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DAN RAYMOND
Dan Raymond, 73, of Canyon Ferry, passed away unexpectedly at St. Peter’s Hospital Dec. 6, 2000, during recuperation from surgery.
Dan was born on South Rodney Hill in Helena, Feb. 26, 1927, to Daniel F. and Itha (Denney) Raymond. He attended Emerson School, Central School and Helena High for a short time.
After leaving school, he worked as a “call boy” for the railroad, set pins at the bowling alley, and did glazing work for Foley Mill. On his seventeenth birthday, 1944, he enlisted in the navy, completing boot camp at Farragut, Idaho. After further training, he was stationed in the Philippines on a LCT. He came home in 1946 and was recalled into the Korean Conflict in January 1951, serving on the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard until May of 1952. He was very proud to have served his country in two wars.
Dan worked as an apprentice glazier, then a journeyman glazier for many years. He worked for Yuhas Millwork and American Building, then as a self-employed cabinetmaker in his shop at Canyon Ferry.
Dan married
Elizabeth (Betty) Mattice July 8, 1950, in Helena. They lived in Helena and Canyon Ferry all their married
life except for four years when they lived in Great Falls. Dan was a member of King Solomon’s Masonic Lodge, #9 AF & AM in Helena.
In his earlier years, Dan enjoyed hunting, fishing and time spent at the cabin in Magpie Gulch. He was very disturbed at seeing Magpie Gulch after this summer’s fires, as Magpie was a part of his life since he was a baby. In recent years he enjoyed his TV and VCR in his shop and camping in the motor home at Lincoln. He created a large library of old War and Western movies. He loved all animals, especially dogs, which had a great love for him.
Dan is survived by his wife of fifty years, Betty; daughter and son-in-law Kathleen Ann and Kenneth Hanson of Melville, their son, Ky of Belgrade, and daughter Kari of Park City; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Rose Raymond and son, Justin of Canyon Ferry; sister and brother-in-law, Clarice and Gary Miller of Elko, Nev.; sister-in-law, Zona Oleson of East Helena; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, David and Joyce Mattice of Nashville, Tenn.; brother-in-law, William Mattice of Garrison; sister-in-law, Patricia Mattice of Roundup; many nieces and nephews including Vern Raymond, Randy Raymond and Debbie Johnson of the Helena area and others throughout Montana and the U.S. His faithful dogs, Prince and Boots also survive him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Harry Raymond and favorite uncle, Clarence Raymond.
Services will be at Retz Funeral Home, Monday, Dec. 11, 2 p.m. Burial at Montana State Veterans cemetery with military honors. Memorial contributions may be made to the Canyon Ferry Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 867, East Helena, MT 59635 or the donors choice.
EMILIO ROMERO
Emilio “Jo Jo” Romero formerly of Helena died Dec. 28, 2000, in Bremertan, Wash. He was born Nov. 20, 1954, to Emilio “Joe” and Ruby L. Romero in Butte.
He is survived by two daughters, Josi Ruby Romero and Rebecca Romero both of Bremertan; brother, Alfredo Romero; sisters, Kimberly Prouteau of Kent, Wash., Lorraine Herrera and Karen Snell both of Billings, and Hedy R. Westburg of East Helena. His parents and two cousins preceded him in death. Jo Jo, we love you and you will be missed by all.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
TOBIAS ROBERT STARKEL
Tobias Robert Starkel, age 25, of Helena passed away in Mexico on December 30, 2000.
He was born in New Orleans, La., on March 27, 1975, to Richard D. and Judy L. (Simkins) Starkel. He enjoyed flying airplanes, snowboarding and traveling.
He is survived by his daughter, Saisha Reddick of East Helena; parents, Richard D. and Evaleen Starkel of Clancy and Judy and Gary Smith of Chatteroy, Wash.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Travis and Michelle of Wayne, Neb., Justin and Haley of St. Ignatius, Chad Smith and sister Tessa Smith, both of Chatteroy, Wash.; grandparents, Walter Starkel of Polson and Everett and Marje Tudor of Helena; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
There will be a private visitation for family. Memorial services will be conducted on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 1 p.m. at the Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church with Pastor B. G. Stumberg III officiating. Cremation has taken place. Private family burial service will be on Wednesday at Forestvale cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to God’s Love Shelter, 533 Last Chance Gulch, Helena, Mont., 59601. Arrangements and services are under the direction of Hagler-Anderson Mortuary.
