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Stephen Two Two Jr.
BUTTE – Stephen “Steve” Two Two Jr., formerly of Ashland, died on Tuesday, June 6, 2000, in a Butte hospital.
A feast celebrating Steve’s life was held Thursday at the Butte Native American Indian Alliance at 2:30 p.m. Vigil services will be held on Sunday, June 11, at 8 p.m. at the St. Labre Mission in Ashland. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 12, at the St. Labre Mission in Ashland. Military graveside services will follow in the Two Two family cemetery near Ashland. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge.
Sarah Ann Wyrick
BAKER – Sarah Ann Wyrick, 89, of Baker, passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at the Fallon Medical Complex in Baker.
She was born on April 6, 1911, in Chadron, Neb., the daughter of James and Margaret Guidinger Young. She grew up in Nebraska and graduated from the Assumption Academy in 1929. Sarah attended Normal School in Sheridan, Wyo., and Chadron and receiving her Montana teaching certificate in 1935 in Billings. She recertified in 1965 after attending school in Miles City.
Sarah taught in a number of rural schools in the Kirby and Baker areas. She married
Harold Wyrick on June 29, 1935, in Forsyth, and in 1940 they bought their first ranch near Kirby. They lived there until 1944 when they bought the present Wyrick ranch north of Baker. She continued to live on the ranch until September of 1999 when she moved into the Fallon Medical Complex in Baker.
Sarah was a member of the St. John’s Catholic Church, the Republican Party, a member of the Big Hill Homemakers club, Baker Cowbelles, Altar Society and the Catholic Daughters. Sarah enjoyed crossword puzzles, music, gardening, flowers, quilt making, making stuffed toys and most of all her grandkids.
Survivors include four sons, Dale (Juanita) Wyrick of Helena, Don (Allison) Wyrick of Baker, Jim (Linda) Wyrick of Boulder and Ken (Molly) GaleWyrick of Amery, Wis.; four daughters, Anna (Don) Salvo of Billings, Jean (Jerry) Gonsioroski of Baker, Dorothy (Leonard) Beckers of Baker, Sarah (Marlin) Maynard of Gillette; two brothers, Joe Young of Longview, Wash., and John Young of Decker, Mont.; three sisters, Mary Young of Busby, Adeline Rice of Renton, Wash., and LaRena Adsit of Decker; 37 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren. Her parents, her husband and three brothers, Jess, Charlie and LaRue preceded her in death.
A Rosary Vigil will be held on Monday, June 12, at 7 p.m. in the Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. A Christian Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, June 13 at 11a.m. in the St. John’s Catholic Church with Father Thomas Tobin officiating. Burial will be in the St. John’s Catholic cemetery in Baker. Stevenson Funeral Home of Baker is in charge of the arrangements.
Doris Roys Bentzen
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. –Doris Bentzen, age 88, recently of Apple Valley, passed away May 29, 2000. Doris was born in Bozeman, Mont., and lived most of her first 46 years there. She moved to Helena, Mont., in 1957 and then to Apple Valley in 1996.
She was preceded in death by husband, Donald H. Bentzen; two sons, Robert and Paul Bentzen; and grandson, Jeremy Moors. She is survived by son Donald (Carolyn) Bentzen, Summerville, S.C.; daughters, Judee (Fred) Moors, of Lakeville, Lois (Bob) Wynecoop, Apple Valley; daughter-in-law, Shirley Bentzen, Helena; grandchildren, Jill (Scott) Henry, Helena, James Moors (Ann Maxwell), all of Duluth, and Kerry Wynecoop and Keith Wynecoop, both of Apple Valley; three great-grandchildren and many friends.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 10, at 10 a.m., at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Helena, internment following at 3 p.m. at Sunset Hills in Bozeman. Memorials preferred to Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church, Helena, MT or to donor's choice.
