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Edna (Blackwolf) Vallie
Edna (Blackwolf) Vallie, 45, formerly of Lame Deer, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital.
Visitation will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the church, with interment in the Lame Deer cemetery. Rausch Funeral Home is in charge.
Len Arthun
RINGLING - Len Arthun was born May 15, 1920, in Big Timber, son of Dora and Louis Arthun.
He graduated from Ringling High School and worked and ranched in the Ringling-Wilsall-Clyde Park area all his life. During World War II, he was in the first wave of infantry to land on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day.
He died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at the family home.
He is survived by his wife, Jerry; son, Bruce and his former wife, Ellen; and grandchildren: Adam, Ryan, Alison, and Phallon. He is also survived by his brother, Carl, sisters, Harriet Celar and Vera Stoneberg.
Memorial services will be at American Lutheran Church in Livingston Tuesday Aug. 17, at 11 a.m.
Cremation has taken place at Dahl Crematory in Bozeman. Memorials may be made in Len's name to the Wilsall cemetery Fund.
Shirley Ann Burdett
Shirley Ann Burdett, age 65, of Billings, formerly of Miles City, passed away Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at the Deaconess Medical Center in Billings after a short illness.
Shirley was born in Oakley, Kan. on May 17, 1934, the daughter of Everett and Ferne (Conway) Moritz. As a young child, the family moved to Billings for a short time and then moved to Lewistown where she attended the second grade and graduated from Fergus County High School. Following graduation, she moved to Great Falls, where she worked for Metropolitan Life and a Great Falls bank in the real-estate department. While in Great Falls, she married
Carrol Apple on Nov. 20, 1953. Carrol passed away on June 20, 1961. On June 20, 1964, she married
Charles Burdett in Great Falls. Following their marriage, they resided in Lewistown for six years before moving to Miles City in 1970, where they remained until 1998, when they moved to Billings for medical reasons.
Shirley is survived by her husband, Charles Burdett of Billings; a son, Timothy Burdett and his wife, Carmen of Warden; a daughter, Debra Charles of Missoula; two brothers: Dr. Terry Moritz of Tucson, Ariz. and Jim Moritz of Chicago; two sisters: Judy Tsagris of San Francisco, Calif.; and Sharilyn Rittenhouse of Victoria, British Columbia; and her grandchildren: Brandon Sheets, Larry Charles, Danielle and Beau Eurdett; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1999, at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City with Rev. Grover Briggs officiating. Interment will follow in the family lot in the Custer County cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association, Montana Affiliate, 2525 Sixth Ave. N., Billings, MT 59101-1338.
Meridell J. Burgess
POWELL, Wyo. - Meridell J. Burgess, 60, died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at the Powell Nursing Home.
Cremation has taken place and private family services will be held. Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home is in charge.
Ilene Kay Chatwood
Ilene Kay Chatwood was born Aug. 3, 1949, in Billings.
She passed away Aug. 11, 1999, at the home of a good friend.
Survivors include one sister, Betty (Ike) Simon and two brothers, Larry (Evelyn) and Steve (DiAnne); also, three nieces, Brandy (Mike) Hammerel and sons, Michael and Paul, Nikki Chatwood and Karen (Jeff) Harris and children, Travis, Kristina and Keighly.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lavern and Opal Dykes Chatwood and a great-niece, Ayla Dawn Hammerel.
Cremation has take place and memorial services will be held at a later date.
Grace (Stanton) Currey
JORDAN - Grace (Stanton) Currey, age 91, of Jordan, passed away Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at the Garfield County Nursing Home.
Grace Gallinger was born March 7, 1908, at Leedy, the daughter of Elwood and Clara (Hulbert) Gallinger. When she was six years old, her mother passed away. After that, Grace was flunky, cook, dishwasher, and mule skinner. After her father's death in 1924, she came to Butte Creek and attended school at the old Fairview Hall. Mrs. Cora Trotter was the teacher.
Grace married
Ebert Stanton on Oct. 17, 1924, in Miles City. They farmed at Brusett, and later moved to Jordan with their four children. Later in life, she and Ebert were divorced and she married
Claude Currey on July 4, 1955, in Circle. He passed away many years ago and she worked as a cook and waitress in Jordan.
