook dinner for everyone. She was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Wibaux, and also belonged to Glendive Senior Citizens.
Norma was preceded in death by her first husband Roy, and son Allen Dean in 1949; sisters; Inez Philips, Maye Amunrud, Jeanette Entzel; and brother Frank Stockwell.
She is survived by her husband, Wilhelm “Bill” Siegle of Glendive; sons, Ronald Amunrud and wife Janet, and Dan Amunrud, all of Sidney; daughters, Marlene Welliever and husband David, and Norrine Lunde and husband Gordon, all of Wibaux, and Luayne Amunrud Pisk of Hillsboro, Ore., sister Doris Trollope of Wibaux; stepsons Philip Siegle and wife Evelyn of Wibaux, Bob Siegle and David Siege of Glendive, and Ray Siegle and wife Shirley of Helena; stepdaughters, Dolores Wold and husband Duane of Billings, Adeline Tallman and husband Glay of Olympia, Wash., and Wilma Fulkerson and husband Art of Whitefish; 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, including twins Brenna and Bryce Osksa born on May 27, 2000; 17 step grandchildren and 23 step great-grandchildren.
Elsie Svejkovsky
Elsie Lillian “McCormick” Svejkovsky was born May 6, 1910, in Walback, Neb. She came to Montana in 1913 in a covered wagon, the trip took six months. Her father Jim McCormick homesteaded nine miles Southwest of Glasgow, where Elsie grew up and went to school and eventually married
Russell Bowyer in Feb. 1928. Two children were born from this marriage in which hard times dissolved the family.
In 1936, Elsie married
Joe A. Svejkovsky. The family lived in various towns in Montana where they owned and operated restaurants.
In 1945, they came to Billings and Elsie started the first “First Realty Co.” in Billings which she owned for 25 years before retiring. Elsie was also a Rebecca and will be dearly missed by all those who knew her.
She is survived by her brother, Marvin McCormick of Billings; sisters: Iris Zine of Sacramento, Calf.; and Vivian Settell of Lincoln, Neb.; a son Jim (Dorothy) Bowyer of Absarokee; granddaughters: Mrs. Beverly Johnson of Billings and Linda Berness of Layton, Utah. Also surviving are four grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and 12 great- great grandchildren.
A private graveside service will be held Thursday, June 1, 2000 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The casket is closed.
Dolores A. Teigen
CAPITOL – Dolores A. “Dodie” Teigen, 68, died at her home on Sunday, May 28, 2000, after a three-year, very intensive battle with cancer.
She was born May 13, 1932, in Billings County, N.D., near Fairfield, to Daniel and Frances Obrigewitch Hauser. The family moved to Bozeman, Mont., in 1938. After her father left the family, Dodie helped her mother raise her younger brother and two sisters.
She attended school at Holy Rosary in Bozeman, graduating from high school in 1951. During the summers she worked on ranches as a cook and housekeeper and did child care. During the school year, she worked as an usher and cashier at the Ellen Theater. It was there that she met John O. Teigen, Jr., of Capitol, Mont., who was attending Montana State University.
Dodie and John were married
in Bozeman on Oct. 28, 1951. They returned to the ranch south of Capitol to work for John’s father. In 1953, they moved to Bozeman, Billings and later to Livingston, returning to the ranch in 1957. Three children were born: John III, David Arnold and Joan Frances. The family moved into Camp Crook, S.D., in 1960 so the children could attend school. Dodie worked at the post office and the cafe while John worked for the Forest Service. In 1970, they moved back to the home ranch, where they have lived ever since.
When John became active in the Montana Association of Conservation Districts (MACD), Dodie became active in the MACD Auxiliary and was chair of the Northern Plains Region Auxiliary of the National Association of Conservation Districts. She organized the “Parade of Flags” at the NACD convention. John and Dodie attended meetings across the nation, forming many lasting friendships.
After their son, John III, was exposed to rabies while treating a sick Heifer, Dodie successfully fought for the registration of strychnine for rabies control, battling all the way to the federal hearing in Washington, DC. During her campaign, the State Livestock Departments of Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota supported her.
In 1992, John and Dodie leased the ranch to their son, John III. They spent the winters in the California Desert and summers at the ranch until the 1999-2000 winter when Dodie was not able to travel.
Above all else, Dodie took exceptional care of her family as a wife, mother, homemaker and cook. A devoted friend to many, she unselfishly shared her time and compassion. She was an accomplished seamstress, sewing shirts for John, the children and grandchildren. She made quilts and afghans for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren that will be forever cherished. She enjoyed gardening, attending painting classes and doing ceramics. Her Nativity sets are family heirlooms. For years, she entered her many crafts at the Harding County Fair and won numerous trophies and ribbons.
Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, John; sons and daughters-in-law, John III and Sharlet Teigen, of Capitol, and David and Lila Teigen, of Buffalo, S.D.; daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Steve Becker of Gillette, Wyo.; nine grandchildren: Tansie Teigen, of Spearfish, S.D.; Tennille Straub, of Scottsblu.ff, Neb.; J.O. Teigen, of Gillette, Wyo.; Tana Teigen, of Canton, S.D.; Tory Teigen, of Reeder, N.D.; Lucas and Caleb Teigen, of Buffalo, S.D.; and Matthew and Theresa Mueller, of Billings, Mont.; three great-grandchildren and a special sister, Frances ‘Toots” Hauser, who cared for Dodie since June 1999.
