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JOHN MURPHY
John "Jack" N. Murphy, 66, died Jan. 25, 2003, at a Helena hospital after a battle with cancer.
Cremation has taken place.
A service will be held at the VFW Club in Havre at 2 p.m. Thursday. A luncheon will follow the service. Jack was born Jan. 3, 1937, to Margaret Faber and Timothy Murphy, he was raised at the Murphy ranch south of Chinook. He joined the Army in 1955 and was honorably discharged in 1957. He married
Carolyn Woronik in 1969. They resided south of Chinook. In 1988 they purchased the Ranger Bar in Dupuyer. The ranch was in operation until 2001.
During his lifetime, Jack enjoyed rodeo and he was a rather good mechanic.
He was preceded in death by his parents and by his wife, Carolyn, who died in 2002.
Survivors include sister, Kathleen Kaluza; mother-in-law, Dorothy Woronik; daughters, Sandra (Mike) Friede, Pamela (Steve) Parsons; sons, Timothy (Akemi) Murphy and Reece (Nicole) Murphy; and seven grandchildren.
GEORGE ZOREN
George P. Zoren, 80, and retired veteran, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, at a Havre hospital of natural causes.
Cremation has taken place. A private family service has taken place.
Memorials in George's honor may be made to a person's choice.
Services and arrangements are under the direction of the Holland and Bonine Funeral Home.
George was born Feb. 22, 1922, to Vincent and Agnes Zoren at Little Falls, Minn. He attended grade school and high school there. After high school graduation, he entered in to the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was assigned to England while he was in the service.
While serving there, he met his wife Betty Bateman. She was in the British navy. They were married
Dec. 12, 1944, in Bedford, England. He served his country during both World War II and the Korean War. He served his country for 21 years.
George was an avid fisherman who enjoyed fishing with family and friends.
George was preceded in death by his parents, Vincent and Agnes Zoren; sister, Loretta Eckman; brothers, Tom, Paul, Ray, and John Zoren.
Survivors include his wife, Betty (Bateman) Zoren of Havre; daughters, Vicky Donner and Eddie Colling of Havre, Beverly (James) Tyranoski of Mandan, N.D., Pat (James) Tomte of Everett, Wash., and Debbie (Brian) Lerner of Medicine Hat, Alberta; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
JOHN ASKVOLD
HAVRE - John Askvold Jr., 85, a World War II veteran and retired Pharmacist, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at a Havre hospital.
Memorial services will take place at a later date. Cremation has taken place.
Adams Funeral Home and Hi-Line Crematory are in charge of arrangements.
MARLIN SPICHER
JOPLIN - Marlin C. "Sonny" Spicher, 58, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, after a seven-year battle with leukemia.
Cremation has taken place. There will be a memorial service at a later date.
He was born Dec. 25, 1944.
Sonny farmed at Joplin and Hingham until his illness forced him to retire a few years ago. He was a true family man whose whole life was wrapped around his family and his faith.
Sonny became a snowbird and wintered in Nevada, where he was at the time of his death.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Sonny leaves behind: his wife of 35 years, Karen Spicher; three sons, Randy (Ann) Spicher, Daron (Kim) Spicher, Jerry (Laurie) Spicher; one daughter, Sunni (Adam) Buchanan; four grandchildren; three brothers; and four sisters.
Arrangements were made under the direction of Spilsbury & Beard Mortuary in St. George, Utah, (435) 673-2454.
PETER DAHLEN
Peter "Russ" Dahlen, 80, of Twin Valley, Minn., died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, at a Fargo, N.D., hospital.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Twin Valley. Visitation will be at the Anderson Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday. There also will be visitation one hour before the funeral service at the church. Interment will be at Twin Valley Memorial Garden cemetery, Twin Valley, Minn.
Dahlen was born on March 16, 1922, on a farm east of Borup, Minn., to Julian and Clara M. (Ryding) Dahlen. He grew up and attended country school in that area and worked for area farmers.
Pete entered the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp at International Falls, Minn., during the 1930s. He was a merchant marine during World War II and worked in the boiler room on a ship that served in several places around the world.
