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Thresa Kathryn King Hunter
Thresa Kathryn King Hunter, 77, of Minot, N.D., sister of Iris Rogers of Miles City, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003, in her home.
Born May 19, 1925, in Minot to Lawrence and Veronica Larocque King, she was raised in Minot and attended Minot High School.
She worked at the Clarence Parker Hotel from 1966 to 1977. Mrs. Hunter then went to work for ManorCare Health Services until her retirement in 1992.
A member of St. Leo's Catholic Church, she also belonged to the Senior Citizens and the Parker Senior Center. She enjoyed playing bingo and long walks in the parks.
In addition to her sister in Miles City, her survivors include her son, Rodney of Minot; her granddaughter, Laura Kelly Waswick of Minot; her great-grandchildren, Tyler Hunter and Samantha Waswick; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her infant daughter, Gloria Hunter; her son, David Hunter; two grandsons, Keith and Greg Hunter; her sister, Freida Geyer; her brother, Larry King; and her good friend, Ray DiBrell.
Rosary recitation will be Friday, Feb. 7, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. in St. Leo's Catholic Church in Minot. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Leo's Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Rosehill Memorial Park at Minot.
Thompson-Larson Funeral Home in Minot is in charge of arrangements.
Rev. Isaac Lee Schmucker
Funeral services for the Rev. Isaac Lee Schmucker, 86, of Marengo, Ind., father of Floreta Helm of Jordan, were held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2003, at Mt. Zion Brethren in Christ Church in Milltown, Ind. Bishop John A. Byers officiated. Burial followed in the Batman Ridge Cemetery.
The Rev. Schmucker died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2003, at his residence after an extended illness.
Born June 8, 1916, in a log cabin in Midland, MI, he was the oldest son of Levi and Susanna Kaufman Schmucker. He and his family moved to Nappanee, Ind., when he was six years of age.
He attended Nappanee High School for a couple of years and left due to the Depression to supplement the family income by selling firewood and building houses with his father. He furthered his education and graduated from Upland Academy at Upland, Calif. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Bulah College in Upland.
During World War II, he entered the Civilian Public Service at Camp No. 36 at Santa Barbara, Calif., which was administered by the Brethren Service Committee. Rev. Schmucker was stationed in California for two years, fighting forest fires, then for two years, he was stationed in Puerto Rico where he worked in medical relief and later became the director of medical relief for Puerto Rico.
As a pre-med student, he served as ship's doctor for wounded soldiers returning from the war front on medical transport ships. After the war, Rev. Schmucker was called of God into the Christian Ministry.
He and Nina Mae Arnold were married June 1, 1949, in Upland. They served as missionaries to the Navajo Indians in New Mexico in the 1950s. While there, he built a school and a hospital for the Navajo Mission of the Brethren of Christ.
The couple were then assigned as missionaries to Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, for five and one-half years where he taught the Bible in Canadian schools.
Rev. Schmucker was a schoolteacher, having taught English and Spanish in the Milltown and Leavenworth high schools. He became the pastor of the Mt. Zion Brethren in Christ Church at Milltown, which he started in 1962 in obedience to a vision from the Lord.
In addition to his daughter and her husband, Floreta and Bill Helm of Jordan, his survivors include his wife, Nina Mae Schmucker; three other daughters, Ninita Conely, and her husband, Gordon, of Evansville, Ind., Rosana Troxel, and her husband, Steve, of Lynchburg, Va., and Lorita Elam, and her husband, George, of Marengo, Ind.; a foster daughter, Elizabeth Davis, and her husband, Walt, of Niles; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors also include two brothers, Alvin Schmucker, and his wife, Armina, of Milford, Ind., and Glenn Schmucker of Zionsville, Ind.; three sisters, Matilda Brenner, and her husband husband, Merwyn, of Dalton, Ohio, Bessie Garver of Bristol, Ind., and Bertha Dickerhoff of Wolcottville, Ind.; and a brother-in-law, Lester Yoder of Goshen, Ind.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Terzeta Schmucker in 1977; two infant granddaughters, Elizabeth and Sarah Helm in 1988; a brother, Christian Schmucker; three sisters, Alma Borkholder, Elva (Lloyd) Well and Mary Yoder; and two brothers-in-law, Earl Dicerhoff and Earl Garver.
Dillman Green Funeral Home of Indiana and Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City assisted with arrangements.
Evelyn Maxine Holly
Evelyn Maxine Holly, 76, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2003.
She was born April 11, 1926, in Circle to Ellis and Stella Kamp Schuld. She was educated in various schools in Oregon.
In 1946, she met and married Edward Henry at Albany, Ore. From this union there are seven surviving children. Mr. Henry died in January 1963.
In 1965, she and Williams "Bill" Keller were married. Also that year, they bought and operated the Roy Rogers Bar and Cafe until selling it in 1971.
They moved to Miles City in 1978 and in 1984, Mr. Keller died.
She moved back to Terry and took over cooking at the Prairie County Manor. In 1986, she met and married Clayton Holly. They continued to work at the manor until Mr. Holly's health failed. After Mr. Holly died in 1994, she moved to Bismarck, N.D., and Wibaux to be around more of her family.
Mrs. Holly loved to cook and play a good game of cards. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
On Dec. 2, 2002, she started the hardest job of her life after having brain surgery. Finally the fight grew too great and she died.
Her survivors include seven children, four sons, Harold Henry and his wife, Ginny, of West Baldwin, ME, Lester Henry, and his wife, Deb, of Livingston, Art Henry, and his wife, Kathy, of Terry, and Mark Henry, and his wife, Sally, of Gladstone, N.D.; and three daughters, Joyce Anderson, and her husband, John, and Lucinda Henry, all of Wibaux, and Carol Thomas of Bismarck, N.D.; 15 grandchildren, Shane, Stephanie, Nick, Sheena, Todd, Buck, Thea, Eddie, Patty, John, Barbie, Billie Jo, Colette, LeRoy and Kathleen; and four great-grandchildren.
Survivors also include three sisters, Elnora Arnston, and her husband, Ray, of Glendive, Kathryn Stevens, and her husband, Robert, of Alamogordo, N.M., and Helen Kneiling of Salem, Ore; a brother, Nick Schuld, and his wife, Kat, of Lebanon, Ore.; and her cat, Tinker.
In addition to her three husbands, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Harold, Ernie, Art and Vernon; and two sisters at infancy.
Funeral services will be Friday, Feb. 7, 2003, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Terry. Interment will follow at a later date.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Terry Senior Center or to the Terry Museum.