The family suggests that memorials be made to the Montana Association of Conservation Districts Endowment Fund.
A Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1, at the Little Missouri Lutheran Church at Capitol. Burial will follow in the Little Missouri Lutheran Church cemetery. Stevenson Funeral Home of Ekalaka is in charge of the arrangements.
Cecil ‘Sonny’ Watts
Cecil “Sonny” Watts died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Saturday, May 27, 2000. He was born on Feb. 15, 1932, in Livingston, Mont., to Cecil T. and Mary Margaret (Stevens) Watts. He attended schools in Clyde Park graduating in 1950. Sonny then moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he became an Ironworker. He was drafted into the Marine Corps in 1951 and served in the Korean War. When he was discharged in 1953, he moved to Mandan, N. D., to work on a new refinery and power house. While he was there, he met and married
Marlene Ann Leingang on Sept. 4, 1954, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in St. Anthony, N.D. For the first several years they followed construction over seven states with their daughter, Zita. In 1961, they moved permanently to Billings where they raised five children. Sonny retired in 1976, after 25 years as an ironworker. He enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, cooking and woodwork. He was a wonderful husband and father. His grandchildren were his pride and joy. He enjoyed watching them play sports.
Sonny is survived by his wife of almost 46 years, Marlene, his daughter, Zita (Kenneth) Gustin of Kirkwood, Wash.; his sons, Kevin (Pamala) of Benbrook, Texas, Brian (Joyce) of Covington, Wash., Jeff (Karen) of Billings, a sister, Kathryn (John) Nickey of Nampa, Idaho, and 10 grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Mary Margaret, his sister, Betty, and his son David.
A Vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, at St. Pius Catholic Church. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 2, at St. Pius Catholic Church. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the St. Pius Catholic Church Building Fund. Dahl Funeral Chapel will be in charge of all arrangements.
Fredrick George Abell
On Saturday, May 27, 2000, Fredrick George Abell, 86, died at home of cancer. Fred was born March 14, 1914 in Wishek, N.D. the son of Robert and Alvina (Pudwell) Abell. He left the arms of his earthly family that surrounded him at the time of his death to be in the arms of his heavenly father and savior, Jesus Christ. Family members as well as friends were something that Freddie greatly appreciated and enjoyed.
Watching his son fly remote control airplanes, fishing, playing pinochle and golfing were all things he enjoyed. He hit a hole in one on his 80th birthday. Going to the farm, whether to spend the day fishing the Big Horn with a grandson or checking out the crops with a son-in-law made a perfect day. A day spent at the cabin in Roberts was a true enjoyment for him and a cherished memory of his last week with us. And we can’t forget the Hardees at 3 o’clock bunch!
All of these things were shared with his wife, Abbie. Fred married
Abbie Siroky on July 29, 1938, in Hardin, and they would have celebrated their 62nd anniversary this July 29th. They had four children: Dale, Ivan, Vera and Verna.
They shared both work and play as Fred owned and operated Abell Plumbing and Heating in Hardin. In 1985 they retired and moved to Billings in 1988. Prior to owning his own business, Fred had worked for the railroad, Holly Sugar, Holmes Plumbing and farmed.
He was a member of the Hardin Elks Club, a charter member of the Fort Custer Golf Club in Hardin and a member of the Par 3 Golf Course in Billings.
Survivors include his wife, Abbie, son, Dale (Sandi) Abell, daughters, Vera (Gary) Schaff, all of Billings, and Verna (Leroy) Uffelman of Hardin, eight grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; sisters, Emma Torgerson, Mary Brinkman and Arlene Torgerson; brothers, Bert and Charlie Abell.
He was preceded in death by his son, Ivan Abell, his parents, Robert and Alvina Abell, his brothers, Lawrence, Alvin and Robert Abell.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, at Faith Chapel, 517 Shiloh Road, Billings. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, and prior to services at Smith Funeral Chapel West. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Faith Chapel or Big Sky Hospice.
Sue Virginia Johnson
CODY, Wyo. – Sue Virginia Johnson, 82, died Saturday, May 27, 2000 at West Park Long Term Care Center.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, at Riverside cemetery.
Alberta Ewoldt Martin
Cody, Wyo. – Alberta Ewoldt Martin, 82, died Saturday, May 27, 2000, at West Park Long Term Care Center.
Cremation has taken place. Interment of cremains will be in Longmont, Colo.
Nancy Carol Guenther
CODY, Wyo. – Nancy Carol Guenther, 48 died Saturday, May 27, 2000, at her home following a battle with cancer.
Cremation has taken place. No services are planned.
Rosemary L. Channel
FORSYTH – Rosemary L. Channel, 58, died Friday, May 26, 2000 at the Rosebud Health Care Center.
Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, at the Beals Mortuary Chapel. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, at the Forsyth Federated Church with burial in the Forsyth cemetery.
