Obituaries

Dec 18, 2020

Mary Ann Canan passed away in Billings, Montana, on December 18, 2020, with her family by her side. She was born on September 21, 1926, in Englewood, New Jersey, to Robert and Mary Peckett. She was raised in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, where she and her sister loved to ride horses through the woods. After high school, she worked...

Dec 17, 2020

Don was born on Jan. 17, 1927, to Eva and Axel R. Erickson in Deer Creek, Minnesota, growing up in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, and graduating from high school there. His annual from his senior year stated that Don was best known for his corny jokes. If you knew Don, he had a lifetime of corny jokes and witty comebacks....

Dec 15, 2020

Artie was born on Oct. 11, 1923, and passed on Dec. 15, 2020. She was 97. She was born in Tiskilwa, Illinois, to Charles and Viola Rutherford. She had a brother, Joe, and sister, Betty, both departed. Artie moved with her parents from Tiskilwa to Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois, where her father went to vet school.

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Dec 15, 2020

Margaret Ellen Hopper, 97 years young, passed away on Dec. 15, 2020. Born in Ryegate on Aug. 19, 1923, she was the youngest of four children born to Henry and Ethel Jacobson. She received her elementary education in Ryegate, graduating from high school in 1941. She was a member of the Methodist Youth Fellowship, played snare drums in band,...

Dec 15, 2020

After almost a century of an enriching life, our husband, father, grandfather and great friend passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2020, with his wife and soulmate of 52 years, Marilyn, and family at his side in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Charles Donald Floberg was born on Dec. 16, 1922, in Tacoma, Washington, to Charles and Mary (Peterson)...

Dec 9, 2020

Paul M. Williams passed away on Dec. 9, 2020, at Highgate Assisted Living.

He was born on a hot day, 109 degrees, in Miles City, on July 19, 1933, to Art and Dorathy Williams. He graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1951. He married his high school sweetheart, Jean Miller, in October 1953.

He...

Dec 8, 2020

Jase Owen Norsworthy died peacefully on December 8, 2020, surrounded by his children, just two months shy of his 95th birthday. He died from kidney and respiratory failure. Though his most cherished titles were familial, Jase was a visionary, philanthropist and civic and business leader.

Born in Shubuta, Mississippi on February 21, 1926 to a family of...

Dec 8, 2020

John Richard Daubert, 74, of Billings, passed away on Dec. 8, 2020. He was born in Billings on June 12, 1946, to Mary (Brown) Daubert and John Daubert. John grew up on South 34th Street and worked in his parents' grocery store. He attended Little Flower Catholic School and graduated from Billings Central High School in 1964. As a...

Dec 6, 2020

Garth Robson was born on Nov. 1, 1939, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Jesus took him home on Dec. 6, 2020.

He loved living most every minute of his life. He served proudly in the Marines right out of high school. If you know Garth, you would have a hard time believing that he then pursued...

Dec 5, 2020

Cecelia Ann (Lutgen) Messer passed peacefully from this world on Dec. 5, 2020, shepherded by her Savior to her new home in heaven.

She was born to Theodore and Mary Lutgen on June 13, 1926, in Wheat Basin, Montana. She attended rural elementary school and the family later moved to Billings, where she attended and graduated from...

Dec 5, 2020

Carl E. Solheim, 77, of Laurel, passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near Laurel.

Carl was born on May 27, 1943, in Waseca, Minnesota, the son of Andy and Charlotte (Cole) Solheim. He spent the first several years of his life in the Los Angeles area, before coming to...

Dec 3, 2020

Ruben R. Day passed into eternal life on Dec. 3, 2020, due to Covid-19- related complications.

He was born at home on Oct. 3, 1933, in La Colonia, a Hispanic community on the south side of Billings. Born of immigrant parents from Mexico, Louis and Amada Day (Diaz y Pumarino), Ruben was the youngest of six children...

Dec 3, 2020

"Unable are the loved to die,

For love is immortality."

Emily Dickinson

On Friday, Dec. 3, 2020, David Ian Brown, loving husband, father, son and brother, passed away at the age of 37.

David was born on Dec. 17, 1982, in Billings, to Marcy and Kenneth Brown. He graduated in 2002...

Dec 3, 2020

Paul Victor Hoyer passed away peacefully with family by his side on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.

He was born March 27, 1927, in Summit, New Jersey, to Henry and Clarice (Lehr) Hoyer. Paul served in the Navy as an Aviation Technician's Mate. He attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts,  and completed his MD degree at The University...

Nov 27, 2020

James Ernest Dick was born Jan. 24, 1941, to Ernest Abram and Lydia Cleo Gossen Dick in Glendive County Hospital. He passed away Nov. 27, 2020, in Billings, surrounded by family. Although he was born into the Mennonite religion, he later joined with the 7th Day Adventist.

As a little boy, Jim loved horses and cowboy boots....

Nov 26, 2020

Debbey Warren made her mark on this world in a quiet and unassuming way, always gracious and kind while putting the needs of others ahead of her own. She peacefully left this life on Thanksgiving, at her sister Janet's home in Billings, with her son and sister by her side. She had been diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer a...

Nov 23, 2020

On Nov. 23, 2020, Marjorie Allard Marr peacefully passed away at the age of 73. On Dec. 2, 1946, Margie was born to her loving parents Sally and Louis Clayton Allard in Billings. She went on to graduate from Billings Central High School in 1965. Along with her four siblings, she grew up in a legacy of medical providers...

Nov 19, 2020

Geraldine "Gerry" Lois Loveridge passed away on Nov. 19, 2020, due to complications from surgery and Covid-19. She was born on Sept. 2, 1932, in Salt Lake City, to Elbert Mark Robinson and Ruby J. Jensen.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Margery Manzari and Bernice Clark and their spouses; her husband, James...

Nov 18, 2020

Victor Lee Escobedo, 64, of Billings, passed away on Nov. 18, 2020.

He was born on June 25, 1956, to Victor Escobedo and Esther Ledesma in Worland, Wyoming. He married Marylou Flores on July 2, 1985. They then resided in Sidney, where he worked for various oil companies and in the oil industry for 40 years. They...

Nov 18, 2020

Robin Olson, born 1943 in Billings, passed away Nov. 18, 2020, at Delta Sutter Hospital in Antioch, California. due to complications with COPD. Robin is survived by her two children, Shannan and Sean (Mary); her two grandchildren, Brody and Riley; and her siblings, Sage and Ione. Robin is preceded in death by her parents, Lyle and Echo Olson; her...