Lyla Joyce (Stigen) Dean, 89, residing in McConnelsville, OH passed away on April 18, 2019 surrounded by love. Lyla was born in Fairfield, ND on December 20, 1929 to Alf and Edith (Bird) Stigen. She was the second of four children. Her father, Alf moved the family to Port Orchard, WA during WWII to work in the shipyards. Lyla graduated from South Kitsap HS in Port Orchard in 1948. From there she moved to the Seattle area where she met Brooks Dean. She and Brooks were married June 17, 1950 in Seattle, WA. They had two...
Edward Arbuckle
Updated Apr 18, 2019
Edward William Arbuckle, aka "Billy", passed away peacefully on October 16, 2018 in Eureka, CA. His family and friends will miss his humorous storytelling and famous Arbuckle-isms. Born November 2, 1933 in Carter County, Montana on the Arbuckle ranch, he graduated from Carter County High School in 1951. He served in the US Air Force for six years. He then attended the University of Montana in Missoula, graduating with a Bachelor of Art in Mathematics. Here he met and married...
Bonnie Pierce
Updated Apr 11, 2019
Bonnie LaVay Pierce, 79, of Belle Fourche passed away on April 3, 2019 at the Hospice House in Rapid City in the company of her family. She was born on September 20, 1939 in Aberdeen, SD to James and Bertha (Torrence) Tomek. She married Verle Pierce in 1955 and together they had three children, Jess, John and Lanna. Bonnie was very proud of helping to create St. Paul Catholic Church's Annual Biker's Breakfast and the Rancher's Club, a group that promotes collaboration and...
Judd Bilbrey
Updated Apr 11, 2019
Judd Truett Bilbrey, age 43 of Alzada, MT passed away unexpectedly on April 4, 2019. Judd was born on March 26, 1976 in Pierre, SD to John Otis Bilbrey and Mary Alice Slovek. The family moved to Montana in 1980 where he grew up on various ranches in southeastern Montana. Cowboying started at a young age for Judd and carried on throughout his life. Horses were always plentiful from colts to ex bucking horses. Judd had gained a lifetime of horse sense by the time he was a teenag...
Monte Guy Mallett
Updated Apr 4, 2019
Monte Guy Mallett, age 57, of Powderville, Montana passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at his home. Monte was born September 17, 1961 in Miles City, Montana to James and Mary (Keil) Mallett. He was their only son. Monte started his education at Hunt School, taught by his favorite teacher Mrs. Orestad. He went to Custer County High School, graduating in 1979, while in school he stayed with his grandparents Allen & Marge Mallett. Monte worked at the Miles City Livestock...
Delores (Peggy) Volin
Updated Mar 28, 2019
Delores (Peggy) Volin, age 87, passed away peacefully at home on March 20, 2019. Peggy was delivered by her grandmother at home, on June 15,1931, at Ridgway, MT. She grew up living in the country in Carter County, MT. She used to talk about riding to school bareback on her horse. She moved to town in Ekalaka, MT., to attend high school. She worked for room and board doing domestic chores. She played the drums in her Dad's dance band and kept the beat all her life. At this...
Lois Theresa (Hall) Mitchell
Updated Mar 14, 2019
Lois Theresa (Hall) Mitchell, 88, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2019 at RiverStone Health Home Care and Hospice Services in Billings, MT surrounded by family and caregivers. Lois was born July 17, 1930 to Frederick "Fred" and Florence Hall in a small farm house north of Miller, SD. She was the youngest of 3 siblings. Her childhood was spent riding horses and helping her dad work the farm. She attended high school in Miller, SD and following her graduation worked in Sioux...
Shirley Laureen (Rene) Frye LaBree
Updated Mar 14, 2019
Shirley Laureen (Rene) Frye LaBree passed away on March 8, 2019 at Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City, Montana, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Rene was born in Baker, MT, on January 12, 1947, the second child of Glen Edward Frye and Ethel Marie Arnold Frye. She joined an older brother Richard Alan born June 14, 1945. At an early age the family moved to Canby, California. Glen and his brother Bert went to work in the logging industry to earn money, so that Glen could...
