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Paula Stewart
1953 - 2004
Mass of Christian Burial for Paula Stewart, 51, Billings, formerly of Sidney, will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Sidney. Wake services are at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at the Fulkerson Memorial Chapel in Sidney. Interment will be in the Sidney Cemetery in Sidney, under the direction of the Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Paula passed away Saturday morning, Dec. 4, 2004, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings.
Paula Yvonne Prevost was born to Paul and Lucy (Cole) Prevost on May 28, 1953, in Sidney. Paula attended schools in Sidney and graduated from Sidney High School in 1971. After high school, she attended Eastern Montana College in Billings where she earned an associate of arts degree in business in 1974.
On Oct. 23, 1976, Paula married Patrick Sheridan of Glasgow. They were blessed with three sons
- Shane Patrick, Joel Paul and Luke Cole. Paula and Pat lived in Billings for a year before making their home in Sidney. Paula worked various jobs, but the job she loved the most was being a mother, taking care of her family, and following her sons many school and sports activities.
Paula lost her husband, Pat, and her father, Paul, in 1987. Her mother, Lucy, passed away in 1989.
Paula and her boys continued living in Sidney where she worked in the Sidney Public School system, was involved in Women of Today, and raised her boys with the help of her family and friends.
In 1992 Paula and the boys moved to Billings. She attended MSU-Billings and in 1995 earned her bachelor of science degree in business administration with a double degree in accounting and information systems. Paula passed her CPA boards in 1998.
Paula met John Stewart in 1992, and they married in July of 1995. John brought out her sense of adventure. Paula tried skiing, para-sailing, sky diving, and supported John's motorcycle drag racing.
Paula was instrumental in establishing Montana Linx, their family owned chain link manufacturing business. She was involved in all aspects of the business from physical labor, filling orders, helping customers, inventory control, and all the accounting and managerial duties as president of the company. She also managed her own accounting firm and John's construction business. Paula was the driving force behind all three companies.
As hard as Paula worked managing all three businesses, the job she was best at was being a loving mother, wife, grandmother, sister and aunt. She had the tiniest feet, but her shoes will be very hard to fill.
The door to Paula and John's house was always open. Her sons, their cousins, and their many friends spent countless happy hours growing up together there. The cookie jar was always full, and many extra plates were set for dinner. Paula always made time for late night talks or lectures, and "it was never late till 12 and then it was early." That was her special time with "all her kids."
The true apple of Paula's eyes were her grandchildren - Kristofer, Oliviya and Isabella Sheridan. She loved them so dearly, and the time she spent with them was priceless.
She is survived by her husband, John Stewart, Shane and Jennifer and their children Kristofer, Olivya and Isabella, Joel and Luke Sheridan, all of Billings; brothers and sisters, Jeannette and Nick Phillips, Spokane, Wash.; Greg Prevost, Enid; Deb Prevost, Mary and Jerry Buske and their children Scott, Matt and Greg, Tom Prevost and his special friend Jeanne, all of Sidney; and Diane and Bart Beck, Billings.
Paula was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Mary Lucile (Lucy); her first husband, Pat; a sister, Paulette Lucile; a brother, Lawrence Paul; grandparents; and several uncles, aunts and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made for Luke's college expenses.
Mary Ellen Redlin
1928 - 2004
Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Ellen Redlin, 76, Moscow, Idaho, formerly of rural Sidney, will be10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, at the St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Sidney. Interment will be in the Sidney Cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Mary was born May 4, 1928, in Graceville, Minn., to George B. and Ellen (O'Neill) Graham. She grew up and attended school in Minnesota, graduating in Beardsley, Minn., as salutatorian. She moved to Minneapolis to attend airline school and then worked for Northwest Airlines as a radio operator.
She moved to New York and attended Queens College, and it was there she met John Redlin. They were united in marriage in Beardsley on Oct. 25, 1949. In 1959 the family moved to eastern Montana to farm near Sidney. In 1970, they purchased a farm in western Minnesota and lived in Milbank, S.D., wintering in Weslaco, Texas. Mary moved to Pullman in five years to be near family, and will be remembered as a "positive realist."
