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Nina L. Sand
Nina L. Sand, 80, died Monday, March 27, 2000, at her home in Libby. She was born May 23, 1919, at Belden, N.D. to W.J. and Aina Husa and was raised and educated in that area. She married
Herman Sand June 1, 1939. They lived in the VanHook-New Town, N.D., area for many years before coming to Libby in 1966.
She had been a longtime member of the Libby Fine Arts Group, enjoying painting in floral themes in the pastel medium. She also had enjoyed gardening and flowers. She was a volunteer with the St. John's Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary in Libby. While living in Van Hook she had been a very active 4-H leader. Being a gifted baker, she also had produced many beautifully decorated wedding cakes. She was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church, participating in many church activities including the Ruth Circle. She and her husband Herman celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June, 1999. Her husband preceded her in death in August, 1999.
Survivors include her son, Gary Sand of Argyle, Texas.; her daughter, Delores Salin and her husband Daniel of Post Falls, Idaho; two sisters, Heloise Blake of Michigan; and Vivian Ventsch of New Town, N.D.; five grandchildren, Rita, Michael, Christopher, Erin and Jeremy; and four great-grandchildren, Amanda, Olivia, Emily and Rachael.
Services were March 31 at Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor Les Nelson officiating. Memorials may be made to St. John's Home Health, Hospice, or to St. John's Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary.
June Hollingsworth
June Hollingsworth, 81, a long-time Troy resident, died Sunday, March 26, 2000, at Libby Care Center from natural causes. She was born June 18, 1918, at Marshaltown, Iowa, to Ora and Estella Walker Smith. She moved to Troy in 1954 and lived there for 40 years before moving to Libby in 1994.
Survivors include one son Robert McGhee and his wife Georgia of Libby, Mont.; two daughters Janice Pace and her husband Charlie of Prichard, Okla.; Phyllis Scrimsher of Libby, Mont.
Private family services were held. Local arrangements are by the Nelson & Vial Funeral Home of Libby, Mont.
Anna M. Copeland
Anna M. Copeland, 97, of Helena, went to her eternal rest with her God on Aug. 26, 2002. Anna was born Oct. 19, 1904, in Fero, N.D. to Ole J. and Johanna M. Olson.
She grew up in a number of locations in the U.S. and Canada, settling in Nashua, Mont. There Anna met and married
Glenn Copeland on July 6, 1924. From this union six children were born.
Anna's family moved to Victor in 1934 where they resided on a ranch northwest of Victor. They farmed and raised their children until 1948 when Anna's husband decided to follow dam construction, first at Hungry Horse, and then Canyon Ferry. Eventually they moved to Helena. Anna's husband died in 1967. She was employed as a housekeeper for a number of families in and around Helena. Her final job before she retired at age 80 was with Helena Senior Citizens Center. In 1999 she moved into Shelby House, a limited care facility, where she died.
Anna was preceded in death by her husband Glenn; daughter Pearl; and sons Hubert and Alvin; brothers Henry, Adolph, Alfred, Elmer and Arne Olson; sisters Olga Boston and Alma Knez.
Anna is survived by her children Donald R. Copeland of East Petersburg, Pa., Ruby Lee Kasman of Helena, Larry E. Copeland of Helena; and sister Pearl Copeland of Hamilton. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Friends and relatives are invited to make contributions in Anna's memory to Shelby House, P.O. Box 1167, East Helena, MT 59635 or Naomi Chapter #19, Order of Eastern Star, Victor, MT 59875.
Anna has been cremated and her ashes will be interred at Victor cemetery in Victor. A graveside service will be conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002, at 2 p.m. by officers and members of Naomi Chapter #19 OES, under the direction of Jane Manning, Worthy Matron.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Hagler-Anderson Mortuary.
Rae M. Haas
Rae Marie Haas, former Helena resident, passed into God's hands on Aug. 21, 2002. Born July 27, 1929, in Butte she passed away at age 73.
Rae married
John E. Haas in 1948, and they raised four children together. She worked for the State of Montana for many years and then started her own CPA firm in 1978.
She was an active member in the Helena community and St. Peter's Episcopal Church. In 1982, she moved to the Washington, D.C. area, and lived a full life in the D.C. area culture with many friends and colleagues, several of which came from the Helena area.
