Obituaries

Jan 13, 1936

Helen Kay Harper Andrick was born on Jan. 13, 1936, in Big Timber, the fifth of 10 children born to Edward V. and Mabel (Crum) Harper. She passed away at the age of 83 on Jan. 8, 2020, at Aspen Meadows Health & Rehabilitation Center in Billings. At the time of her death, she was under the care of...

Sep 1, 1935

Anna Gunhild Zuck was born on September 1, 1935 to Peter and Lydia Peterson in Scobey, Montana. She passed away on March 25, 2012 at the Billings Clinic due to complications from pneumonia.

She grew up in Scobey and graduated from Scobey High School. She then moved to Billings and attended Eastern Montana College, She met and...

Oct 6, 1934

Rosella Mae Zika, 82 of Billings was called to heaven by God to be with family members who preceded her. Rosella was born in Crosby, ND on October 6, 1934 to Raymond and Alvina (Weiler) Larson.

Her love for God and her devotion to her faith are best expressed by the countless hours of involvement with Catholic...

Jul 1, 1933

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Today we celebrate the life of Bonnie as she reunites with her husband Paul, the love of her life. She will always be remembered for her kindness, faith, strength and devotion to her family as well as all the people she touched in...

May 31, 1933

Constance "Connie" Louise Hale was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 31, 1933, to parents Vincent and Lilian Smith. She was the youngest of three children. At around the age of 6, her family moved to Denver, where Connie attended Catholic schools and graduated with a degree in nursing from Loretto Heights College. She worked as a registered nurse...

May 18, 1933

Norma Lee Gover was born May 18, 1933 to Boyd and Sarah Gover at home in Manhattan, Montana. She was the youngest of four children and was the apple of everyone's eye. Growing up, Norma spent most of her years in Manhattan with a brief period in Long Beach, CA. The family returned to Manhattan where she graduated from...

Apr 11, 1933

[gn_spacer size=”20″] [gn_heading style=”1″]Margaret “Anne” Affleck[/gn_heading]

Margaret "Anne" Affleck, 77 of Billings, passed away at Valley Healthcare Center Sapphire Suites, following a brief stay. Ann was born on April 11, 1933, in Hastings, NE, the daughter of Ronald and Ruth (Hempel) Dykeman.

Ann was married to John Affleck, who preceded her in death in 1970....

Sep 14, 1932

Carl William Lehman was born in a one-room cabin on the family farm near Bridger on Sept. 14, 1932, to Henry and Dorothea (Wegner) Lehman. He was named after both of his grandfathers. His dad thought that Carl was too grownup a name for a young boy, so he was called Bill instead. He grew up helping his parents...

Aug 18, 1932

Eunice Bjorkman Smith Larsen was born on Aug. 18, 1932, in a farmhouse near Bancroft, Idaho. She grew up on a small ranch near that same town. Her parents were Alfred Hermond "Herman" Smith and Eleda Bjorkman Smith. She was the third of four siblings, including brothers Alan Smith and Max Smith and younger sister Wilma Zubli....

Mar 23, 1931

Jean was born on March 23, 1931, to Esther Prindle Swain and James Rolland Swain in Billings, and passed away in Billings on April 8, 2016, due to complications following a recent surgery. She lived in Hardin most of her youth before moving to Billings in 1947 as a senior in high school. She graduated from Billings Senior High...

Mar 21, 1931

Marvin Everett Krook, born March 21, 1931 in Boyd, MT, passed away in Billings on Sunday, May 20, 2012 after an arduous battle with cancer. A graduate of Joliet High School in 1949, Marvin was drafted into the U. S. Army from 1952 – 1954. He trained at Camp Roberts in California and took an assignment in Alaska, where...

Jan 20, 1931

Irma Mae Charlton Daum was born on Jan. 20, 1931, to Oscar and Susie Charlton. Irma was born at the family home in Joliet. She attended Joliet High School, which is where she met her husband, William Daum. After marrying, they moved first to Winnett and then on to Conrad, where they worked for cattle ranches. In 1954, they...

Jan 6, 1931

Julia Frances Pisk was born in Glendive on Jan. 6, 1931, and died in Billings on Sept. 1, 2019. She was the daughter of Anna Latka and Jan "John" Pisk, Austrian and Polish emigrants. She has three siblings, Stanley, Anthony and Leona. Their mother died at age 28, leaving their father to care for four young children. It was...

Nov 5, 1929

Nancy Kling Taylor, 86, died peacefully at home after a mercifully brief battle with cancer. Her strength, fortitude and love of life were inspirational.

Nancy was born November 5, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. She was married to her soulmate, the late James Lee Taylor, for 60 years.

Nancy is the beloved mother of Leslie Taylor...

Mar 3, 1929

[gn_spacer size=”20″] [gn_heading style=”1″]Dorothy Conner[/gn_heading] Our mother started out as a miracle. When she was born in 1907 she weighed only 2 1/2 pounds. She had to be a strong person to survive and she remained that way her whole life. Mother was born in Wagner, South Dakota to George and Jessie Smith. When she was two, the family...

Feb 16, 1929

Born in Sheridan, Wyoming February 16, 1929, William James Brown, Jr. was the only son of William J. and Elizabeth Brown who ranched east of Buffalo. He and his sister Betty Jean were virtually the only students in a one-room school for eight years, until high school in Sheridan, where Bill was active in FFA and graduated...

Nov 14, 1928

Mom, Mother, Mamma, Grandma, Auntie. Unconditional love, tenderness, hugs and kisses (even if you didn’t want one), knowing her voice over everyone else in the gym, Sunday dinners or cold wieners and cinnamon rolls, homemade pickles, setting the table just right, telling you to speak up when spoken to be nice to grammas and grandpas because they like it...

Jun 27, 1928

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Isabel Moe was born June 27, 1928 in Williston, North Dakota, the third daughter of David Clinton Poling and Ida Marie Poling. She lived the first seven years of her life in Williston and after the death of her father, moved to Poplar,...

May 26, 1928

Lloyd Wallace Johnson was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on May 26, 1928, the son of Walter R. and Flora (Wallen) Johnson. He was preceded in death by his older brother, Walter Richard Johnson, Jr. who died at the age of 12.

On June 3, 1944, Lloyd enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served on the U.S.S. Bergen,...

Aug 17, 1927

Norma Jean (Parish) Buckner, born August 17, 1927, passed away peacefully at home with her daughters at her side December 5, 2015.

She was born in The Dalles, OR to Fred and Minnie Parish. They moved back to Billings when she was a small child.

She graduated from Billings Senior High in 1945. After graduation...