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Max Jimeno
CORVALLIS - Max Jimeno, 85, died suddenly of natural causes on Monday, Nov. 9, in Spokane at the Deaconess Medical Center. He was surrounded by his wife, Gladys, his children and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Born on May 6, 1913, in Tagudin Ilocos Sur, Philippines, the son of the late Flabino and Maria Charita Jimeno. When he was 18, he took a cargo ship to the United States and later attended school at the University of Utah. He moved to Butte in 1935 where he met and married
Gladys Buhl on Sept. 8, 1938, in Deer Lodge.
This summer the family held an open house and family reunion to celebrate their 60th anniversary.
Max and Gladys moved to Corvallis in 1943 and purchased a farm and apple orchard in 1945, and later included a dairy operation. Valley residents enjoyed their fine-tasting Macintosh apples and cider for many years.
Max was also known for his many years of work as an Assistant Chemist at the Missoula Sugar Beet Factory, his 20 years with the Ravalli County Irrigation District (Big Ditch) and as an interpreter for the braceros for Parker's Orchards.
Max was a member of the religious group Non-denominational Christians. His strong religious convictions, his honesty and his dedication to hard work and citizenship served as the bases for how he lived his life.
Surviving include his wife, Gladys of Corvallis; daughters: Adrianna "Ann" O'Brien and husband, Pat of Poplar, Gladys Jimeno, of Spokane, Wash., Carol Jimeno of Bellingham, Wash., Cheri Jimeno of Dillon; a son, Gerald and his wife, Jane Jimeno, of Libby; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Max Jr., three brothers and four sisters.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Daly-Leach Chapel conducted by Scott Raucher, Charles Preston and Loren Coleman. Interment will follow at the Corvallis cemetery.
Carmen Jean Walker
POWELL, Wyo. - Carmen Jean Walker, 84, passed away on Nov. 9, 1998, in the Powell Nursing Home. Carmen was born on July 16, 1914, to Jacob and Amy (Driscoll) Shane in Denver. They moved to Burke, S.D., where her mother passed away during the influenza epidemic when Carmen was 3 years old. They then moved to Alliance, Neb., where Carmen graduated from high school in 1931.
On April 10, 1937, she was wed to James W. Walker in Buffalo, Wyo. They had a son, James (Mick) E. Walker and a daughter, Sharon L. Purcell. They lived in Midwest before moving to Casper where Carmen held a job as a ward clerk for 15 years at the Wyoming Medical Center, a job she loved and spoke of often. In 1969, James and Carmen moved to Powell where they lived out their lives together.
She was preceded in death by her mother; father; a half-sister, Gladys Combs; her husband, James W. Walker; a niece, Doreen Divine; and great-granddaughter, Hannah Purcell.
She is survived by a half-sister, Bernice Harrington of O'Neill, Neb.; her son, James E. Walker and daughter, Sharon L. Purcell, both of Powell; her grandchildren, Michael J. Purcell and wife, Virginia of Rapid City, S.D., Tori Purcell of Butte, Mont., Teri Miller and husband, Chad; also four great-grandchildren, Tristen, Nicholas, Davis and Lane Purcell.
We will remember her fondly and forever hold her in our hearts.
Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 10 a.m. at the Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home.
Monica Hutzenbiler
POWELL, Wyo. - Monica Hutzenbiler, age 88, passed away Nov. 11, 1998, in Powell.
Monica was born to Germans from Russia, immigrants Jacob Zentner and Margaretha (Krieger) Zentner, on Jan. 3, 1910, near Richardton, N.D. Her father died in 1919, and Monica, her mother, a brother, and a sister homesteaded 18 miles north of Vananda, Mont. At age 15 she went alone to Billings by train and worked at St. Vincent Hospital for wages and room and board.
She later worked at a bakery and at the "commercial club, " supporting her mother who was living with Monica. At age 19, she and her mother moved to Bridger, Mont., to help and work for Monica's brother, John. There she met Louis Hutzenbiler, and they were married
on Aug. 15, 1931.
During their 63 years together they lived on Bridger-Belfry farms, moving to Billings in 1942. They lived in Powell from 1945-1949, transferring with Marathon Oil Co. to Dalton, Neb., then to Lance Creek, and retiring to Sidney, Neb., in 1971, where she and Louie remodeled their house, did gardening, crafting, and crocheting.
