Obituaries

Mar 27, 2018

Mary Galloway, 94, passed happily into God's arms on Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018.

Mom had a long, interesting life beginning in Havelock, Nebraska, where she was born on May 6, 1923, to Swedish parents Edwin and Amanda Lindquist. She was their sixth child and her father claimed she kept him out of the war. Her parents...

Mar 24, 2018

William Seymour "Bill" Green, wonderful dad to Diane, Mike, Scott and Brad, went to rest with the Lord on March 20, 2018.

He was born to Everett and Marion (Newport) Green in Glenrock, WY, on August 19, 1927. The family moved to a farm outside of Millville (formerly Bucksnort), MO. Dad attended school locally and graduated from...

Mar 21, 2018

St. John Robinson, 74, of Billings, died March 12, 2018, at RiverStone Hospice House, with his family at his side. G.A. St. John Robinson, Jr. was born to George A.S. Robinson and Lulu May Schnarr Robinson on 11 November 1943, in Belize, British Honduras. His sister Inez Mary joined the family a couple of years later. In 1947, the...

Mar 21, 2018

Cornelius "Kearney" Anton Kautzman, age 89, formerly of Ballantine, joined the love of his life, Barbara, Sunday, March 18, 2018, surrounded by his family at his residence, Canyon Creek Memory Care. He was born to John and Clementine Kautzman on Dec. 29, 1928, and raised in Mott, North Dakota, on the family farm. On June 19, 195,0 he married...

Mar 17, 2018

Cheryl Robbins Zundel, age 73, died on March 14, 2018.

Mom was born April 15, 1944, in Powell, Wyoming. The second child of William "Cap" and Olga Meinhardt Robbins. She was raised and educated in Powell, WY. Was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and was baptized, confirmed, and married in the church. Mom worked at the...

Mar 16, 2018

Olga Kaiser peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Born in Billings on Sept. 9, 1934, the city remained her home for 83 years. She was the daughter of Russian German immigrants, Henry and Katie Heine.

Olga married Benjamin Kaiser on Sept. 21, 1951. Blessed with 58 years together, they raised their children, Deborah, Stephen and...

Mar 15, 2018

Andy Fish, 70, of Billings, passed away March 9, 2018, at St. Vincent Hospital.

The son of Andrew R. Sr. and Shirley M. (Kueffer) Fish, Andy was born July 21, 1947, in Oklahoma City. The family moved to Billings when Andy was 5 years old. When Andy was 14 years old, the family was transferred to California...

Mar 15, 2018

Hank Strecker passed away on Monday, March 5, 2018. Hank was born on April 14, 1926 to Jacob and Katherine Strecker in Billings, Montana. He was the twelfth of fifteen brothers and sisters. The family farmed west of Billings. At the age of 18, Hank joined the Army as a paratrooper. He was stationed in Japan after WWII. When...

Mar 15, 2018

Beverly (Kraulik) Stenehjem was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and had many fond memories of growing up in Ada, Minnesota. She studied early education at Moorhead State College and received her teaching certificate. Bev loved teaching and taught grade school for a few years before marrying her husband, Willis, in 1953. They had four children who now live in Montana,...

Mar 14, 2018

Marty May Ewing Brininstool was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up in Westerville, Ohio, the youngest of four children. When she was young, her only brother, Bob, was killed in the service of our country on Anzio beach. This ignited a strong patriotism, and she determined that she would name her firstborn after him.

Marty...

Mar 13, 2018

Jacob Ronald Wolff, 21, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home the morning of March 9, 2018, in Billings. Jacob was born with a rare syndrome (MOPD/3) which caused him many health issues throughout his short life; however, his loss was very sudden and unexpected. Jacob was born on February 11, 1997, in Billings, MT, to Dennis...

Mar 13, 2018

Alice Theresa (Geltel) Rasmussen peacefully passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018, with family by her side. Alice was born to Andrew and Katherine Geltel (Feldewerd) on August 23, 1929, at the family farm south of Grenora, North Dakota. As the baby of the family, she joined Joe, Mary, Hilda and Helen. Her elementary education was at the local country...

Mar 12, 2018

The family of LaVerne J. Jensen gathered on the morning of March 8, 2018, at Billings Clinic Hospital to usher a heartbreaking send off to a dedicated mother - in every way, a kind, loving and selfless woman.

A classy lady by anyone's standards, LaVerne was born June 23, 1933, to Roy and Alma Cameron in Westhope,...

Mar 12, 2018

With her heart at peace and her wish granted, our dear mother, Barbara S. Mittel, passed away on March 9, 2018, at 93 years young. She was born in July of 1924 to Eme K. Snyder and Howard C. Snyder, in Yonkers, New York. Mom graduated from high school and then attended Sarah Lawrence College, with her education being...

Mar 11, 2018

Eileen Ann Harrington, beloved mother of four and friend to so many in Billings, passed on March 11, 2018, after suffering complications from a fall. Eileen was born in Buffalo, New York, on Feb. 27, 1931, and was able to enjoy a glass of Chardonnay with her daughter on her 87th birthday, celebrated just last month.

Eileen...

Mar 8, 2018

Mary Margaret "Marg" Nickisch passed away on March 6, 2018, at age 92, surrounded by her loving family in Billings.

Marg was born in May 1925, in Butte, to William and Anna Hill. She met the love of her life, Frederick "Fred" Nickisch, whom she married in August 1948 after his service in the United States Army...

Mar 8, 2018

Leigh Roland Aslakson, 81, of Billings, MT, passed away March 2, 2018. He was born March 7, 1936, at Sheyenne, ND, to Harold and Dagny (Gilderhus) Aslakson. He was raised on his parents' farm at Sheyenne and attended school there. He became interested in airplanes at a very early age and became an accomplished professional pilot.

He...

Mar 6, 2018

Our loving mother, Josephine Oset Ferguson, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2018. Jo or Josie as she was known was born in Roundup to Frank and Mary Oset on September 9, 1926. Frank and Mary had emigrated from Austria and Slovenia respectively. Jo was most proud of her Slovenian heritage and spoke fluent Slovenian as a second language...

Mar 6, 2018

Cheryl Gilbert, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully on March 3, 2018.

Cheryl was born on December 11, 1937, in Butte, Montana. She was extremely proud of her rich Butte heritage and glad to call Butte home. After graduating from Butte High School in 1956, Cheryl married her childhood friend and high school sweetheart, Rich...

Mar 6, 2018

Georgiana Beth Fischer, 67, of Billings, passed away unexpectedly, surrounded by special friends and family, on March 3, 2018.

Georgie was born on December 8, 1950, in Dickinson, ND, to George and Elizabeth (Maslowski) Dutchak. She was raised in Belfield, ND, graduating from high school in 1968. She married James Fischer in Belfield on September 21 of...