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J. Norm Sibley
ROUNDUP – J. Norm Sibley, 69, of roundup, died June 17, 2000, at the Roundup Memorial Hospital following a long battle with lymphedema.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 23, at the First United Methodist Church in roundup. Wier Funeral Home is in charge.
Sidney A. Tschaekofske
LODGE GRASS – Sidney A Tschaekofske, 54, formerly of Dodge, N.D., died Saturday, June 17, 2000, at rural Bowman, N.D., from injuries sustained when his pickup truck collided with a propane trailer.
Visitation will be from 3 - 8 p.m. Wednesday at Seibel Funeral Home at Beulah, N.D. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. (MDT) on Thursday, June 22, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Dodge, N.D. Interment will be in N.D. Veterans cemetery at rural Mandan, N.D. at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 22.
Betty Carol West
RED LODGE – Betty Carol West, 74, of Red Lodge, a longtime resident of St. Petersburg, Fla., passed away suddenly of an apparent heart attack on Saturday, June 17, 2000, in Billings, Mont.
Born on Feb. 23, 1926 in Houston, Texas, she was a daughter of Walter L. and Dorothy Magee. She was raised and educated in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she met her husband of 56 years. Betty and Jack P. West were married
there on Aug. 16, 1944. They moved to Zanesville, Ohio, for five years before settling in St. Petersburg, Fla.
After raising her family, Betty earned her bachelor of arts degree in Social Science from the University of South Florida in Tampa. She later became a nutritionist, working alongside her husband at West Chiropractic Center in St. Petersburg.
After retiring they spent summers in Red Lodge. She attended Red Lodge Community Church, and the Unity Church in St. Petersburg.
She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Dr. Jack P. West; two daughters, Susan Dillow, CPA of Moraga, Calif., and Charla Floyd of West Palm Beach, Fla.; two sons, Dr. Jack O. West of Eureka, Mont., and Dr. William E. West of St. Petersburg; one brother, Walter L. Magee Jr. of Houston, Texas; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, in Red Lodge Community Church. Cremation has taken place. Final services and disposition will be in St. Petersburg. Olcott Funeral Chapel of Red Lodge is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be sent to the Red Lodge Carnegie Library, Red Lodge MT 59068.
Alice Pfeifer
JORDAN – Alice Pfeifer, 83, died on Monday, June 26, 2000, at the St. Vincent Hospital in Billings.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 29, from 1-6 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Jordan. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 30, at the VFW. Hall in Jordan. Interment will follow in the Cohagen cemetery.
Naomi Ratcliff
PLENTYWOOD – Naomi Louise Harpel Ratcliff, 91, died on Monday, June 26, 2000, at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home.
Cremation has taken place. Interment will be in Lebanon, Pa. A private family ceremony is planned for later this summer. Fulkerson Funeral Home is in charge.
Bonnie Ross
MILES CITY – Graveside services for Bonnie Ross, 80, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Custer County cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge.
Wade Walters
FAIRVIEW – Mass of Christian Burial for Wade Walters, of Fairview, will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the St. Catherine’s Catholic Church with Father Ned Shinnick presiding. Rosary will be Thursday, June 29, at 7 p.m., wake service will follow at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Catherine’s Catholic Church.
Music will be provided by Mary Fink, accompanied by Janet Duda. Acolyte will be David Wheeler. Casketbearers will be: Evan Nagel, Brad Gabel, Cory Wheeler, Shawn Wheeler, Erica Wheeler and Sarah Wheeler. Honorary casketbearers will be all of Wade’s friends and neighbors. Ushers will be Eldean Flynn and Russ Trudell. Interment will be in the Sidney cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Wade John “Jack” Walters was born April 10, 1926, in Lewistown to John Sebastian and Walburga (Becky) Leiner Walters. He attended schools in Lewistown Pierre, S.D., Great Falls, and Miles City. Before finishing school, he joined the Marine Reserves and received his GED. After several active tours, he was honorably discharged in 1953. On Nov. 29, 1947, he was joined in matrimony to Albina Job in Wibaux.
