Obituaries

May 29, 2015

Loyce Mae McGlone, 90, was born May 11, 1925. Loyce passed away peacefully with family by her side on May 26, 2015. A rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 4, in the Saint John's Mission Ridge chapel. The funeral mass will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, June 5, at Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic...

May 26, 2015

Dorothy Thomson Barringer, 97, slipped away on May 13, 2015, to join her God and her family for a wonderful reunion in Heaven. She was born on Dec. 22, 1917, to Charles and Leah Thomson in Kenova, W.Va. She was a very beautiful younger woman, who loved to play tennis and swim. Dorothy graduated from Marshall University in 1939,...

May 24, 2015

Robert Christian Buus Larsen (Bob), age 90, died Thursday, May 21st, 2015 at Highgate Senior Living in Billings following a prolonged illness. Born on February 1, 1925 and raised in Denmark, the son of Valdimar and Sophia Larsen. Bob met his wife Nita after a motorcycle accident, as she was his physical therapist. He decided to move to the...

May 17, 2015

John J. Tonnsen Jr. died in a tragic car accident on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 in Colorado. An informal vigil will be held at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary on Monday, May 18 at 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at St. Thomas Catholic Church on Tuesday, May 19 at 10:00 am. Burial will take place after the service at Yellowstone...

May 17, 2015

Oh Marilyn!

Living life on her own terms to the end, Marilyn quietly left this life on Friday night journeying on to her next adventure. She started this life on August 29th, 1925 in Washington D.C. Maybe this was where she developed the sense of responsibility and individual commitment to participation in her community at all levels-...

May 17, 2015

Clara Deines Lambrecht passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by loving family on May 14, 2015. She was born August 21, 1925 to parents George & Katherine Deines. She was raised on the family farm on the West End of Billings with 12 Brothers and Sisters and attended Baseline School. Clara loved school and as she got older...

May 10, 2015

Arvella Mable Kaeding Brekhus Skurdal passed away on May 8, 2015, at MorningStar Senior Living in Billings. She was born on Dec. 25, 1921, at Kramer, N.D. No birth certificate was registered. She attended Stone Creek School for 12 years and Minot State Teachers College for one. She married Rosvel Brekhus and resided at Tolley and Flaxton, N.D. They...

May 8, 2015

Our sweet baby, Drew George Meissner, was taken up to heaven last week. He was born on May 8, 2015, and was baptized on June 7, 2015, at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. He was an amazing little angel with the bluest eyes and strawberry blonde hair and the most winning smile you have ever seen. We were so blessed...

May 8, 2015

Helen "Ann" Walburga Brenke Fouhy was called home by our Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, May 3, 2015.

Helen was born in Pine Bluff, Ark., on July 22, 1922, to Anthony and Anna (Gloggner) Brenke. Her parents owned greenhouses and a floral shop and Helen helped in the family business from an early age, along with her...

May 7, 2015

Virginia Delphine LeDoux, 67, of Billings, passed away on May 4, 2015, at Eagle Cliff Manor, where she had spent the past eight days.

Virginia was born on May 9, 1947, in Great Falls, to Edmund and Clara (McAlister) LeDoux. Virginia was born with severe cerebral palsy and was unable to communicate verbally for all of her...

May 7, 2015

Cleve Merrell Woodard passed away peacefully May 1, 2015. He was born May 31, 1936. He was the oldest of three children of Charles and Doris Woodard. Cleve is survived by his brother Kent of Nampa, Idaho, and his sister Doris Ann Asmus-Jones (Terry) of Emmett, Idaho. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife Sharon; and...

May 5, 2015

Mary Katherine Peek (Bea Honey) died peacefully Thursday, April 30, 2015, with her daughter Monica Witten by her side.

Born in 1928, she was married to Joe Peek in 1946 until his death in 1987 and then moved to Montana in 1998 after living in California and Alaska.

She is survived by daughter Monica and...

May 4, 2015

Delton (Red Dog) Otto Morast took his final dispatch and departed for his last trip on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at 11:01 p.m.

Delton was born April 3, 1933, in Beulah, N.D., to Carl and Ida (Mittlesteadt) Morast. Delton was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in preparation for his final dispatch.

In 1956,...

Apr 30, 2015

Michael E. Thorne passed away on Oct. 17, 2014, in Bismarck. Michael was born in Bismarck on Feb. 29, 1972. He spent his entire life in the restaurant business and was an amazing chef for some of the finest places in Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia and Billings. Michael's family commented: Michael's family always loved him and wanted the best...

Apr 28, 2015

On a warm summer day in a dugout on a homestead in Garfield County, Mont., Margaret Elizabeth Leuschen was born with the auspicious birth date of 8-18-18. She was the first daughter and second oldest of Matt and Martha Leuschen's 10 children. Her childhood was a rich collection of memories of summers spent on the ranch and school years...

Apr 28, 2015

Gary J. Pederson, son of Orval and Norma Pederson, was born April 9, 1948, in Plentywood. He passed away Friday, April 24, 2015, peacefully at his home in Billings with his family nearby.

Growing up, he enjoyed band, choir, basketball and baseball. Graduating in 1966, he went to Rocky Mountain College, where he played basketball, baseball, and,...

Apr 22, 2015

William Michael ‘Bill' Leslie died of a heart attack on Sunday, April 19 at the place he loved, Red Lodge, with his wife, Claire by his side. Bill was born on May 2, 1935 in Denver, CO to Albert Jacob Leslie and Clara (Thompson). He was raised in Denver with his older brother, Albert ‘Bert', Jr.

Bill...

Apr 21, 2015

On Saturday, April 18th, our beautiful mom, Bertha "Viola" Adams, changed her address to the place where streets are paved with gold. She was born November 17th, 1919, in Tecumseh, Oklahoma to Irvin and Agnes Turner. She was the fifth of twelve children. During the mid 3o's, her family moved to Arkansas, then on to California. In 1937, she...

Apr 21, 2015

Della Rose Polensky, 93 of Billings, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Parkview Convalescent Center.

The daughter of Anton and Rose Kadrmas, Della was born January 26, 1922 in Dickinson, ND.

Della married George Polensky in Dickinson on January 28, 1947. He preceded her in death May 17, 1993.

Della was a...

Apr 17, 2015

The race is over, the Battle has been won. Fred H. Wennemar went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 13, 2015. Thank Jesus! Fred died at St. Vincent Hospital as a result of natural causes. Fred was born on July 15, 1931, on South Dry Creek between Bridger and Belfry, the eldest of four children of...