Obituaries

Apr 21, 2020

Thomas L. Griggs, age 66, born January 3, 1954, to Allard and Alice (Traphagen) Griggs in Roswell, NM. Tom passed away on April 15, 2020. Tom was the first of three sons.

Tom graduated from Billings West High School, then attended Billings VoTech, earning his degree for structural drafting (detailing). He worked for Northland Steel, Stanley Structures,...

Apr 21, 2020

Jo was born in Longview, Washington, on April 27, 1933, the eldest of four children born to Thelma Haugen Reese and Stephen Hugh "Curley" Reese. Her siblings, who have all passed before her, were Patricia Richardson, Steven Reece and John Reece. Her father, Curley, was a creative sign maker.

She attended schools in Washington until her sophomore...

Apr 16, 2020

Wayne Leslie Ware, our beloved brother and friend to many, returned to his Heavenly home on April 11, 2020. He was born on Feb. 27, 1952, in Fort Morgan, Colorado to Ruth Julia Lebsock Ware and Karl J. Ware. A few years later, the family moved to Worland, Wyoming, and then to Billings, in October 1959. Wayne was the...

Apr 15, 2020

Robert E. Hendrickson

July 11, 1918 – April 15, 2020

Bob was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 11, 1918. His family moved to Moline, Kansas, in 1919, where Bob’s father was an oil field drilling contractor and producer.

Bob graduated from Moline High School in 1936 and enrolled at Washburn...

Apr 14, 2020

Harold (Red, Hal, Wit) Francis Witman was born June 6, 1924, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the second of four sons born to Edwin and Mary Frances (Grose) Witman. His father was a Methodist minister, and he was raised in parsonages across central Pennsylvania during the Great Depression.

He served in the Army Air Corps in a meteorology program...

Apr 14, 2020

Dwight Kevin Lewis passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Billings, after a short fight with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain cancer. Dwight was born in Terry on Aug. 8, 1947, as the first of four children to Frieda (Gienger) and Jack Lewis.

He attended grade school and high school in Lavina (Class of 1966), while growing...

Apr 14, 2020

Our mom always told us that when she went to bed she would tell God he could take her anytime He wanted. On the morning of April 9, 2020, He did just that. She was just six days shy of her 98th birthday on April 15.

Margaret Rose Scott was born to Anton and Rose (Antone) Schaff...

Apr 11, 2020

Kathryn M. Crosby, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away April 11, 2020, at the age of 89 in Billings.

Kathryn Ann was born on May 17, 1930, to Earl and Anna Belle Marcellus in Billings. The youngest of three daughters, she was raised in Forsyth. She graduated from Forsyth High School in 1948. Kathryn attended Montana...

Apr 8, 2020

Anthony "Tony" J. Zitterkopf, 68, of Billings, passed away at his home on Monday, March 30, 2020.

Tony was born on Nov. 24, 1951, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to Emmanuel R Zitterkopf Sr. and Rita Ann Pieper. He attended the Morrill, Nebraska school system and graduated in 1970. He attended Western Nebraska Community College and Chadron State College....

Apr 5, 2020

Elenora was born in Billings to Henry H and Rose (Brum) Reiter. She attended school at Shepherd and graduated from Billings Senior High. She married Victor Reiter on Nov. 20, 1948, in Laurel, and farmed with her husband at Silesia until moving to Laurel in 1951, then to Billings in 1985. After her husband retired from Cenex refinery in...

Apr 5, 2020

Jean Pust left this life as she lived it - with grace and faith on April 2, 2020. She was born May 8, 1934, in Weldon, MT to Inert and Evangeline Amundson. She lived in and around Glendive, where she met and married the love of her life, Lyle Pust, in 1953. Together, they raised seven children, Stephanie "Stevie"...

Apr 5, 2020

Jean Marie (DeVoir) Smith

Jean Marie (DeVoir) Smith, 88, passed away peacefully and spiritually surrounded by family in her son's home on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

Jean was born on Oct. 20, 1931, in Roundup, to Ann (Jatzeck) and Harry Rogerson. In 1939, Ann married Patrick DeVoir who lovingly adopted Jean as his...

Apr 5, 2020

Rebecca Lynn Reichert was born May 11, 1976, in Billings, to Richard Reichert and Kim Premo. Rebecca passed away March 28, 2020, at Billings Clinic, after a long battle with metastatic kidney cancer. She was 43 years old.

She is preceded in death by her father, Richard. She is survived by her mother, Kim Premo; her four...

Mar 30, 2020

Rev. Charles "Father Charlie" Gorman, 91 years of age, died on March 29, 2020, in Billings, after having served as a Catholic priest in eastern Montana for 66 years.

Father Gorman was born on Feb. 16, 1929, to Martin Gorman and Mary Ann Kirwan Gorman, in Moate, Ballinakill, County Laois, Ireland, the youngest of 12 children. He...

Mar 29, 2020

Helen Irene Fergus passed away March 25, 2020, at her home in Westpark Village, with her children by her side.

Helen came into this world on Sept. 1,1932, at the family home outside Big Timber, to Harry and Melba Willard.

Helen tragically lost her father early in life. Later, her mother married John Pirrie. High...

Mar 29, 2020

Richard's blessed soul is free now and has ascended; an angel who is happy and free. He passed away on March 17, 2020. Hospitalized for less than a week, he was surrounded by Rene', their children, and loved ones in spirit, surrounded in blankets of love and light. Richard Kyle Yarbrough was born in Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 14,...

Mar 26, 2020

On March 21, 2020, Verene Oleen Nelstead passed away peacefully at the Fischer Cottage of St. John's Lutheran Ministries in Billings. She was 89 years old. Even though she was affected by the ravages of Alzheimer's, she never lost her spark, especially when she had visitors.

She was born in Raleigh, North Dakota, on Aug. 22, 1930,...

Mar 25, 2020

Veona Lee Wyman, 66, passed away March 25, 2020 at home. Veona had retired from Dillards (formerly Hennessy's), where she had worked for 40 years. She was involved with the Billings Lions Club and Charles Campbell Children's camp in Red Lodge for many years. Veona spent her short retirement at home with her best friend Bessie watching TV, video...

Mar 25, 2020

Robert D. Scherr was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Oct. 15, 1938, to Michael and Johanna Scherr. He attended Fratt and graduated from Billings Central High School. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army in 1959, and he was honorably discharged in 1965. He served in Germany for several years, where he met his wife, Margrit (Gitta). They...

Mar 25, 2020

On March 25, 2020, Mary Ann Schwehr passed away peacefully in Billings. She was 84 years old. She was born in Belfield, North Dakota, on May 11,1935, the 15th of 16 children born to Edward Pius and Elizabeth Laura (Winkles) Schwehr.

Mary Ann and her family moved to Billings in her seventh grade year. After she finished...