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Harold Alfred Triplett
He was born Oct, 5, 1919, in Eureka to Roby Estes Triplett and Frances Alice (Bean) Triplett.
On July 10, 1941, he married
Doris Eveline McLaughlin in Port Orchard, Wash. The couple lived in various towns in Washington and Montana before moving up Lolo Creek. He has lived the past 43 years in Missoula.
He served in World War II, landing in Africa and marching through the Poe Valley, Italy, to Germany with his brother Bob.
He enjoyed fishing in Alaska with his son Randy, his horse racing and, of course, all the babies.
A loving husband, father to four children, grandfather to 11, great grandfather to 28, great great grandfather to 16, he loved his family and would do anything for anyone. Being one of 12 children, he has multiple nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly.
He was preceded in death by his parents, all 12 brothers and sisters, his wife Doris, son Gordon (Mark), granddaughter Misty, great grandchildren David and Ashley, son-in-law Gene Severns.
He is survived by Sharon Severns and family; Ricky and Deanna Baier and family; Ranae Baier and family; Ty and Debbie Dingmann and family; Christine and Jay Stevens and family; Michelle Stainbrook and family; Melissa Triplett and family; Steven Goodsell and Carlee Palen and family; Joshua and Miranda Stevens and family; Randy and Darlene Triplett and family; Marshall Triplett; Randy Leibenguth and family; Heather and Albie Savo and family; 10 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; 16 great great children; several nieces and nephews and cousins in Eureka.
Services were Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, with burial following.
Garland “Bryce” Hibbert
Garland “Bryce” Hibbert, 91, passed away peacefully of natural causes in the loving care of Mountain View Manor on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013.
Funeral services will be held at the Eureka LDS Church on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.
Burial with military honors will follow at the Tobacco Valley cemetery. Viewing will be available to family and friends at Schnackenberg and Nelson Funeral Home in Eureka on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 5 p. m. to 8 p.m., and Friday morning from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the LDS Church.
Bryce was born Nov. 26, 1921, in Idaho Falls to Garland Bryce Hibbert Sr. and Ruth Larsen Hibbert, the second of five children.
He graduated from Garfield High in Los Angeles in 1939. He proudly served in the armed forces in the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team during World War II. He participated as a paratrooper in the infamous recapture of Corregidor in 1945.
Following his military service, Bryce attended North Idaho College. He worked various jobs, including construction on Libby road. He retired in 1986 from Plum Creek.
After retirement, Bryce enjoyed a hobby of woodworking. His family enjoys many hand-crafted pieces of furniture and accessories Bryce made in his basement woodshop.
Bryce and Shirley Benson were married
in 1947 and had three children: Hall, Dawn and Gary. They later were divorced. In 1958, he moved to Eureka, where he lived the rest of his life.
In 1962, Bryce married
Peggy Elliot, and two children, Monte and Terri, joined the family.
Bryce was preceded in death by his wife Peggy; his parents; and his five siblings: Sue, Ken, Dean, Bob and Harold.
Bryce is survived by his son, Hal Hibbert of Spring Creek, Nev.; granddaughters Beth Meza (Juan) and Heather Hibbert (Loni); son Monte Grob (Terri) of Kalispell; granddaughters Trini Garrison and Darci Greenwood (Tim); daughter Dawn Frank (Ron), Pinehurst, Idaho; grandsons Brent Frank (Valerie); Darin Frank (Sarah); Jayson Frank (Natalie); Ryan Frank (Carrie); and granddaughter Alycia Seely (Tyler); daughter Terri Ling (John), Bellingham, Wash; granddaughters Raini Hale (Tyler); Mariah Marsh (Gabe); and Tessa Witham (Buster); and son Gary Hibbert (Betty), Helena; grandson Chris Hibbert (Bianca) and granddaughter Kenzie Camp (Nick); 36 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Rocky Jay Peterson
Rocky Jay Peterson, born Aug. 21, 1972, rose to heaven on Sept. 1, 2013, at the age of 41.
He was born and raised in Eureka, graduating from Lincoln County High School in 1991.
He enlisted in the United States Navy and was stationed on the USS Constellation.
Rocky spent four years at an apprentice school for linemen. After graduating, Rocky traveled the country as a contracted journeyman lineman and loved chasing storms. Most recently he worked for Lincoln Electric Co-op.
