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Dave Fox
COLUMBUS - Dave Fox, 64, of Columbus, passed away Jan. 11, 2000, at his home. Dave was born in Laurel on March 2, 1935, a son of George and Mollie Fox. He was married
to Clara Gates on Feb. 13, 1953, in Helena. Dave was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Dave worked highway construction for 35 years. In recent years, he worked for Columbus School District as a bus driver and activities driver where he enjoyed many fun filled times. He continued to pursue his lifelong passion for the sport of drag racing, a career that started as a winning driver in the '50s at tracks in Montana and Wyoming and, more recently, as the crew chief for a family team racing cars at tracks in a five-state area.
Survivors include his wife, Clara of Columbus; son, Dave Fox of Riverton, Wyo.; daughter, Judy Bannerman of Portland, Ore.; son, George (Lori) Fox of Billings; daughter, Sandy (Bill) Smith of Worland, Wyo.; sisters, Betty (Leonard) Vogel of Billings; Sally (Jerry) Schmaltz of Appleton, Wis.; grandchildren, Jill Fox, Scott Fox, Sarah Smith, Jason Fox, Victor Bannerman; many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, at Columbus Middle School gymnasium with interment in Mountainview cemetery. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Thursday at Smith Funeral Chapel in Columbus. Memorials may be given to Columbus Booster Club; Columbus Evangelical Church or charity of choice.
Czeslawa Kozak
Beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Czeslawa Kozak, 71, died peacefully in her sleep Jan. 11, 2000, surrounded by family at Edgewood Vista, where she had been a resident for the last six months. She was born in Kolomyja, Poland, to Mafia and Bronislaw Leligdowicz on Oct. 28, 1928.
She married
Edward Kozak in 1949 and immigrated to the United Staes in 1961. She and Ed celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last April. Czeslawa's love for her family was foremost in her life. A beautician in Poland, she and Ed operated a barbershop-salon. In Billings, she was a homemaker and helped with her husband's barbering business and maintained their rental properties.
Czeslawa was a cook extraordinaire. Her Polish dinners will be missed tremendously! She was a seamstress who could sew anything; she crocheted and knitted avidly making intricate tablecloths. She loved flowers, was an avid gardener, and looked forward to get-aways to the family cabin at Cooney Dam. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Bolek Leligdowicz of Billings and a brother, Janek of Poland.
Czeslawa is survived by her husband, Edward; her daughter, Teresa Kozak-Kennedy and her husband, Larry; and their three children, Devin, Sarah, and Grace; her son, Jerry (Walus), his wife, Kathy, and their children, Zachary and Czelsi Kozak.
A Vigil Service will be held 7 p.m. Sunday, January 16 at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at Little Flower Catholic Church with Rite of Committal in Holy Cross cemetery. Memorials in Czeslawa's memory may be sent to Little Flower Catholic Church.
Alice Nelson
Alice Nelson, 76, passed away Jan. 10, 2000, in Billings. Alice was born March 8, 1923, to her loving parents Roy and Katherine Thompson. She married
Gordon Ray Nelson on Feb. 5, 1942, in Enders, N.D.
Alice lived in the Garrison, N.D., area and moved to Colstrip, in 1971. She was a high school graduate and worked for approximately nine years in the Colstrip school lunch program. Alice was a member of the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Colstrip.
Alice is survived by her five daughters and one son: Norma Anderson, Minot, N.D.; Sheryl Kinn, Park City; Naomi Kinn, Forsyth.; Shirley Dygert, Teague, Texas; Rita Nelson, Boise, Idaho; and Gordon Nelson Jr. of Kalispell. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Gordon, her parents, four brothers and a sister.
A funeral Mass will take place at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 14, at St. Margaret Mary Church, with interment at 3 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Billings. Luncheon will follow interment at Dahl's Funeral Chapel in Billings. Arrangements are entrusted to Dahl Funeral Chapel in Billings.
Vernon H. Rang
LIVINGSTON - Vernon H. Rang, 84, of Livingston, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, at his home.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Livingston. Cremation was held at Cremation or Funeral Gallery.
Violet Lowell Rowen
MILES CITY - Violet Lowell Rowen, age 90, of Miles City, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at the Holy Rosary Extended Care Unit.
Violet Lowell Rowen was born on Oct. 16, 1909, at Lyons, Iowa, the daughter of George and Stella (Garthwait) Lowell. She attended schools and graduated in Iowa. Following high school, Violet moved to Chicago where she worked for the Cook County auditor for 30 years. In 1960, Violet and Dr. Ernest Rowen were united in marriage. They moved to Miles City and Violet has remained here since. Violet was very active in the Sage Riders Club, Country Club and the Miles City Club.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Shirley Schroeter, of Northbrook, Ill.; two granddaughters: Melissa Schroeter, of Palatine, Ill.; and Hollie (Schroeter) McGruder and her husband, Bryan of Hampton Cove, Ala.; and one great-grandson, Matthew Robert McGruder. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son Robert, two brothers and one sister.
A prayer service will be held on at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 17, in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Gil Hemauer-Capuchin celebrant. Rite of Committal will follow in the family lot in the Custer County cemetery.
