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Edward "Eddy" Clark
Edward "Eddy" Clark, 26, of Miles City died Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at the Stephanie group home in Miles City.
Mr. Clark was born Sept. 28, 1975, in Missoula, to John and Neva Walter Clark, the oldest of two children. He attended grade school at Lowell Elementary School, Harwthorn Elementary School and Dickinson School. When he was 15 years of age, he moved to Miles City where he lived at the Stephanie group home where he had resided since. He started attended Custer County District High School and graduated in 1997.
He was a sociable young man who was like by everyone who knew him. Mr. Clark loved to be around people and was the entertainer. He enjoyed playing board games and playing outside in the water from water hoses. He also enjoyed sitting in pickup trucks and taking van rides. Mr. Clark loved the piano and his favorite song was "Jesus Loves Me."
His survivors include his parents, John and Neva Clark of Tohnopah, Nev.; two grandmothers, Ann Viola Sword Walter and Floy Kennedy Clark, both of Bakercity Ore.; a sister, Jennifer Ann, her husband, Kelly Smith, and their children, Abigail Ann, Dillon John and Joshua David, of Winnemucca, Nev.; and the staff and clients at Eastern Montana Industries.
He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, John Horace Walter and David Ross Clark.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2002, at Eastern Montana Industries in Miles City.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of the arrangements.
Nancy Anne Olson
Nancy Anne Olson, 67, of Colstrip died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, May 12, 2002, at the Billings Deaconess Medical Center.
Born April 19, 1935, in Lewistown, she was the daughter of Arthur and Claire Coleman Wiedeman. She grew up in Lewistown with her two brothers, Art and Paul, graduating from Fergus High School in 1953.
Her father decided she was to be a geologist, but she convinced him her true vocation was teaching. In 1957, she graduated from Montana State University-Bozeman with her bachelor of arts degree in teaching.
She started her career in education in Lewistown and proceeded to move on to teach in various other communities including Salem, Ore.; Port Angeles, Wash.; and Okinawa, Japan.
On Dec. 28, 1963, she married a younger graduate of Fergus High School, Norman R. Olson in Lewistown. They moved to Butte and later to Big Sky where she started a kindergarten. In 1977, they moved to Colstrip with their family where she continued to teach within the Colstrip School District until her retirement in 1977, after 30 years of teaching.
She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, Delta Kappa Gamma and the Daughters of the Nile. She also was a member of the United Community Church in Colstrip where she was a treasurer for six years, and a charter member of the Women of the Moose in Colstrip. She also enjoyed cooking, doing crafts, puzzles, reading, traveling and golf.
Survivors include her husband of Colstrip; two daughters, Kristi Rudolph, and her husband, Andrew, of Rapid City, S.D., and Janet Wacker, and her husband, Grant, of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sons, Kirk Olson of Dallas, Texas, and Erik Olson of Wilsonville, Ore.; her five grandchildren, Alex, Eryn, Briana, Tristan and Evan; her brother, Paul Wiedeman of Dillon; her sister-in-law, Joan Wiedeman of Cut Bank; and her nephew, Rick Wiedeman of Helena.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lisa A. Olson; her parents; and her brother, Arthur Wiedeman Jr.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, 2002, in the Colstrip High School auditorium. Interment of the urn will take place at a later date.
Beals Mortuary of Forsyth is assisting the family with arrangements.
Mary Lorann Newhouse
Mary Lorann Newhouse, 81, of Billings, former Miles City resident, died of cancer on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2002, at the Vista (Mission Ridge) in Billings.
The former Mary Lorann Wells was born in Great Falls on June 29, 1921, to Anna and Howard Wells, who both preceded her in death.
Mrs. Newhouse graduated from Shelby High School in 1939 and worked at various jobs in Shelby and Long Beach, Calif., during World War II until she and William E. Newhouse were married in 1945.
They lived in Shelby where they owned the Newhouse Grain Company; in Cut Bank where they ranched on the Two Medicine River; and in Miles City where they owned and operated United Beverage and Anco Beverage. The Newhouses moved to Billings in 1999.
Mrs. Newhouse was well known in Shelby, Cut Bank and Miles City where she was active in bridge clubs, the Town and Country Club and the Miles City Club.
She is survived by her husband, W.E. Newhouse of Billings; a brother, Jack Wells of Shelby; a sister, Marjorie Swift of Pacific Grove, Calif.; and five children, Lottie Sweeney, and her husband, Patrick, of Billings, Stephanie Davis of Madison, Wis., William Newhouse Jr. and his wife, Linda, of Broken Arrow, Okla., Karen Kaus, and her husband, Lennis, of O'Fallon, Ill., and Lisa Dunning of Tulsa, Okla.
Survivors also include 13 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two step-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a special adopted family, Dr. Lucinda Husby, her husband, Larry Disney, and their three children.
The rosary and vigil service will be held Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002, at 6:30 p.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2002, in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Miles City. A celebration of Mrs. Newhouse's life will be held at Mission Ridge, 3840 Rimrock Road, Billings, Mt., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at 2:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to either the Big Sky Hospice, P.O. Box 35033, Billings, MT 59107 or to the Yellowstone Association for Retarded Citizens, care of Beverly Owns, 602 18th St. West, Billings, MT 59102.
Edwin "Pat" Marang
Edwin "Pat" Marang, 67, of Miles City died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002, in the Holy Rosary Extended Care Facility in Miles City.
Born Dec. 27, 1934, in Houston, Texas, he was the son of Alvin and Rose Garrett Marang. He moved to Montana and attended schools in Huntley Project and in Miles City.
Following his schooling, he worked for Terry Cline at the Miles City Dry Cleaning where he worked for 35 years.
Mr. Marang enjoyed hunting and fishing.
His survivors include a brother, Charles Marang, and his wife, Carol, of Everett, Wash.; a sister, Joyce Watson of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; a half-brother, Richard Osness of Austin, Minn.; three half-sisters, Beverly Seaway of Glenpool, Okla., Sharla Turner of Sapulpa, Okla., and Ava of India; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002, in the Custer County Cemetery. Friends and family will meet at the cemetery.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of arrangements.