Lloyd Berg
BOZEMAN –Lloyd Berg, 85, longest-serving professor in MSU’s history, died of cancer June 5, 2000, in Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. He was born Aug. 8, 1914, in Paterson, N.J., the oldest child of Olav Berg, a chemical engineer, and Anita Schneider, a conceit pianist.
Lloyd graduated in 1936 from Lehigh University where he served as captain and pitcher for the baseball team and was a member of Theta Xi fraternity. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1942.
He served with the U.S. Army from 1936-42, working with Gulf Research developing tank fuel for WWII. While working for Gulf, he taught evenings at the University of Pittsburgh. When the war ended in 1945, he realized teaching was his mission and began teaching chemical engineering at the University of Kansas.
In 1946, Lloyd was hired to establish a chemical engineering department at MSU. He remained as chairman until 1979 but continued on the Chem E faculty until his death. While at MSU, Lloyd was a consultant for Exxon, Conoco, Husky Oil (for whom he built a coke plant in Red Lodge), Phillips Petroleum, Champion International, Celanese Chemical Co. and the U.S. Department of Energy. He contributed numerous articles to professional journals, was listed in Who’s Who in America and was inducted into the Montana Inventors Hall of Fame.
During his 33 years as department head, Dr. Berg was ever the advocate for students, constantly recruiting, counseling, and tracking down scholarships. Early on, he was supporter of women entering chemical engineering, and during the ’70s the department set national records for numbers of women receiving chemical engineering degrees. After retirement as department chair, Lloyd concentrated his research efforts in the field of extractive and azeotropic distillation, a field in which he had over 250 patents.
In 1990, he formed Brix-Berg Company, and a plant is scheduled for opening in Iceland this August utilizing technologies he developed. His ashes will be making the trip. In 1984, he received the Blue and Gold Award for distinguished service to MSU and the state of Montana; in 1989 the Berg Conference Room was dedicated to him in Cobleigh Hall; in 1996, he was honored for 50 years of teaching at MSU.
Lloyd married
his high school sweetheart, Edna Barrowclough, Jan. 1, 1938, in Paterson. He loved to sat that this was the luckiest event of his life. Every weekend they took off hiking, skiing or canoeing, and Edna wondered if he’d ever settle down. He thought when they moved to Bozeman that he’d arrived in the Garden of Eden and took full advantage of the multitude of recreational opportunities available. With his wife and children, he loved to hike, climb mountains. and ski.
In the 50s when his children were young, “Mr. Berg” taught baseball skills to all the kids in the South Third neighborhood every summer night and was instrumental in starting the Little League and Babe Ruth programs in Bozeman. During the past 25 years, he enjoyed participating in road races and cheering on Edna to national age-group running records. He also enjoyed handball and tennis with friends, classical music, reading history and biography, and getting beaten in Scrabble by Edna.
He is survived by his wife, Edna, of Bozeman; two daughters, Sally Daer (Tom), Missoula and Annie Cicale (Bob), Asheville, N.C.; a son, John Berg (Carolyn Boyd), Laurel; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Charlie; brother, Quentin Berg, and sister, Solveig Grier.
A service celebrating Lloyd’s life will be held Saturday, June 10, 11 a.m. at MSU’s Strand Union Building, Ballroom A. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be contributed to the Lloyd Berg Chemical Engineering Scholarship Fund, c/o MSU Foundation, 1501 S. 11th, Bozeman, 59717; or to the Big Sky Wind Drinkers, P.O. Box 1766, Bozeman, 59717.
Mary Ann ‘Gert’ Bohnen
On June 5, 2000, our beloved mother and wife went to be with her Lord. She was born Jan. 31, 1943, to Mildred and Alfred Rost in Madison, Wis., and was raised in Lewiston, Minn.