Following his return home, he married
Irene Hasz at Ada, Minn., in 1948. They bought a farm where they raised cattle and farmed. They then lived near Ada and later in the Twin Valley area. He owned a shoe shop in Twin Valley for a short time before it was destroyed by fire. Pete also worked in construction and in 1965 bought a farm northeast of Twin Valley that he operated until 1976. He then moved to east of Twin Valley where he lived until moving in the Valley Pine Apartments in Twin Valley in 1996.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Twin Valley. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and playing cards.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Duane, Edsall and Marlin; sisters, Corrine, Shirley and Iona; grandsons, Isaiah and Joey; and one great-grandchild.
Survivors include his sons, Harvey (Mary) Dahlen, Don (Linda) Dahlen, and Robert (Terri) Dahlen, all of Twin Valley; daughters, Barbara (Bob) Perry of Breckenridge, Minn., and Dianne (David) Anderson of Havre; brothers, Herbert Dahlen of Mahnomen, Minn., and Francis (Mary) Dahlen of Coon Rapids, Minn.; 18 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Anderson Funeral Home of Twin Valley, Minn.
MARLIN SPICHER
JOPLIN - Marlin C. "Sonny" Spicher, 58, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, after a seven-year battle with leukemia.
Cremation has taken place. There will be a memorial service at a later date.
He was born Dec. 25, 1944.
Sonny farmed at Joplin and Hingham until his illness forced him to retire a few years ago. He was a true family man whose whole life was wrapped around his family and his faith.
Sonny became a snowbird and wintered in Nevada, where he was at the time of his death.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Sonny leaves behind: his wife of 35 years, Karen Spicher; three sons, Randy (Ann) Spicher, Daron (Kim) Spicher, Jerry (Laurie) Spicher; one daughter, Sunni (Adam) Buchanan; four grandchildren; three brothers; and four sisters.
Arrangements were made under the direction of Spilsbury & Beard Mortuary in St. George, Utah, (435) 673-2454.
WILLIAM PRUYS
William G. "Bill" Pruys, 86, a farmer north of Havre, died Monday Feb. 10, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes.
A vigil will be 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Jude Catholic Church. A funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Jude with Fr. Robert D. Grosch officiating. There will be a fellowship luncheon sponsored by the Knights of Columbus at the St. Jude Parish Center following the funeral Mass. Burial will follow the luncheon at the Cottonwood cemetery.
Bill was born Sept. 13, 1916, to Theodore and Frances (Gerhardt) Pruys north of Havre on the family homestead, where he remained for 86 years. He attended Cottonwood No. 2 country school. On Sept. 9, 1942, Bill entered the U. S. Army during World War II. He returned to Havre to work the family farm north of Havre in the Cottonwood Community.
On Oct. 14, 1944, Bill married
Gertrude Sherman from Rudyard at the St. Jude Catholic Church in Havre.
Bill enjoyed working on the farm and ranch.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Frances (Gerhardt) Pruys, and his wife, Gertrude Jewel Sherman Pruys on May 13, 1994.
Bill is survived by his daughters, Barbara (Chuck) Lawson of Glasgow, Kathryn Reed of Adair, Okla.; sons, Theodore Pruys of north of Havre and Fr. George Pruys of Wilton, N.D.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials in Bill's honor may be made to the St. Jude Catholic Church, 440 Seventh Ave., Havre, MT 59501 or the North Central Senior Citizens Center, 2 Second St. W., Havre, MT 59501
Services and arrangements are under the direction of the Holland and Bonine Funeral Home.
ERROL FOSSEN
JOPLIN - Errol Ortas Fossen, 88, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at a Chester nursing home due to pneumonia.
A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial is to follow in Joplin cemetery.
Errol was born on the family farm south of Joplin on Aug. 28, 1914, to Otto and Edith (Holum) Fossen. He grew up in the Joplin community and received his education there. He graduated from Joplin High School in 1933. He continued his schooling at Montana State College in Bozeman, where he studied agriculture for a year, then returned to the farm. In addition to farming, the Fossens delivered fuel, coal and ice to families throughout north-central Montana.
Errol was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He served in the European-African-Middle Eastern campaign during World War II with the 76th Troop Carrier Squadron. He attained the rank of tech sergeant before his honorable discharge in 1945.
