Obituaries

Feb 11, 2015

Our beloved father, husband, grandfather, Richard Einarson passed away on Friday, Feb. 2, 2015, at Valley Health Care Center in Billings. His family loved him dearly, but are comforted in knowing his faith sustained him and he is now with the Lord.

Of Norwegian stock, he was born in Starbuck, Minn., on June 9, 1935, and raised...

Feb 11, 2015

Eva "Jeane" Bryant was born to Rex and Ruth Farrar in Mountain View, Missouri on January 13th, 1927. In 1939, she moved with her family to Harlem, Montana where she graduated from high school. After moving to Great Falls, Montana she met her husband, William "Bill" Bryant and they married on October 6, 1951. They became proud parents of...

Feb 9, 2015

Dr. Berl Ward passed away on Feb. 9, 2015, in Roundup. He was well known in Billings, having had a medical practice for 27 years.

Born in South Bend, Ind., in 1922, Berl earned his medical degree from Indiana University in 1946. Upon completion of two internships and having served in the Air Force as a general...

Feb 9, 2015

Ruth Beryl Watson was born on July 18, 1919 in Broadview, MT to Winifred and Walter Watson. Ruth passed away peacefully in her home on February 6, 2015. She met her husband Willis while attending Billings High School. They eloped to Columbus to get married on September 10, 1936. Ruth and Willis celebrated 55 years together before Willis passed...

Feb 9, 2015

Patricia passed away on Feb. 9, 2015, at St. John's Hansen Cottage, at the age of 92. Patricia was born on March 13, 1922, in Dickinson, N.D., to Patrick and Kathryn Haughey. At age 10, she and her family moved to Billings, where she attended Fratt Memorial and Billings Senior High School.

In 1942, Patricia married Robert...

Feb 8, 2015

Jean L. (Bunny) Hansen, 89, died peacefully at her home in Billings, Montana on Friday afternoon, February 6, 2015.

Bunny is survived by her children John (Hans) and Maribeth Hansen, Joe and Patty Hansen, Pete Hansen, Joan and John Jacobsen; her AFS children Ervin Schiele and Annette Koingberg Behm; and her grandchildren Luke and Tess Hansen; Patrick,...

Feb 8, 2015

On Sunday, February 8th, our dad, Larry Dale Grendahl passed away surrounded by his loved ones at St. Vincent Healthcare.

Larry was born May 31st, 1951 in Wolf Point, MT to Myron and Sheila Grendahl. He was the oldest of their three children. In December of 1971 he married Jeri Lyn Moe and they had two daughters,...

Feb 5, 2015

Merton Edward Dale, age 87, of Billings, passed away on Feb. 2, 2015, with his wife, Audrey, by his side. He is now in his heavenly home with his Lord and Savior, Jesus.

Merton was born on Aug. 28, 1927, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Abraham and Betty Dale. Mert's family relocated to Minnesota, where he spent...

Feb 3, 2015

Mary Patricia (Archambault) Hammerbeck (97) died January 29, 2014 at RiverStone Hospice House. She was born in Superior, WI on December 6, 1917 to Helen (Francis) and Hildafe Roch Archambault. She had one brother, Francis. Pat attended Catholic schools and graduated as salutatorian of her 1934 class. She then attended Superior State Teachers College graduating in 1938. Her first...

Feb 2, 2015

Joan Louise McClelland Bateman, 93, of Billings, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 29, 2015.

Joan was born on June 25, 1921, in Elizabeth, N.J., to Alvin and Edith (Laggren) McClelland.

On Oct. 2, 1942, she married James Wilbert Bateman in Elizabeth.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church on...

Feb 1, 2015

Murray Frederick Ehlers, most recently of Missoula, left us to join his wife in their place of final rest on the 2nd of February 2015. He was born in Garrison, North Dakota in 1929 to Clifford and Helen Murray Ehlers. When he was 9 years old, the family moved to Bozeman, and then Sheridan, Montana, where he graduated from...

Feb 1, 2015

Donald James Kuehn, 80 of Billings, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015.

The son of Frank August and Mary Irene Kuehn, Don was born August 8, 1934 in Red Lodge.

Don’s early years were spent growing up in Red Lodge, Montana. The family moved to Billings in the 1940’s, and Don eventually attended Billings Central...

Feb 1, 2015

Buddy Dee Jones, 84, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 28, 2015, from a heart attack.

Buddy was born on Dec. 24, 1930, in Roy, to Earl H. and Grace A. Jones. He grew up in Grass Range, and joined the Navy after high school. After serving his country, he worked 35-plus years driving truck for companies such...

Jan 29, 2015

Donna Marie Staus went peacefully to the Lord on January 23, 2015.

Donna was born July 19, 1926, in Bottineau, ND, the daughter of Oliver and Nettie DeSautel. She graduated as an R.N. from St. Michael's School of Nursing in Grand Forks, ND. Donna met the love of her life, Stan Staus, while caring for him in...

Jan 25, 2015

Eugene Stender passed away on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at the age of 98.

Gene was born in Welby, Utah, on June 11, 1916, to Maud Stender. When Gene was about a year old, his mother brought him back to Joliet, where he spent his life farming the land his grandfather homesteaded.

Gene graduated from...

Jan 25, 2015

William "Bill" Lee Hayden, of Billings, died January 22, 2015, at his home. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Bill had touched in so many ways throughout his memorable life.

Bill was born on January 5, 1943, in Hot Springs, South Dakota, to Ward and Darlene Hayden and grew up loving the...

Jan 18, 2015

Annabelle (Jeffrey) Turner, our dearly loved mother died January 16,2015 surrounded by her 7 children. She was born August 21, 1924 to Fred and Marion Jeffrey and raised on their farm in Grand Forks, ND. She married Lyle P. Turner in 1942 in Quincy, MA. After WWII, dad went to college while mom sold her famous meatloaf sandwiches to...

Jan 17, 2015

On Jan. 14, 2015, the world lost a gentle soul. Wayne Lee Nelson passed away suddenly in his home with his family, after complications from a recent heart surgery.

Wayne was born on Aug. 27, 1939, in Billings, to Neal and Bernie Nelson. He grew up in Billings and graduated from Billings Central Catholic High School in...

Jan 16, 2015

Surrounded by family, Magdalen Theresa Tobin took her last breath on Jan. 13, 2015.

She was born on Sept. 23, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Martha (Keefe) and Michael Tobin. Dell inherited her strong faith and generous spirit from her parents, natives of Newfoundland's Southern Shore.

Dell learned to speak her mind and stand her...

Jan 16, 2015

Robert Edd Lee died on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Billings, due to complications of skin cancer.

Bob was born on July 6, 1940, in Reno, Nev., to Edd and Pearl (Koscianska) Lee. His father, a Reno contractor originally from Kentucky, and his mother, a seamstress from Buffalo, N.Y., had met in Reno in 1938 while Pearl...