Monica is survived by four daughters: Betty Kersting (Harold), Rosa Devier (Ronald), Carol Greenwood (Robert), and Marie Rankin (Robert); three sons, Floyd (Betty), Leroy (Andrea), and Richard (Clare); 19 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She also leaves many loving nieces and nephews; three special sisters of her husband, Tillie Christman, Magdalena Peters, and Kathryn Buechler of Fromberg, Mont.; and sister-in-law, Frances Hutzenbiler of Billings.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1995; one son, Robert, in 1982; her father in 1919; her mother in 1949; 10 sisters and two brothers.
Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, and Great-Great Grandma, we love you and will miss you. You gave so much of yourself to us and to others with your whole heart along with prayers during good times and bad times.
Funeral services will be a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dalton, Neb. The Christian Wake will be the evening of Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, at St. Mary's in Dalton.
Rest in Peace.
Local arrangements by Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home, Powell.
Amelia Wagner
FORSYTH - Amelia Wagner, 87, of Forsyth, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 1998, at her home.
Amelia was born Feb. 19, 1911, in Diddle, Russia, the daughter of Henry and Sophia Bott Mickell, Sr. She moved with her family at the age of one from Russia to Billings. They lived in Billings and Ballantine before moving to Pease Bottom west of Hysham. She attended schools in Hysham, moving again with her family near Sanders and settling in the Hammond Valley in 1933.
On Sept. 26, 1938, Amelia married
Roy Wagner in Miles City. Following the deaths of her brother and sister-in-law in 1942, Amelia raised her three children as well as the 10 Mickell children. In 1965, Amelia moved to Forsyth where she worked at the Rosebud Community Hospital for 16 years, retiring at the age of 70. Amelia has continued to live in Forsyth since, where she was a member of the Concordia Lutheran Church.
She is survived by her son Gary (Kay) Wagner of Billings; two daughters, Donna (Ralph) Mitchell of Park City and Linda (Virgil) Satterthwait of Forsyth; one stepson Roy Wagner of Myers; a stepdaughter Rose (Roy) Fife of Clinton, Mo.; seven of the nieces she raised, Emma (Floyd) Ackerman of Yakima, Wash., Clara (Stanley) Schelin, Sarah Mickell, Betty (Lyle) Fontaine, Shirley Staples and Lillian Kibbee and her companion Ralph Couey, all of Forsyth, and Diana (Gary) Hale of Sedgwick, Kan.; two nephews she raised, Leroy (Maureen) Mickell of Forsyth and Jerry (Barb) Mickell of Rosebud; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Amelia was preceded in death by her husband Roy in 1965, stepdaughter Judith (Willis) Fife and nieces Esther Mickell and Leona (Marvin) Quinlan.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 28, 1998, at the Concordia Lutheran Church in Forsyth with interment to follow in the Forsyth cemetery. Beals Mortuary of Forsyth is in charge of the arrangements.
Morrein Bowen
Morrein Bowen, 92 of Billings, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 1998, at her home.
The daughter of Adna and Jennie Gates, she was born in Paola, Kan. She married
Fred Bowen in 1930. Fred preceded her in death, June 20, 1990.
Cremation has taken place. At Mrs. Bowen's request no services are planned.
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Caroline Nielsen
PLENTYWOOD - Funeral services for Caroline Nielsen will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28. Pastor Barbara Westhoff will officiate at the service at Plentywood Lutheran Church; interment will be in Outlook cemetery. Friends are invited to visit with her family at 4 p.m. Sunday at Fulkerson's in Plentywood. Caroline, 95, died Tuesday morning at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood, where she had been a resident for the last three years.
Caroline Sophia Jorgensen, the first-born child of Niels and Ella Jorgensen, entered this world Dec. 1, 1903, at Grundy County, Iowa, weighing in at around 3 pounds. As a young woman she worked as a cook on a threshing cook car. She met Andrew Nielsen; they were married
Oct. 24, 1926, at Nathanael Church at Dagmar. During their young married
life they lived in North and South Dakota as well as in Montana, working on various farms. For a number of years they lived at Outlook, where Caroline worked as a cook at the school and did sewing and ironing for many people. After Andy's death Nov. 26, 1973, Caroline moved to Plentywood.
