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Raymond "Ray" Oakland
Terry Herndon, 62, of Miles City died Nov. 18, 2002 at Fort Harrison's Veterans Affairs hospital.
He was born Mar. 26, 1940 to Frank and Pearl Anderson Herndon.
Mr. Herndon loved to read and enjoyed the cinema. Right after he graduated from Custer County High School in 1958, he attended electronic school in Denver.
He then served four years in the United States Air Force. Coming back to Miles City, he worked at the Montana Theater until his death.
In April 1973, he married Molly Slusher, which ended in divorce. He worked in television repair and owned the Custer TV and Sales shop from 1985 until his retirement last September.
He was a member of the First Lutheran Church and was very interested in antique radios, old cars and phonographs.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include one brother, Hartley Herndon and his wife Arbilene; a nephew, Frank Herndon; a niece, Kristie Herndon, all of Minneapolis; two uncles, Andrew Carmen Anderson and his wife Joanne of Billings, Art Anderson of Seattle; and an aunt, Elsie Herndon of Miles City.
He leaves several family members and many friends.
Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the First Lutheran Church of Miles City. Interment will follow at the Veterans Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the First Lutheran Church. Bullis-Graves Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Raymond "Ray" Oakland
Raymond "Ray" Olaf Oakland, 85, of Cartwright, N.D., died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, in the Trinity Medical Center in Minot, N.D.
Mr. Oakland was born June 10, 1917 to Olaf and Hilda Paulson Oakland at their home in Cartwright, N.D. He was baptized and confirmed in Bethel Lutheran Church and later became a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview, Mont.
He attended school at Cartwright through the first eight grades and started farming with his dad and remained their until 1941, when he went to Downey, Calif. to work in defense at Vultee Aircraft Company.
Following his call to service in 1942, during World War II, he spent a year in training in the states before going to England with the 8th United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic.
On Nov. 1, 1942, he married Winnie Williams at Clinton, Okla., before going overseas for three and a half years. He was stationed at Warton Air Base in England. Upon returning home he and Winnie came to Cartwright, where he began farming. It was here that they raised their family and spent their remaining years.
Upon retirement the couple traveled extensively in the United States, Canada and Hawaii. Several winters were spent in California with friends, relatives and sightseeing.
Mr. Oakland was a kind and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, spending many hours hunting, fishing and boating in his younger years with them. He will be most remembered for his find, caring and unselfish attitude.
He was a member of the McKenzie County Grazing Association, school board member and 4-H leader as well as driving a school bus and being a substitute mail carrier.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, a daughter, Jane Oakland of Dallas, Ore.; sons, Paul Oakland and his wife Judy of Miles City, Dean Oakland and his wife Jan of Cartwright; grandchildren, Paul Oakland Jr., Shelly Stremcha, Jennifer Hirsch, Neil Oakland, Shauna Clark; great-grandchildren, Cole and Kaitlyn Hirsch and Kyra Oakland; brothers, Carl Oakland and his wife Marlene of Great Falls, Gordon Oakland and his wife JoAnne of Lambert; and a sister Irene Caldwell of Whitefish.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview, under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home in Sidney. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery.
Leora "Jean" Sumer
Leora "Jean" Sumer, 71, of Miles City died Monday, Nov. 18, 2002, in the Holy Rosary Healthcare in Miles City.
Born at home on Dec. 24, 1930, in Mobridge, S.D., she was the daughter of Henry and Laura Koenig Hamre. At a young age, she moved with her family to Miles City where she was raised and educated. She graduated from Custer County High School and following her education she worked for Burgee's Grocery.
On July 8, 1951, she and Ralph Sumer were married in Miles City. Mrs. Sumer worked for Montgomery Wards for a few years. She then stayed home to raise her family. Later she worked as a bookkeeper at Mac's Frontierland and at Buttrey's as a cashier until her retirement.
Mrs. Sumer loved books, crocheting and especially making crocheted dolls for her granddaughters.
Her survivors include her husband of Miles City; two daughters, Debra Puckett, and her husband, Timothy, of Thornton, Colo., and Penny Schmidt, and her husband, Tom, of Lompoc, Calif.; and three grandchildren, Camille, Wendy and Nicholas.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Pamela; two sisters, Helena Winther and Micky Wortman; and two brothers, Al Hamre and Harley Hamre.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the Custer County Cemetery.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., 1300 Piccard Dr. Suite 200, Rockerville, MD 20850-4303, phone 1-301-670-9292.
David C. Funk
David C. Funk, 91, of Lustre, father of Carol Toews of Miles City, died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2002, in the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow.
Mr. Funk was born Nov. 28, 1910, in Biggar, Saskatchewan, to Cornelius and Mary Funk. He lived there as a young boy and moved to the Lustre community when he was four years of age where his family homesteaded. In his younger years, he herded sheep and worked on harvest crews.
He was the mail carrier in the Lustre and Frazer communities for 12 years.
On Sept. 26, 1937, he and Bertha Rahn were married. They lived in Frazer for nine years, then moved to the Lustre community in 1948 where he farmed and ranched.
In his retirement, Mr. Funk continued to help on the ranch until his death.
He enjoyed riding a good horse, breaking colts, braiding ropes, hauling bales and playing his accordion. Mr. Funk will be remembered by his grandchildren for being their driving education instructor. He loved people and Jesus.
In addition to his daughter and her husband, Carol and Eldon Toews of Miles City, his survivors include his wife, Bertha of 65 years of Lustre; a son, Gary, and his wife, Roxann Funk, of Lustre; another daughter, Arlene Stakset, and her husband, Henry, of Tacoma, Wash; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Rose Koski, and her husband, Bob, of Geyser.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, four sisters and one son, LaVern.
Funeral services will be at the E.M.B. Church in Lustre at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, with Pastor John Skillman officiating. Interment will be in the Bethel Lustre Cemetery.
Clayton Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be given to the Gideons, Box 232, Wolf Point, MT 59201.