Wade worked for the Milwaukee Railroad as an apprentice electrician and later as a civilian for the U.S. Air Force. In 1967, he went to work for the Bureau of Interior at Yellowtail Dam and after several job related moves, retired from the Bureau in the late 1980s. Albina died in 1993, shortly after they moved to Sidney. Subsequently moving to Fairview in 1996, he met and was married
to Lucienne (Bellanger) Maurer, Nov. 14, 1998.
Wade died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at his daughter’s home in Fairview, Mont.
Wade is survived by his wife, Lucienne, of Fairview; daughters, Judy (Ed) Lawler of Denver, and Becky (Pat) Wheeler of Fairview; stepchildren, Fred (Marilyn) Maurer of Box Elder, S.D., Linda Kephle, Greenville, Ind., Marian Blackburn of Mutios, Wash., Harvey (Gloria) Gendreau of Bridger, Mont., and Lena Bulock of Glasgow; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his first wife, Albina and parents.
Edna P. Welsh
Edna P. Welsh, 84 of Billings, died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at St. John’s Lutheran Home.
The daughter of Henry and Blanche Provost, Edna was born May 16, 1916, in Ware, Mass. She graduated from Plymouth (N.H.) State College with a degree in teaching and business. Edna married
David Foley, July 27, 1940. He was killed in action during WWII, May 4, 1944. Following his death, Edna joined the Navy. She married
F.B. “Red” Welsh in Boston, Sept. 11, 1945. Following their discharge, they returned to Billings. Edna and Red operated the Red Welsh Insurance Agency together for 23 years.
Edna was a member of St. Patrick’s Co-Cathedral and the American Legion, Yellowstone Post No. 4 where she was one of the first women to belong to the Drum and Bugle Corps. She was proud of the fact that she and Red, and their daughter, were all members of Yellowstone Post No. 4. She had been active in Insurance Association work and was a very active member of the YMCA, swimming nearly every day. She was a bicycling enthusiast and loved to grow roses.
Survivors include her husband, Red of Billings; their daughter, Frances Bernadette “Billie” Sills of Johnson City, Ky.; her sister, Irene Nobel and her husband, Norman of Billings and a niece, Patty Roberts of Florida.
Vigil services will be 7 p.m. Friday at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Mortuary. Due to construction at St. Patrick’s, the Funeral Mass will be at the mortuary at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Interment with military honors will be in Mountview cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Bernice Wheeler
SIDNEY – Bernice Wheeler died July 19, 1999.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, July 3, at the Sidney cemetery. Fulkerson Funeral Home is in charge.
Frances Zickovich
ROUNDUP – Frances Zickovich, 90, left us on June 27, 2000, to reside with her precious Lord and Savior. Born Frances Racki to Josip and Augustine (Svob) Racki in Roundup on Aug. 10, 1909, she homesteaded with her parents, brothers and sister north of Roundup. She married
Nick Zickovich on March 23, 1942, in Reno, Nev., and raised two children, Sandra Ottman of Billings and Ken Zickovich of Bozeman.
She was a woman of strength and beauty within, refusing to let the modern world take the iron out of the blood of her family. Her old world qualities of durability and persistence made her a matriarch within the family for along with her faith, she also gave wise counsel.
She was a simple woman with little education yet she possessed a fine wisdom and tenderness. She served on nary a board nor discussed policy with the city elders, yet she gave solidity to the earth. Her character was not in question for she was praised for her ability to please as her arms were always open to those in need of affirmation or her garden produce. She will leave a legacy of love to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and those who sat at table with her came away truly contented and blessed.
As an inheritance, she gives to those who knew her the precious gift of the knowledge of a good and gracious Savior, a tremendous appreciation of the beauty of God’s creation, the wonder of the dawning of a new day, the awesome splendor of a Montana sunset, the thrill of catching a brookie in a pristine mountain stream, a love of God’s creatures great and small, the bone tired satisfaction of a good day’s work and the pleasure of dining with family and friends.
She is survived by her son, Ken (Corrine) and daughter, Frances; a brother, Rudy Racki of Central Valley, Calif.; grandchildren, Dan Ottman, Vicki Song (Kirk) and Tim Ottman of Billings, Michelle Ottman of Missoula, Julianne Zickovich and Jenny Zickovich of Bozeman, and one great-granddaughter, Alexandra Song of Billings. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nick, in 1991, and brothers Tony, Joe and Steve Racki and sister, Jenny Lind.
