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DONNA MAGIS
Donna Louise Magis, 39, died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, at a Havre hospital due to complications after a long illness.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately following the graveside services at the St. Jude Parish Center.
Donna was born on Oct. 10, 1963, to Donald and Louise (Webb) Kenny in Havre. She was raised in Havre and graduated from Havre High School in 1981. She attended Northern Montana College and obtained her associate nursing degree in 1984. She worked for the Big Sandy Medical Center, at Las Cruces, N.M., Columbus and Deaconess hospitals in Great Falls, the Great Falls Clinic and for the last six years at Northern Montana Hospital. Donna was an independent contract Health Care Facility Surveyor for the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. She married
Robert Magis June 26, 1989, in Great Falls. The couple later divorced.
Donna was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church.
Her hobbies were following her son's sports career, entertaining friends, enjoying old houses and pets. She especially loved Christmas.
She was preceded in death by her brother Greg Kenny.
Donna is survived by her son, Christopher Magis of Havre; parents, Donald and Louise Kenny of Havre; brother, Don Kenny of Chester; special friend, Dale Hofeldt of Chinook; and aunts, uncles and many cousins, friends and co-workers.
Memorials in Donna's honor may be made to the MSU-Northern Nursing Program.
Services and arrangements are under the direction of Holland and Bonine Funeral Home.
Kermit "Tad" Lange Kermit
"Tad" Lange, 74, of Stevensville died at his home on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004. He was born on Dec.1, 1931, at Natrona Heights, Pa. and was the son of Kermit H. and Margaret (Dick) Lange.
Tad graduated in 1949 from Tarentum High School in Tarentum, Pa. Upon graduating he joined the U. S. Air Force.
He married
Anne S. Sullivan June 13, 1953, at St. Mary's in Stevensville. Their three children were all born in Roswell, N.M. The couple spent the first 24 years of marriage in the Air Force residing in New Mexico, Mississippi, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and finally in Montana. Tad was also stationed in Canada, Korea and Okinawa.
Upon retirement (after serving 27 years in the Air Force) Anne and Tad returned to settle in the Sullivan family home in Stevensville. While in the Air Force he reached the rank of senior master sergeant and was a radar technical instructor.
Tad was always good with his hands; he did wood working projects and home repairs.
He was a caregiver to his wife for the past 20 years. He continued to be an active member of the community, being involved with Civic Club, American Legion, VFW, dart team, Pantry Partners Food Bank board member, Boy Scouts and his second love, bowling. Tad received many honors and accolades including Civic Club, Citizen of the Year, and Legionnaire of the year for recognition for outstanding leadership and performance. He will always be remembered as a loving, loyal husband, father, grandfather and brother.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter-in-law, Debra Sue Lange, of Checotah, Okla.
Tad is survived by his wife, Anne, of 51 years; a daughter, Patricia (Ben) Hall of Chinook; sons, James of Checotah, Okla., and John (Carol) of San Jose, Calif.; a brother Fred, (Peggy) of Troy, Idaho and sisters, Betty Ann (Jim) Dickey and Gretchen (Jim) Flynn all of Daytona Beach, Fla.; sister-in-law, Francie Sullivan (Dick Roseberry) of Tiberon, Calif.; brother-in-law, Steve (Nancy) Sullivan of Saratoga, Calif. and five grandchildren
Rosary will be recited at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at 7 p.m.
Funeral mass will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Friday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m. with Father Michael Smith officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's cemetery with American Legion Honors.
A reception will be held at St. Mary's Family Center following services.
Memorials may be sent to Pantry Partners, Post Office Box 805, Stevensville, Mont., 59870.
Christian David Fletcher
Christian David Fletcher, 4 months, of Provo, Utah, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., of complications of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Christian was born Nov. 17, 2003, in Ann ArborI to David Allan and Kim Lee Fletcher. Christian touched many lives and many hearts. He taught us the true meaning of love. Even though he was born with heart defects and at such a tiny size of only 2 pounds 6 ounces, he was a fighter with a strong will to live. A will so strong it saw him through two open heart surgeries and many medical procedures.
Doctors and nurses would often comment that he was a miracle baby and a strong little guy. His nicknames included Elvis (for his long sideburns), Mighty Mouse, little peanut, and buddy. He was so young, yet, you always knew where you stood with Christian. He was very expressive, with cute little scowls, or big questioning eyes, and a way of looking at you, you knew he was looking at your soul.
He patiently endured all that this life had to give. Christian spent his life in a hospital, but, he was still a baby learning to smile, reach for things, and trying to roll over. We as his family took great joy in these little milestones. He loved to rock in his mama's arms for hours at a time, or have his hand held for comfort.