Grace loved crocheting afghans, making quilts for her family, bird watching, and baking pies and homemade mince meat. She enjoyed family visits and holidays, playing cards with family and friends, and reading. She spent much of her later life living in her trailer home in the country because what she liked best was "country liviN."
Grace is survived by two sons: J.E. Stanton and his wife, Eleen of Brusett and Bill Stanton and his wife, Agnes of Billings; two daughters: Lee Hawkinson of Miles City and Clara Patton and her husband, Jack of Dimmitt, Tex.; one stepson, Jack Currey and his wife, Melba of Jordan; and one stepdaughter, Leah Barclay and her husband, Sandy of Jordan; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude; her grandson, Jack Spillum; and three brothers: Oran, Jim, and Clarence Gallinger.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999, at 1 p.m. in the VFW Hall in Jordan with Rev. Steve Kitterman officiating. Visitation will be held Monday, Aug. 16, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Jordan. Interment will follow in the family lot in the Pioneer cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Jordan is in charge of the arrangements.
Donald James Eide
Donald James Eide, 66, of Billings passed away Saturday morning of a year long battle with cancer.
He was born Jan. 30, 1933, near Roundup, the son of Nels and Ellen (Charlton) Eide. He was raised in the Bull Mountains on the family homestead near 30 mile. He attended Klein School and graduated in 1951.
In 1954, he entered the U.S. Marine Corp. in which he served until l957. During his service, he came home and married
Patricia J. Carlson, July 11, 1955, in Roundup. They returned to Billings after his service and he worked 40 years as a diesel mechanic for Tractor and Equipment Co., retiring in April of 1998.
Don was a very loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He loved going on vacations to Swan lake, square and round dancing and golfing. He was a member of the Elks Lodge BPOE 394 and the National American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, Pat; two daughters, Renee Eide and Lisa (Dennis) Mullikin; three grandchildren: Jeff Eide, Nash and Cody Mullikin, all of Billings; and his brother, Harold (Dorothy) Eide of Livingston.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Smith West Chapel, 304 34th St. W. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Monday. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials to the American Cancer Society, P. 0. Box 1080, Billings 59103, Big Sky Hospice P. 0. Box 35033, Billings 59107, or the Jeff Harnish Foundation, 1835 Harnish Road, Billings 59101.
John H. 'Fitz' Fitzpatrick
John H. Fitzpatrick, 77, of Billings passed away Thursday, Aug. 12, 1999, at his home.
He was born Sept.. 20, 1921 in Billings the son of John and Grace (Hunnewell) Fitzpatrick. He was raised in Billings and attended Billings Senior High. He began working as a partsman at Lew Cheverolet, then Whitaker Buick, Yellowstone Motors, Clark Lincoln Mercury and retired from Archie Cochrane Motors in Jan. 1986, where he had made hundreds of friends.
Fitz enjoyed working in his woodworking shop. He built toy trains, rocking chairs, jewelry boxes and clocks. When people would come to see him, he would always send them home with a gift he had made.
He married
Gladys Marian Fitzpatrick Dec. 8, 1994 in Billings. She preceded him in death Sept. 29, 1981. He was also preceded in death by his mother, Grace Fitzpatrick, Dec. 18, 1989, and one grandson.
Survivors include his son, Jim Fitzpatrick of Three Forks, and his daughter Patricia K. (Gerald) Garvin of Seattle, Wash.; grandchildren, Jim Fitzpatrick Jr. (Dawn) of Belgrade, Daren Michael Schultz of Billings, Gary Allen Schultz of Portland, Ore., Nicole Lynn Schultz of Billings and Jonathan James Schultz of Seattle; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be l p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, at the Smith Downtown Chapel. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials to the Easter Seals Society, 4400 Central Ave., Great Falls, MT 59401.
Christopher John Ireland
KALISPELL - Christopher John Ireland, age 16, formerly of Lewistown, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 1999, at Kalispell due to a work related accidental electrocution.