Then in 1993, she retired to live near the beach in Niceville, Fla. In Niceville, she became very active with the Northwest Florida Symphony Guild and started the Symphony's young people string orchestra program. She was a former president of the Symp a member of the Florida Arts Council. She was active at both St. Jude's Episcopal Church and St. Simon's Episcopal Church.
Rae lived a full life with many friends, adopted children and her own family all of which will miss her spirit for God and love of life.
Survivors include her sister Eileen and husband Lloyd Whelan, Yuma, Ariz.; her former husband and friend John E. Haas of Helena; her son John David and wife Derinda Haas, Germantown, Md.; her daughters Susan Benz, Niceville, Fla., Dorie and husband Brad Hahn, Tacoma, Wash., Caroline Huckaby, Tacoma; and eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Rae touched and changed the lives of many people young and old, near and far. Memorial contributions in her name are suggested to the Northwest Florida Symphony Guild toward the continuing growth of the Children's Symphony. A memorial service is scheduled at 2 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2002, at St Simon's on the Sound Episcopal Church in Niceville, Florida.
Richard B. Mitchell
Sept. 1, 1933 - Sept. 6, 2002
Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, at Miller-Carlin Funeral Home Chapel in St. Cloud, Minn., for Richard B. Mitchell, age 69, who died Friday at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Brainerd, Minn. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Richard Mitchell was born Sept. 1, 1933, in Baker, Ore. He worked as an electrician for over 40 years, working with Local 185 of the Electricians Union.
He married
Marty Allmer Johnson on Nov. 9, 1983, in Helena. They lived in Billings before moving to St. Cloud in 1987. Richard retired Sept. 1, 1998. After retiring, Richard and Marty spent their winters in Alamo, Texas, and their summers in Brainerd.
Richard is survived by his wife, Marty; children, Celia Mitchell, Spokane, Wash., Randall (Cindy) Mitchell, Cheney, Wash., Cindy (Leo) Dufresne, Ramona, Calif., Melissa (Ron) Latterell, St. Cloud, Billie Jo (Lonnie) Morehouse, Billings, and Robin (Chad) Hofmann, Cold Spring, Minn.; brothers, Clair Mitchell, Portland, Ore., Delbert Mitchell, Eagle, Idaho, and David Mitchell, Boise, Idaho; sisters, Melba Jeffords and Merle Singley, both of Baker, Ore., and Bernice Varner, Boise; 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Richard is preceded in death by his brothers, Harold, Grant, Frank and Forrest, and a sister, Mona Jean.
Daniel William Schneider
Dan Schneider, age 53, a native of Philipsburg, Mont., died on Sept. 4 in Elko, Nev., of a heart attack.
Dan was born in Philipsburg on June 22, 1949, and graduated from Granite County High School in 1967. He attended the University of Montana and graduated in 1971 with a degree in history and education.
He married
Debbie Heston on March 4, 1989. Dan, Debbie and their children Claire, age 11, and Matt, age 8, made their home in Reno, Nev.
Before settling into a 30-year career in the mining industry as a landman and geological surveyor, he'd done it all. Most notably, he and brother Tom had a garbage hauling business while in high school, the source of many infamous family stories.
Dan had a kind and gentle soul. His greatest pride was his family. He loved playing baseball with Matt and cheering on Claire in track. He was one of those unique people whom everyone wanted to have as a friend. Dan was incredibly generous and gave effortlessly of himself without expecting anything in return. He had an infectious laugh, a wonderful smile and a perpetual twinkle in his eyes.
Dan had a zest for life, and he lived it to the fullest doing the things he enjoyed with the people he cherished. He loved camping, fishing, cooking, baseball and traveling. He relished telling tales of his journeys and the characters he met along the way. A lifelong Yankees fan, Dan was recently able to take in a Yankees-Mariners game in Seattle with his family. His passion for fly fishing led him to spend countless hours on the streams and rivers of Montana and Nevada, especially on Rock Creek near P'burg, one of his favorite places in the world. Camping with his family was a favorite pastime; he always told the best ghost stories around the campfire. A gourmet cook, Dan loved having his family test his latest hot sauce recipes or spicy creations.