“We all will miss you for not only were you our mother and grandmother, but you were also our good and gentle friend.”
Weir Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 1, at St. Benedict’s Church in Roundup. Cremation has taken place and the ashes will be interred at the New City cemetery in Roundup.
Jack C. Bartholomew
BUTTE – Jack C. Bartholomew passed away peacefully the evening of June 26 in the presence of his family. He was born in May of 1932 to Milada and Gordon Bartholomew at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, and it was there he left his body. He grew up in the Huntley Project and graduated from high school there.
From there he joined the Air Force and served our country in Korea with a honorable discharge. While in the Air Force, he met his wife of almost 45 years. He graduated from Montana State College in Bozeman in 1959 with a B.S. in electrical engineering. In 1963, he moved his family to the Marshall Islands where he worked as a radar engineer. In the late ’70s they moved back to Montana. At the time of his death, he resided in Butte with his family and worked as a relay engineer with Montana Power, striving to keep your power on.
He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, brother, grandpa, and friend to many, philosopher and engineer to others.
He is survived by his wife, Eleanor; sons, Jack Jr. and Bryan; daughter and son-in-law, Tami and Mike Cummings; grandkids Amber, Mary, Kevin, and Amy; his brother and sister-in-law, Dennis and Jan Bartholomew; his sister and brother-in-law, Vicki and Jerry McManamen; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A short memorial service with military honors will be held at Pleasantview cemetery in Ballantine on Thursday, June 29, at 10:30 a.m. and in Butte at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the Worden Fire Department and the American Heart Association.
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Helen E. Byerly
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Helen E. Byerly, 74, died June 25, 2000, at a Colorado Springs hospice facility. She was a homemaker and lived in Billings from 1976 to 1991.
Mrs. Byerly was born May 7, 1926, in Trinidad, Colo., to Earl H. and Ellen S. (Sines) Keith. She was married
Sept. 1, 1945, to John F. Byerly, who is deceased.
She is survived by three stepsons, Hugh Byerly, Kenneth Byerly, and Perry Byerly; one stepdaughter, Emma Jean Harteis; two sons, Tom Byerly and Stanley Byerly; one daughter, Linda Byerly Walton; one sister, Lola Gann; 16 grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29, at the Shrine of Remembrance “America the Beautiful” Chapel of Roses. Interment is private at Evergreen cemetery in Colorado Springs. Memorial contributions may be made to Christian Church of Security Building Fund, 727 Aspen Drive, Security, CO 80911. Arrangements are being handled by Shrine of Remembrance Funeral Home, 1730 E. Fountain Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80910, 719-634-1597.
James M. Cox Sr.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – James M. Cox Sr., 76, formerly of Sheridan, Wyo., died on Thursday, June 22, 2000.
Funeral services were held in Long Beach and cremation and burial services were in Signal Hill. Interment will be in the Sheridan Municipal cemetery in Sheridan on Friday, June 30. Champion Funeral Home is in charge.
Henry Dorn Jr.
BALLANTINE – Henry Dorn Jr., 80, of Ballantine, formerly of North Valley Hardin, passed away peacefully Tuesday June 27, 2000, at his home in Ballantine with his family by his side.
He was born in Park City, the son of Henry and Mary Reichert Dorn. He moved to Hardin with his parents and attended school and worked on the family farm. He married
Rosella Johnson in Hardin on Nov. 29, 1941 . They moved to the North Valley area and farmed until he moved in 1972 to Worden where he farmed until 1974. They moved to Ballantine, and he became employed with the Huntley Irrigation Project as a ditch rider. Henry retired in 1985. He loved to play with his grandchildren, enjoyed gardening and always enjoyed a great game of poker.
Survivors include his wife, Rosella; two sons, Larry (Georgia) Dorn of Hardin and Gary Dorn of Billings; three daughters, Loretta (Richard) Flack of Billings, Alice (John) Sjostrom of Custer and Charlotte (Phillip) Schuman of Ballantine; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. Three brothers, Carl (Rita) and George (Martha) of Hardin and John (Kay) of Bozeman; a sister, Martha (Ed) Wagner of Billings.