Funeral services for Christopher Ireland will be at the Flathead Valley Christian School in Kalispell at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16. There will be a visitation at the Creel Funeral Home in Lewistown 6-9 p.m. Tuesday evening. Graveside services will be at the Lewistown City cemetery at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8. Memorials may be made to the Flathead Valley Christian School, 1251 Willow Glen Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901. The Creel Funeral Home of Lewistown is handling local arrangements.
Jessica McBride-Lidholm
Jason Lidholm
MISSOULA - Jessica Anne McBride-Lidholm, age 22, and Jason Erik Lidholm, age 25, died together in an airplane crash near Juneau, Ala., on Sunday, Aug. 8, 1999. Jessica Anne McBride-Lidholm was born on June 7, 1977, in Anchorage, Ala. She spent most of her life in Billings, and graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1995. Jessica was attending the University of Montana and was due to receive her degree in Anthropology in Dec., 1999, and planned to attend medical school.
Jason E. Lidholm was born in Rolla, Mo. on March 5, 1974. He graduated from Juneau High School in 1992. Upon graduating, Jason entered military basic training and was attached to the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C. Jason was attending the University of Montana on an ROTC scholarship, majoring in Photojournalism. He was anticipating completing his degree in Dec., 1999, and planned to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Army following graduation.
These two beautiful young people were united in Holy Matrimony May 21, 1999, at the First Congregational U.C.C. in Billings. They had been working in Alaska for the summer.
Jessica succeeded in almost everything she tried. She would set a goal, and after that, nothing could get in her way. She experienced every minute of life to its utmost, wanting to know everything and everybody. Her loyalty to her friends and family was matched only by the dedication she was able to espouse in them. Somehow, though, she was never quite fulfilled or satisfied. It was as if something was missing. That missing portion of Jessica turned out to be Jason Lidholm.
Wherever Jason went, he left a wake of people smiling. He was somewhat shy at first, but even as "the quiet one in the back, " his boyish charm disarmed everyone he met. His unmatchable zest for life was evidenced in his ability to master anything he tried. When Jason did something, he did it well. Whether he was in the military or school or the Civil Air Patrol, he found himself leading others. Despite all these endearing qualities, Jason never dated much; it was as if he was waiting for someone.
Introduced by Jason's sister, Jayne, in late 1997, the two fell madly in love and were engaged within six months. Jason was a man's man, and Jessica was a girly-girl. Somehow, they were the perfect match. He taught her patience, and she taught him responsibility. Truly a match mad in heaven, through each other, they were a complete.
Jessica is survived by her parents, Byron and Carole McBride; brother, Jeffrey; sister, Jamie; and grandmother, Nancy Singer, all of Billings. Jason is survived by his parents, Gary and Juanita Lidholm of Haines, Ala., and sister, Jayne of Missoula.
This couple will be forever remembered for their joyous love and commitment to each other and their families. A memorial celebration will be held Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m., First Congregational U.C.C. of Billings. Memorials may be made to the Jessica-Jason Lidholm Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 20652, Billings MT 59104.
James (Jim) D. Michaelis
BASIN, Wyo. - James (Jim) D. Michaelis died Saturday morning Aug. 14, 1999, at Deaconess Medical Center-Billings after a prolonged illness.
Jim was born July 31, 1928, to Henry W. and Rhea (Phelan) Michaelis in Basin, Wyo. where he grew up and graduated from high school. He worked for the C.B.&Q. railroad. On Jan. 7, 1951, he married
Jean Gilbertson in Billings. He joined the army and served from 1951 to 1953. Upon his honorable discharge, he worked for the Big Horn Sheriffs Office until he joined the Wyoming Highway Patrol in 1961. He was stationed in Casper, as a trooper. Here he earned an Associate of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. In 1968, Jim was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Newcastle, Wyo. He served here until he was again promoted to captain and stationed in Cheyenne. He served there as head of the Safety and Training Division until his retirement in 1985.
In his retirement, Jim was able to fulfill his interests in fishing, hunting, golf, travel and spending time with his family and friends. He and his wife spent their winters in Green Valley, Ariz.