Dan is survived by his wife, Debbie, and children, Claire and Matt; parents, Bill and Joyce Schneider of Philipsburg/Helena; brother, Tom (Nancy Lee) Schneider of Helena; sisters, Robbie (Denny) House of Philipsburg, Lorri Schneider of Glendive and Tammy (Joe) Olk of Butte; nieces and nephews, Krista (Jay) Partridge, Kim (Oliver) Schwabe, Kerri Schneider, Travis (Kristine) House, Adam House and Marni Olk; and great-niece and -nephew, Rebecca and David House.
Dan, you were one of a kind. We love you dearly, and our memories of you will always remind us of how life should be lived.
Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 3 p.m., in Reno, Nev., at St. Joseph's Presbyterian Church. Services in Philipsburg will be held on Friday, Sept. 13, at 11 a.m., at St. Philip's Catholic Church. The family suggests memorials to The Schneider Children College Fund, 980 Robin St., Reno, NV 89509.
Helen K. Metier
Helen K. Metier, age 79, passed away peacefully at her beautiful home on Swan Lake on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002.
Helen was born on March 6, 1923, in Wilsall, Mont., to Claude and Alliena Dietz Kaiser.
After graduation, Helen worked at several jobs, including for the Clydehurst Dude Ranch, for her cousin Pat Grimes, and as a telegraph operator for the Western Union for 2 1/2 years.
Helen married
Dwight Atkinson on June 30, 1943, and they moved to his father's ranch at Ronan. During their 11 years of marriage, they resided in Missoula, Helena, White Sulphur Springs, Polson and back in Ronan. They had two sons, Deni and Jim.
Dwight passed away in July of 1954. Helen and her sons moved to Helena, where she worked for the Montana State Patrol as an accountant for 16 years.
On May 1, 1970, Helen married
Tom Metier. They moved to Wilsall, where she kept the books for the Park Farmers Co-op. They moved to Whitehall, where Helen owned her own accounting business working with Pacific Mine Contractors, Hippert Furnace Company, Sallesses Greenhouses, the Borden Hotel and Cenex.
Helen loved to travel, and she and Tom managed to go to all 50 states, as well as southern Canada and the Yukon on their way to Alaska. In 1992, they bought their land on Swan Lake and built their home, moving in permanently in 1993. Tom passed away in October 2000.
Helen was a 50-plus-year member of the Eastern Star, had been a member of the Daughters of the Nile since 1953, and was a member of the Sons and Daughters of the Montana Pioneers, who had to have direct lineage to Montana settlers prior to 1868. Helen took great pride in her home on Swan Lake, and truly enjoyed every moment she lived there.
Helen is survived by her son, Deni, and his wife, Sandi Atkinson, of Ritzville, Wash.; son, Jim, and his wife, Vivian Atkinson, of Kalispell; four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002, at the Glacier Church, with the Rev. Hal Irvine officiating. The family request memorials be made to Wilsall High School Scholarship Fund, Wilsall Senior Citizens Center, or the Wilsall cemetery. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the arrangements.
Gene Gordon Brown
On Aug. 24, 1926, the world became a brighter place with the birth of Gene Gordon Brown to Dr. Floyd and Lora Juanita Howell Brown in Los Angeles. Gene joined his older brother, Ansen J. (Jerry) Brown and they became inseparable brothers and friends throughout their lives.
Gene entered a military academy early in his life and fulfilled his mother's wishes of becoming a musician and percussionist. Gene lost both of his parents during his teens but never lost the love and respect he had for them. After graduation, he joined the United States Army Paratroops and attended officer training school at Fort Benning, Ga. He served in the Pacific Theater of Operations in the Aleutians during WWII. Following his military discharge, Gene pursued his love of music becoming a professional and playing with such greats as Les Brown, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Xavier Kugot and Red Norvel.
During one of his numerous road trips as a musician, Gene played a 'gig' in Billings where he met the 'twinkle in his eye' and the love of his life, Dolores 'Dode' Lorraine Fellows. They forged a union in marriage in June 1948 that has spanned 54 years. During their early years, he grew to love and respect his father and mother-in-law, Joseph D. and Lydia Fellows. Always the consummate educator he trained his father-in-law how to play military rudimental drumming and they played with the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corp Marching Band. Gene would go on to compete in drumming competitions and usually came away with the first place awards.
