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John Varga Jr.
GLENDIVE - Mass of Christian Burial for John Varga Jr., age 70. of Glendive, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glendive. Rite of Committal with military honors will be in the Dawson Memorial cemetery in Glendive. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive is entrusted with arrangements.
John passed away on Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at the Eastern Montana Veteran's Nursing Home in Glendive.
He was born on Aug. 15, 1928, in Hungary. He received his schooling in Hungary and led a very hard life. John was inducted into the military youth service in Nagyvarad, Hungary, at age 18. He then went to Germany and spent many years fighting communism. He came to the United States in 1950 and joined the U.S. Air Force in June of 1952. He was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont. John was a Tech Sergeant and retired from the military in May of 1975. John felt very "at home" at the Eastern Montana Veterans Nursing Home and was very happy there.
Clarence Coey
MILES CITY - Clarence Coey, 96, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1998, at the Friendship Villa Care Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home with interment in the veterans section in the Custer County cemetery.
Frances Doran
MILES CITY - Frances Doran, 95, died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at the Holy Rosary Extended Care Center.
Vigil services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rite of Committal in the Calvary cemetery.
Betty Mann
MILES CITY - Betty Mann, 79, died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at the Friendship Villa Care Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. A private graveside service will be at a later date.
Pauline J. Lei
Pauline J. Lei, 68, of Billings died at home Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, after a long illness.
Memorial will be 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at the New Beginnings Ministry Center, 145 Alderson. Cremation will be held. Interment of cremated remains will follow at Mountview cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Cremation or Funeral Gallery, 114 Florine.
Pauline was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Steele, N.D., the daughter of Gottfried and Emma Backer Schultz. She moved to Billings at an early age with her parents where she was raised and educated. She was a waitress for the East Parkway and Kit Kat cafes until she retired in the early '90s. Pauline enjoyed playing cards, jigsaw puzzles, spending time with her grandchildren and Bible studies.
Survivors include two sons, James R. Bassett Jr. and Robert D. Bassett, both of Billings; one sister, Florence Miller of Billings; and two brothers, Alvin Schultz of Steele, N.D., and Arnold Schultz of Billings. Pauline was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters.
Blanche E. Korb
Blanche E. Korb, 85, died in Billings on Aug. 24, 1998. Blanche was born Blanche Elizabeth Budinger in Minneapolis to Jacob J. Budinger and Theresa O. (Smith) Budinger on June 15, 1913. After a short period in Minneapolis, the family moved to Milwaukee, Wis., where she attended St. Thomas Parish School and graduated from Washington High School.
Blanche worked in the insurance industry for a number of years before marrying her high school sweetheart, Thomas W. Korb, in Milwaukee, on Nov. 25, 1937. Blanche and Tom lived in Wauwatosa, Elm Grove, and, most recently, at the Cloisters in Milwaukee. Blanche and Tom celebrated 60 years of marriage in 1997. In March of 1998, they moved to Billings to be closer to family.
Blanche was well-known for her gracefulness, caring, impeccable personal character, and close relationships with the people she encountered during her life. Those who knew her immediately loved her. She was a woman of dignity and charm. A wife, mother, homemaker, and active volunteer in her church and community, Blanche was a leader and president of the Wauwatosa Women's Club, a 25-year volunteer at Elm Brook Hospital, involved with her sons at her parish and their schools, as well as a constant companion and confidant of her husband in his business career.
Blanche and Tom were both active in business and politics in Wisconsin and nationally prior to Tom's retirement in the mid-1990s. Blanche and Tom traveled extensively and spent a considerable portion of their free time with their children and children's families, all of whom had moved from the Milwaukee area.
Blanche's parents and brother and sister, Clement and Harriet, predeceased her. She is survived by her husband, Tom, who continues to reside in Billings; her sons, Thomas W. Korb Jr., M.D. and his wife, Priscilla of Billings, and Mark L. Korb and his wife, Patricia of Fort Collins, Colo.; seven grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Dahl Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be at a later date in Milwaukee.
Jeanett M. Lee
ALOHA, Ore. - Jeanett M. Lee, 56, formerly of Billings, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 1998, in Portland.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Pegg, Paxson & Springer Chapel in Beaverton. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Beaverton with Committal and interment in Mount Calvary cemetery in Portland.
Steve A. Schanz
Steve A. Schanz, 87 of Billings, formerly of Ryegate, passed away at Western Manor Nursing Home under hospice care.
Born May 18, 1911, in Speier, Russia, son of Frank and Eva Schanz, he was 2 years old when he came to the United States. Steve grew up in the Big Coulee south of Ryegate and graduated from Ryegate High School. He worked at the Clark Lumber Yard in Ryegate for several years. In 1939, he married
Evelyn Reed, of Ryegate. They lived in the Ryegate area and ranched at Rothiemay until moving to Billings in 1995.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; a daughter, Sue (Ed) Hawthorne; a son, Dennis and wife, Sally; four grandchildren, Wendy (Neil) Curry, Lori Hawthorne, Travis Schanz and Cole Schanz; a sister, Florence Ott of Sidney; a brother, Ralph and wife, Millie of Billings; a sister-in-law, Helen Schanz of Alaska; and several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Ann Lauby and Margaret Schanz; and brothers, Joe, Mike, Jack, Nick and John.
