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Dorris D. Harbert
POLSON - Services for Dorris D. Harbert, 100, of Polson will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Polson Presbyterian Church.
She died Dec. 25, 1997.
Dora Mae Roedel
KALISPELL - Dora Mae Roedel, longtime Kalispell resident, died Jan. 2, 1998, at age 94.
She was preceded in death by her first husband Milton Mitchell in 1937, her second husband Willard Lykins in 1959, third husband Harry Roedel in 1977, eight brothers and sisters, a son-in-law, a great-grandchild and daughter-in-law Gail Mitchell.
Survivors include three children, Gladys Toy of Las Vegas, Donald "Red" Mitchell and wife Adell of Salt Lake City and Daniel Mitchell and wife Marian of Kalispell; 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Mortuary.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary with burial at Conrad Memorial Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the Eagles Lodge.
Rodney Joe Bybee
KALISPELL - Rodney Joe Bybee, 40, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998, from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident.
Survivors include his wife Tamah Bybee and children Ryan and Whitney Bybee, all of the family home in Kalispell; parents Joseph and Myrna Bybee of Kalispell; brothers Ron and wife Barb Bybee of Missoula and Roger and wife Tammy Bybee of Kalispell; sister Joanne and husband Jack Eggensperger of Darby; grandparents R.J. "Red" and Henrietta "Toots" Pritzkau of Seattle and June Randall of Hot Springs; two nephews and four nieces.
Visitation will be 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Mortuary.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the mortuary with burial at Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to any organization that benefits children.
Evelyn Theresa Smith
POLSON - Evelyn Theresa Smith of Polson went to be with her Savior on Jan. 3, 1998, at the Evergreen Care Center, where she was a resident for five years.
Born June 10, 1910, to Allen and Rebecca King in Utica, S.D., she attended Utica Elementary School and Yankton High School. She married Orlen Jones of Norfolk, Neb. He preceded her in death on Sept. 19, 1967.
Also preceding her in death were her parents and four brothers, John Howard, George Allen, Harvey Bert and Donald Willard King.
She is survived by five children and their spouses, Bonnie and Elver Hehn of Missoula, Warren and Mary Jones of Spokane, Ellen and Fred Suebert of Cottonwood, Idaho, Bill and Donna Jones of Pablo and Janice and George Cody of Portland, Ore.; two sisters, Georgina Wallach of Vista, Calif., and Verna Brunton of Simi, Calif.; and two sisters-in-law, Margaret King of Buena Park, Calif., and Tracy King of Lesterville, S.D. She had five stepchildren, 18 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Evelyn worked at Missoula General Hospital for 25 1/2 years, retiring in 1975. She enjoyed being a housewife and was an excellent homemaker, cook and baker.
On Aug. 2, 1975, Evelyn married Jim Smith in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. They enjoyed their lives together, traveling to Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska, California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Idaho to visit family and friends.
She suffered a stroke in 1985. Jim helped with her care in their home. In 1992 she became a resident of St. Joseph's Care Center. She suffered a debilitating stroke in August 1997.
Left to mourn her passing are her family and her devoted husband Jim Smith, who visited her several times daily during her extended stay at the care center.
She has been cremated and will be laid to rest at Missoula Cemetery on Mother's Day.
A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. A reception luncheon will follow.
Otto Tietz
MISSOULA - Otto Tietz, 83, passed away Saturday, Jan. 3, at St. Patrick Hospital of complications from pneumonia and congestive heart failure.
He was born Feb. 17, 1914, in New Leipzig, N.D., son of Emanuel Tietz and Elizabeth Ganthner. He shared his early years on the family farm with four brothers, Herbert, Ernest, Rueben and Harold, and two sisters, Esther and Hildegarde.
Otto came to Missoula with his brother Herb in 1934. He was employed as a track supervisor by the Northern Pacific and later the Burlington Northern railroads until his retirement in 1972. He also owned Tietz Building Service and was a respected and successful homebuilder in Missoula for 25 years.
For the last 30 years, Otto was passionately involved in breeding and racing some of the finest quarterhorses in the country. Anyone who ever "bet the ponies" at the Western Montana Fair and Race Meet most likely bet on an Otto Tietz horse.