She always had as large a garden as she could manage, enjoying both produce for the table and lots of flowers. A superb cook, everything was delicious, but never made from a written recipe. A skilled seamstress, she loved to crochet, make quilts and afghans, and always had a work of some kind in progress. She was among the earliest group of "quilting ladies" at Plentywood Lutheran Church, and stayed active there as long as her health permitted. Caroline spent as much time with her friends as she could - she was a good, close friend to many people, even in the nursing home. Her beaming smile and gentle hands uplifted anyone who needed a helping hand.
Caroline is survived by her five children: LeRoy, and his companion Pat Young, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Richard and his wife, Carol, and Vernon and his wife, Della Mae, all of Plentywood; Robert and his wife, Ila, of Erwin, Tenn.; and Alice Nelson and her husband, Charlie, of Kalispell. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren; and by a sister, Rose Torgerson, and her husband, Ernest of Antelope. Besides her parents, and husband, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, and by three brothers and two sisters.
Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood has charge of arrangements.
John 'Jack' D. Todd
HARLOWTON - John "Jack" D. Todd, 76, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1998, in Wheatland Memorial Hospital, Harlowton.
Jack was born July 31, 1922, in Harlowton, son of John H. and Esther (MacKay) Todd.
Jack enlisted in the U.S. Army with Company D, 41st Division, 163rd infantry from Aug. 28, 1940, to Nov. 15, 1945. He served in the South Pacific, being awarded a field commission and transferred to the 162nd infantry division. On Aug. 21, 1948, he married
Margaret Settle (Muggs) in the Episcopal Church at Martinsdale. Jack was a business man, owning Wheatland Texaco from 1956 to 1973. The family moved to Bozeman in 1973 where Jack worked in agricultural sales.
Jack was preceded in death by his brother, Donald Todd, and sister, Helen Sedgwick. Survivors include his wife, Margaret "Muggs" of the home in Harlowton; children: Jacqueline L. Todd, Emigrant; Donald S. Todd, Livingston; John E. Todd, Gallatin Gateway; Margaret M. Mergen and her husband, Jerry, Livingston; grandchildren: Shawn Lorenzen, Petaluma, Calif.; Thad Lorenzen, Livingston; April and Isaac Todd, Gallatin Gateway; John Taylor Todd, East Helena; two great-grandchildren: Tylor, Emigrant, and Christion Thad, Livingston; sisters: Margaret Sedgwick, Harlowton; Grace Shockley, Great Falls.
Memorial graveside services with Military rites will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 28, 1998, at Harlowton cemetery. Rev. T.C. Chatman will officiate the services. Perkins Funeral Home arranged the services.
In lieu of memorials sent, Jack's family asks that you spend a special day with your family, because his family was the joy of his life.
Ralph A. Blankenbaker
Ralph A. Blankenbaker, 82, of Billings, went home to be with Jesus Friday, Dec. 24, 1998, at the Valley Health Care Center.
Ralph was born Oct. 29, 1916, in Stanford, Mont., the son of Troy and Laura Blankenbaker.
He married
Lucille Wolfskill in 1938 and they had one son Dean who preceded him in death at age of three months and one daughter Alice. His wife died in 1946. On Nov. 5, 1949, Ralph married
Marjorie Lane. They spent most of their 49 years together in the country west of Billings.
Ralph started in millwork and construction. He was in the Navy Seabees during WWII where he took part in the Normandy Invasion. On returning he did house building, worked for Hitz Construction as general superintendent for many years and had his own construction company for a short time. He drew great satisfaction from working the land and knowing his cattle, each one by sight. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and the outdoors. He loved his wife and family, his many friends and he loved the Lord. He was an active member of Faith Chapel.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie of Billings, one son, Charlie and wife Barb of Billings, three daughters, Alice (Richard) Henry of Sun City, Ariz., Bonnie (Rick) Sedlacek and Donna (Dan) Swaningson, both of Billings; 10 grandchildren; one sister, Betty (Art) Busse of Missoula; several nieces and nephews.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Lucille, his infant son Dean and infant daughter Linda, two brothers, Glen and Forrest, three sisters, Leone Strong, Genevieve Bierly and Dorothy Garland.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, at Faith Chapel, 517 Shiloh Road. Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Smith West Chapel, 304 34th St. West. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the Faith Chapel Youth and Children or the memorial of your choice, in lieu of flowers.