Survivors include his wife, Jean; sons, Jim (Lisa) of Bremerton, Wash., Tim (Vi) of Loveland, Colo., Kim (Carla) of Cheyenne; daughters, Nancy Rambin of Sacramento, Calif., and Janie (Scott) Sukut of Bozeman; brothers: Richard of Cheyenne, Bill of Buffalo, and Michael of Seattle Wash.; and sixteen grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers, Pat Michaelis and Jerry Michaelis.
A memorial mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Greybull, Wyo. at 10 a.m. on Tuesday Aug. 17, 1999. A rosary will be said before the mass at 9:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Mountain View cemetery in Basin, Wyo.
Memorials may be sent to St. Joseph's Children Home in Torrington, Wyo.
Natalie Miller
ARLINGTON, Va. - Long-time Spokane, Wash., and eastern Montana resident Natalie Miller passed away on Aug. 5 at the Powhatan Nursing Home, Arlington. Natalie was born in 1908 of Volga Deutsche parents and lived an early agrarian life in eastern Montana, mostly near Laurel. Natalie graduated from Park City HS in 1929 and established her own hair dressing shop in Laurel. She married
Clement Miller, a Montana attorney, in 1930 and they lived together in Laurel until 1941, when Clem joined the Navy. They were separated while Clem served in the south Pacific, and were reunited in 1945.
After the war, they settled in Spokane, first at Garden Springs and then from 1949 on the north side at 407 E. Hoffman. Natalie was an active member of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church, and later of the Beacon Chapel. She lived in this house until Clem's passing in 1996. Her last years were spent at the Sunrise Retirement Community in Arlington.
Natalie is survived by her sister, Sylvia, living in Walnut Creek, Calif., and her son, Steve, and granddaughter, Rebecca, both of Arlington.
She started life as the child of hard-scrabble immigrants living in a log cabin on the Yellow Stone River. She hoed sugar beets in the fields of Montana from the age of 5. Being one of the oldest, she lovingly assumed the role of second mother in a brood that eventually totaled seven siblings. In her life she came a long way from the cabin. She graduated from high school, started her own business, and kept it going through the Depression and WW II. For over 60 years she was a loving wife and mother, who unhesitatingly put family needs before her own and provided a nurturing environment for all.
It was her time to go, but her presence will always be in our hearts.
Mildred E. Nylander
MALTA - Mildred E. Nylander, 85, died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1999, at a hospital in Corona, Calif., after a short illness.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug.16, at the Malta Assembly of God Church with interment in the Malta cemetery. Adams Funeral Home is in charge.
Viola Buckmiller Schultz
LAVINA - Viola Buckmiller Schultz, 66, of Lavina, formerly of Billings, passed away Aug. 13, 1999, at the St. Vincent Hospita1 and Health Center of cancer.
She was born Sept. 8, 1930, in Kronthal, N. D., the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bower) Pfennig. She was educated in North Dakota and Nov. 20, 1949 she married
Lawrence E. Buckmiller in McClusky, N. D. To this union four children were born. Larry E. Buckmiller of Detroit, Mich., Lonnie L. Buckmiller of Bismarck, N. D. Sandy K. (Chris) Orfe of Castle Rock, Colo. and Susan R. Masterson of Billings, nine grandchildren.
She lived in Dickenson, N.D. over 25 years before moving to Billings, July 1979, and to Lavina in Nov., 1990. She worked in retail business for 26 years, at physical therapy for many years and as a dietary cook for a few years. She then worked for Yellowstone Council on Aging for several years. She retired on Nov. 25, 1990.
Mr. Buckmiller died July 22, 1986 and she married
Raymond Schultz, May 30, 1987. Viola loved gardening, fishing, camping, crafts and most of all playing games with the grandchildren.
She is also survived by six step-children: Raymond (Butch) (Cleo) Schultz of Helena, Robert Schultz of Whitefish, Roger (Loretta) Schultz and Rodney (Marylin) Schultz both of Helena, and Mary (Eric) Smith of Bullhead City, Ariz., Ramona (Kevin) Eggen of Helena, and nine step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 537 Grand Ave., Billings. Go on Ave. B to Sixth to get to church. Cremation will follow. Smith Downtown Chapel in charge of arrangements.
