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Alicia Kae DeMary
SIDNEY — Funeral services for Alicia Kae DeMary, 16, of Sidney, will be 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the Pella Lutheran Church, Sidney, with Pastory Maryann Morgenstern officiating. Music will be providing by Shirley, Tom Qualley and Toby Holm. Casketbearers will be: Steve Ohlin, Darren Earles, Brad Harris and Darrel Berglund. Honorary Casketbearers will be Ashley DeMary, sister; Alec and Austin DeMary, brothers. Ushers will be Carla Berg and Geri Willer. Under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Alicia was born on Aug. 3, 1985, to parents Ronald DeMary and Traci Lorash in Sidney. She grew up and attended schools in Sidney.
Alicia enjoyed going for walks, listening to music, being with family, friends and reading books.
Alicia died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, at the Sidney Health Center.
Alicia is survived by her mother, Traci; and stepfather, Mike Berglund; brothers, Alec and Austin DeMary; and sister, Ashley DeMary, all of the family home, Sidney; father, Ronald DeMary; grandparents, Betsy Earles, Max and Karen DeMary, Ron and Kathy Berglund; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her Grandpa Victor, Grandma Ella and Grandma Doris.
Delbert Stanley Bowman
Delbert Stanley Bowman, our loving father, grandfather, brother and uncle, of Billings, formerly of Newell, S.D., and Terry, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, surrounded by loved ones. He was 63. Delbert was born on June 11, 1938, the son of Gordon and Gwen Bowman, in St. Lawrence, S.D.
Delbert’s favorite lifetime pursuit was raising honeybees. He worked as a beekeeper in South Dakota and then later owned and operated his own beekeeping operation with his family in Montana.
Delbert and Pat Camp were married
in Miles City. He and his family resided in Terry from 1972 to 1988 and also lived in Miles City, Glendive, Terry, Bigfork and Billings. They also lived in Jesup, Ga., while he successfully accomplished a new endeavor of learning how to raise his own queen bees. The Bowmans’ home was always open to anyone who had nowhere else to go on holidays. They also had several adopted family members throughout the years who were taken in under their wings, loved, housed and employed. Delbert relished spending time with his two “spoiled” dogs, his family and friends. He is lovingly remembered for his devotion to his family, his unique sense of humor and practical jokes.
Delbert was preceded in death by his wife, Pat; and his father and mother. He is survived by his son, Dan Bowman and Windy Young of Billings; his daughter, Linda Kramer and Bret of Windsor, Colo.; and his daughter Vicki Reukaf and Lon of Terry. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Taylor Patricia Kramer and Thane and Lynze Reukauf; two brothers, Don Bowman and wife Alice of Belle Fourche, S.D., and Richard Bowman and wife Arlene, also of Belle Fourche; and one sister, Dixie Justice and her husband Bob of Glendive. Delbert is also survived by several cousins, nieces, nephews and two special friends, Ruth Schatz and Allen Shrader, both of Billings.
Visitation will begin Thursday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m., at the chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Terry. Funeral services will be held Friday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m., in the Community Presbyterian Church in Terry. Interment will follow in the family lot in the Prairie County cemetery. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Terry is in charge of the arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Ruth Mittelstadt Arnott
GLASGOW — Ruth Mittelstadt Arnott, 91, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Hinsdale Lutheran Church. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge.
Patricia K. Woody
Patricia K. Woody, age 73, passed away Tuesday morning, Oct. 16, 2001, at Western Manor, where she was receiving rehabilitation efforts from a massive stroke she suffered on Sept. 14. Pat was born an only child to Kenneth Kay Burke and Callie Shoemaker Burke in Cody, Wyo., on Jan. 16, 1928.
Her mother, Callie, raised Pat from the age of 5 with the help of Pat’s adoptive father, Tony R. Chesarek, of Belfry. On May 12, 1946, the same spring Pat graduated from Belfry High, she married
Walter Woody, Jr., of Red Lodge. The marriage celebrated 50 years before Walt’s death in 1996. Together, Pat and Walt resided with their two children, John (Randy) Woody and Linda Woody Gordon in Red Lodge until 1959, when the family moved to Billings.
Pat was a beautiful, intelligent, admired and energetic lady. Music, gardening and flowers, her family and her friends brought her an abundance of joy. She loved beautiful things, nature, dancing and joyfulness. Pat spent over 30 years of her career life as a paralegal with the Keefer Law firm and loved her work. Over the years, her membership and involvement in Magic City Singers, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church choir, Soroptimist International of Billings, Billings Studio Theater and PEO, among others, gave her the means to use her musical talents and intellectual abilities to give back to her community in a meaningful way.