Ida Mae Maynard
Ida Mae Maynard, 100 of Billings, died Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1998, at Valley Health Care Center. She was born Dec. 22, 1897, in Ucon, Idaho, the daughter of George and Fannie (Groom) Jeffs.
She married
Robert L. Maynard and they moved to Billings in 1929. Robert preceded her in death in April of 1949.
Ida was an avid golfer. She was a lifetime member of Hilands Golf Club, where she was ladies club champ for six consecutive years. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include her two sons, Preston Maynard and his wife, Katie of Billings and Fenton Maynard and his wife, Betty of Scottsdale, Ariz.; her daughter, Zelda Helversen of Sidney; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, in Section 4 of Mountview cemetery. Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Alderson Chapel has charge of arrangements.
H. Vernon 'Vern' Smith
H. Vernon "Vern" Smith, 88, of Billings, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1998. Vern was born in Green City, Mo., the son of Ira J. and Emma B. (Fear) Smith on March 11, 1910. When he was a young boy, Vern's family moved to a small farming community outside of Billings known as Chinook. He attended grade school in Acton. Vern began high school when he was only 12 years of age.
Vern served with the U.S. Army during WWII as a gun instructor. He was honorably discharged in 1945. Upon returning to the Billings area, Vern was the 17th fireman hired for the City of Billings at the No. 1 fire station. After retiring from the fire department, he then worked for Yellowstone County and the Fish and Game Commission. He was also a deputy sheriff for three-and-a-half years.
Vern was married
to Emily Wierkierak who died in 1960. He then married
Gertrude Kemble in 1965. Gertrude died in 1996.
Vern was a lifetime member of the Elks and Disabled American Veterans. He had just recently been awarded a 50-year membership pin and certificate from the Masonic Lodge York Rite.
Survivors include his sister, Iris Coley; grandchildren, Craig and Susan Brownell, Stacy and Tracy Bertrand, Brad Brownell, and Stephanie Nance; great-grandchildren, Kelsey Brownell, Stuart and Carson Bertrand; and a sister-in-law, Sophie Smith. Vern was preceded in death by his brother, Jerry, and sister, Doris.
Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Memorials may be directed to the Disabled American Veterans, c/o Vets Outreach Clinic, 1127 Alderson, Billings, 59102.
Rest in Peace, Gramps!
Eugene A. Grass
Eugene A. Grass passed away Monday, Dec. 7, at the age of 74 after a prolonged illness. He was born Dec. 31, 1923, in Owatonna, Minn., and lived there until entering military service in 1943. Gene was a courier in the Army infantry at the time he was wounded in western Germany in the winter of 1944. After a Purple Heart discharge from the service in 1945 and a brief return to Owatonna, he married
Elizabeth Doyle of that city. Gene and Elizabeth recently celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Their years together took them to Sioux Falls, S.D., Mankato, Minn., and finally Billings. Gene was employed throughout his career with the First Bank System, and retired as a bank examiner with the Montana Group.
Gene enjoyed many years in civic activities with the Billings Chamber of Commerce and Breakfast Exchange Club, and gave countless hours and energy over 26 years working with the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The many generous and thoughtful things he has done for others in need have gone unrecognized. He lived his life by doing, without desiring thanks or attention in return.
Most important to Gene were his faith and his family. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth of Billings; their five children, David (Pam) Grass of Brooklyn Center, Minn.; Meg (John) Borcia of Hawthorne, Calif.; Mary Jo Grass (Manfred) Billings; Richard (Pat) Grass of Des Moines, Wash.; Peter (Charlene) Grass of Billings; 12 grandchildren; sister, Dolores (Claude) Wilken of St. Paul, Minn.; brother, Paul (Shirley) Grass of Owatonna; brother, Dr. Earl (Peg) Grass of Sacramento, Calif.; and sister, Liz (Russ) Schmidt of St. Cloud, Minn. He was preceded in death by a sister, Louanne, and brother, Richard.
A vigil service will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Funeral mass will be celebrated 12 noon Thursday at St. Patrick's Co-Cathedral. Rite of Committal in Holy Cross cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to either the St. Vincent de Paul Society, 2610 Montana Ave., Billings 59101 or Parmly Billings Library, 510 N. Broadway, Billings 59101.
A memorial gathering in Owatonna will take place at a later date for relatives and friends there.
