Recent Obituaries
Glenn A. Wildung
Oct 14, 2016
Glenn Alfred Wildung, 95, passed away on Friday, October 14th, 2016 in Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana from natural causes. He was born on a homestead east of Winifred, Montana on July 10, 1921 to Emma (Overby) and delivered by his father, Edward C. Wildung, he lived nearly all of his life in that community. Beginning at age six Glenn...
Barbara J. Phillips
Oct 5, 2016
Barbara Jean (Sanford) Phillips, 74, of Lewistown died Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the Central Montana Hospice House with her family by her side. She was born May 28, 1942 in Lewistown, MT to John and Claudia (Jackson) Brooks. They lived near Christina and she attended Balky Horse School until her junior high years where she attended school in Winifred....
Helen M. Popnoe
Oct 5, 2016
On the morning of October 7th, 2016, Helen Popnoe 89 of Winifred, passed away peacefully of natural causes. Helen M. Popnoe was born in Glendive, MT, on November 8, 1926. She was the third child of John and Gunda (Kleppe) Secora. The family moved to Circle, and then to Big Sandy where she received her education and graduated from...
Arlene F. Nelson
Oct 3, 2016
Arlene R. Nelson 63 of Stanford passed away early Monday morning, October 3rd, 2016 at her home of natural causes. She was born, February 19, 1953 in Havre, Montana the daughter of Gerhard and Eudora (Jameson) Fald. She received her education in Chinook, MT graduating from Chinook High School in 1971. She then attended Northern Montana College in Havre. On...
Roy L. Peters
Sep 12, 2016
Roy L. Peters, 91, of Roy, died Monday evening, September 12th, 2016 in the Central Montana Nursing & Rehab Center of natural causes. He was born January 22, 1925 in Springfield, MO the son of Joseph and Anna (Chapman) Peters. The family made several trips to Montana and settled at the Kendall homestead in the 1930’s. Roy attended Green Mountain...
John H. Southworth
Sep 11, 2016
John H. Southworth, 64, of Lewistown, died early Sunday morning, September 11, 2016 at his home of natural causes.
He was born on October 21, 1951 in Billings, MT the son of Wayne C. and Ardis J. (Kinney) Southworth. He received his schooling in Lewistown graduating from Fergus High School in 1970. He then began his career working at Anthony’s...
Betty Rose Fulford
Sep 9, 2016
Betty Rose Fulford, 94, of Lewistown passed away Friday morning, September 9th, 2016 in the Central Montana Nursing & Rehab Center of natural causes. She was born May 30th, 1922 in Swanton, NE the daughter of Joseph J. and Josephine (Zwonecek) Kuldacek. At the age of 3 she moved to Eureka, CA with her family and then to Kalama, WA....
Mack L. Goodwin
Sep 8, 2016
Mack L. Goodwin 85 died Thursday, September 8, 2016 in the Caslen Living Center of natural causes. He was born August 26, 1931 Norman, OK the son of Marques L. and Meda (Hill) Goodwin. He received his education in Riverton Wyoming where he graduated high school in 1949. He then started working for GSI Oil Company in 1953. On June...
Lisa Marie Walk
Sep 3, 2016
Lisa Marie Walk, 48, of Hobson died Friday evening September 3, 2016. She was born in Upland, CA on April 16, 1968 the daughter of Kenneth and Louise (Reitz) Walk. In 1975 the family moved to Riyadh, Saudia Arabia where she attended elementary and Junior High School. In 1983, Lisa attended high school at Leysin American School in Leysin Switzerland....
Frances Arlene Peterson
Aug 8, 2016
Frances Arlene (Arthur) Peterson, 78, passed away in Moore at her cousins Don & Joann Nelson’s home on Tuesday morning of natural causes. She was born October 31, 1937 in St. Joseph Hospital in Lewistown the daughter James W. and O. Ruth (Dillon) Arthur. She grew up on a small farm/ranch about six miles southwest of Suffolk, MT that her...