Allen Shambaugh
BUFFALO, Wyo. - Allen Shanbaugh, 86, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at the Johnson County Health Care Center.
Visitation will be held from 1-10 p.m. on Sunday, Jan 16, from Adams Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17, from the Adams Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Willow Grove cemetery. Friends may donate in Allen's memory to Jim Gatchell Museum or the Johnson County Library in care of the Adams Funeral Home.
Elinor Aller
BIG TIMBER - Elinor Aller, 86, of Big Timber, passed away Dec. 29, 1999, at the Pioneer Medical Center Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 4, 1913, in Kensal, N.D. to Hugo and Margaret Riebe.
One of three children, she had an older sister, Ann, and a younger brother, Jack. She grew up on the family farm, attending Stutsman County Grade School and Kensal High School. She received a degree from Jamestown State College in English and music. After graduation, she taught one year in North Dakota before accepting a job in Newport, Wash., where she taught for four years.
She met Gilman Aller who was a teacher in Priest River, Wash., at the time. They were married
July 10, 1942, in Kensal. They moved to the Aller family guest ranch, Boulder River Ranch, near McLeod, Mont. They had two children, Steve and Anne, and lived in Big Timber for the winters while Gilman was principal of Sweet Grass County High School, returning to the ranch in the summer. In 1953 Gilman accepted a job with Curtis Publishing Co. and they moved to Boise, Idaho, for the winters until 1985 when they retired in Big Timber.
Elinor, better know as "Honey", was a wonderful hostess and manager of the ranch. People from around the country returned year after year for the food, fishing, horseback riding, and warm hospitality. Elinor loved listening to music, playing the piano, gardening, riding horses, and playing bridge with her friends. In Boise, she was full-time mother but also did volunteer work and was active in many clubs and organizations.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Gilman, her sister Ann, her brother Jack, and her nephew, Tom. She is survived by her son, Steve Aller and his wife, Jeane, and grandchildren, Reed Aller and Jordan Tronrud and her husband Shane of McLeod., by her daughter, Anne Aller Overstreet and her husband Jim, and grandchildren, Ariel and Amber Overstreet of Big Timber, and by nieces, Margaret Low and Zelma Riebe.
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PRYOR - Frederick Turnsback, 66, of Pryor, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, in an automobile accident.
The son of Joseph and Blanche Turnsback, he was born Dec. 18, 1933, in Crow Agency. He attended school in Pryor and graduated high school at Flandreau (S.D.) Indian School. He received an associates degree in education from Eastern Montana College.
Frederick enlisted in the army in June of 1953 and was honorably discharged in 1963.
He married
Roselee Birdhat in 1964.
Since 1990, Frederick had worked with the judicial system of the Crow Tribe. For the last year, he worked as public defender.
He was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church, Native American Church, St. John's Lodge No. 92 of the Masons, Al Bedoo Shine, VFW and DAV.
Survivors include his wife, Roselee of Pryor; his daughter, Blanche Turnsback and her husband, Carl Goes Ahead of Billings; grandchildren, Amanda Schenderline, Natasha Goes Ahead, and Joseph Goes Ahead; an adopted son, Jace Big Day of Pryor; his brother, Roger Turnsback and his wife, Patricia of Pryor; and a nephew Eric Turnsback of Anaconda.
Rosary will be 7 p.m. Friday at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Mortuary. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday, at St. Charles Catholic Church, Pryor. Rite of Committal with Masonic rites and military honors will be in the Bear Below family cemetery.
Alice Nelson
Alice Nelson, 76, passed away Jan. 10, 2000, in Billings. Alice was born March 8, 1923, to her loving parents Roy and Katherine Thompson. She married
Gordon Ray Nelson on Feb. 5, 1942, in Enders, N.D.
Alice lived in the Garrison, N.D., area and moved to Colstrip, in 1971. She was a high school graduate and worked for approximately nine years in the Colstrip school lunch program. Alice was a member of the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Colstrip.
Alice is survived by her five daughters and one son: Norma Anderson, Minot, N.D.; Sheryl Kinn, Park City; Naomi Kinn, Forsyth.; Shirley Dygert, Teague, Texas; Rita Nelson, Boise, Idaho; and Gordon Nelson Jr. of Kalispell. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Gordon, her parents, four brothers and a sister.
Visitation is Thursday, Jan. 13, from 2-4 p.m. at Dahl Funeral Chapel in Billings, and 7-9 p. m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Colstrip. A funeral Mass will take place at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 14, at St. Margaret Mary Church, with interment at 3 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Billings. Luncheon will follow interment at Dahl's Funeral Chapel in Billings. Arrangements are entrusted to Dahl Funeral Chapel in Billings.
Thelma M. Whitmore
RED LODGE - Thelma May (Powell) Whitmore, 80, passed away Tuesday evening, Jan. 11, 2000, at Beartooth Nursing Home in Red Lodge, where she had been a resident for six years.
She was born on her grandfather C.A. Lemon's ranch near Crawford, Colo., April 26, 1919, to Willard B. Powell and Hazel E. (Lemon) Powell. The second of six children, Thelma was born prematurely and spent her first months sleeping in a cotton lined shoebox on the oven door, being fed with an eye dropper. She went to school in Bowie, Crawford, Hotchkiss and Paonia, graduating with honors from Crawford High School in 1936.