DEL SUTHEIMER
Del Sutheimer, 49, passed away Feb. 16, 2001, after a very courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 1, 1952, in Helena to Walter “Bud” and Doris Sutheimer. He attended schools here and entered the Marine Corps in 1970.
Del married
Sheila Smail in 1975, and together they had two children. He worked for the Bureau of Reclamation since 194 and in recent years was the facility manager at the Palisades Dam in Swan Valley, Idaho. He loved living there where he had many close friends and was an avid fly fisherman and expert woodworker.
Del is survived by his wife Sheila, son Cole and daughter Audi, all of Swan Valley, Idaho; parents Bud and Lillian Sutheimer, Doris Sutheimer; and brother, Glen Sutheimer, all of Helena. He is also survived by stepbrother Ron Clark, of Redding, Calif. and stepsisters Donna Lamping of Helena and Lorea Dahman of Tacoma, Wash.
Memorials are asked to be sent to Teton Valley Hospice, c/o Teton Valley Hospital, Driggs, Idaho.
A memorial service will be held on Feb. 24 in Swan Valley.
MICHAEL THOMAS McNELLIS
Michael Thomas McNellis, age 63 of Helena, went to be with the Lord on April 5, 2001, due to health reasons prior to a car accident.
Born in Butte on February 9, 1938, to Michael F. and Ann (Amnley) McNellis, Michael attended local Butte schools, enjoyed sports, liked watching some of his favorite football teams and also building racing cars with his brothers. He entered the U.S. Army in 1955 and served two enlistments, and was discharged in 1963. Michael was a long-haul truck driver, later worked in the Butte mines, then owned Standard and Exxon gas stations and a wrecker business. He was also a longtime mechanic.
Michael moved to Helena in 1969. He married
Carol Yvonne Priday on June 18, 1972, in Butte, and they made their home in Helena. He has been employed at Old Trapper Cab, now known as Capital Taxi, for the last seven years. He enjoyed good artwork and loved photography; his favorite shots were scenic sunsets and sunrises. He also loved his two granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; and one son, Larry; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
He is survived by his wife, Carol; son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Robyn McNellis, and two grandchildren, Devin and Destry McNellis, all of Helena; two brothers, Robert McNellis of Spokane, Wash., and Jim McNellis of Tacoma, Wash.; four sisters, Marjorie McNellis of Helena, Rose Mary McNellis of Butte, Barbara (Joe) Comfort of Turah, Mont., and Ginger (Bob) Toivonen of Butte; and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law Sherry Fillbach of Butte, Diane and Jack Nolton of Everett, Wash., Winnie and Leroy Weathers of Apache Junction, Ariz., and Don Priday of Tempe, Ariz.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 10, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Linden’s Herrmann and Company Funeral Home, 314 N. Rodney. Pastor Dick Crosby of the Hannaford Street Bible Church officiating. Burial will be at the Montana State Veterans cemetery. Military honors will be by the Helena Area Veterans Council at the cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Hannaford Bible Church at 830 N. Hannaford Street in Helena. A memorial has been established to the Lewis & Clark Humane Society, P.O. Box 4455, Helena, MT 59604, or to donor’s choice.
Sister Mary Clare Meek
Leavenworth, Kan. - Sister Mary Clare (formerly sister Ann Rupert) Meek, 85, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth died Feb. 11, 2001, in Ross Hall, Mother House.
Mary Clare Meek was born March 22, 1916, in Denver to parents Rupert C. and Anna Marie O'Donnell Meek.
She entered the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Sept. 1, 1939, and as Sister Ann Rupert professed vows on March 2, 1941.
Sister taught history, English, Spanish and religion in high schools in Kansas; Girls Central High School, Butte; Cathedral, Helena; and in Nebraska. Sister came to the Mother House in 1990. She retired to Ross Hall in 1998.
She is survived by her cousins, including Sister Francetta O'Donnell, Leavenworth, nieces and nephews. The vigil is 7 p.m. today in Ross Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Ross Chapel. Interment: Mount Olivet cemetery on the Mother House grounds. Memorials: Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Retirement Fund, 4200 S. Fourth St., Leavenworth, KS 66048.
Leo Krisl
Santa Rosa, Calif. - Leo Krisl, 90, died Jan. 30, 2002, in Santa Rosa, Calif.