The rosary will be recited 7 p.m. Thursday at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Alderson Chapel. Funeral Mass will be 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mathias Catholic Church with the Rite of Committal in the Ryegate Catholic cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to: Big Sky Hospice, P.O. Box 35033, Billings, MT 59107 or the charity of one's choice.
Dr. William E. Henrickson
Dr. William E. Henrickson, 81, of Billings, formerly of Absarokee, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 1998, at Deaconess Hospital.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be at a later date. Smith Funeral Chapel-Laurel was in charge.
Hilda Rosina Kaul
GLENDIVE - Hilda Rosina Kaul, 84, died Friday, Aug. 21, 1998, at the Glendive Medical Center Extended Care Facility.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Zion Lutheran Church with interment in the Dawson Memorial cemetery, both in Glendive. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive is in charge.
Margaret Joy Gradwohl
LAUREL - Margaret Joy Gradwohl, 76, of Laurel, passed away in her home, with her family at her side, Saturday evening, Aug. 22, 1998.
She was born March 19, 1922, at Wyke Regis, England, a daughter of Cecil and Doris Hayden. At the onset of World War II she joined the Royal Air Force where she served for four years. It was during this time that she met and fell in love with her future husband, Herman (Swede) Gradwohl, who was stationed in England with the 8th Air Force.
They were married
on Feb. 3., 1945, by her uncle, Cyril Twitchett Archbishop of Liverpool, and Chaplain to his majesty the King. This marriage lasted 46 years until Herman preceded her in death in 1991.
Her annual Christmas cookie baking will be missed by family and friends. She so enjoyed doing for her grandchildren as they were all the light of her life. She couldn't help bragging about all of them.
She is survived by three sons, Michael and Dennis Gradwohl of Laurel and Bruce Gradwohl of East Helena; one sister, Cynthia Bartrop of Ringwood, England; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a sister, Vivian.
Memorial Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Smith Funeral Chapel-Laurel. Interment of cremains will be in the Laurel cemetery.
Margaret Barrett
MILES CITY - Margaret Barrett, 92, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1998, at the Friendship Villa Care Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the First Baptist Church with interment in the family lot in the Custer County cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home is in charge.
Eva Goroski
GLENDIVE - Eva Goroski, 88, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1998, at the Glendive Medical Center Extended Care Facility.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Chapel of Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home with interment in the Wibaux cemetery.
Barbara L. (Bobby) Jones
MENLO PARK, Calif. - Barbara L. (Bobby) Jones, 77, passed away peacefully in Menlo Park on Sept. 22, 1998, following a long and courageous battle with cancer.
A lifelong Montanan, she was born Barbara French in Bozeman on Dec. 27, 1920, where she grew up and attended the historic Emerson school and later Bozeman High School. She continued to live in Bozeman until graduation from Montana State University in 1942 with a degree in accounting.
Following graduation, she moved to Seattle. While there, she met her future husband, Lewis "Lou" Jones, who was stationed there with the OSS during WWII. They fell in love and were married
in Seattle on Nov. 3, 1944. For the rest of the war, they lived in Alaska as well as Seattle.
When the war ended, and no doubt influenced by Bobby's stories of Montana, they decided to move back to Montana and settled in Bozeman. Bobby worked as the bookkeeper for the Gallatin County Clerk and Recorders Office and in various other government positions until the birth of her daughter. At that time, she became a wonderful full-time mother for both of her children.
In 1973, she and Lou moved to Billings, where she remained until Lou's death in 1997, after 51 years of marriage. She then moved to California to be with her daughter and family.
Bobby was known by all as a devoted mother and grandmother. She loved to cook, even though she liked to say she'd "ruined" some of the best meals her family and friends had ever tasted. No visit to Grandma Bobby by her grandsons was ever complete without her famous Chocolate Cream Pie. An avid gardener, summer meals were filled with fresh homegrown vegetables she had carefully cultivated.
She also had a great sense of humor and a dry, self-deprecating wit that got her points of view across in a very few words. It was her gift to us that she could always reduce the most complex issues to a single, hilariously funny observation. Her collected letters, notes and birthday cards will always be cherished by all of us.
Most of all, she was a wonderful wife and the best mother and grandmother a family could have had. She gave her love to all of us unconditionally and made everyone feel needed and important.
She is survived by her daughter, Cindy Folker, and her daughter's husband, Arthur, and grandsons, John and Thomas, of Menlo Park; and her son, Roger of Billings.
