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Aleta Husted
May 27, 1928 - Nov. 19, 2010
A long and far-reaching journey came to an end when Aleta Husted died on Nov. 19 at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Growing up in the small Eastern Montana town of Baker, Mont., Aleta graduated from the University of Montana Law School, practiced law for many years in Miles City, Mont. before changing course in mid-life after she married
Paul Husted.
She and Paul started Blue Caboose Tours and Cruises, a group travel pioneer. Together they escorted groups all over the world, including one of the first to China after relations were normalized, as well as Africa, South America, Australia-New Zealand, Europe, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, India, Russia and on and on to nearly every corner of the globe.
She was a generous and kind-hearted mother to her son, Clayton Jones, and a proud and devoted grandmother to her grandson, Matt Jones, and moved to Lodi, CA, after retiring to be closer to them. As her health declined, her final year was spent at the Wagner Heights Residential Home in Stockton, CA.
Very much a Renaissance woman, Aleta not only had a clear head for business and the law, but a passion for politics, the arts, good food and drink, and everything going on in the world around her.
In the end, after her health declined, she spent most of her time watching TV in bed, cursing the evils of George W. Bush and the Fox TV Network and cheering Obama on to victory.
In her vision of heaven, she still had a remote control with the idea that she could watch the lives of her family and friends as they played out after she was gone.
She was a talented painter whose style evolved over the course of her life. She did realistic painting as a young art student at St. Olaf College, but her work became more abstract and fantastical after she retired. She left behind enough paintings to fill a mansion.
She believed the existence of dogs was compelling evidence that God exists. She never met a martini or a piece of pumpkin pie she didn’t like. She hated exercise.
She was really shrewd. She will be missed by the many friends she made along the way: as a young girl in Baker; a young lawyer in Washington D.C.; a lawyer, businesswoman and mother in Miles City; a college student and later a retiree in Missoula; and finally in Stockton, CA, and Lodi, CA, where she made her last stand.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Clayton Jones, and her second husband, Paul.
She is survived and will be missed by Clayton, Matt and her daughter-in-law, Kari Jones. A special thanks to Vera Thompson, who was her caretaker for many years.
A Memorial Service will be held in Miles City, where her ashes will be scattered, in the spring.
Frisbie-Warren & Carroll Mortuary entrusted with the arrangements.
Zoie Starr Yates-Gatlin
Zoie Starr Yates-Gatlin, 3-month-old daughter of Timothy James Gatlin and Lana Marie Bratlie, died at their home in Miles City on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010.
Zoie was born on Aug. 23, 2010, in Miles City at the Holy Rosary Healthcare.
She loved to be cuddle lots, sucking on her bottle and sitting on the floor. She loved the sound of her Gramma’s voice, especially when she would say “Gramma’s Little Princess.” Zoie also loved her Auntie Tasha, and her thumb when she could get it to her month.
Zoie is survived by her parents, Timothy and Lana of Miles City; grandparents, Tiffany Gatlin of Sacramento, Calif., Douglas Yates of Miles City, Pamela Martin of Miles City and Scott Bratlie of Billings; her sisters, Terren Rhoads and Amera Rhoads; her aunts, Nicole Bratlie, Natasha Bratlie, Vanessa Gatlin, Dana Yates, Alyssa Gatlin, Amber Yates and Lashonda Yates; and her uncle, Caleb Demming.
She is also survived by her great-grandparents, Tom and Marilyn McBride of Billings, Marlow Martin of Miles City, Sue and Bud Bratlie of Billings, Monty and Sandy Beeler and Douglas Sr. Yates.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the family to contribute toward a headstone.
Janice F. Krausz
Janice F. Krausz, 72, of Miles City died at the Holy Rosary Extended Health Care Facility in Miles City on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010.
She was born on May 20, 1938, in Glendive, the daughter of Frank A. and Naoma Glasscock Eaton. She attended elementary school at Clear Creek and Dawson County High School.
While living on the family farm she met and married
Clarence Krausz on March 4, 1956. In 1958 they moved to Miles City. Mrs. Krausz worked for Holy Rosary Hospital working as a cook for 15 years. She then worked at the Friendship Villa for 10 more years until she retired.
She loved to cook, crochet, embroider, travel to Glendive to see her family until she was no longer able to travel and most of all her children and grandchildren.
Her survivors include her husband of 54 years; children, Kristy (Wesley) Green of Williston, N.D., Denise (Jim) Linnell of Venus, Texas, and Kevin (Sheila) Krausz of Miles City; one sister, Lorraine Haggerty of Lindsay; two brothers, Jack Eaton of Billings and Jim Eaton of Covington, Wash.; seven grandchildren, Crystal, Ryan and Nicole Green, Lindsey (Kevin) Hurst, James Linnell, Chance and Kimber Krausz; and four great-grandchildren, Braiden, Donoven and Weston Green and Analisa Hurst, and one to be born in December 2010.
Mrs. Krausz was proceeded in death by her parents; sisters, Ora Westrom, Francze Nordin, Pat Travis, Gayle Schaffel and Betty Huskinson; and brothers, Cecil Eaton and Bob Colby.