Rocky loved the outdoors. His passions included fishing, hunting and playing golf. Rocky was a big Bobcats fan and was a long-time fan of the Dallas Cowboys.
Rocky’s deepest passion was motocross, where he was an active rider and competitor.
Rocky was a surprise to his mother and father. He came 10 years after their third son Ricky was born. His mom dedicated Rocky to the Lord when he was born. Ricky was so proud to have him, he was the only one his mom would trust to babysit him.
The hardest thing in life is to lose someone you love. To lose a son, a brother, a father, and someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, too young, too soon, is a tremendous loss for this family; please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Rocky is survived by his two sons, Michael and Brynt; and the love of his life, Trish DeVall and her daughter Laura Williams; his parents, Kenneth and Sharron Peterson; brothers and sisters-in-law Raymond and Debra Peterson, Randy and Valorie Peterson, and Ricky and Lisa Peterson; nephews and nieces Jason and wife Cecelia and their children Savanna and Nathan; Alicia and Travis and their child Ryan; Darren, Miranda and her children, Landen and Paxten; Jeremey, and Chastyn; Tanner and his wife Mandi; Dillon and Jordan and many uncles, aunts, and cousins.
There will be a viewing to all loved ones, family and friends, Friday, Sept. 6, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Schnackenberg & Nelson Funeral Home, near the Creative Arts Center in Eureka.
Rocky’s funeral service will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Church of God, 1205 Second Ave., Eureka. Reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers, donations in the memory of Rocky J. Peterson can be made to the Eureka Lion’s Den Booster Club; P.O. Box 761, Eureka, Montana 59917.
Shirley Lenore Mikita
Shirley Lenore Mikita, 90, passed from this life Aug. 9, 2013, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s’ disease.
Shirley was born Shirley Lenore Butler to professional fisherman and outfitter Elmer E. Butler and Josephine Eleanor McCausland and began life Dec. 11, 1922, near the Illinois River in Bath, Ill. She lived there with her parents, her half-brother, C.J. Cantrall, and her sister Bonnie Kathleen, until Shirley’s’ mother Josephine died unexpectedly when Shirley was 9.
Shirley and her sister lived with various relatives until they were finally placed in an orphanage, The Larkin Children’s Home, in Elgin, Ill,, where Shirley remained until she was 13. Despite these hardships, she was an excellent and devoted student, landing on the honor roll and earning a trip to the Chicago World’s Fair in 1934. Then she went to live with a dear aunt and uncle and cousins in McHenry Ill,, until she graduated from Elgin High School in 1940 at age 17.
Upon graduation, she went to live with her father in Havana, Ill,, and attended business college in Jacksonville, Ill., and also graduated from beauty school. During this time, Shirley remembers hearing the news about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the radio with her father. She wanted to do right by her country and to make her father proud, so she enlisted in the United States Navy on her birthday, Dec. 11, 1942. She reported for boot camp Jan. 1 1943, at Hunter College in New York under the WAVES program, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Her aptitude and desire fitted her for work on Navy airplanes, so she finished mechanics school and earned her aviation machinist mate rating Aug. 21 1943. During this time, members from the Navy publicity department had observed Shirley working on planes on base. They asked the competent and beautiful machinist mate if she would agree to pose for photos in her Navy dress blues uniform for publicity and recruitment purposes. The two photographs that Shirley saved from this photo shoot were the pride of her large extended family and were used in recruitment and publicity by the Navy during World War II.
During wartime, she met Thomas Bressmer, a Marine pilot, and they married
in February 1944. Shirley mustered out of service Sept. 14, 1944, when she discovered she was expecting her first child, Bonnie Kathleen Bressmer. They divorced a few years later and Thomas went on to become Henry Ford’s personal pilot and remained so until he retired.
Shirley landed a job in the registrar’s office of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and met and fell in love with a young engineering student, Ted E. Mikita, who had also served in the Navy during the war. They married
in October 1951 and moved around with the Lighting Corp. that Ted had been hired by, until they settled back in Illinois, where they raised a large family and remained until 1973.
The Mikitas vacationed extensively in the western U.S. and in 1973, they bought an old ranch homesteaded by Asa Curtiss in Fortine and relocated their large family. Shirley soon embraced the local community, becoming involved in The Tobacco Valley Improvement Association as well as the Tobacco Valley Historical Society, working on quilts to raffle to benefit the Tobacco Valley Historical Village, as well as the Village’s rummage sales.