And if I go, while you’re still here ... know that I live on,
Vibrating to a different measure — behind a veil.
You will not see me, so you must have faith.
I will wait for the time when we can soar together again —
Both aware of each other.
Until then, live your life to it fullest and when you need me,
Just whisper my name in your heart — I will be there.
Pat is survived by her daughter Linda and husband Greg Gordon of Billings; her son, Randy Woody of Winnemucca, Nev.; two grandsons, Zane Gordon, Kennewick Wash., and Jake Gordon, Seattle; two granddaughters, Colby Woody, Sheridan, Wyo., and Brandy Davis, Champlain, Minn.; one great-grandson, Cord Hunter Woody; one great-granddaughter, Lauren McKinzy Gordon; her companion, George Klepich of Red Lodge and many other wonderful friends.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1241 Crawford Drive, Billings, on Friday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. Donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary has charge of arrangements.
Zachary Jacob Hostetler
GLENDIVE – Zachary Jacob Hostetler, age 9, of Glendive, died on Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, at the Glendive Medical Center.
A memory service for family and friends will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Assembly of God Church, with Pastors Don Fercho and Allen Bouslaugh officiating. Interment will be in the Dawson Memorial cemetery. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.
Zachary was born on March 10, 1992, in Glendive, the son of Norman Gene and Karen “Sue” (Lapp) Hostetler, and attended Jefferson School in Glendive, Lincoln School in Baker and was attending Lincoln Elementary School in Glendive at the time of his death.
Zach loved fishing, hunting, camping and sports and he enjoyed being a part of his brother Shayne’s derby cars and derbies. He loved spending time with his family and friends.
Zach was preceded in death by his grandmother and one cousin.
Survivors include his parents, Norman and Sue Hostetler of Glendive; his sisters, Heidi Sifuentes and her husband Tim of Schweinfurt, Germany, Lisa Smotherman and her husband Gabriel of Forsyth and Brooke Hostetler of Glendive; his brothers, Shayne Hostetler and his fiancee Paige Kinsey of Glendive, Tyler Hostetler of Glendive and his girlfriend Amber Roberts of Broadus and Jon Hostetler of Glendive; his maternal grandfather, Willis Lapp and his wife Darlene of Glendive; his paternal grandparents, George and Verna Hostetler of Glendive; four nieces; one nephew and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Evelyn B. Thompson
WINIFRED – Evelyn B. (Kjorlien) Thompson, 75, of Winifred, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001, at her home.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the American Lutheran Church in Winifred. Interment will follow in the Winifred cemetery. Cloyd Funeral Home of Lewistown is in charge.
Lorraine M. Ruffatto
LEWISTOWN – Lorraine (Slim) M. Ruffatto, 76, passed away Nov. 11, 2001, at the Central Montana Skilled Nursing Center in Lewistown.
She was born Aug. 18, 1925, in Troy, and grew up in Havre. During and after high school, Lorraine worked as a depot operator for the Great Northern Railroad in many towns along the Hi-Line.
She met James E. Ruffatto while working as a depot agent in Brockton. They were married
after the war in 1946 in Sidney, and later moved to Brockton, and then Poplar, where they raised one daughter, Sherry. Lorraine was a homemaker while her husband farmed and operated a tanker trucking business. She was widowed in 1983.
Lorraine moved from Poplar to Lewistown in 1997 to be closer to her daughter and son-in-law. Although she dearly missed her friends in Poplar, she enjoyed her life and new friends in Lewistown. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Poplar and continued her faith by reading the Bible, until her eyesight failed, and praying the rosary. She enjoyed family, home, traveling, reading and was known for her pleasant and appreciative mannerisms.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Jerry Hanley of Lewistown; her granddaughter Jamie of California; and her grandson Jason of Kansas City; three brothers, Sam and Monique Purkett of California, Ron Purkett of Lewistown and George and Shirley Purkett of Idaho; five sisters, Lillie Gay (Tootie) Whitaker of Havre, Ollie May (Pinky) and Bob Guy of Great Falls, Geraldine (Geri) and Hal Sanders of California, Gloria and Gene Brinkman of North Dakota and Linda Javaherian of California; sisters-in-law Marie and George Wilson and Grace and Bud Howe of Washington; brother-in-law Dave and Karen Ruffatto of Sidney; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, father, mother and stepfather, one brother, and close sister-in-law, Betty Ruffatto.
