Obituaries

Apr 20, 2018

Our mother, F. Joyce Grubaugh, left this world on Thursday, April 19, 2018, after declining health. Family members were with her at her passing.

Mom was born on Oct. 31, 1929, to Percy and Lula Bryson in Ollie, Montana. She was named Florence Joyce but an older brother thought Florence was too long a name for such...

Apr 12, 2018

Barbara Ellen Seader "Bobby" passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at MorningStar Senior Living.

Bobby was born on May 28, 1924, in Libertyville, Indiana, to Floyd and Faye Dowlin. After three months, she and her mother arrived to their home in Forsyth to meet her dad and older siblings, Floyd, Jr. and Peggy.

On...

Apr 9, 2018

On March 31, 2018, the world lost a wonderfully humble and amazing man. Ron Burnam was a loving husband, tender father, friend and doctor whose generous, loving heart stopped much too soon. Born to Lon Stiver and Nina Louise Burnam on Feb. 23, 1943, in Tucson, AZ, he was the oldest of four kids. He was raised in the...

Apr 4, 2018

Wanda Lee Hartman, 80, of Billings, passed away under hospice care at Tender Nest, on Saturday, March 31, 2018. Wanda was born on May 23, 1937 in Beulah, N.D., to Arthur and Leona (Miller) Fischer. She was raised in Beulah and graduated from Beulah High School. Wanda lived in California and Washington State before settling in Billings. She met...

Apr 3, 2018

Patricia K. Eickhoff, 73, of Billings, passed away April 3, 2018. She was born on April 16, 1944, in Flint, Michigan, but raised in Pocahontas, Arkansas. She was known to most as Fluffy and was beloved by all who met her. She married Walter Eickhoff in 1978 and traveled the country with him, as he was a manager with...

Apr 2, 2018

Walter Edward "Ed" Warner-Combs was born on April 4, 1932, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ruby (Castor) Combs and William (Grady) Combs. He passed away on April 1, 2018.

Ed was raised on dirt floors for much of his youth and often told stories about the struggles of life during the Great Depression. It is from this...

Apr 1, 2018

Harold Roy Van Sickle, 98, of Billings, rose to a new life on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at home, in the loving arms of his wife of 71 years.

Harry was born a twin on Feb. 3, 1920, to Guy R. and Hilda A. Van Sickle in Minot, North Dakota, where he was raised and educated. Harry...

Apr 1, 2018

Myrna Ellen Metz (Loken) passed away on March 29, 2018, of natural causes in Seattle (where she had moved from Billings in 2015). She was born in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, on Nov. 22, 1928, to Mary Lee Richardson and Lorenz Anderson. Myrna was the oldest of five siblings, including Wilbur Anderson, Wayne Anderson, Lorene Rowland and Lee Arbuckle....

Apr 1, 2018

On March 10, 2018, Gail Guscott went to join her husband Richard, mother Marion, father Vinton, brother Vin and sister-in-law Phyllis. What a celebration this must have been in Heaven!

Gail was born in Great Falls on Nov. 27, 1928. After several moves in her childhood, she attended college in Missoula, majoring in art, where she also...

Mar 29, 2018

Vidak B. Damjanovich, 81, of Manhattan, Montana, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, March 25, 2018. Vidak was born on June 23, 1936, in Gebo, Wyoming. The son of Blazo and Drage Damjanovich, Vidak was raised and educated in Billings. He spent his younger years farming on the family farm. He grew the most amazing gardens wherever he...

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

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 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 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

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 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 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...