Mary died in Moscow, Idaho, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004.
Mary is survived by her husband, John, living in Seattle, Wash., and her children, Jim and Susie Redlin, Chicago, Ill., Joann Ellen Graham Redlin and her husband, Johnathan Stevens, Seattle, Wash., Ruth and Steven Gimpel, Seattle, Wash., Catherine and Gary Bergley, Pullman, Idaho, Jeanne and Scott Lowe, Kent, Wash., and Thomas Redlin, Bridgewater, S.D.; brothers, Bob Graham, St. Paul, Minn., and Richard Graham, Beardsley, Minn.; and 10 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Janet, and a brother, Hugh Graham.
Eleanor Trotter
1924 - 2004
Eleanor Trotter, 80, Dickinson, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center, Dickinson, N.D. Funeral services were at 9:30 a.m., Dec. 7, 2004, at St. John Evangelical Church, Dickinson, with Pastor Steven Tangen officiating. Interment was in Union Cemetery, Mandan.
Eleanor Zubke was born Feb. 9, 1924, in Waubay, S.D., to Art and Ella (Pies) Zubke. She attended Huffman and Grassy Butte schools.
She married Edgar Trotter on Oct. 1, 1940. They ranched west of Grassy Butte in the Badlands along the Little Missouri River. Edgar died in 1982. She later moved to a home on the outskirts of Dickinson.
She was a member of 50 years in the Saddle, Heritage Club and McKenzie County Grazing Association. She enjoyed canning, yard work, gardening, cooking, baking, and loved visiting and being with her family. She appreciated her great neighbors and friends.
Eleanor Trotter is survived by her children, Richard (Maxine) Trotter, Dickinson, N.D., Ed (Donna) Trotter, Vernal, Utah, Debbie (Don) Schmeling, Dickinson, N.D., Bill (Carla) Trotter, Grassy Butte, N.D., Sherry Klefstad, McVille, N.D., and 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Art and Ella Zubke; husband, Edgar Trotter; one son, Jerry Trotter; two daughters, Ellen Kist and Sandy Faulkner; and three sisters, Emily Dolecheck, Ethel Hayden and Evelyn Holloway.
Margaret Hagenbarth
Dillon, Mont.
Margaret Hagenbarth, 83, passed away of natural causes June 11 in Dillon. She was proceeded in death by her husband, David, and brothers John and Roger Sweeney. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, David J. Hagenbarth and Patricia Carrick, James F. and Laurie Hagenbarth, brother and sister-in-law, Pete and Chris Sweeney, sister Mary Ford, and grandchildren, Marc, John, Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth and Kate Hagenbarth.
Edwin J. Kuntz
Big Sandy, Mont.
John M. Sheehy, active in numerous agricultural organizations, passed away Feb. 6 at the age of 82. John ranched in Big Sandy for many hears, and was a founder and initial director of the Chouteau County Livestock Protective Association. He is survived by his wife, Laura, daughters, Janet Mullen and Marjory Berlinger, son, Tom Sheehy, and sister, Margaret Norris of Seattle.
Ione (Hess) Ford
Winifred, Mont.
Bernice Ione (Hess) Ford, 100, died after a brief illness Saturday, Jan. 6, in a Lewistown medical center.
Born Aug. 5, 1900, at Kankakee, Ill., she attended schools there and moved with her family to Winifred when she was 16.
In 1917, she graduated from Fergus County High School. Immediately following graduation, she attended summer school and in the fall began teaching.
During her career, she taught at Two Calf, Wood Hawk, Smith, Hess, Andyville and Logan country schools, riding six miles on horseback to the Logan school.
On April 30, 1923, she married Hugh Elwin Ford in Lewistown.
They homesteaded on a ranch 20 miles northeast of Winifred, and it remains in the family. Her husband died in 1987.
"The secret to living a long life is eating bacon and eggs every morning," she said.
After marriage, her career switched to being a ranch wife. She enjoyed cooking for dirt-moving construction crews and fed many travelers that crossed the Power Plant Ferry near her home.
Her favorite poet was Tennyson, and she loved having poems red to her in later years.