A 30-year resident of Helena until 1999, Leo loved the Big Sky Country and was an avid supporter of wildlife programs.
He is survived by his son Eric Krisl of Santa Rosa, and his daughter Linda Peterson of Garland, Texas along with five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services have been held with burial near his childhood home of Milligan, Neb.
Charles Edward Wright
Great Falls - Charles Edward Wright, 79, of Great Falls, an Army veteran, and salesman, died of natural causes Jan. 29, 2002, in Great Falls.
Wright served in the Army in the South Pacific during World War II. He was retired from the Con-Agra Corporation, and was formerly with Peavey Company in Minneapolis and Montana Flour Mills in Great Falls.
Survivors include a daughter, Aylett R. Wright of Bend, Ore.; a son Bill B. Wright of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a sister Violet Sandru of Helena; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His wife, Rose Bradley Wright, died in 1997.
At his request, no services are planned. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Croxford & Sons Funeral Home.
Myrus Baxter Larson
Aug. 16, 1918 - May 1, 2002
Anacortes, Wash. - Baxter Larson died May 1, 2002, in Anacortes, Wash., due to natural causes. He was born Aug. 16, 1918, in Cut Bank, son of Myrus B. Larson, a grain dealer and elevator operator, and Revel R. Worley, a teacher.
The family lived in various Montana communities before Baxter graduated in 1936 from Wibaux County High School, where he earned letters in football, basketball, and track. At a statewide high school track meet, he set a running record that was finally broken by his son, Myrus. He attended the University of Minnesota before transferring to the University of Montana where he earned a law degree in 1941.
On Sept. 12, 1939, he married
Camilla P. Dahl of Wibaux, who died March 16, 2001. Much of their first years together focused on rearing and educating two sons Myrus B. Larson Jr., born 1943, who died April 12, 1965, while a senior at Dartmouth College, and surviving son Stephen C. Larson, born 1947, of Anacortes, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1969 and pursues a career as a grain broker following a family tradition. Other survivors include grandsons James M. Larson of Phoenix and Scott D. Larson of Reston, Va.; a brother, Richard K. Larson of Keller, Texas; and, nieces Gretta Hoss, of Keller, and Katie King, of Thornton, Colo.
After admittance to the Montana Bar in 1941, Mr. Larson took a position as an attorney with the Lowndes Maury and Al Shone law offices in Butte, while his spouse, an experienced legal assistant, concurrently served that firm. In 1943, Baxter entered the United States Army, serving first as an infantry officer and subsequently with the U.S. Far East Military Command in Tokyo as a judge advocate officer for war crimes tribunals.
A lifelong Montanan, Mr. Larson's personal life and public career were linked to the state's development. In 1946, Baxter settled in Helena, when Attorney General Victor Bottomly appointed him as a prosecutorial assistant. In 1950, Governor John Bonner appointed him to head the state?s Industrial Accident Commission. In 1981, Governor Ted Schwinden appointed Baxter chairman of the state Highway Commission.
For a brief period Baxter maintained a private practice in Helena. Attracted by opportunities afforded by Williston Basin oil discoveries, in 1953 he established a law firm in Wolf Point. Through the ensuing four decades, the Larson family took an active role in community affairs, especially in support of educational programs, while Baxter participated in business and civic undertakings.
Both he and Camilla consistently involved themselves in Democratic Party political activities. They were members of the Shriners, Order of the Eastern Star and Elks. An avid student of history, Baxter accumulated a voluminous personal library and was a member of the Montana Historical Society from its inception. To begin retirement in 1985, the Larsons settled in Billings, but maintained contacts with their many friends throughout the state.
No services have been scheduled. Remembrances should be made to the Pierre Wibaux Museum, Wibaux MT 59353, or to the Montana Historical Society, P.O. Box 201201, Helena MT 59601.
Father Joseph Patrick Sullivan
Fr. Joseph Patrick Sullivan of Helena passed away May 20, 2002, after a four year battle with Alzheimer's disease and related complications.
He was born to Jerry and Nora McGrath Sullivan on March 14, 1932 in Butte. Joe Pat attended Butte Catholic Schools, graduating from Butte Central in 1950. He attended the College of Great Falls for two years and transferred to Carroll College his junior year. He graduated from Carroll in 1954. Father continued his education at St. Bernard's seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, and was ordained a priest in the Immaculate Conception Church in Butte on May 31, 1958.