Shirley worked at Crystal Lakes, the Queen Bee, and at the Murphy Lake Ranger Station. The family opened the ranch to the public as a dude ranch, Laughing Water Ranch, in 1987, where Shirley served as owner, host and head cook. People from all over the world were treated to her first-class home-style ranch cooking. She retired in 1997.
Shirley’s interests included her large extended family and the many parties and celebrations involving them, sewing, quilting, crafting, painting, fishing, gardening, cooking, baking, travelling, music, old movies and playing cards and games of many kinds.
She is survived by her sister, Bonnie Kathleen (Kit) Bryant of Seattle, Wash., and Shirley’s children Bonnie Kathleen Bressmer of Littleton, Colo., Debra (and Frank) Davidow of Spokane, Wash., Holly Mikita of Stryker, Kimberly (and Jesse) Jones of Kalispell, Ted Jr. (and Lacretia) Mikita of Fortine, Terry (and Clay) Loving of Mancos , Colo., Timothy (and Carla) Mikita of Eureka, Tony Allan Mikita of Kalispell, and Richard (and Cassandra) Mikita of Fortine. Shirley is also survived by grandchildren Kelley and Aimee Blaine of Denver, Colo., Steven, Eric and Mark Davidow of Spokane, Wash., Cory Mikita of Helena, Josephine Alvarez of Federal Way, Wash., Alexander Finch of Stryker, Nickolas and Cassandra Vlahou of Kalispell, Christopher Mikita of Sacramento, Calif., Tallulah and Waverly Mikita of Fortine, Christopher Loving of Denver, Colo., Bonnie Loving of Mancos, Colo., Andrea Babendererde of Eureka, Natasha Mikita of Eureka, Nathan Bell of Arizona, and Ayla Joyce Mikita of Fortine. Shirley is also survived by nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at the Fortine Alliance Church at 10 a.m.
Military honors at graveside at Fortine cemetery will follow the church services, concluding with a luncheon at the Fortine Alliance Church.
Merle “Jean” Garrison
Merle “Jean” Garrison, at the age of 76, joined her parents and younger sister to be with the Lord in Heaven on Nov. 24, 2013. After a brave battle with pancreatic cancer, she left this world peacefully while at The Health Center in Kalispell.
Jean was born in Tulare, Calif., on Feb. 24, 1937, to Robert “RV” and Mabel Glenn.
With older sister Sonja Garrison and younger sisters Letha Ann Glenn and Connie Sillen, she was the middle child.
She enjoyed spending her time working outside on the family dairy as a child rather than performing the traditional, female household chores of the day.
She married
John Garrison at the age of 16 on June 25, 1953, in Modesto, Calif. Very focused, she obtained her high school diploma while attending Modesto High night school in June 1966.
She worked for the United States Postal Service for 27 years before taking an early retirement at the age of 55 in 1992.
She and husband John relocated from Modesto to Fortine in 1983 with their two younger sons. She was a wonderful seamstress, beautiful piano player and had a lovely singing voice.
She liked to spend her time outside of work gardening and planning her next remodeling or building project. In addition, her early retirement allowed her to spend more then 20 years with her numerous grandchildren, as well as traveling, while also spending many winters in Yuma, Ariz.
She is survived by her husband, John Garrison; her five children: Barry (Jane) Garrison, Steve (Esther) Garrison, Timothy (Deb) Garrison, Robert (Cindy) Garrison, John (Sharon) Garrison; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, two sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at the Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home in Kalispell on Friday, Nov. 29, at 1 p.m., with graveside services following. A celebration of her life followed at the Landmark Worship Center in Kalispell. Cards may be sent to 165 Terning Drive West, Eureka, Mont. 59917.
Johnson – Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for Jean’s family. You are invited to go to https://www.jgfuneralhome.com to view Jean’s guest book, offer condolences and share memories.
Shirley A. Parsons
Shirley A. Parsons, 82, of Philip, S.D., died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Shirley A. Eymer was born Sept. 10, 1931, in Midland, S.D., the daughter of Robert Keith and Laura Ellen (Hand) Eymer. She grew up in the Milesville area, where she attended rural school. She then attended Philip High School, graduating in 1949.
Shirley married
Howard “Did” Parsons on Aug. 6, 1950, in Philip.
Shirley continued her college education, obtaining her teaching certificate. After college, she taught in the Milesville area, waiting for Did to return home from Korea. During that time, Shirley was able to teach her youngest sister, Diane.