A rosary vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Clayton Memorial Chapel in Poplar, with funeral services at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Our Lady of Lourdes of Poplar. Interment will follow in the Poplar City cemetery. Father Michael Schneider will officiate.
Memorials may be sent to the Central Montana Skilled Nursing Center, 408 Wendell Ave., Lewistown, MT 59457, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, PO Box 187, Poplar, MT 59255, or the charity of donor’s choice.
Clayton Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point is in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Collins O’Donnell
ELK GROVE, Calif. – Elizabeth Collins O’Donnell passed away Oct. 29, 2001, in California, from natural causes. She was born May 30, 1906, to Grace Cheney and Frank Collins near Belgrade, Mont.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Dolores and Don Kelso of Apache Junction, Ariz., along with three grandchildren, David Kelson of Brisbane, Australia, Susan Tharp of Elk Grove, and Gary Kelso of Monroe, Wash.; five great-grandchildren, Rachel and Katie Kelso of Monroe, Jennifer and Michael Kelso of Australia and Rob Tharp and her great-great-grandson Channing Tharp of Moscow, Idaho; one nephew, Bud Lilly; and numerous grandnieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Lyle and Arthur Collins; sisters Kate Marie Collins and Violet Lilly.
She was a great-great-granddaughter of Montana pioneer Granny Yates. Elizabeth was a teacher and supervisor of the mentally challenged schools of Billings for approximately 30 years.
Cremation has taken place and services will be at Meadowview cemetery, Manhattan, Mont., in the summer.
Amy Vadnais
BISMARCK, N.D. – Amy Vadnais, 91, of Bismarck, formerly of Laurel, Mont., passed away in Bismarck, Monday, Nov. 12, 2001.
She was born April 22, 1910, in Red Willow, Alberta, Canada, to Thomas and Maud Warren Sears.
She worked in Couts, Alberta, as a teenager, where she met and married
O. N. “Bud” Vadnais. They lived in Sweet Grass and then moved to Laurel, where Bud was employed at the refinery until his death in 1961.
Amy cared for her father in her home at Laurel, until his death in 1970. She married
Arthur Schneider in 1974 and they lived in Milton Freewater, Ore., until Arthur’s death in 1989. Amy moved back to Laurel and lived by herself until January of 2000, when she went to live with her son in Bismarck.
Amy is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Lloyd and Donna of San Miguel, Calif., and Bruce and Linda of Bismarck; former daughter-in-law, Judy Vadnais of Washington state; nephews and nieces, Mary Vadnais of Billings, and Terry and Marge Smith of Billings. Amy also had seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Amy was preceded in death by her husbands; one son, Lance Vadnais of Aberdeen, S.D.; two sisters and three brothers.
Amy was a charter member of the Grace Bible Church of Laurel, and had requested any memorials be made to the church.
Services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Smith Funeral Chapel-Laurel. Interment will be in the Laurel cemetery.
Donald Lloyd Merritt
HELENA – Donald Lloyd Merritt, age 69, of Helena, died early Saturday morning, Nov. 10, 2001, in Helena. A tribute to the life of Don Merritt will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Retz Funeral Home Chapel with Gabe Brennan presiding.
Don left behind a better world simply by his presence in it. He fully embraced the outdoors, whether it be cutting firewood, fishing, floating rivers or enjoying his special affinity to bridges.
Don was as loyal a man no one could ever find, which was demonstrated by his constant helping hand, close and true friendships and his deep devotion to his only child – daughter Deven and granddaughter Rachael.
He enjoyed playing pool, watching sports, puttering around home and taking occasional road trips in search of the ultimate cheeseburger and Don could really “cut a rug.”
His intensely dry and quick wit was matched by no one and most often you had to study his droll expression to discover whether he was serious or kidding. His sense of humor was truly unique and one-of-a-kind.
Don brought laughter as well as wisdom to those intertwined in his life. Don was an independent and solitary man who lived life on his own terms, always remaining true to himself.
He served his country during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Germany. He returned to Montana and began a lifetime career with Mountain Bell, retiring in 1989.
Don’s parents, Clifton and Adeline Merritt of Billings, preceded him in death. He is survived by his daughter Deven and granddaughter Rachael of Helena; and several cousins and many dear friends.
Don, we will miss your love, advice, humor and philosophy and we will carry on in your honor and memory.