In 1966, she married
Larry Bohnen and together they raised three wonderful children. She was a devoted mother and wife, always supportive of all the family ventures. Her genuine caring and concern for her family and friends will be greatly missed. Throughout her courageous battle with cancer, (starting in 1988) her positive attitude and selflessness shone through. She touched the lives of all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Dickie, her father, Alfred, and her sister, Karen. Survivors include her loving husband, Larry V. Bohnen Sr.; mother, Mildred Rost of Lewiston; oldest son, Larry V. Bohnen Jr. (Beano) and his wife, Sara; middle son, Randall Alfred Bohnen; and youngest child, daughter, Natalie Ann Bohnen; nephew, Jay Voorhees and his wife, Amy; grandson, Shaun Michael Skow; mother-in-law, Elna Bohnen-Rockwell and her husband, Rocky Rockwell, her beautiful, playful puppy, Gretchen and numerous other family members.
Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 9, at Atonement Lutheran Church, 407 Wicks Lane. Memorials may be sent to Atonement Lutheran Church or the Northern Rockies Cancer Center, 1049 N. 29th St. in Billings.
Antonio ‘Tony’ DeAvila
Our brother and uncle, Antonio “Tony” DeAvila left us to be with the Lord. He battled cancer for a short time and died early Tuesday morning, June 6, 2000, at St. Vincent Hospital.
Tony was born to June Morning Bearcrane Sept. 18, 1948, and was adopted by Honnori and Leonarda DeAvila. He was a member of the Crow Tribe and was of the Greasy Mouth Clan.
Tony attended Little Flower School during his grade school years and graduated from Central High School. During his high schools years, he played golf, football, and basketball for Central. He earned a basketball scholarship to Duke University in 1965 but, decided to attend Eastern Montana College (MSU-B) and completed two years.
Tony served in the army during the Vietnam conflict. He had a lot of respect for life and did not believe in killing, so he chose to be a medic. As a medic in the 1st Cavalry he earned a bronze star for pulling a wounded soldier from a burning tank. He successfully completed his service and was honorably discharged in Feb. 19, 1971.
Tony had a kind heart and was a caring person. He had many friends and his intelligence contributed to his popularity among them. Some of his closest friends were members of the Fisher family and a long-time friend, Jessie Briceno.
Tony is survived by his brothers, Earl (Rosie) Bearcrane of Billings and Alex (Harriet) Bearcrane Sr. of Hardin and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother, June Morning Bearcrane, and his adoptive parents, Honnori and Leonarda DeAvila.
Funeral services will held at Smith Downtown Chapel at 11 a.m. Friday, June 9. Interment will be in the Bearcrane family cemetery.
Raymond John Degenhart
Raymond John Degenhart, 78, of Billings, passed away Monday, June 5, 2000, at his home. Ray was born in Billings on Aug. 29, 1921, to Adam and Helen (Lambrecht) Degenhart, the first born of ten. He grew up on the family farm in the Billings Heights and graduated from Billings Senior High School, where he was very good in athletics and usually took first place in the threshing bees. After graduation, he farmed with his dad.
He married
Evelyn Crossfield on June 10, 1944. They enjoyed their life on the farm and loved going to dances every weekend. After his dad retired in 1956, he established the Double R Dairy with his brother, Roy. They built up one of the highest milk-producing Holstein herds in the state.
He was an avid outdoorsman and liked camping, hunting, and fishing. In his early years, he really enjoyed hunting ducks and pheasants and later in life became an adept ice fisherman. He loved to garden and was known for his excellent sweet corn. In 1989, Ray received the Bright and Beautiful Award for his flower garden. He was a skilled woodworker, creating picture frames, wooden lamps, birdhouses, oak furniture and assorted craft items for his family and friends. He was also a beekeeper who received numerous awards for his honey at the Yellowstone County Fair. Ray also enjoyed raising exotic pheasants.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Elks and Moose. He was a member and past president of the Eastern Montana Beekeepers Association and the Holland Drain.