He was married to Erna Baier on Sept. 17, 1937. He is survived by his sons, Gene Tietz and wife Angie of Keizer, Ore., and Arlyn Tietz and wife Jan of Missoula; daughter Beverly Wood-Back and husband Ken Back of Olympia, Wash.; grandchildren Troy, Elisabeth and Holly Wood of Olympia, Mark Tietz of Reston, Va., Theresa Markham of Albany, Ore., and Justin and Renee Tietz of Missoula; great-grandchildren Crystalle Wood, Adam Moody and Teddy Phillips of Olympia. He is also survived by two brothers, Rueben Tietz of Lake Hughes, Calif., and Harold Tietz of Missoula; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Albert, Ernest and Herbert; and sisters Esther Lager and Hildegarde Dietz-Sellner.
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, at Garden City Funeral Home and Crematory with Pastor Mark Schultz officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Missoula. Following the interment, a reception will be held in the community room at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Camp-Mak-A-Dream or the Special Olympics Equestrian team from Missoula, c/o P.O. Box 4322, Missoula, Mont. 59806.
Marie Helena Harbaugh Tolerton
BOISE, Idaho - Marie Helena Harbaugh Tolerton, 86, of Boise passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, Jan. 4, at a local hospital after suffering a stroke on Jan. 2.
She was born May 27, 1911, in Pittsburgh and raised in Salem, Ohio, by her mother Mary Zamborsky and her stepfather, Edward Harbaugh. She attended Salem schools, graduating from Salem Business College.
She married Ralph Warner Tolerton on June 16, 1935, in Salem. In 1983, the couple moved to Missoula where their daughter and her family were living at the time. In 1994, after 61 years of marriage, she lost her best friend when Ralph died.
In 1996, Marie followed her daughter's family after they moved to Boise, living with them until this past June when she moved to an apartment at Whistler Point.
Prior to her retirement, she was employed by the Salem News in the editorial department. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Salem for over 60 years, singing in the choir for more than 30 years and participating in many church activities. For many years she belonged to the Salem Garden Club and the Leornians, a book literary club, in addition to volunteering as a Brownie leader. While living in Missoula she was a member of the Nine Mile Valley Garden Club. At the time of her death she was a member of Boise's Golden Garden Club and a volunteer at St. Luke's.
Marie had a zest for living and a smile that was contagious. She made friends easily and knew how to appreciate the little pleasures that life had to offer. Marie was always the inquisitive type wanting to know the "why" of everything. She dearly loved and was button-busting proud of her two grandsons. Next to her human family, her greatest joy was her beloved dog of 14 years, Scout. Having to take him on all his walks kept her going strong to the very end. She had her stroke while out on one of those very walks. The greatest love of her life though, was Ralph. Before he died they were inseparable, hardly ever leaving each other's side, doing everything together. They loved to travel, enjoying camping all over the United States and Canada.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and John Mandzak of Boise; stepdaughter Lee Reagh of Alexandria, Va.; two grandsons, Michael and Stephen Mandzak of Boise; three stepgrandchildren, Jeffrey Schmidt of Washington, D.C., Sharon Taylor of Atlanta and Gregory Schmidt of Texas; and six step-great-grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial celebration will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at the Club House at Whistler Point Apartments, 3504 N. Whistler Lane, Boise.
Memorials may be made to the Idaho Humane Society.
Charles Dean Logan
LEWISTON, Idaho - Charles Dean Logan, 74, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday, Jan. 7, at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center.
He was a pilot throughout the Northwest and Alaska for Johnson's Flying Service, based in Missoula. He was a bush pilot, mountain pilot and dropped smoke jumpers fighting fires. He also did the flying for aerial photography on several Disney films. For seven years, he taught aviation technology at the Missoula Vocational Technical Center.
He is survived by his wife, Eleanor L. Logan of Lewiston, Idaho; daughter, Judith Logan-Kraft of Mill Valley, Calif.; sister, Wilma Casterline of Columbia Falls; and one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Lewiston. Cremation will follow.
The Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home of Lewiston is in charge of arrangements.
Loleta Ione Hess
POLSON - Loleta Ione Hess, 93, of Polson died Thursday, Jan. 8, at St. Joseph Hospital.
She was a retired teacher and had lived in Polson since 1981. Survivors include her son, George W. Hess, and daughter-in-law, Joan, of Polson; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Cremation has taken place. At her request, no formal services are planned at this time.
Rodney Curtis Sutherland
ST. IGNATIUS - Rodney Curtis Sutherland was taken in an avalanche near Gray Wolf Peak in the Mission Mountains on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998. He was 33 years old. Rod will be long and well remembered by all who knew him.
