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Gerald "Bub" Anglum
News was received that Gerald "Bub" Anglum, 47, former Miles City Star editor, died Friday, Nov. 26, 2004, at his home in Cedar Falls, Iowa, after a two-and-a-half year battle with lung cancer.
Mr. Anglum was born May 25, 1957, in Sac City, Iowa, the son of Michael James and Sally Quail Anglum.
He and Dorothy Ferguson were married June 30, 1979, in Cedar Rapids and they later divorced. He and Cary Willoughby Euchner were married May 17, 2002, in Cedar Falls.
Mr. Anglum received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa. He worked at the newspaper at Estherville, Iowa, then came to the Miles City Star in 1984.
He returned to Iowa and went to work at the University of Northern Iowa in 1989, where he was employed as associate vice president of University Marketing and Public Relations when he died. He was also on the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and a longtime volunteer for Community Main Street in Cedar Falls.
His survivors include his wife of Cedar Falls; three daughters, Katie Anglum and Erika and Anna Euchner, all of Cedar Falls; three sons, Michael Anglum, Kyle Anglum and James Euchner, all of Cedar Falls; his parents of Sac City; a sister, Angie (Lynn) Garrels of Sac City; and his mother-in-law, Margaret Willoughby of Cedar Falls.
He was preceded in death by his paternal and maternal grandparents, and his aunt, Margene Obee.
Memorials are still being accepted at Cedar Falls Community Main Street, P.O. Box 367, Cedar Falls, IA 50613. The funds will go toward a piece of public art to be installed in front of the new library in Cedar Falls.
Dolly Garber
Services for Dolly Garber, 91, of Phoenix, Ariz., were held at Orangewood Presbyterian Church in Phoenix on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005. The Rev. Dr. Robert T. Cassell officiated. Interment was at Resthaven Park Cemetery in Glendale, Ariz.
She died Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in Phoenix following a recent fall.
The daughter of Alva and Ethel Osborn, she was born at Jordan in 1914. She graduated from Garfield County High School in Jordan in 1932, and later from Townsend Beauty School in Billings.
She worked in various county offices in Jordan until 1941, when she went to the West Coast to live with a sister, Helen.
On Jan. 8, 1942, she and Julian Nix were married in Seattle, Wash. The couple then went to South America, where they worked for the Rubber Development Corp., a wartime agency of the U.S. Government, and later for a construction company. During this time, they lived and worked in both Brazil and Venezuela.
In 1947, Mr. and Mrs. Nix bought a home in Miles City where their son, Gene, was born in 1948. The family went to Lebanon, lived there for a year, and visited the Holy Land before moving to Ryegate. While in Ryegate, she served as Deputy County Treasurer for two years. Mr. Nix died in 1960.
She and her son returned to their home in Miles City, where she continued her career in public service work. After working for the VA Hospital, she accepted a position in 1962 as secretary for the Cooperative Extension Service. She worked for the Extension Service until her retirement in 1981, and especially enjoyed meeting and assisting the many youth who participated in the county's 4-H programs during these years. Her son graduated from high school in Miles City in 1966.
In 1984, after her son had completed college and was working in Wyoming, she married Dave Garber and moved to Forest Grove, just outside of Lewistown. The couple spent their summers at Forest Grove and winters in Arizona, and also traveled in their motor home. They were later divorced.
She bought a house in Lewistown and lived there for many years before moving to Phoenix in 1999 to live with her son.
She enjoyed traveling while her health permitted and visited Hawaii, the Bahamas and Canada, in addition to the time she lived in South America and Lebanon. A life-long Presbyterian, she was a member of the church in Jordan, then Miles City, and later in Lewistown, where she maintained her membership until her death. She served for three years as secretary-treasurer of First Presbyterian Church in Miles City in the 1960s. An avid reader, she enjoyed hundreds of romance novels during her later years of life.
Her survivors include her son, Gene Nix of Phoenix; two sisters, Helen Kellogg of Tacoma, Wash., and Mina Waltenbaugh of Lewistown; and many nieces and nephews. Also bringing her joy was her brother, E.L. "Pete" Osborn, who preceded her in death in 2004.
Carl Hirsch
Carl Hirsch, 93, of Miles City died in Miles City on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005. Mr. Hirsch was born on June 16, 1912, in Java, S.D., to Charley and Margaretha Schlaht Hirsch. He moved with his folks to the farm in Montana when he was one year old. They homesteaded the land by Rock Springs where he had farmed all of his life.
In 1936, Hertha Christina Walther came to work at the Charley Hirsch place and it was at the family farm that he met his soon-to-be wife. They were married on the farm on March 12, 1938.
They continued to live there, taking care of Mr. Hirsch's parents and the farm. His parents moved to town in the 1940s, and Mr. and Mrs. Hirsch stayed on at the farm.
They raised five children on the farm, one boy and four girls, all of whom were born in Miles City at the Abbey Hospital. They paid the bill by hauling coal to the hospital - approximately three or four tons per child.
Mr. Hirsch always was a hardworking, honorable, honest man with an incredible work ethic that he passed on through his children and grandchildren. He knew how to put in a hard day's work, and still had time for his family at the end of the day. He spent his life loving his family and the farm and working hard for the both of them.
Survivors include his loving wife and friend of 67 years, Hertha of Miles City; four children, Alvin (Barbara) Hirsch of Rock Springs, Irene (Vern) Johnson of Bozeman, Loretta (Jim) Gaughan of DeRio, Texas, and Linda (Vern) McCants of Billings; his brother, Jacob Hirsch of Miles City; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Virginia McCants; sister, Annie Jenke; brother, John Hirsch; and a grandson, Patrick Hirsch.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow at the Custer County Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Homestead Assisted Living.
William "Tat" Cain
William Horace "Tat" Cain, 79, longtime Miles City businessman, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, at the Friendship Villa in Miles City after a short, courageous battle with cancer.
Mr. Cain was born on April 15, 1926, in Loesh, the 12th of 15 children born to Horace and Bessie Williams Cain. He attended country schools until the seventh grade at which time he moved to Broadus where he graduated from high school in 1944. He went on to attend Miles City Junior College in Miles City.
On Aug. 20, 1949, he and Tamara Fuller were married in Miles City. He owned and operated the Courthouse Service Center until he entered the United States Army in 1953. He was honorably discharged in 1955 after serving during the Korean War.
Upon his return home, he was employed as a salesman for Northwestern Auto Supply in Billings until purchasing the Miles City Saddlery in 1962, retiring in 1989.
Mr. Cain enjoyed playing all sports. He enjoyed roping, golfing, softball, bowling and playing bridge.
He spent his lifetime involved in his community. Mr. Cain was very active in several organizations - to name a few he was a member of the Sage Riders, past president of the Miles City Chamber of Commerce, director of The Cow Capital Turf Club, past president of the Miles City Town and Country Club, Montana State Racing Commission, Montana State Golf Association, Albedo Shrine, Black Horse Patrol, Blue Lodge Mason and the Elks, Eagles and Moose lodges.
His Survivors include his wife Tamara of Miles City; two children Timothy Cain of Eugene, Ore., and Tracy Czudak of Billings; four grandchildren, Tat and Trent Czudak and Michael and Katelyn Cain; one sister, Ruth Hagen; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and 13 brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, at 3 p.m. at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the Custer County Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.