Ray will be remembered by his wife and children as a loving/caring husband and father. He was preceded in death by his parents, Adam and Helen; sisters, Mary and Elnor, and a brother, John. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; four children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren: Sheri and Nick Kisch (Robert and Edie Kisch [Sarah and Samantha] and Wade); Diane and Ron Kostelecky (Ronson and Chase); Nick Degenhart; and Darah and Moses Moore (Ezra). He is also survived by three sisters and three brothers: Margaret Schnurr, Sister Lucille Degenhart, Beverly Martin, Albert Degenhart, Roy Degenhart, Dan Degenhart.
A vigil service is planned for Friday, June 9, at 7 p.m. at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Bernard’s Church at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 10.
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist has charge of arrangements.
Donations may be made to the Parkinsons Disease Foundation, William Black Medical Building, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032-9982 or to a charity of your choice.
Chester Dore
SIDNEY – Chester Dore, 80, died Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 10, at the Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Fairview cemetery. Fulkerson Funeral Home is in charge.
Robert Raymond Emmons
Born and Raised in Billings, Mont.
January 16, 1942 to June 1, 2000
Robert passed away at home with family and friends after a long battle with cancer.
Robert was raised on Garden Avenue with his family and attended Senior High School. He helped his father and brothers clean Streeter Brothers Office and a bowling alley until he entered the Army in 1959. A military veteran, Robert served in Korea from 1959 to 1960. He ended his service in November of 1962.
After returning home Robert worked for Saunders Lumber Yard, Reiter’s Marina, Bob Jan’s Body Shop and a variety of other odd jobs. He then started his own business, B&D Body Shop. After that, Robert moved on to work at Billings Chrysler as a shop foreman, then Conoco Oil and Garret Freight.
In later years, Robert tended bar, served as a bouncer and swamped at local bars such as the 17 Club, the Red Rooster, Acton Bar and the Corral. He was also a member of the AFL/CIO and Teamsters and part owner of Thompson River Ranch Bar of Thompson Falls.
In his younger years, Robert raised Appaloosa horses and rode in horse shows on his stallion Mean-O-Hombre in full Indian dress that his mother, Irene, made. They won many awards. He was also a 4-H leader for the Shepherd Roadrunners 4-H Club.
Robert had a vast array of hobbies in his life. He enjoyed everything from boating, car racing, horses, to building western style lamps. He loved dancing to country western music, the oldies but goodies. The Montana outdoors were his favorite place for him to be. Summer time meant you could find him camping or fishing somewhere. But nothing surpassed his love of vintage Fords and Lincoln Continentals.
Robert was preceded in death by both sets of grandparents, Raymond M. and Julia C. Emmons and Charlie and Irene Orth, and his father, Raymond R. Emmons. He is survived by his mother, Irene R. Emmons; his wife of 13 years, Mary J. (Allen) Emmons; his first wife and their children, MaryAnn Emmons, Holly and Bill Reitler (Casey, Derek, and Kyle) all of Billings, Renee and Alan Eller (Luke) of Chino, Calif., and Robert and Abbey Emmons of Billings; his three step-children and their families, Barron and Cathie Tipps (Jordan, Karli, Tabatha and Mitch) of Billings, Dale and Colleen Toliver (Hannah, Holland and Truman) of Spokane, Wash., and Buzzy Toliver of Billings. Robert also leaves behind his brother, Larry Emmons of Cody, Wyo., brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Dianne Emmons (Rich and Brian) of Billings, sister and brother-in-law, Candice and David Albin (Andrea) of Billings, and half-sister, Raella Rhodes of Baltimore, Md. He also leaves behind many, any friends who loved and cared for him deeply.
Many thanks are sent to those family and friends that helped his wife, M.J. (Mary) through these past few weeks. The phone calls and visits were deeply appreciated by both Robert and M.J.
Any memorials may be sent to Billings Hospice and the Jeff Harnish Memorial Foundations. They are angels on earth.