Larry LaBree
Updated Feb 21, 2019
Funeral services for Larry LaBree, 76, of Ekalaka were held February 13, 2019 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. Larry passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at his home in Ekalaka. Larry Michael was born April 23, 1942 in Miles City, the son of John Earl and Mary Frances (Jordan) LaBree. He grew up on the family ranch, 30 miles south of Ismay. Growing up he attended grade school in Ismay and Country School and graduated from Carter County High School. Larry enlisted in...
Kristi Molina
Updated Feb 14, 2019
Kristi Molina, 66, of Ekalaka, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2019 at Dahl Memorial, Ekalaka, MT. In accordance with Kristi's wishes, cremation has taken place and services will be held at a later date. Kristi Marlene Hoffman was born September, 25, 1952 to Adrian "Eddie" and Darlene (Stigen) Hoffman in Washington. She attended high school in Monroe, WA. Kristi moved several times throughout her lifetime including Chicago, Hawaii, Washington, and Ekalaka. She married James...
Joyce Horton
Updated Feb 7, 2019
Joyce Tooke Horton was a gifted pianist, accomplished educator, worldwide traveler and a passionate storyteller with a colorful personality to match her unique style of fashion. A loving mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, and friend, Joyce departed this world on February 1, 2019 at 11:45 a.m. Joyce loved life, but most important to her were her family and friends. Joyce's most positive influences in her life were her parents, especially her mother's appreciation of life...
Roselyn Mott
Updated Jan 24, 2019
Roselyn M. Mott, at age 73, passed away January 11, 2019 in her home in Vernal, Utah. She was born March 1, 1945 to Reuben and Evelyn Molstad in Baker, Montana. Rosie married her sweetheart Jack Mott on December 25, 1970. They enjoyed many years together in Montana and then retired to Jack's home city, Vernal. Rosie was very fond of her vegetable garden, outings to the mountain fishing with Jack, her numerous friends in Vernal, and seeing her two boys' families grow with...
Ruth Benjamin
Updated Jan 17, 2019
Ruth Evelyn Benjamin, age 99 of Miles City, passed away peacefully at the TLC Personal Care Home in Miles City. Ruth was born on April 9, 1919 in Ekalaka. She was the daughter of John Frederick and Sarah Bell (Powell) Johnson. She attended grade schools in Ekalaka and graduated from Carter County High School. Following school, she helped her parents out on the family place until she met Wesley James "Jim" Benjamin. Jim and Ruth were married in 1941 in Baker, MT. Over the...
Wallace Richard Lee Stieg
Updated Jan 3, 2019
Wallace Richard Lee Stieg (Wally), beloved husband of Marie Stieg for 61 years, telecommunications pioneer, avid golfer, and dedicated family man, died on December 22, 2018, in Forsyth, Montana. He was born in Richardton, North Dakota, to Robert and Isabel (Murray) Stieg on March 18, 1931, and grew up on the Robert Stieg homestead in Ekalaka, Montana. His wife and daughters remember him as the 6'4" James-Garner-handsome man they could always find in a crowd. He was religious,...
Virginia "Tiny" Korene Brown
Updated Jan 3, 2019
During the early morning on Christmas Day, Virginia "Tiny" Korene Brown passed away peacefully of natural causes. She was being visited and comforted by family members at the Friendship Villa at the time of her passing. Virginia was 90 years old. Virginia was born in the town of Ekalaka, Mt. She was the sixth child of fourteen, of George and Frances Gundlach. Virginia is survived by her three children, LeRoy "Shorty" (Gloria) Adrian, Greg Adrian, and Vicki (Travis) Petrik also...
Jeane Koefelda
Updated Jan 3, 2019
Jeane Koefelda died on December 31, 2018, at Dahl Memorial in Ekalaka, Montana. She was born in Great Falls to Frank and Ruth (Faris) Koefelda on June 12, 1926. Jeane attended Great Falls Public and Catholic schools graduating in 1944 while working at Malmstrom Air Force Base as a clerk in the Base Exchange and transport driver at Gore Air Field. Her father was a lineman for Montana Power Company and was killed while stringing power lines on Central Avenue just 10 days before Social Security took effect. Jeane was the oldest...