He brought the best out in people. He helped us to be more loving, more forgiving and to turn to the Lord. We will dearly miss his chubby cheeks, his great big eyes looking up at us, and his incredibly sweet spirit. We look forward to the day we can be together again with Christian in his perfect body able to house his perfect spirit. We will miss him for a lifetime and love him for an eternity.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Noel Fletcher; great-grandmother, Geneva Lucinda Chaffey; great-grandfather Robert Pierce, and great-grandfather Ivan Wendel Stocks.
He is survived by his parents, David and Kim Fletcher; six sisters, Kyla Dean, Karra Melissa, Rachel Elizabeth, Olivia Jordan, Annika Montana, and his twin Geneva Ruth Fletcher, all of Provo, Utah; grandparents Alan and Vicky Chaffey of Lolo; Gordon and Connie Fletcher of Bartlessville, Okla.; aunt, Kari Beagley, of Kalispell; uncle, Brad, and aunt, Karalee Fletcher, of Simi Valley, Calif.; uncle Jeff Fletcher of Salt Lake City and 10 cousins.
Visitation was from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 28, at the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 29, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Hamilton Chapel with Ian Northcott officiating. Interment will follow at Victor cemetery in Victor. A reception will follow at the church.
Pallbearers are his father, David Allan Fletcher, and uncle, Bradley Gordon Fletcher.
The family suggests memorials to the Ronald McDonald House.
Delphine M. Tripp
Delphine M. Tripp, 89, of Great Falls died peacefully Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at the Bitterroot Valley Living Center.
Delphine was born in Big Sandy to Henry and Caroline Jorgensen. She graduated from Great Falls High School and obtained her teaching certificate from Northern Montana College in Havre. She then taught at Carter and Tiger Butte. Delphine gave up teaching when she married
the love of her life, Carl W. " Bull" Tripp, on May 18, 1939.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Carl; son, George, and siblings, Gretrude Severson, Elvina Hill, Lennart, Kenneth and George Jorgensen. She is survived by her daughters, Judy C.M. Johnson and Joanne Brouelette of Florence; son, David Tripp, of Cascade and residing at Great Falls; son, Dan Tripp; niece, Marcia Severson, and Delphine's brother Henry Jorgensen. Other survivors include 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Cremation has taken place. No services will be held.
Ronald Brothers of Dowling Funeral Home and Crematory, 415 S. Second St. in Hamilton, is caring for the family.
Lola E. Goodenough
Lola E. Goodenough, 94, of Stevensville died at the Bitterroot Valley Living Center in Stevensville on Friday, March 26, 2004.
She was born on Aug. 16, 1909, the third of 14 children born to Arthur Richard and Luvina Velate (Belnap) Miskin.
Survivors include her children, C. Scott Hill of Los Cruces, N.M., Alton L. Hill of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, Evelyn Kalteich of Modesto, Calif., Kay Yaskus of Stevensville and Roberta Johnson of The Dalles, Ore. Also surviving are two brothers, Gilbert Miskin of Federal Way, Wash., and Richard Miskin of Idaho Falls, Idaho; a sister, Wanda Parker, of Kennewick, Wash; 28 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville on Monday, March 29, from 7-8 p.m. with family present.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday April 1, 2004, at 1 p.m. at the LDS Church in Ucon, Idaho. Burial will follow at the Ucon cemetery.
Karen Elizabeth Dworshak
Karen Elizabeth Dworshak, 51, of Hamilton passed away early in the morning, Saturday, March 27, 2004, at her home in Grantsdale. Visitation and service arrangements will be announced in the obituary.
Ronald Brothers of Dowling Funeral Home and Crematory, 415 S. Second St. in Hamilton, is caring for the family.
Frank Parmenter
Funeral services for Frank Parmenter will be conducted from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salmon Stake Center on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 2 p.m. The viewing will be held one hour before the services at the same chapel in the Relief Society room. Bishop Bruce Wallin will be conducting the services. Interment will be in the Salmon cemetery with Robert Parmenter giving the prayer. Lunch will be served for family and friends following the interment at the Carmen Grange Hall.
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Parmenter of Dillon, (formerly of Carmen, Idaho) passed away Thursday, March 25, 2004. He was 93, just shy of 94.
Frank Parmenter was born on April 2, 1910 in Solo, Mo., the oldest of 10 children, born to Walter and Christina (West) Parmenter.
Frank attended school in Red Oak, Iowa, and at the age of 18, moved out West to work as a cowboy at the Spears Ranch in Sheridan, Wyo. After two years there, he returned to Iowa to work with his father. The family moved to Salmon, Idaho, in 1933, where they lived in a tent on Kirtley Creek for the first winter.