Father Joe served the Western Montana Diocese for 40 years in several capacities. He retired for health reasons in March 1999. Father served on the faculty of Carroll College from 1958 to 1972 teaching theology. During that time, he received his MA in theology from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
In July 1972, he was assigned as co-pastor of St. Rose of Lima parish in Dillon, serving until February 1974, when he was assigned as associate pastor of St. Ann's Parish in Butte. In July 1977, he became the first pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Butte. He was assigned to the St. Helena Cathedral pastoral team in April 1983 and shortly thereafter as co-pastor of St. Richard's Parish in Columbia Falls.
In June 1984, Fr. Joe Pat began a new phase of his pastoral ministry as Priest Chaplain of St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. His final parish assignment was again in St. Richard's Parish in Columbia Falls serving from September 1994 until he was granted senior status in March 1999.
While serving on the faculty of Carroll, Father also served as priest director of Legendary Lodge on Salmon Lake during the summer months.
An accomplished student and athlete, Father Joe Pat played on football and basketball teams at Butte Central High School, including the 1950 state champion basketball team. He also excelled in both football and basketball at Carroll College earning all-conference honors in both and played on Montana Collegiate Conference Championship teams for the "Fighting Saints." He is a member of the Butte Athletic Hall of Fame and the Carroll College Athletic Hall of Fame.
As a priest, Father Joe Pat had a unique ability to bring people to the church. He was truly a priest that could reach out to all in an unthreatening and loving manner. His wonderful sense of humor was a delight to all who knew him. He was a friend to everyone, and remembered details, relationships and events until Alzheimer's robbed him of this unique ability.
He is survived by his sister, Geraldine (Gerry) Robinson of Helena; brother and sister-in-law Jack and Pat Sullivan of Butte; and brother and sister-in-law Jerry and Jean Sullivan of Billings. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and grandnieces and nephews. He is also survived by his friend, companion and caregiver Billie Jean Hill of Helena.
He was preceded in death by his parents, several uncles and aunts, cousin Emmett Murphy, niece Cathy Sullivan Servantius, grandnephew John Schmitt and brother-in-law James Robinson.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Memorial Day, May 27 at Retz Funeral Home in Helena and again from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Butte. Vigil service is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on May 27 at St. Ann's. Mass of Christian Burial will also be at St. Ann's at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28.
His cremated remains will be interred with his parents at a later date.
Memorials in Fr. Joe Pat's name are suggested to the Sullivan Scholarship Fund at Carroll College or to Butte Central High School.
Dan H. Kelley
Charlotte, N.C. - Dan H. Kelley, 75, of Charlotte, N.C., died at his home on May 21, 2002. from lung cancer.
Born in Lewistown on Dec. 17, 1926, he was the husband of Virginia B. Kelley, the son of the late Mrs. Mary J. Kelley of Hazelton, Pa., and the grandson of the late Amanda and Otto Jawort of Helena.
He served in the U.S. Navy Pacific fleet from 1944 to 1949, where he was awarded the American Theater Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal, WWII Victory Medal, China Service Medal, Navy Occupation Medal and Philippine Liberation Medal. He served on the USS Dixie, USS Thomas F. Nickel, USS Prinz Eugen, and USS Topeka. He participated in the Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Island in the Marshall Islands in 1946.
Dan graduated from Helena High School in 1944, attended Carroll College, and graduated from Montana State University, Bozeman, in 1953 with a BS in civil engineering. During his career as an estimator and project manager in the heavy construction industry, he traveled extensively around the world to countries including Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Cambodia and Vietnam. He has lived in Illinois, California, Washington, Texas, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Oregon, and in Korea, China and the Philippines. He retired from J.A. Jones Construction Company in Charlotte in 1992. He was an avid sports fan and personal computer enthusiast.
In addition to his wife, Virginia B. Kelley, he is survived by two sons, David D. Kelley and wife Marcia, of Irmo, S.C., and Bruce J. Kelley of Columbus; two daughters, Sheila Miller and husband Virgil of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, and Mona Kathleen Kelley of Tijeras, N.M.; and two grandchildren, Jenifer L. Kelley of Austin, Texas, and Jeffrey D. Kelley of Bakersfield, Calif.
A memorial service will be held at a later time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice at Charlotte Inc., 1420 E. Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204. McEwen Funeral and Cremation Service, Pineville Chapel, is in care of the arrangements.