He married
Theresa A. Terwolbeck on March 5, 1946, in Havre. They lived and farmed in the Joplin community during their 57 years together and raised a family of eight children. They built a home in Joplin in 1962. They began traveling south in the late 1970s. In 1984, they purchased a winter home at Apache Junction, Ariz., where they enjoyed the past 19 seasons. Errol's health began to deteriorate in the past six months and he entered the Liberty County Nursing Home on Jan. 17.
Errol loved his life as a Montana farmer. He started farming when he was 13 and bought his first tractor in 1928. He eventually turned the farm over to his sons but never officially retired and was still climbing on grain bins and combining at 85.
Errol maintained his membership at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin, where he was baptized on Oct. 2, 1914. He belonged to the Joplin Commercial Club, Joplin Fire Department and Sons of Norway, and served on the Joplin School Board and Hill County Water District. He also was a lifetime member of the VFW, had served as director of the Liberty County Shovel Factory, and had been a member of the Joplin Community Band in his early years.
He enjoyed golfing, dancing, collecting Indian rocks, vegetable gardening and playing cards, especially whist and pinochle. He also enjoyed playing and tinkering with violins. During his quiet time, Errol liked to read, mainly newspapers and informative magazines, and to watch TV, especially the Lawrence Welk Show, Red Skelton, game shows and Westerns. Most of all, he enjoyed staying busy and fixing things around the farmstead.
Errol and Theresa enjoyed traveling and made many memorable trips to China, Norway, Germany, South America and other interesting places.
Errol was preceded in death by his parents and two grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, Theresa of Joplin; sons, Dale (Mary Ann) Fossen of Joplin, Al Fossen of Great Falls, Larry (Christy) Fossen of Inverness and Marlowe (Chelli) Fossen of Joplin; daughters, Arlene (Terry) Williams of Dillon, Trudy (Bruce) Mansfield of Joplin, Jean (Rod) Oraw of Chester and Denise (Dan) Moerkerke of Hamilton; sister, Marvel (Martin) Olsen of Deer Lodge; 24 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester.
VIOLA NESS
HINGHAM - Viola E. Ness, 75, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at a Havre hospital from complications of Parkinson's disease.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hingham Lutheran Church. Burial of ashes will be later this spring at the Kuper Memorial cemetery in Chinook.
Viola was born March 18, 1927, at Chester to Estella Jesse Skonord and Percy F. Pimley. She was raised on the Pimley homestead north of Joplin and received her formal education at Joplin and Power. In 1943, she moved to Seattle to work as a riverter for Boeing during World War II. About two years later, she moved back to Joplin to help her mother, who was recovering from surgery.
Vi met and married
Erwin "Swede" Carlson in 1948. The initially lived in Joplin and Glasgow, where he husband worked in construction. They eventually moved to Hingham, where they operated a machine shop. Vi worked as a homemaker and mother to their four sons. The marriage later ended in divorce.
Vi continued to live in Hingham, where she worked as a cook at the school for several years. In the early 1970s, she accepted a position as postmaster at the Hingham post office. She was later transferred to Libby, where she continued to work as a postal clerk.
While working in Libby, Viola met Ron Ness, who was formerly from Chinook. They were married
on Dec. 31, 1979, at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. They remained in Libby, where Vi worked for the Postal Service until her health began to fail in 1985. They decided to move back to the Hi-Line in 1992, so they bought a home in Hingham. She lived there until moving to the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre three years ago.
Viola enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing, crocheting and reading. In her quiet time, she liked to do crossword and jigsaw puzzles, play the organ and guitar, and paint freehand scenic landscapes. Vi also enjoyed traveling throughout the United States, where she could study the geology and collect rock specimens during her explorations. She also enjoyed attending rummage sales.
Viola was preceded in death by her parents and five brothers, Anson, Orville, Francis "Ike", Jesse, and Percy "Tiny" Pimley.
Survivors include her husband of 23 years, Ron Ness of Hingham; sons, Dwight (Sandy) Carlson of Kelso, Wash., Kelly (Julia) Carlson of Littleton, Colo., Stuart (Linda) Carlson of Troy and Loren (Ronda) Carlson of Havre; stepchildren, Penny (Dennis) Heilman of Lewiston, Idaho, and Rod (Sheila) Pilkington of Clarkston Wash.; brothers, Vern and Donald Pimley of Joplin; sister, Joyce Easton of Helena; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; many nephews and nieces; and her pet poodle, Toby.
Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester.