Thelma married
A. Hugh Whitmore in Paonia Jan. 14, 1938. They lived in Paonia and Delta before moving to Redding, Calif., where Mr. Whitmore was to work on the Shasta Dam project until the end of WWII. They moved to New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota in following years as is common when being employed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Retirement gave them the freedom to become involved with Daughters of the Nile, Eastern Star, Rlks and Shrine. They traveled extensively as representatives of Eastern Star and Shrine to functions throughout the country. A series of motor homes made them very self-contained for the long ventures where they combined business, pleasure and visits to friends and relatives.
Thelma was involved in church, lodge and volunteer community service. She was active in swimming, hiking, fishing, and camping. Helping young people learn needlework, cooking or simply a puzzle. She was an expert seamstress, not always needing a pattern to make garments. Looking in a shop window would inspire the loveliest creations that seemed effortless for her. There were few needlework items she couldn't master.
Government housing was not always "pleasant" and some were downright terrible. In New Mexico, she hauled used bricks in a child's wagon for two miles and laid a patio between the too-close homes. It was there also she broke the regulations and used wallpaper to individualize our home. The old camp home in Terry was without insulation, inside walls or partitions. Out came a bolt of red flagging and muslin to make walls and room separations.
Thelma kept a very wide correspondence with family and friends until shortly before entering the nursing home. Friends and family were very important to her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Hugh, one sister and four brothers. She is survived by her son, Gerald H. Whitmore (Breeda) of Hampstead, N.H.; daughter, Sue (James) Klessens of Luther; stepmother, Mary Powell Imhoff, Cedaredge, Colo.; 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14, in Olcott Funeral Chapel in Red Lodge. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, in Restlawn Memory Gardens cemetery in Huron, S.D.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to First United Methodist Church of Huron, S.D., Beartooth Hospital & Health Center Nursing Home , or the Mental Health Center of Red Lodge, or the charity of your choice.
Melvin Bakken
BOZEMAN - Melvin Bakken died in Bozeman on Monday, Jan. 10, 2000.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, at the Fulkerson Memorial Chapel, in Sidney. Interment will be in the Riverview cemetery in Savage. Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney is in charge.
Robert W. Sturm
LEWISTOWN - Robert W. Sturm, 52, was found dead in his home on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000. Cause of death is under investigation.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, in the Church of the Nazarene in Lewistown. Cremation has taken place. The Cloyd Funeral Home of Lewistown is in charge.
Alviene Thompson
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - Alviene Thompson, 90, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2000, in Sheridan Manor.
No services are planned. Ferries Funeral Home was in charge.
Jack Wiederien
BUFFALO, Wyo. - Jack Wiederien, 82, died on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at the Sheridan Manor in Sheridan.
Visitation will be held from Adams Funeral Home at 1-10 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, from the Adams Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Willow Brove cemetery with military graveside rites. Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels in care of the Adams Funeral Home.
Violet Lowell Rowen
MILES City - Violet Lowell Rowen, 90, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000, at the Holy Rosary Extended Care Unit in Miles City.
A prayer service will be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 16, in the Chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 17, in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Rite of Committal will follow in the family lot in the Calvary cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home is in charge.
Woah Lansing Anderson
Woah Lansing Anderson, 93, formerly of Cody, Wyo., passed away peacefully in her sleep Jan. 12, 2000. Woah was born Oct. 18, 1906, in Benson, Minn., the daughter and second child of Harry and Ella Genet Taylor Lansing.
At a young age the family moved to Kooskia, Idaho. In 1918 they moved to Emmett, Idaho. Woah graduated from Emmett High School in 1926 and attended Normal School in Boise that summer. She married
James Frank Anderson on Aug. 21, 1926, at Emmett. They had two children, James Donald and Dolores.
In 1936 the Andersons and their two children moved to Cody, living there until 1960 when J. Frank was transferred to Casper with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. After retirement, J. Frank and Woah returned to Cody. Family and friends will always remember her as "Rosebud," the affectionate name given her by her husband. J. Frank died May 14, 1978.
Woah was a member of Rebekah Lodge of Cody, serving as noble-grand and district deputy president. She was active in the First Presbyterian Church in Cody, especially the church Circle. In 1983 she was honored as church woman of the year.
For the past two years she has lived in a care facility in Billings.
Woah is survived by her daughter and husband, Dolores and Lynn Edwards; granddaughters and husbands, Kelly (Thornburgh) and Cal Schmidt of Billings; Susan (Thornburgh) and Michael Phillipy of Broomfield, Colo.; Paige (Thornburgh) Mattes; and Lane Mattes; four great-grandchildren, Dustin and Danielle Mattes; Brittani Phillipy; and Kyle Schmidt.
Woah was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and son, J. Donald Anderson in 1997; a brother and two sisters.
She will be dearly missed by friends and family. Cremation has taken place and graveside inurnment will be held in Cody at a later date. Arrangements by Cremation or Funeral Gallery.