Henry was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, a brother and three grandsons, Darren Sjostrom, Mike Dorn and William Schuman.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Interment will be in the Pleasantview cemetery. Memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Cremation or Funeral Gallery.
Thomas Patrick Ackerman
WOODBURY, Minn. – Thomas Patrick Ackerman, of Woodbury, formerly of Billings, died tragically on Thursday, June 1, 2000. He drowned while canoeing at the Boundary Waters Area in northern Minnesota.
Tom was born on May 21, 1978, in Edina, Minn., to John and Betty (Korb) Ackerman. At age 2, Tom and family moved to Billings. Tom attended Arrowhead Elementary, Will James Junior High, and West High School. In August 1995, Tom and his parents moved to Woodbury.
Just four months later his mother, Betty, died of cancer. Tom finished his junior and senior years and graduated with honors from Woodbury High School. Tom was an excellent student and athlete. He returned to friends, family, and the great outdoors to attend the University of Montana. He had finished three years. Tom was to be in Minnesota for three weeks. He planned a fishing trip with friends, one with family and then would return to Missoula for summer school and his senior year. He planned to attend graduate school at the University of Minnesota to earn a master of business administration.
Tom loved nothing more than being outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, golfing, skiing, snowmobiling, and especially lazy days fly fishing in his float tube. He shared all of these activities with many, many friends and relatives. We are thankful that Tom died in a beautiful place, outdoors, doing what he loved. We are comforted that Tom has been returned to our mom. Tom hated conflict. We will always miss his kind, loving, gentle, generous spirit, as well as his “Missoula ponytail.”
Tom is survived by his father, John (girlfriend, Pam Bolnick) of Woodbury;. sisters, Michelle (Dave) Luce of Billings and Andrea of Minneapolis; brothers, Chris (fiancÈe, Kim Kovanda) of Helena and Brian (fiancÈe, Kelly Lallum) of Stillwater, Minn. Tom had a nephew, Donovan Luce, and nieces, Claire and Julia Luce. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins, and many, very special friends. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Bud and Hazel Ackerman, grandparents, Ray and Hortense Korb, and our mother, Betty.
Visitation in Billings will begin Wednesday evening, June 7, at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist. Rosary will be held at St. Thomas Catholic Church on Thursday, June 8, 7p.m. Funeral Mass will also be celebrated at St. Thomas on Friday, June 9, 10 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at Holy Cross cemetery. A Memorial Service will also be held at the Woodbury Community Church, on Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. Memorials can be made to the Thomas P. Ackerman Scholarship Fund, First Interstate Bank, 401 N. 31st Street, PO Box 30918, Billings, MT 59116-0918.
James N. Bailey
James N. Bailey, 94, of Billings, formerly of Rosebud Creek, died June 3, 2000, at Aspen Meadows Nursing Home in Billings.
Jim was born Aug. 28, 1905, on the Henry Bailey ranch on Rosebud Creek, the son of Henry N. and Alice Lynch Bailey. He attended elementary school at the McKay School and spent a year at the Automotive Trade School in Kansas City, Mo. The rest of his years were spent at the Rosebud Hereford Ranch, until he moved to Billings in 1998.
On Dec. 31, 1931, Jim married
Mary Elizabeth Nugent in Miles City. He was a lifelong member of the Knights of Columbus and the BPOE in Miles City. Jim founded the Diamond, Mont., telephone exchange in the 1950s.
His wife, Mary, preceded him in death in October 1999. He is survived by two sons, Dr. James H. Bailey and his wife, Sharon of Great Falls, Don Bailey and wife, Connie of Rosebud Creek; his daughter, Mary Ann Lammers and husband, Duane of Corvallis, Ore.; eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Jim was preceded in death by his parents; brother, John Lynch Bailey; and two sisters, Margaret Broadus and Minnie Egan.
A rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 9, at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Colstrip. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 10, at the St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with interment to follow at the Lee cemetery on Rosebud Creek. Memorials may be made to the Rosebud County Museum Construction Fund, c/o First Interstate Bank of Colstrip, P.O. Box 39, Colstrip, MT 59323. Beals Mortuary of Forsyth is assisting the family with the arrangements.
