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Madge Cline
Funeral Mass for Madge Cline, 71, of Billings, an eastern Montana businesswoman, was held Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, in St. Patrick's Co-Cathedral at Billings with Rite of Committal in the Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Born Oct. 23, 1920, she was the daughter of Katherine and Derwood Petrie. She graduated from Senior High School in 1938. Before her marriage to Jack M. Cline in 1945, she taught school in Reed Point. The couple adopted three children, Robbin, Janet and Debbie. After Mr. Cline's death in 1974, she became president of Big Sky Linen.
In 1982, she married the second love of her life, Bill Schumacher. Mutual respect, companionship and traveling to Arizona were threads that prevailed in their marriage until he died in 1992.
Her survivors include her children, Robbin, and his wife, Shirley, Janet Platt, and her husband, Chuck, and Debbie Stricklin, and her husband, Joe; her step-sons, Roland, Schumacher and Ralph Schumacher; her grandchildren, Brett and Marcus Cline, Nicole, Kristine and Jonathan Platt and Brandy K. Seat; and five great-grandchildren.
Michelotti, Sawyers and Nordquist Mortuary in Billings was in charge of arrangements. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.
George E. Denowh
George E. Denowh, 76, a resident of the Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Care Unit in Miles City, died of cancer on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001, in the Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Care Unit in Miles City.
Born Feb. 23, 1925, in Cartwright, N.D., he was the son of Naomi and Julius Denowh. He graduated from Fairview High School in 1943 and served in the United States Army Medical Technician Division.
On June 17, 1945, he and Dorothy Hart were married in El Paso De Robles, Calif. Mr. Denowh worked in retail sales management for Skaggs Drug Stores for 23 years in Montana, Utah, Idaho and Colorado. The couple had three children together before divorcing after 29 years of marriage.
Mr. Denowh and Lola Girard were married in Scobey on Oct. 6, 1974. They lived in Scobey for 17 years before divorcing. Her children and grandchildren were very important to Mr. Denowh and a great source of joy for him.
He and Agnes Brown were married July 29, 1994, in Jackpot, Nev. They were divorced in June of this year.
Mr. Denowh owned and operated Denowh Builders Construction Company, and after his retirement opened the A to Z Good Things Shop in Billings. He also loved to buy and sell used vehicles in his spare time.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church and the American Legion Yellowstone Post. An avid hunter and fisherman, he had a great appreciation for horses and antique cars and owned hundreds of vehicles during his lifetime.
His survivors include his brothers, Jim Denowh, and his wife, Margaret, of Cartwright, N.D., and Russell Denowh, and his wife, Pat, of Sidney; a son, George A. Denowh, and his wife, Sandy, of Middleton, Idaho; his daughters, Mrs. Jack (Judy) Deck and Mrs. Gary (Paula) Huffman, both of Great Falls; 10 grandchildren, Carl Denowh, Shawn Denowh, Allen Denowh and Ben Denowh, all of Middleton, Idaho, Randy Deck and Jayme Deck, both of Las Vegas, Nev., Jason Deck of Phoenix, Ariz., Lindsey Huffman, Jesse Huffman and Casey Huffman, all of Great Falls; and numerous step-children, step-grandchildren, step-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He also leaves behind an extended family of staff and friends at the nursing home in Miles City where he spent the last three and one-half years of his life.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Harvey, Rolland and Gene.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, 2001, in the Fairview Cemetery at Fairview. A reception will follow in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Sidney.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to: Activity Fund (135), V.A. Nursing Home Care Unit, 210 S. Winchester Ave., Miles City, MT 59301.
Kandace "Kandie" Eileen Watts Ginther
Kandace "Kandie" Eileen Watts Ginther, 50, of Greeley, Colo., formerly of Miles City, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, in the North Colorado Medical Center at Greeley.
Born March 27, 1951, in Miles City, she was the daughter of Henry A. and Lydia M. Reichert Watts. She graduated from Custer County High School in 1969.
In 1996, she and Dennis Ginther were married in Greeley. She was formerly from Redding, Calif., Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Utah and Montana, but had lived in Greeley since 1993. Mrs. Ginther worked for Cameo Sister Stitches, the City of Greeley and worked in sales for radio advertising.
She was confirmed and baptized in the Lutheran denomination. Mrs. Ginther enjoyed flowers, gardening, crafts, was a Bronco fan and collected Bronco memorabilia. She enjoyed music, singing, playing the piano, activities with her nieces and nephews and she participated in cancer relays such as Relay for Life. Mrs. Ginther was a member of the Northern Rocky Mountain Barbed Wire Collectors Incorporated.
Her survivors include her husband of Greeley; her father, Henry Watts of Miles City; a daughter, Angella Faulds Perank, and her husband, Dallas, of Myton, Utah; a son, Ronald Kelly Smith, and his wife, Kelly, of Roosevelt, Utah; and six grandchildren.
Survivors also include two sisters, Jeannie Bird, and her husband, Robert, of Bismarck, N.D., and Judi Erickson, and her husband, Steve, of Greeley; a brother, Robert H. Watts of Bismarck, N.D.; a step-daughter, Brandi Ginther of LaSalle, Colo.; a step-son, Brian Ginther of LaSalle; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Lydia Watts.
Funeral services will be Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at 1 p.m. in the First Lutheran Church at Miles City. Interment will follow in the Custer County Cemetery.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society for Melanoma Research.
Justice Lincoln "J.L." Wilson
Justice Lincoln "J.L." Wilson, 70, of Broadus died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001, in the Powder River Manor at Broadus after a long period of poor health, but a short struggle with cancer.
Born March 8, 1931, near Broadus in the living room of what had been his home for the last 70 years, Mr. Wilson was the son of Ernest Lee and Mary Aimone Wilson. He grew up a loving and caring person, telling stories from his father who was born in 1885.
Mr. Wilson attended school at Broadus and graduated from Powder River High School. Following graduation, he attended one year of college at Fort Collins, Colo.
He returned to the ranch and on July 31, 1950, he and Phyllis Alderman were married in Miles City. They made their home on the ranch where they remained since.
Mr. Wilson enjoyed music and encouraged his children and grandchildren in the love of music. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star, a bank director, a 4-H leader, a member of the Congregational Church of Broadus, a member of the NRA and the Stockgrowers. For the last several years he enjoyed trucking with his son, Dick.
Survivors include his wife of Broadus; two son, Lee Wilson, and his wife, Marilyn, of Waco, Texas and Dick Wilson, and his wife, Connie, of Broadus; a daughter, Helen Best, and her husband, Howard, of Miles City; his grandchildren, Leilani and Paul Prince and their son, Daniel, Brandon and Sherri Wilson and their daughter, Rebekah, all of Waco, Texas, Chad and Michelle Wilson, and their daughters, Ashley and Haley, of Watertown, S.D., Will and Kelda Page, Keegan Wilson, Lincoln Best and his special friend, Lexie, and son, Ethan, all of Broadus, and Stephanie and Cody Morris and their daughter, Josie, of Biddle.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at 2 p.m. in the Powder River Congregational Church at Broadus. Private family Masonic graveside rites will follow in the Valley View Cemetery at Broadus.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Broadus is in charge of arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Powder River Manor for the Hospice Room or to the Powder River Mud Cats Baseball Team.