She enjoyed stamp collecting, rock collecting, oil painting, reading history books, collecting Indian artifacts and fossils and also enjoyed working with plastic resin.
She belonged to Winifred Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary and was a charter member of the Campfire Girls of America.
Survivors include a son, Tom Ford of Winifred; one grandchild and three great-grandchildren.
Catherine Elizabeth (Mead) Towsley
Missoula, Mont.
Our loving mother, Catherine Elizabeth (Mead) Towsley, 82, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001, at Community Medical Center (in Missoula) of natural causes.
Catherine was born on May 24, 1918, in White, S.D., to William G. and Elizabeth H. Mead. She graduated from Edgely High School in Edgely, N.D., on June 2, 1937.
She was married to Kenneth H. Towsley on June 14, 1937, in Edgely and the couple moved to Missoula in the fall of 1937. The couple made their home at the Zaugg ranch. In 1942, Kenneth enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, but Catherine remained at the ranch and awaited her husband's return. Catherine was an excellent horsewoman and was also considered an excellent markswoman. She enjoyed everything that had to do with the outdoors - hunting, fishing, etc.
Survivors include her children Frank Towsley of Bonner, Judith Leonard of Spokane, Janice Weimer of Park City, Jean Burke of Spokane and Joanne Miller of Clinton; her grandchildren, Jim Towsley, Frank Towsley, Mike Weimer, Dan Weimer and Elizabeth Burke; her great-grandchildren, Lauren and Amanda Towsley and Jacob and Jonathan Weimer; two brothers, John Mead of Potomac and James Mead of Columbus, Ga.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Kenneth H. Towsley, in June of 1982.
Lynn Keith Milliron
Florence, Mont.
Lynn Keith Milliron, 84, of Florence, passed away of natural causes Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Village Health Care Center in Missoula.
He was born Dec. 31, 1916, in Helena, the third child of George and Margurette Sullivan Milliron. Lynn was raised and educated in Lincoln.
In 1944 he married Wilma Smithman. They spent many years together raising their two sons, Skip and Doug. They were divorced in 1973. In 1978 he married Margaret Brown.
In his youth he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps and mined. He went into ranching and later bought and sold several ranches in western Montana. Dad was an accomplished horseman and used his skills to break many horses. He also used his building construction knowledge to earn a living.
He enjoyed rodeos, the Chicago Cubs and belonging to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As a member of the IOOF, he was a past grand patriarch. He served in many capacities in both the Rebekahs and Odd Fellows.
He is survived by his wife Margaret; son Doug Milliron of Laurel; stepson Warren "Skip" Smithman of Indiana; stepdaughter Margaret Lawrence of Florence; two brothers, Robert of Helena and Lawrence of Idaho; sister Dorothy Carter of Helena; grandsons Brent and Clint Milliron; stepgrandsons Johnny, Warren and Ed Smithman, and John, Chuck and Matt Miller; and many great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces.
Brant, Thelma Marie "Mickey", 10-14-1997
82 years old, died natural causes Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at Gallatin Rest Home. Born on Nov. 7, 1914, Picton, Ontario, Canada. Parents: John Lloyd and Edith (Martin) Gunter. Lived in Helena. married Nov. 11, 1931, to Kermit Andrew "Jack" Brant in Townsend. Moved to Bozeman 1933. Operated the Wallace Street Grocery for 10 years. Jack then went into real estate and insurance business. Mickey taught a children's Bible class 30 years. Son and daughter in law, Robert & Ann Brant of Boonville, Miss. Daughter, Betty Rae Monforton of Bozeman. Daughter and son in law, Linda Ellen and John Brant Drumheller of Lafayette, Colo. Daughter Donna Joye Foor of Graham, Wash. Brothers: Bruce Gunter of Great Falls & Jack Gunter of Loveland, Colo. 5 grandchildren & 4 great grandchildren & several nieces and nephews. Husband died June of this year, and brother, Frank Gunter, died in 1936. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dokken Nelson Sunset Chapel. buried Sunset Hills Cemetery.