Cremation has taken place and a private burial in Billings will follow. Memorials may be made to Mid-Peninsula Hospice Foundation, 65 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Barbara Jones, beloved wife, loving mother and doting grandmother. You are in our hearts always and forever.
John E. Manchester
John E. Manchester passed away Sept. 22, 1998, at Western Manor in Billings of Parkinson's disease.
He was born in the Bull Mountains, southeast of Gage, to Elsie and Silas Newman Manchester on Aug. 25, 1916. He married
Emily Kniepp in Ryegate on April 18, 1941. They had one daughter, Joy. He had been in the CC camps before going to work for the Milwaukee Railroad, which he retired from.
His great loves were hunting, working on guns, spending all his spare time in the mountains and visiting his friends. (He loved to gab!)
He is survived by a daughter, Joy Ridl of Billings; grandchildren, Andrea and Jared Ridl, great-grandson, Jace Ridl, all of Billings; step-grandchildren, Sean Ridl of Pasadena, Calif., Lisa Ridl of Seattle; sisters, Bessie Cooper of Roundup, Ann Armstrong of Hanford, Calif., Erma Oakley of Soap Lake, Wash.; brothers, Charles Manchester of Buffalo, Wyo., Bill Manchester of Roundup.
Services will be held at Wier Funeral Home in Roundup on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Dale D. Egholm
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Dale D. Egholm, 70, formerly of Malta, Mont., died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1998, at the Northridge Care Center in New Hope after a long illness.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Malta cemetery. Adams Funeral Home of Malta is in charge.
Ervin Fast
GLASGOW - Ervin Fast, 80, passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 1998, at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings of natural causes.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow with the Rev. Martin Mock officiating. Pallbearers are Steve Berge, Tim Volk, Pete Pederson, Alvie Hallock, Dan Purcell, Terry Fast, Bruce Unger and Joe Peters. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
He was born June 5, 1918, in Frazer to Peter and Nettie (Ratzlaff) Fast. Ervin spent his early years in Frazer and Glasgow. He married
Ruth Johnson at Wolf Point on June 27, 1940. After their marriage they lived in Glasgow, Denver, Colo., Lustre and Frazer.
Ervin was the owner/operator of a Texaco station in Glasgow. He owned the Shelby Ford Motor Co. for 12 years. He was the co-owner of the Campbell Lodge in Glasgow, and owned cherry orchards and real estate in the Flathead Valley. He was co-founder of the Flathead Bank of Bigfork, and a lifetime farmer/rancher in the Frazer area. Throughout his lifetime Ervin belonged to many civic groups and organizations.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Fast of Glasgow; one daughter, Sharon Hopkins of Big Fork; one son, Donald Fast of Glasgow; four grandchildren, Maridee Hopkins of Seattle, Janelle Hopkins of Missoula, Danny Fast of Bozeman and Ryan Fast of Bozeman; three brothers, Walt Fast of Denver, Marvin Fast of Lustre, and Harvey Fast of Lustre; two sisters, Evangeline Wiens of Salem, Ore., and Edna Fast of Portland.
Arthur L. Hamilton
COLUMBUS - Arthur L. Hamilton, 77, died Sept. 23, 1998, at Stillwater Community Hospital in Columbus. He was born April 19, 1921, to Walter and Geverda Hamilton. Art was the second of 10 children. He graduated from Absarokee High School in 1938 and enjoyed his 60th class reunion this past summer. He was a staff sergeant in the Army during World War II, serving in Brazil and the Philippines.
Art married
Marjorie Pelton on May 22, 1946. They ranched for several years on the Hamilton family ranch above Fishtail. He then served as postmaster in Fishtail for over 25 years.
Art was an active member of the Absarokee Community Congregational Church, Masons, VFW, Absarokee Lions Club and the National League of Postmasters.
After retiring from the post office, Art and Marj moved to Absarokee and spent 10 winters enjoying the Yuma, Ariz., sun.
Art was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He spent enjoyable hours playing cards, bowling and pitching horseshoes. One of his greatest joys was watching his children and grandchildren participating in sports and music. He was always their biggest fan. Art will be remembered for his willingness to give a helping hand to those in his community.
An was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Ralph, and his sister, Bernice Kratz. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; his daughter, Connie and boys, Paul and Scott of Aurora, Colo.; his son, Ed and wife, Connie and their children, Brian (Colleen) and Mark of Billings and Beth of Pocatello, Idaho. He is also survived by his sisters, Oleafa (Gerald) Kirch, Dorothy (Lloyd) Willey, Ruth (Louie) Flanagan, Jackie Hersrud, Evelyn Goodger, Joanne Hatcher; and his brother, Clayton (Caroline) Hamilton.
Services will be held at Absarokee Community Congregational Church, Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Charles A. Sider will be officiating. Arrangements are with Smith Funeral Chapels, Columbus. Memorials can be made to Absarokee Community Congregational Church or charity of choice.