Road was born in McCall, Idaho, on Nov. 28, 1964, the third of Robert and Barbara Sutherland's four sons. He grew up in northern Idaho and southern Oregon and had special memories of his family's vacationing in the Bitterroot and Mission Mountain ranges. Rod loved hiking in the mountains and passionately turned to rock climbing at age 15. His talent for climbing was immediately apparent. He loved the mountains and made Missoula his home for the past 14 years. During his life, he achieved hundreds of climbs on rock and ice and made a point to never miss an opportunity to be out.
On Sept. 21, 1996, Rod joyfully married his sweetheart, Jeanette Kathleen Mullen, in the Bitterroot Valley. Together Kate and Rod made a home in the old bungalow they have been restoring in Missoula, where Kate is assistant to the director of the Art Museum of Missoula.
Rod successfully wore a number of different "hats" in addition to his climbing helmet. He read voraciously, played the cello and was an accomplished carpenter. In recent years, Road worked at the Good Food Store in Missoula and then established his own construction business, Hobbes' Pretty Good Houses.
He was a steadfast and willing friend and always attendant to the needs of others without an expectation of favors returned. Rod was a gentle teacher. Be the subject climbing or woodworking or fiddle playing or simply living well, most often the lesson he taught was a lesson in patience. Rod laughed easily and loudly.
Rod is survived by his best-loved friend and wife, Kate Mullen Sutherland and also Hobbes, his sweet dog at home in Missoula; his grandmother, Stella of Liberty Corner, N.J.; mother, Barbara of Stevensville; father, Robert of Grand Junction, Colo.; brother Alec and his wife, Ingrid and their children Alisson, Ian and Mackenzie of Seattle; brother, Eric and his partner, Christie Matthews of Fort Collins, Colo.; brother, Lee currently of Barcelona, Spain and numerous other loving friends and relatives.
Those who knew Rod are invited to celebrate Rod's live at a gathering of remembrance at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at the Nordic Pines, Sons of Norway Hall, 5795 Highway 93 S. A potluck dinner will follow. Please come to share stories, love and sustenance.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to a memorial fund which has been established in Rod's name at Western Federal Savings Bank, 100 E. Broadway, Missoula, Mont., 59802.
Carla Jean Hahn
BOISE, Idaho - Carla Jean Hahn, age 49, passed away Monday, Jan. 5, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. Carla never regained consciousness after suffering a stroke on Dec. 11.
A 1966 graduate of Polson High School, she later married Ralph J. Hahn of Ronan and they made their home in the Polson area until moving to the Redmond, Ore. The couple later returned to Polson where the ultimately divorced. Carla never remarried.
She is survived by her mother, Marjorie Knaus of Polson; son, Christopher Daniel Hahn of Ronan; two daughters, Kristina Rae Stiles and Carol Mary Garrett both of Halfway, Ore.; brothers, Jim Knaus of Polson and Kevin Knaus of Menomonie, Wis.; nine grandchildren and two step-grandchildren, along with numerous nieces and nephews. Carla was preceded in death by her father, Carl L. Knaus and brother Gary Lee Knaus.
Carla should always be remembered for the gift of caring that she shared with all whose lives she touched and her deep love for children, animals, flowers and the beautiful Mission Valley. Her talent for the arts has left us with many treasured pieces of artwork that can never replace Carla, but will forever be a testimonial to the loving person and valued friend we all knew and wish to remember.
Memorial service arrangements in Polson are pending and will be announced at a future date.
Trinity Colleen Ellison
MISSOULA - Trinity Colleen Ellison died Monday at home from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). She is the year-old daughter of Jake and Paige Ellison, baby sister of Hannah and Gillian.
On Dec. 26, 1996, Trinity's life adventure began at home where her sisters helped her enter the world and loved and nurtured her for most of six months, and where she led a happy baby life.
Trinity became mildly ill and was diagnosed with AML June 10. She spent the next five months in and out of Seattle Children's Hospital, where she charmed and was loved by patients, families, nurses and doctors. Her life became one medical struggle after another, which made her moments of well-being so precious.
Trinity relapsed while in treatment and her parents chose to bring her home to Missoula, where she spent the last couple months of her life enjoying her family and all that family life has to offer.
Thank you, Trinity, for being with us, for your smiles ... no regrets ... all love.
Trinity is survived by her parents, sisters, and grandparents Joni and Grover Peterson of Billings and Jake and Colleen Ellison of Huntley.
A memorial service will be held Friday, Jan. 9, at 3 p.m. at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church. Everyone is welcome. Reception will follow.