Brown, Elsie Faye, 2-4-1997
Lived in Butte. Died Monday morning in Anaconda. Born in Bozeman March 23, 1921. Parents: John and Mable (Lucier) Hoffman. Attended schools in Bozeman. married Jessie L. Brown in Townsend on Aug. 1, 1937. He died Feb. 9, 1993. Lived in Bozeman until 1974. Moved to Everett, Wash. Elsie moved to Butte in 1996. Daughter: Barbara Hoffman & grandson, George Brown Johnson (both deceased). Daughters: Cora Johnson of Butte, Faye Irby of Helena, & Janic Douma of Helena. 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Park in Bozeman. Wayrynen Richards Funeral Home in Butte.
Cazier, Doris "Nadine", 9-16-97
61 years old, of Toston. Died: Sunday, Sept. 14, at Broadwater Health Center in Townsend. Born Aug. 12, 1936, in Fredonia, Kan. Parents: Marie Richardson Reynolds of Denver and the late Elmer Reynolds. Raised in Leavenworth, Kan., & after graduating studied to become an airline hostess. Worked at the Fort Leavenworth Officers Club at the Fort Leavenworth Post. married Boyd Cazier March 11, 1955, in Fort Leavenworth, & their marriage was sealed in the Temple in Salt Lake City in 1959. Moved to Idaho and ranched there, then moved to Toston in 1956. Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in Three Forks & the church Relief Society. Husband, Boyd Cazier of Toston still living. Daughter: Karin Cazier of Helena. Son & daughter in law: Jeff & Laura Cazier of Townsend. Son & daughter in law: Todd & Myrna Cazier of Toston. Son & daughter in law: Craig and Peggy Cazier of Toston. Son: Steven Cazier of Brooklyn, N.Y. 10 grandchildren. 3 brothers: Glen Reynolds of Lenexa, Kan., Jerry Reynolds of Reno, Nev., and Bob Reynolds of Denver. Brother, Jim Reynolds (deceased). Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in Three Forks. President Keith Fairbank officiating. Deep Creek Cemetery near Townsend. K & L Mortuaries of Three Forks.
Davis, D.D., 2-23-1998 (abstract from: Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
A cowboy, 92, passed away Thursday, Feb. 19, 1998, at his home south of Townsend. Deitz born 3-21-1905, at Stavely, Alberta. Parents: Lewis & Rosa Davis. In 1910, at 5 years old, family moved to Miles City after a drought on the homestead in Stavely. Schooled to 8th grade in Miles City. 1919, Deitz & his mother moved to Billings by team and buggy. His mother bought the Buckingham Hotel & he worked for Holly Sugar beet plant shoveling beets onto wagons. 1920 - 1924, he worked at mother's hotel in Billings & at grandparents' place on the lower Madison River. 1924, he & mother moved to south end of Broadwater Co. Farmed 3 yrs. by McIntyre. 1927, he bought the Patterson Place on the Missouri River near Dry Creek, & moved w/ mother & stayed & had cattle ranch. 1936, married his neighbor's daughter, Maxine Nilson. 5 children: Darrel, Marg, Bob, Betty and Bill. Sold over 50 head of horses & bought first rubber-tired Jon Deere tractor. Helped neighbors thrash in the Crow Creek Valley. He restored stationary engines & drove tractor and helped farm until the age of 91. Member of Valley Lodge No. 21 A.F. & A.M. for 69 years. Served on Broadwater County School Board & Broadwater Missouri Canal. 1989, granted special recognition by the state as a "Top Hand in the Livestock Industry" & designated a Montana Centennial Cowboy. Sisters: Stella & Freida (deceased), daughter, Pat (deceased). Living children: Darrel Davis of Townsend, Marg & Bill Jappe of Dillon, Bob & Linda Davis of Townsend, Betty Madill of Bozeman, Bill & Geni Davis of Townsend & daughter from a previous marriage, Peggy & George Tate and families of Bozeman. Grandchildren: Dee Boka, Garth Bruce, Roger Davis, DeWin Madill, Cory Davis, Pam McDonald, Ashley Davis. 5 great grandchildren. He was cremated & memorial service held at the Masonic Temple in Townsend on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m.