Gerald C. “Jerry” Schlichenmayer
Aug 8, 2016
Gerald C. “Jerry” Schlichenmayer 91 of Lewistown died Friday morning in the Central Montana Nursing & Rehab Center from complications of a stroke. He had resided at The Villa Assisted Living for the past 14 months. He was born January 3, 1925 in Washburn, ND the son of Jacob and Pauline (Neuharth) Schlichenmayer. He received his schooling in Washburn graduating...
Joseph Alden Florent
Aug 8, 2016
Joseph Alden Florent, 72, passed on August 8, 2016 in his home in Winifred, MT after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Joe was born March 9, 1944, in Belvidere, IL, to Edward and Lucille (Porter) Florent. After graduating from Marengo Community High School in 1962, Joe took over the family dairy farm north of Marengo, IL. A lifelong farmer,...
Mark P. Wright
Aug 4, 2016
Mark P. Wright, 51, former Helena resident passed away Thursday afternoon, August 4th, 2016 in a Lewistown Nursing Home after a long history of health problems. He was born July 31, 1965 in Great Falls, MT the son of John P. and Mary P. Wright.
Mark received his schooling in Great Falls and attended Helena Vocational Technical College. He loved...
Patrick W. Johnstone
Jul 31, 2016
Patrick W. Johnstone, 65, of Fort Benton passed away Sunday morning, July 31, 2016 at Peace Hospice in Great Falls of natural causes. He was born October 29, 1950 in Great Falls, MT the son of Jack and Audrey (Peterson) Johnstone. He received his education in Great Falls graduating from Great Falls High School in 1969.
He began working for...
Vernon H. Vanraam
Jul 29, 2016
Vernon H. Vanraam, 63, of Lewistown passed away Friday morning, July 29th, 2016 at his home of natural causes. He was born November 6, 1952 in Walkersville, MT the son of Henry and Vivian (Turney) Vanraam. They moved to California and where he started his education, returning to Montana settling in Butte where he completed his high school. He entered...
Elsie Lee Olson
Jul 19, 2016
Elsie Lee Olson, 84, a long-time resident of Denton and Lewistown, passed away on July 19, 2016 in Monroe, WA of natural causes. Elsie was born to John Leonard and Myrtle Nora Vespie on October 1, 1931 in Lancing, TN.
She received her schooling in Tennessee and was united in marriage to Donald D. Olson there. They had three sons,...
Jeanne Skierka
Jul 15, 2016
Jeanne (Flaspeter) Skierka, 91, passed away on July 15, 2016 in Lewistown, MT, with family by her side. She was born on February 5, 1925, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Theo and Julia (Beste) Flaspeter, the third of eight children. She grew up on the family farm, receiving her schooling in White Bear Lake, MN. She worked hard at an...
Georgia L. Potter
Jul 10, 2016
Georgia L. Potter 74 of Lewistown died early Friday morning at her home of cancer. She was born June 22, 1942 near Hot Springs, Montana. She was adopted as a small child, living in Butte until moving to Lewistown where she received her education.
On September 2, 1960 she was united in marriage to Bill C. Potter in Lewistown. They...
Viola “Vi” Fordyce Shoffet
Jul 10, 2016
Viola “Vi” Fordyce Shoffet, 92, of Lewistown, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2016 in Valle Vista Manor of natural causes. She was born August 28, 1923 on the family ranch in Suffolk, MT the daughter of Jesse and Clara (Molloy) Fordyce. Vi graduated from Winifred High School. In 1944, she joined the Army and worked in the Army hospital...
Mitchell L. Holcomb
May 21, 2016
Mitchel L. Holcomb 70 of Lewistown died Saturday, May 21, 2016 in the Missouri River Manor in Great Falls of natural causes. Mitchell was born and raised in California and served in Unites States Army during Viet Nam. He settled in Lewistown where he resided until entering the Missouri River Manor in June of 2014.
He was a member of...
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