Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tri-County News

Obituaries

Dorothy Guderjahn


Dorothy Guderjahn, 100, Jamestown, N.D., died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:27 AM MST

Kenneth Gaylord Parrent


Kenneth Gaylord Parrent passed from this life at 1:45 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn., where he was living with his daughter. Ken was at peace in his last days. May God bless him.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:27 AM MST

Robert Waldo Sherman


Robert W. (Bob) Sherman passed away at home in Walla Walla, Wash., on Feb. 22, 2010, with family by his side. Bob was 85 years old.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 11:14 AM MST

Jeanette “Jean” C. Greer Hannon


Jeanette ‘Jean’ C. Greer Hannon, 92, passed away Feb. 22, 2010 in West Hills, Calif., of natural causes. Visitation at the Whitted Funeral Chapel and a Rosary service at St. William Catholic Church were on March 2. Funeral Mass was on March 3 and burial followed in the Valley View Cemetery.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 11:14 AM MST

Bessie M. Denny


Bessie M. Denny, 82, died Feb. 26, 2010 at the Marias Care Center due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place and at a later date she will be buried alongside her husband and daughter, Georgella, in the Manville, Wyo., cemetery with graveside services.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 11:14 AM MST

Cecile M. Doore


Cecile M. Doore was called home to be with the Lord Jesus and all of her people and our dad (Merlin W. Doore Sr.) on Feb. 15, from complication of surgery. Cecile died upon arrival at the emergency room Indian Health Service Unit here at Browning.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 10:24 AM MST

LaVerne Crieger


LaVerne Sinclair Crieger, 75, a retired Tribal/BIA dispatcher from Browning, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, at Benefis in Great Falls due to complications following surgery.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 10:24 AM MST

Allen W. LaPlante


Allen W. LaPlante, Sr (Sonny), 72, a retired warehouse manager and lifelong barber, died of complications resulting from a fall, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at the Blackfeet Hospital in Browning.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 10:25 AM MST

Phyllis A. Matz


Phyllis A. Matz, 82 of Cut Bank, passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at the Cambridge Court in Great Falls due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 11:30 AM MST

Marilyn Jean Duncan


Marilyn Jean Duncan, 79, a homemaker and cook from Shelby died Feb. 15, 2010 at the Pondera Medical Center extended care facility.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:40 PM MST

Helen J. (McDermott) Dolezal


Helen J. (McDermott) Dolezal, 76, daughter of the Sweet Grass Hills, ended her long, courageous struggle with Scleroderma on the evening of Feb. 17, 2010 in her home surrounded by her loving husband and children.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:40 PM MST

Robert L. Thompson


Robert L. “Bobby” Thompson, 68, died of cancer on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at his home in Columbia Falls.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:40 PM MST

Betty L. Cummings


Betty L. Cummings, 70, a cashier at Albertsons Grocery in Cut Bank, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center due to natural causes.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:40 PM MST

Florence Ladd


Florence McDonald Ladd, 89 years young, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Polson in the wee hours of the morning after a long fight with a bad heart.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:40 PM MST

Ronald Tailfeathers


Ronald Joseph Tailfeathers, 35, a store clerk and carpenter from Browning, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 at his home due to complications from diabetes.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:40 PM MST

Herta Henn


Herta Henn died Jan. 30, 2010 in Issaquah, Wash. She was 98.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:02 PM MST

Irene Lenore Kluth


Irene Lenore Kluth, 81, retired, died Feb. 4, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. Memorial services will be held at Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby on Feb. 27, 2010 at 3 p.m. Interment will follow at the Valley View Cemetery.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:12 PM MST

Jean H. Neilsen


Jean H. Neilsen, 99, a retired secretary from Shelby, passed away Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at the Teton Medical Center. Visitation is Thursday, Feb. 18, from 1 until 8 p.m. with family receiving friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Whitted Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at the United Methodist Church in Shelby with burial to follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. A funeral luncheon will follow the committal service at the church.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:12 PM MST

Jeffrey Fitzgerald Triplett


Jeffrey Fitzgerald Triplett went to be with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:58 AM MST

Elizabeth Johnson


Elizabeth Johnson, 88, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 at Pondera Medical Center Extended Care Facility of natural causes.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:58 AM MST

Virgil Hammerschmidt


Virgil Hammerschmidt, a retired BNSF railroad employee, farmer, and tireless volunteer throughout the community, passed away from a sudden heart attack on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at his home in Philipsburg.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:48 AM MST

Robert Flynn


Robert George Flynn, age 69 of Cut Bank, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at the Northern Rockies Medical Center after a five-year battle with brain cancer.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:48 AM MST

Verna McNamara


Verna McNamara, 68, a Fremont, Calif., resident for the past 20 years, died on Jan. 28, 2010 in a Fremont hospital.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:48 AM MST

Erin Renee Pete DeWar


Erin Renee Pete DeWar, 33, of Havelock, N.C., died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at her residence.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:48 AM MST

Ian ‘Smitty’ Smith


Ian “Smitty” Smith, age 90, passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 at his home at Duck Lake due to natural causes.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:48 AM MST

Richard Wayne Stevens Sr.


Richard Wayne Stevens Sr., 63, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:48 AM MST