While working on the McFarland Ranch, he met the love of his life, Mary Venita McFarland. They were married
on Aug. 4, 1935, in Salmon. Of this union, seven children were born, Catharine, Robert, Max, William, Jerry, James, and Lee.
They made their home in Salmon, where Frank was the first person to drive school buses for Lemhi County. In 1940, they moved to Carmen Creek to ranch and raise their family. In 1967, they moved to Darby, where Frank worked in road construction and logging. In 1988, he and Mary moved to Kalispell for a year before their final move to Dillon, where Frank enjoyed spending time with his family and ranching. In 1996, he lost his beloved Mary.
He was a stalwart member of the LDS church and in his community. He served in his church as Stake Sunday School President, High Priest, Counselor in the Bishopric of the Salmon 1st ward, High Councilman in the Salmon River Stake, and helped build the Salmon Stake Center. In the community, he served as Master of the Carmen Grange.
Frank Parmenter was one of the last true cowboys. He was a story-teller extraordinaire in the cowboy genre. He loved being out on his horse. He loved working with his hands and using his strength to accomplish tough jobs. He especially loved his wife and children, and enjoyed the time he spent with them, as well as with his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. He will be missed greatly by all his friends and family.
He is survived by his four sons, Robert Parmenter and wife, Phyllis, of Dillon, William Parmenter of Dillon, Jerry Parmenter and wife, Linda, of Billings, and Lee Parmenter and wife, Janice, of Las Vegas; 16 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Jeannie Gordon and husband, Ray, of Victor, Idaho, and Polly Thuesen and husband, Elwood, of Boise, Idaho; three brothers, Don Parmenter, and wife, Louise, of Terrace, British Columbia, Jack Parmenter and wife, Shirley, of Salmon, and Dean Parmenter of Sitka, Alaska. Each of these individuals loves this father, grandfather, and friend very much.
He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary; daughter, Catharine; two sons, Max, and James; three sisters; one brother; one grandchild and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the Ravalli Services for the Handicapped at P.O. Box 558, Hamilton, Mont., 59840.
The Jones & Casey Funeral Home of Salmon, Idaho, is in charge of arrangements.
Richard 'Buck' Harrsch
Richard "Buck" Harrsch, 65 of Darby passed away Monday, March 29, at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center in Hamilton.
Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton.
James (Jim) Franklin Pile
James (Jim) Franklin Pile passed away peacefully at St. Peter's Hospital May 16, 2004. He was a quiet man with a gentleman's spirit.
James (Jim) Franklin Pile was born on May 11, 1910, in Louisville, Ky., to his parents, Lillie and Henry Pile. His mother died at his birth, so he was raised by his loving grandparents Martha and John Pile, and three doting aunts, Emma, Hannah, and Ada Pile on their farm in Mook, a small country town outside Hardinsburg, Ky.
At the age of 20, upon the death of his grandmother, Jim traveled by bus to Corvallis, to live with his aunt and uncle, Pearl and Parson Pile, from whom he learned his life's occupation, beekeeping. The warm, small-town atmosphere in Corvallis was a perfect fit for Jim. He joined local baseball and bowling teams and became a charter member of the volunteer fire department. He drove a "school bus" for the Corvallis school district, having converted a 1933 Ford truck into a makeshift "bus." He married
a local schoolteacher, Doris Randall; they had two daughters, Barbara and Lois.
Jim enjoyed a lifelong love of the outdoors. The placid beauty of Lake Como was his sanctuary. He was an avid fly-fisherman, steelhead fisherman and big game hunter. He recalled that his favorite day of work was, while employed as a truck driver in Yellowstone Park, the day his job was to catch enough fish for the camp's evening meal.
He took great pride in his vegetable garden, having gained a wide reputation for his crops of Montana watermelon and cantaloupe and his "roasting ears."
He was a knowledgeable beekeeper. He sold honey to large retailers as well as a wide clientele of locals. He loved to tell the story of a "time of honesty and trust" when he could post a sign for customers, instructing them to take the honey they wished to purchase and leave their money in a box nearby. When he retired from this honey producing business, he built and sold bee supplies, and worked for the state of Montana as an assistant bee inspector.
His parents and his two sisters, Connie and Margaret, and his brother, Morris, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Doris R. Pile of Helena; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lois and Jere LeDesky of Mesa, Ariz., and Barbara and Ken Berg of Helena; five grandchildren, Alyson and Jeremy LeDesky and Kyle, Kevin, and Trevor Berg; a nephew and wife, Karen and Bud Pile of Potomac.
At Jim's request, no services will be held at this time.