After Did’s return, Shirley and Did worked on the Robert Eymer ranch in Milesville before they moved to Hermosa, where she worked with Did ranching and raising her family.
In 1966, the family moved to Eureka, where Shirley continued her teaching career in a one-room rural school house. Shirley made a special bond with the kids she taught those years, as they would make a special point many years later to keep in contact with Shirley. Shirley also taught piano lessons and was very active in starting the 4-H organization here.
In 1980, Shirley and Did moved back to Philip, which was her desire from the day she left. Shirley continued to influence many lives as the Haakon County clerk of courts. She had the opportunity to marry many couples and at certain times served as judge in small cases. Shirley continued at this position until her retirement.
Throughout her life, Shirley was very active in her church, serving on various boards and positions, most recently at the United Church in Philip.
She was also a member of the Bad River Senior Citizens Center, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Order of Eastern Star, and also was very active in the Montana Cattlewomen during their ranching years.
Shirley enjoyed bowling, playing cards, and was an avid Chicago Cubs fan. Shirley loved going to new places, but getting there was a different story. Shirley thrived on being busy, whether it was bookkeeping for different places or lending a hand wherever needed. Shirley took a leadership role in anything she did in her life.
Shirley’s grandkids and great-grandkids were the highlight of her life, and she always looked forward to their visits. The fact that many of her grandchildren continued their education was a real sense of pride to Shirley.
Survivors include three sons: Neil Parsons of Sidney, Mont., Don Parsons of Great Falls, and Lee Parsons of Eureka; three daughters: Sandra Janzen and her husband Kim of Helena; Susan Stapley and her husband Steve of Columbia Falls; and Tammie Kruger and her husband Don of Bowman, N.D.; 21 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one brother, Donald Eymer and his wife Marcia of Milesville; one sister, Sharon Coyle of Philip; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Howard “Did” Parsons, on Feb. 19, 2010; a granddaughter, Leah Stapley; a sister, Dianne Schurr; six brothers-in-law: Robert “Bob” Coyle, and Quentin “Dude,” Leland “Turk,” Glen, Bill and Frank Parsons; and two sisters-in-law: Edna Blake and Mabel Fox; and one niece, Joan Eymer.
Visitation was Nov. 20, with funeral services on Thursday, Nov. 21, at the American Legion Hall in Philip, with Pastor Kathy Chesney officiating.
Private family interment was at the Milesville cemetery.
A memorial has been established to the Bad River Senior Citizens Center and the Milesville cemetery.
Robin Rice
On Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, The Lord called one of his earthbound angels home.
After a long fight with her declining health and well-being, our beloved Robin passed away. Her husband, children, sisters and extended family were present to say good-bye.
Over her short 51 years in this world, Robin had many adventures and touched the lives of so many.
Robin was born June 5, 1962, to Gilbert and Rosemary Villaran in Manhattan, N.Y.
She was preceded in death by an uncle, Mike Doerle, her mother, Rosemary Poland, and her grandmother, Alice Doerle.
She is survived by her husband Brandon; children Mackenzee, Riley, Destiny, Sage; and numerous foster children; sisters Cheryl, Lisa Marie and countless extended family.
Robin enjoyed life to its fullest and lived many places. In each place she landed, she found a way to become a part of the community and leave her mark of everlasting smiles and laughter.
Services will be held Thursday, Nov. 21, 10:30 a.m., at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 201 Wisconsin Ave., in Whitefish.
A celebration of life will be held immediately following the service at the Moose Lodge, 230 10th St. W., Whitefish. This will be pot luck, so please bring food and non-alcoholic drinks to share, if you can. There will be music, dancing, a no-host bar and lots of reminiscing and laughter – the only way to honor such an amazing personality.
Robin’s Facebook page will remain active for a while, so please feel free to leave messages and comments there for the family – https://www.facebook.com/robin.rice.12.
In lieu of flowers, The Robin Rice Memorial fund has been set-up on behalf of the Rice children and to assist the family with final expenses and bills.
To contribute: In person/fund transfers you can visit any Wells Fargo Branch and deposit directly, or to transfer/wire a contribution just provide the account information below. Account# 9922623385; Routing Number# 508200506. By mail: send your check payable to Robin Rice Memorial Fund – Robin Rice Memorial Fund, C/O Wells Fargo 2350 US Hwy 93 North, Kalispell, MT 59901.
Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.