Gene attended Eastern Montana College in Billings and attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. He worked in the music and theater business, managing various Fox Theaters. Gene and Dode moved to Helena in 1959 where Gene managed the Marlowe Theater. He left the theater in the early '60s and began teaching music in the Helena area schools. Gene always referred to his students as his cherubs, and could not go anywhere on any day without someone walking up and saying, 'Hi Mr. Brown, I was in your choir.'
In addition to his teaching, he also worked as a news anchor with KBLL TV, emcee for the 'Classics in the Night, ' Lewis and Clark County Fair Commission, a board member of the Helena School District, Board of Trustees for School District No. 1, writing critiques for the Independent Record of musical performances, and was a percussionist in many local bands and musical organizations, including the Helena Symphony Orchestra and the Helena City Band. Gene was a member of Toastmasters, winning many first place competitions for public speaking. He also participated in Helena Kiwanis, SCORE, was a member of the 7th Legacy Legislature, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Gene was famous for his 'poison pen' letters to the editor.
After their retirement, Gene and Dode spent time traveling in their Bounder motorhome throughout the country, with Dode driving and Gene navigating. They actively participated in their Bounder group, and attended many rallies. The most recent one a few weeks ago in Colorado.
Gene and Delores' three children are Kerry Gene Brown, Kim Gordon Brown and Kelly Todd Brown. Gene passed his love of music on to all three of his children Gene is also survived by two grandchildren, Kory Gene Brown and Christina Gantt; and Kerry's wife, Gail. Kory and his grandfather were very close.
Gene was a very tender, caring and respectful man, and wanted nothing but the best for everyone. He loved Helena and Montana's great history, and will always be loved and remembered by his family, friends and the students (cherubs) that he taught.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Retz Funeral Home Chapel. A private family interment will be held at the Montana State Veterans cemetery. The family prefers memorial contributions be made to the PeeWee Weber Music Scholarship Fund. Contact Tom Miller, 1822 Cannon, Helena, MT 59601.
Retz Funeral Home is caring for arrangements.
Ann Lindstrom
Ann Lindstrom, resident of the Waterford on Saddle Drive, died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 28, 2000, at Rocky Mountain Care Cen ter at age 79.
She was born Annabelle Marie Peter son in Billings to J. Herman and Annie (Martin) Peterson on Sept. 1, 1920. The first of eight children, she participat ed in 4-H, took piano lessons and attended school in Billings, where she graduated from high school in 1937 at age 16.
After two years at Eastern Montana College in Billings she began teaching grade school in nearby Reedpoint and in Big Timber, where she carefully saved her meager earnings and got to know sev eral eligible young men, including one Clinton Rhein of Helena.
Her interest in music, how ever, led her back to college in Missoula, where she earned a music degree from Montana State University in 1943. As music teacher in Deer Lodge, she taught all grades, including high school chorus and band.
After his discharge from the army, Clint Rhein's patient per sistence won her over, and they were married
in Billings on June 10, 1945. They settled down in Helena to contribute their part to the `` baby boom, " with five children born between 1946 and 1959.
Ann balanced homemaking with participation in Helena musical activities. She men tored scores of young piano stu dents, played violin in the Hele na Symphony Orchestra, and led choirs at the First Presby terian Church. Chief among her students, though, must be her own children, who all inherited her love of music.
Ann's most difficult time fol lowed the death of her beloved Clint in 1968. She had returned to school teaching in 1964, though, so she was able to pro vide for her family, helping her first three children through col lege by 1974. She became active in Toastmistresses, Daughters of the Nile and in 1988 was Worthy Matron of the Josephine Hepner Chapter of the Eastern Star. She also enjoyed traveling.
In 1981 she decided to share her life again, marrying the recently widowed Kenneth Lindstrom of Helena. Upon retirement in 1983 she and Kenny made the most of their free time, camping, fishing, traveling, touring and enter taining. They made many trips to visit children and grandchil dren before Kenny passed away in early 1996.