“In a whisper on the wind, on the smile of a new friend, just think of me and I’ll be there.”
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 14, in his yard at 156 Garden Ave. A potluck reception will follow the service. Military rites will be by the American Legion Post No. 4.
George ‘Bud’ Hansen
EKALAKA – George “Bud” Hansen, 78, of Ekalaka, formerly of Roundup, died June 6, 2000, at Eagle Cliff Manor in Billings.
Bud was born on May 13, 1922, near Klein, to Chris and Helen Hansen. Bud attended country school and graduated from Klein High School in 1940. Following graduation, Bud entered into the Army Air Force and served in the European Theater completing 45 missions over Germany.
Bud married
Eloise Liffrig of Melstone on Jan. 30, 1954. To this union came five children. They made their home in Roundup where Bud owned and operated Hansen Construction. Years later, Bud and his three sons continued the Construction Business in Columbus. Throughout the years Bud also owned ranches in Roundup, Big Timber and Ekalaka.
Bud served as a commander of an Army Reserve Unit in Roundup. He was also a long time member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. While in Roundup, Bud was an active member of the Saint Benedict Catholic Church and received his Fourth Degree in the Knights of Columbus. He was also a member of the Elks and Moose Lodges in Billings.
Bud enjoyed working hard whether it was on the ranch or operating heavy equipment. He also truly enjoyed any opportunity to go dancing. Bud loved his family and as the grandchildren came he enjoyed taking time to rock them on his knee.
Bud was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Rita, Annabel, and Marion. Survivors include his loving wife, Eloise, of Ekalaka; his children: Rita (Jim) Turley of Billings, Chris, Georgia (Mark) Bruski, Vic (Leigh) Hansen and Michael (Penny) Hansen, all of Ekalaka; 10 grandchildren; a sister, Catherine Stephenson of Billings; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The Vigil will be at Saint Benedict’s Catholic Church at 7 p.m. in Roundup on Sunday, June 11. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, June 12, at 11 a.m. in Roundup at Saint Benedict’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow at the Roundup cemetery.
Memorials can be sent to the Ekalaka EMT’s or the Ekalaka Ambulance Fund c/o First National Bank of Ekalaka or the Carter County Museum.
Wier Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Robert D. Hunter
SIDNEY – Funeral services for Robert D. Hunter, 51, formerly of Fairview, Mont., will be 10 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2000, at the Zion Lutheran Church, with Pastor Larry Quanbeck officiating. Interment will be in the Fairview cemetery, under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Robert Dale Hunter was born in Sidney on May 18, 1949, to parents Curtis Maurice and Vera Margaret (Breitling) Hunter. He was raised and attended schools in Fairview and attended Eastern Montana College in Billings before moving to Portland, Ore., where he worked for the BLM.
Bob entered the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam, returned home in 1971, and was honorably discharged May 1, 1975. Bob was united in marriage to Brenda Frison at the Zion Lutheran Church, Fairview, on June 10, 1972. He attended Area-Tech in Cheyenne, Wyo., and received an A.A. degree in AMP Aviation Mechanics. He worked for Merlin Express in Williston, N.D., from 1990-1995, then Richland Aviation and farmed with his father, Curtis Hunter.
Bob was on the hospital board for six years, very active in the Sidney Hockey Association for 11 years. Bob especially enjoyed playing with his grandchildren and enjoyed hunting, fishing, aviation and farming.
Bob died Sunday, June 4, 2000, at the Sidney Health Center, Sidney.
Bob is survived by his parents, Curtis and Vera Hunter, of Fairview; son, Michael, of Sidney; daughters, Karla Hunter and Lacey Schepens, both of Sidney; brothers, Milo Hunter of Sidney and Morris Hunter of Aberdeen, Wash.; sister, Sandra Iverson of Gillette, Wyo.; two grandchildren, Taylor Schepens and Emily Hunter.
He was preceded in death by his uncles, George Hunter and Frank