The family will receive friends Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 4, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment will be at a later date in Union cemetery near Lindsay.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Hannah Ellen Ball
Hannah Ellen Ball, 89, of Forsyth died at Rosebud Healthcare Center on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010.
She was born Hannah Ellen Johnson on Dec. 25, 1920, in Laurel County, Kentucky, to Wesley and Elizabeth Bowling Johnson.
In 1939, she was married
to James E. Ball. From this union were born James, Ronald and Donald Ball. She also gained a son, Charles, age 5, from her husband’s previous marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Ball were married
for 63 years before he died.
Mrs. Ball was a gifted artist. Her art included painting, agate jewelry making and crafts of all kinds. She enjoyed cooking for family and friends, baking and canning. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends and going to garage sales. She was an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the Baptist Church in Forsyth.
Mrs. Ball worked at several jobs in Forsyth. She owned and operated her own beauty shop and she and her husband owned and operated a restaurant.
Her survivors include her sons, Jim (Fran) and family of Billings, Ron (Sheila) and family of Forsyth, and Charles (Shirley) and family of Hemet, Calif; her brother, Virgil Farris and family of Forsyth; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Jim, her son Don and several brothers and sisters.
Memorials are suggested to the donor’s choice.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Forsyth. Burial will be at a later date in the Forsyth cemetery.
Bert Lee
Bert Lee, 97, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, of natural causes at the Prairie Community Hospital in Terry.
Mr. Lee was born on Dec. 16, 1912, in The Bronx, New York, to Harry Bertram and Marjorie Cramond Lee. He attended Westchester High School where he participated in track, swimming, and baseball. He played second base and his coach said he was the best second baseman he had ever coached. Mr. Lee also played for the Town of Terry baseball team.
He traveled to Terry with a friend, Jack Calder, whose uncle owned the ranch bordering the Brandenthalers’. He met Evelyn Ann Sweet Brandenthaler when she was 12 and he was 16. They kept in touch and when she graduated high school they married
on June 8, 1935. They had been married
for 72 years when Mrs. Lee died.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee purchased the Drug Store where he was pharmacist in the late 1930s. Donald was born in September 1936. During this time Mr. Lee started a band and they played for dances at Terry, Fallon, Mildred and Ismay. They sold the Drug Store in the early 1940s when they moved to New York City and he worked as a bookkeeper for Grand Central Railroad. They returned to Terry and he was drafted but rejected because of his eye sight and they moved to Minneapolis where he worked in an ammunition factory. They returned to Terry and he worked for the Buffalo Rapids Irrigation Project. Joan was born in May 1944. They purchased the Rialto Theatre and started a sand and gravel business. In the 1950s they built the Prairie Drive-In Theatre, which was enjoyed by local and out of town families for many years. He was the first hospital administrator of the new hospital when it was built.
Next to being a big Yankee fan, he was also a dedicated bowler. He bowled for many years in Glendive and Miles City. He was invited and qualified for the Senior Olympic Bowling Games, where he won many medals. Mr. Lee was inducted into Montana’s Bowling Hall of Fame in the 1990s. He was also an avid stamp collector from the age of 10 until his death.
Mr. Lee took up playing the piano/organ at a young age and will always be remembered for playing at church on Sundays and many other church functions. Some of our best times was sitting in the living room and listening to him play.
Mr. Lee is survived by his son, Don (Dorcas) Lee of Terry; daughter, Joan (Richard) Grammer of Carbondale, Ill; grandchildren, Don (Leanne) Lee of Huntley, Dori (Steve) Bradley of Colbert, Wash., Deb (Dale) Winter of Maple Valley, Wash., Becky Grammer (Kevin Anderson) of Canaan, N.H., and Scot (Stephanie) Grammer of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 10 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; a nephew; and two nieces.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn; his parents; his brother and sister-in law, Alfred and Bobbi Lee; a grandson, Derrik Lee; and a nephew, Malcolm Lee.
Visitation with the family will be Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Terry. Services will be Friday Dec. 3, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Community Presbyterian Church at Terry. Burial will take place in the Prairie County cemetery in Terry.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Community Presbyterian Church, the Prairie County Nursing Home or a charity of one’s choice.
Hazel Louise Tait
Hazel Louise Tait, 97, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, at the Rosebud Health Care Center in Forsyth.
Mrs. Tait was born Oct. 27, 1913, at Orinoco in Rosebud County to Harold Walter and Edith Mae Jackson Finch. She grew up on the family ranch and attended grade school at Orinoco and high school at Forsyth and Colstrip.
Hazel and Howard C. Tait were united in marriage on Feb. 3, 1934, in Forsyth. Most of her adult life was spent in Forsyth where she worked for the local locker plant as a meat wrapper and was a cook, eventually head cook, for the Forsyth schools. She retired in the early 1980s. She worked part time as curator at the Rosebud County Pioneer Museum in Forsyth and could answer most questions put to her regarding “Old Timers” as her family had been in what became Rosebud County since the 1870s.
Mrs. Tait enjoyed cooking, traveling, going to coffee with her friends, embroidery, playing cards and most of all her family.