Wayne Brewer
Updated Dec 6, 2018
Wayne was born in Camp Crook, South Dakota on October 28, 1932 to Ida Ewalt Brewer and Wesley Brewer. He was raised on the family ranch between Ekalaka, Montana and Camp Crook. Wayne was a proud third generation Montanan, his grandparents having homesteaded in the Ekalaka area in 1900. As a young man he stayed in the area working on various ranches and farms, eventually working for the rural electric company as a lineman in Medicine Lake, Montana. He married Rita Anne Chandler...
Alice Mae Larsen Horton
Updated Dec 6, 2018
Alice Mae Larsen Horton of Belle Fourche, South Dakota passed away peacefully November 17, 2018 in Belle Fourche at the age of 98, surrounded by love and family. She was born July 3, 1920 in Valier, Montana the second of four children to Howard and Miriam Larson. The family moved to Brookings, SD where Alice spent her childhood. As a young adult Alice took college classes to learn bookkeeping and short hand. After her schooling she took a job working for an attorney and the...
Gerald Lee Henderson
Updated Nov 29, 2018
Gerald Lee Henderson was born in Malvern, Iowa on August 16, 1931. He was the second son of Roy M. Henderson and Georgia (McGill) Henderson. He served in the US Navy from 1952-1955. He was involved in the development of the first C11 Steam Catapult for the US Navy. The C11 Steam Catapult was used on ships to launch aircrafts on take off. He also ran the wrecker to pull airplanes out of the water. He was honorably discharged March 18, 1955. He received the National Defense...
Larry Kellner
Updated Nov 8, 2018
Larry Kellner, 72 of Hulett, WY passed away Wednesday, October 31st, 2018. Larry was born on August 27, 1946 to Keith and Thelma (Franke) Kellner, in Kimball, Nebraska, the middle child to his siblings Judy Sims (sister) and Jerry Kellner (brother, deceased). Although born in Nebraska, Larry lived a majority of his life in Wyoming. He grew up on a farm and was a rancher much of his life before becoming ordained into ministry for the later part of his life. His passion was to s...
Evelyn Shuffield
Updated Oct 19, 2018
Evelyn L. Shuffield passed to her home in heaven on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Evelyn L. Foster was born on the ranch at Alzada, MT on June 30, 1922 to Merle and Alice (Morgan) Foster. She attended Five Mile School during her elementary school years and graduated from Belle Fourche High School in 1941. She furthered her education at Black Hills Normal and then went to work in a defense plant in California during the war years. She married Edward Shuffield on June 22, 1946...
Shirley Hedrick
Updated Oct 11, 2018
Shirley was born near Ekalaka, Montana to Thorvald and Juanita Butler Senrud. She attended school in Ekalaka, as did her two older brothers, two older sisters and two younger sisters. She married Richard Menuey in Ekalaka in 1950, and they soon made their home in Powell, Wyoming. To this union, six children were born. Shirley and Richard were married 30 beautiful, fun filled years with many adventures raising their children and loving life to its fullest. Years passed, and...
Clarence Cridland
Updated Oct 4, 2018
Clarence R. Cridland, 84 of Miles City, passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Holy Rosary Healthcare. With his family by his side, Clarence went to meet his Lord and Savior. Clarence was born to Cyril and Maude Staley Cridland on December 4, 1933 in Camp Crook, SD in his Grandmother's one room house. Clarence worked on the family and neighbors' homesteads as a youngster where he learned to play guitar from his older siblings. On December 29, 1950, at the age of 17,...
Russell "Rusty" Holloway
Updated Sep 12, 2018
Russell “Rusty” Holloway, 58, passed away April 27, 2018 in Rapid City, SD. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, September 15, 2018 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Dan Holloway residence located at 5280 Saturn Drive in Rapid City. Lunch will be served. Black Hills Funeral Home...
William "Buck/Stub" Stubblefield Jr.
Updated Aug 23, 2018
William "Buck/Stub" Stubblefield Jr., age 90 of Miles City, MT passed away on August 11, 2018 at the Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City. He was born on June 10, 1928 in Vernon, TX, the son of William Stubblefield Sr. and Permalia Estelle Scott Stubblefield. As a young man, he grew up around Henderson, TX and attended school at New London, TX, a place very dear to his heart as he lost a brother A.W. in a boiler explosion at the school. He supported that school charity all of hi...
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