Obituaries

Nov 23, 2016

Sept. 26, 1928 - Nov. 10, 2016

Lena "Babe" Marie (Berckmoes) Horst, 88, of Fromberg, passed away on Nov. 10, 2016. Her husband Fred was by her side. She was born on Sept. 26, 1928, on a farm near Fromberg to Remy and Elizabeth Berckmoes. From the day she was born, her brother and sisters...

Nov 22, 2016

Roy passed away on Nov. 19, 2016, in Butte. He was born on Sept. 16, 1936, in Plentywood, to Roy O. and Edna E. Nelson. Roy graduated as the salutatorian of the class of 1954 at Plentywood High School. Following high school, he attended the University of Montana, graduating in business. During his college years, he was a member...

Nov 20, 2016

Robert Edward Selbe, 73, of Billings, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at Billings Clinic.

The son of Homer and Jessie Selbe, he was born on Jan. 17, 1943, in Durango, Colo. He married Carolyn Domijan in Osburn, Idaho, on Dec. 27, 1975, and they have made their home in Billings.

Bob made his...

Nov 17, 2016

Nancy Olga Petak of Billings was called home to the Lord on November 17, 2016.

She was born on November 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. There she met the love of her life, John Petak, who was stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. They were married on August 20, 1955, and were inseparable until his death...

Nov 13, 2016

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Mel Yerger, 80, of Billings.

Mel died peacefully at his home in the early hours of Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Mel was born on Aug. 22,1936, to Henry and Helen (Diede) Yerger in Billings. He grew up on the family farm west of Billings...

Nov 9, 2016

Roy Edwin Brothwell, 58, passed away on Nov. 9, 2016.

Born on July 22, 1958, in Barstow, Calif., to Roy Eugene and Marjorie Brothwell, he grew up in Billings and graduated from Billings West High School and studied at Eastern Montana College. He later moved to Denver, where he met the love of his life, Carina. They...

Nov 9, 2016

Aletha Ann (Parker) Cavan passed away peacefully at her new home in Bismarck, North Dakota, surrounded by family, on Nov. 9, 2016.

Aletha was born on Feb. 2, 1932, to Peter Vernal Parker and Anne E. (Olson) Parker of Judith Gap. She attended schools in Lambert and Judith Gap, and then graduated from Billings Senior High in...

Nov 6, 2016

July 19, 1928 - Nov. 6, 2016

Edward was born the fourth living child of McCone county homesteaders, Halvor and Clara (Martinsen) Lien. He was raised on the Montana prairie south of Wolf Point on Sand Creek. The 1930s, the Dust Bowl years, bred a hardy stock and Edward was no exception. "These are the...

Nov 4, 2016

Nelson C. Strecker was born on Sept. 1, 1938, the son of Sollie Strecker and Millie Ostermiller Strecker. He grew up in the Billings area with one sister, Shirley E. Fisher. After returning from Navy service, he got lucky and met the love of his life, Ann. C. Roller, and, together, they had three great daughters.

Nelson...

Nov 3, 2016

Born in Fargo, N.D., on Jan. 29, 1925, to his parents Bernard R. and Florence Casey Krebsbach, Kevin Krebsbach was raised, grew up, and graduated from high school in McClusky, N.D. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps in August of 1943, serving in the Marine Corps Aviation until his final tour of duty in North China, March of 1946....

Nov 2, 2016

Leroy Leyton Hafner "Lee" died on Nov. 2, 2016, after a prolonged illness of mesothelioma. He was born to Theodor and Minnie Hafner (nee Wacker) on March 11, 1928, on the family farm near Beulah, N.D., the fourth in a family of six children. He was baptized at Kronthal Lutheran Church on April 18, 1928, and confirmed in the...

Nov 2, 2016

Arvis "Steve" McFarland, age 78, of Billings, passed away on Oct. 25, 2016, in Missoula, at St. Patrick's Hospital, after a wonderful day spent elk hunting.

He was born in Sand Springs, Okla., on April 29, 1938, to William P. and Gladys L. McFarland. He served four years in the United States Navy. Upon his honorable discharge...

Nov 1, 2016

Barbara H "Butch" Christensen was born at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings on July 27, 1937, where her father, Richard Chapple, was a physician. Butch's mother, Gladys Price Chapple, was an English and music teacher.

Butch met Gerald Christensen when they were both students at the University of Montana. They were married on Aug. 26, 1957, in...

Nov 1, 2016

The Good Book is filled with stories of the Lord using a person to bless other's lives. And while it may be difficult to imagine what is simply written, we have all been blessed with knowing a person that shined that light into the life of everyone she knew. It is so cliché to say that a person's smile...

Nov 1, 2016

June 27, 1926 - Oct. 28, 2016

Langdon was born and grew up in Daytona Beach, Fla., the third and youngest child in his family. He never forgot the endless, sunny days on the Atlantic beaches and the many peaceful afternoons reading in the lobby of the Williams Hotel. Although the Great Depression turned his...

Oct 27, 2016

Early in the morning on October 25, 2016 God said "come home" to Dale Chadwick Deines, 72, of Billings, after a year of slowly progressing cancers.

Dale was born on Sept. 3, 1944, in Billings, to Alex and Irene Deines. The first four years of his life were spent on a farm at Crow Agency. In 1948,...

Oct 27, 2016

Doris Mae McComb, 83, of Arizona City, Ariz., previously of Wilsall, was born on March 6, 1933, in Big Timber, to Arne and Grace Hoem. A graduate of Sweet Grass County High School in 1951, she graduated Vocational Business College in Sacramento, Calif., in 1952, then married her high school sweetheart Larry McComb on Nov. 9, 1952. In 1957,...

Oct 24, 2016

The loss of a dream not fully realized - that is the death of a baby ripped from his family before he could blow out the candle on his first birthday cake.

Cody Canon McDonald was born on Dec. 13, 2015, in Billings. He passed away on Oct. 23, 2016, due to complications from meningitis.

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Oct 24, 2016

JUST IMAGINE HEAVEN

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." - 1 Corinthians 2:9

Today, I lost my best friend, my mother, Diana M. Gray. At age 77, Mom lost her battle with small cell lung cancer, which migrated to the...

Oct 22, 2016

Raymond George Olson, 97, of Billings, died on Oct. 19, 2016, at the RiverStone Health Hospice Home.

Ray was born on March 8, 1919, in Scobey, to George and Lena Olson. He grew up on the family homestead in Scobey. Soon realizing his passion was for fixing things and figuring out how they work, he went to...