Upon moving to the Water ford the next year and devel oping the first stages of what proved to be her final illness, Ann faced life and death with faith, confidence and even humor. The example she dis played to family and friends will not be forgotten.
In addition to husbands, Clinton and Kenneth, Ann was preceded in death by a twin brother, Alvin (in infancy), as well as brothers, Robert and Jack.
She is survived by a sister, Eva Pogue of Billings; broth ers, Wesley Peterson of Stockton, Calif., Gene Peter son of Aberdeen, N.C., and James Peterson of Billings. Also surviving are daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Mark Robinson of Salem, Ore., daughter and son-in-law, Janet and John Riley of Blue Hill, Maine; son and daugh ter-in-law, Robert and Sandra Rhein of South Bend, Ind.; son, Steven Rhein of Helena and daughter and son-in-law, Colleen and David Carpenter of Helena. The 10 surviving grandchildren include Todd Robinson (with great grand child, Guthrie) in Seattle, Adam and Bethany Robinson in Oregon, Ian and Dylan Riley in Maine, Amanda, Naomi, Nathaniel and Mar garet Rhein in Indiana and Clinton Johnson in Helena.
Visitation will be today 1-6 p.m., Wednesday 1-6 p.m. and Thursday 9 a.m. to noon at Retz Funeral Home. Funeral services will be on Thursday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 535 N. Ewing. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Elve Newman
Elve Newman, age 94, passed away Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at her home in Elliston with her family at her side.
Born in Berkeley, Calif., July 17, 1909, to Finnish immigrants, Elve was the middle child in a family of eleven. Elve worked as a seamstress and tailor in San Francisco until 1934. At that time, she married
Dave Newman and moved to Montana, where they joined Daves brother, Leo, and his new bride, Kay, in a prospecting venture south of Elliston on Telegraph Creek.
During an interview with Connie Evener of the Helena Independent Record in 1994, Elve recalled that in San Francisco in 1934, "people were selling apples in the streets. Building was slow and there wasnt much work, especially for the men. I was lucky. I had a job. Id started working as a seamstress when I was 17, making 16 a week."
When the Newman brothers brought their brides to the honeymoon cabins on Telegraph Creek, the game was pretty well thinned out. Although the men did hunt, "there wasnt any meat to be had." said Elve. "That first year we moved up there, people said you could buy a lamb in Avon for a dollar. But nobody had a dollar." The Newmans did "OK" with their gold and silver mining. "They didnt make a mint, but they did make a living, " said Elve. "And during the Depression, if you could make a living, that was something."
The road to the Newmans camp stopped at the present-day YMCA Camp Child. From there they hitched up a wagon and set out on the final six miles to their cabin. She, with her husband, and new brother- and sister-in-law, raised their families and made the mountain their home and mined the area for the next 28 years.
In 1962, Elves husband, Senator Dave Newman, passed away. Elve started a new phase in her long life by finding work in Helena as a seamstress-tailor for the Mary Moore Shop. "What a wonderful fit, " she once said of her job and working with the Mary Moore girls, as they were known in Helena. "They were like family and the work was with the nicest of people." Elve worked for the Moores for 25 years. The shop was sold and the girls all retired. Elve was 78.
Elve was active in school and community activities in Elliston for 50 years.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Greeta, and father, Henry Lundgren; her eight brothers and sisters; her husband, Dave; and her youngest son, Bill Newman.
She is survived by sons, Dan Newman (Lisa) of Elliston, Bob Newman (Colleen) of Missoula, and daughter-in-law Ann (Larry) Panusch of Bothell, Wash.; and nine grandchildren, including Brad Newman of Butte, Lance Newman of Elliston, Dr. Dava Newman of Marblehead, Mass., Kimberly Behan and Dawn Brekke of Spokane, Scott Newman of Missoula, Dr. Kathy Newman of Pittsburg, Dr. Brenda Newman of Cleveland, and a special nephew, Dave (Norma) of Elliston. She is also survived by her special friend and constant companion for the past 15 years, grandson River Newman of Elliston. She has five great-grandchildren (a sixth is due in February), and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at the Elliston school gym on Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, at 2 p.m. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Retz Funeral Home in Helena.
Memorials can be sent to the Elliston cemetery Association, Post Office Box 11, Elliston, Montana, 59728.