Her survivors include a sister, Lavina Edgell of Forsyth; a sister-in-law, Dorothy (Tait) Spannagel; three sons, Jack (Sharon) Tait of Westminster, Colo., Harold (Annette) Tait of Mandan, N.D., and Howard Allen (Candy) Tait of Greenacres, Wash.; and one daughter, Lavina (Jim) Hall of Forsyth.
She also is survived by 18 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 50 years, Howard Tait; and two brothers, Walter and George Finch.
A vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Forsyth.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Forsyth followed by burial next to her husband in the Forsyth cemetery.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Rosebud County Pioneer Museum in Forsyth or the charity of one’s choice.
Funeral services are under the direction of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Forsyth.
John C. Reilly
DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA - John C. Reilly, age 95, of Dickinson, North Dankota, formerly of Medora, North Dakota, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at the Evergreen Living Center in Dickinson. A memorial service will be held later in May. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Beach, North Dakota, has been entrusted with the arrangements.
John was born September 15, 1915 to John and Katherine (Wagendorf ) Reilly in Medora. He graduated from Medora High School with the class of 1933, and in 1934 he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for twenty months. Later he returned to the family ranch where he helped his folks look after the cattle, and he also delivered mail to the rural routes on horseback. John continued to work on the ranch until he retired in 1976.
In October of 2003 John moved to Dickinson to live at the Evergreen Living Center where he had resided since. He enjoyed the various outings as arranged by Evergreen and, especially, the kind and thoughtful people there who made his stay so very pleasant. John enjoyed visiting with his family and many friends, and playing and teaching cribbage. He also delighted in watching rodeos, whether it be live or on TV.
John was preceded in death by his parents, John and Katherine Reilly; his brothers, Frank, Eddie, and Pat; and his sister, Maizie Lavelle.
He is survived by his sister, Grace Stoebe of Billings, Montana; nieces: Bobbie (Stoebe) Coffee of Canadian, Texas, Cathy (Lavelle) Dahlberg of Minong, Wisconsin, Patricia (Reilly) Pavlicek of Silverdale, Washington; nephews: Jim Reilly of Terry, Montana, Mike Reilly of Troy, Montana, Bill Reilly of Bothell, Washington, David Reilly of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Robin Stoebe of Billings, Montana, Jim Lavelle of Brier, Washington, and Pat Lavelle of Medora, North Dakota.
Memorials may be sent to Home On The Range, 16351 I-94, Sentinel Butte, North Dakota 58654.
Stella Isabelle Derley
Stella Isabelle Derley, 73, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.
She was born Dec. 1, 1936, in Montana to John Frank and Maryann Kathrine Zabrocki Losinski and had been a resident of Fernley, Nev., for the past 33 years.
She was retired from Washoe Medical Hospital where she had worked in central processing.
She was a member of St. Bellarmine Catholic Church in Fernley. She enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting, ghost towning and her grandchildren.
Her survivors include her daughter, Deborah Aranda of Winnemucca, Nev.; sons, Kenneth Derley of Rialto, Calif., and Royce Derley of Fernley; brother, Lawrence Losinski and sister, Frances Ziebarth, both of Miles City; and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Charles Derley.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are under the direction of Truckee Meadows Cremation and Burial, 616 S. Wells Ave., Reno, NV 89502.
Robert A. Butler
Robert A. Butler, 63, of Seeley Lake, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.
He was born on Jan. 1, 1947, in Lovell, Wyo., to James C. and Betty Jane Butler. He attended Custer County High School in Miles City, and continued his education at Miles City Community College. He worked for various ranchers in the area with the dream of owning his own ranch.
He married
Linda I. Friesz in 1965. They had three children: Alladin J. Butler (Nancy) of Forsyth, Christine E. Correa (Angelo) of Brown Mills, N.J., and Roberta J. May (Zjon) of Forsyth. They were later divorced and he was remarried
to Joan (Jody) Houk in 1980, when he gained two more sons: Richard D. Hulett (deceased) and Rodney M. Hulett (Renee) of Seeley Lake. Mr. Butler has 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He joined the Navy in 1965, spending two years on active duty, and retired from the Naval Reserve in 2004.
After working many years at Carquest in Forsyth and retiring from Montana Power Company in Colstrip, he achieved his dream and bought a ranch of 24 acres in Fishtail and built a home. In 2001, he sold his ranch for the true retirement life and bought a recreational vehicle and traveled and spent the winter months in Yuma, Ariz., and the summers at Monture Ranger Station in Seeley Lake as volunteer station keepers, where he tended to the stock and assisted in the renovation of the station cabin, which is now listed with the Historical Society. He finally bought a home in Seeley Lake with his wife, where he lived out his remaining days.
His survivors include his mother, Betty Butler of Miles City; two sisters, Bettiann and husband Terry Haggard of Castle Rock, Colo., and Katy and husband Vern Harbaugh of Miles City; three nephews; and a great-niece and great-nephew.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, James S.
Mr. Butler had a very big heart, and was kind and polite to everyone. He was dearly loved and will be missed by many.
Graveside Services will be Monday, April 18, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Custer County cemetery in Miles City.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that donations be made to an American Legion of one’s choice.
