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Dixie Dorleen Matteson
PROVO, Utah - Dixie Dorleen Matteson, of Provo, passed away in Utah Valley Regional Medical Center on June 13, 1998, of natural causes. She was born Aug. 5, 1926, in Grove, Okla., to O.G. and Edith Sawdey. The family later moved to Fleming, Colo., where she graduated from Fleming High School. She worked as a telephone operator for Mountain States Telephone and married
Keith Charles Matteson on Sept. 16, 1950. In 1966, she moved to Billings, Mont., where she helped raise a family of three. She loved her family, the mountains, and camping. Preceding her in death was her ex-husband, Keith Matteson. She is survived by one daughter, Vicki (Tim) Ewell of Orem; and two sons, Jim (Mary) Matteson of Billings and Ken (Laurie) Matteson of Great Falls, Mont.; two brothers, Eldon Sawdey and James "Buck" Sawdey, both of Ogden; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Santaquin City cemetery. Friends may call at Anderson & Sons Mortuary (49 East 100 North, American Fork) from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday and from 12 to 12:45 p.m. on Thursday. Burial will be in Santaquin City cemetery.
Eugene 'Cobb' Calvin Weinberger
POPLAR - Eugene "Cobb" Calvin Weinberger, 50, died Saturday, June 13, 1998, at Deaconess Hospital in Billings.
Evening services will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at the Poplar Cultural Center, with a wake following. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, June 19, at the Cultural Center, with interment in the Poplar City cemetery.
Harold Schierkolk
POWELL, Wyo. - Harold Schierkolk, 83, of Powell, died Monday, June 15, 1998, at the Powell Hospital.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday, June 26, Hope Lutheran Church of Powell. Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home of Powell is in charge.
Bobby Jo Bodle
POWELL, Wyo. - Bobby Jo Bodle, 55, of Powell, died Sunday, June 14, 1998, at the Powell Hospital.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at First Southern Baptist Church of Powell. Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home of Powell is in charge.
June Isabelle Ross
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - June Isabelle Ross, 73, lifelong resident, passed away at Sheridan County Memorial Hospital, Saturday, June 13, 1998.
On Sept. 26, 1924, June was born in Canon City, Colo., the daughter of Oscar and Susan Hayes Blankenship. She was raised in southern Colorado until her parents moved to southern Montana. She worked for the Sheridan Veterans Hospital in Sheridan after receiving her nurse's training at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Mont.
On Jan. 4, 1947, June was united in marriage to Charles A. Ross at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Sheridan. He preceded her in death in 1988. Also preceding her in death are her parents; one son, Richard Ross; one sister, Marie Brandt; and one brother, Dean Blankenship.
June was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church, Altar and Rosary Society, Holy Name Perpetual Adoration, Holy Name Eucharistic Minister and the Mother Cabrini Circle. She also volunteered with Heritage Towers and Hospice. She enjoyed walking, the YMCA and gardening.
Survivors include three daughters, Susan DeFoe of Glasgow, Mont., Patricia M. Ross of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mary H. Doerr of Sheridan; three sons, Roderic and Scott Ross of Sheridan, Gregory Ross of Billings, Mont.; and 10 grandchildren.
Rosary will be said 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 1998, at Holy Name Catholic Church. Mass of the Christian Burial will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, June 18, 1998, at Holy Name Catholic Church with Father Eugene Sullivan officiating. Interment will follow in the Big Horn cemetery in Big Horn. Kane Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials can be given to the Holy Name Catholic School or the Big Horn Historical Society in care of Kay Roush at the First Federal Savings Bank, P.O. Box 6007, Sheridan, Wyo. 82801.
Violet P. Malley
SPEARFISH, S.D. - Violet P. Malley, 66, formerly of Miles City, died Friday, June 12, 1998.
Visitation will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 18, in the chapel at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Services will be Friday, June 19, at the Christian Life Center in Belle Fourche with interment in the family lot in the Black Hills National cemetery in Sturgis.
James E. (Jim) Dowling
SHERIDAN, Wyo. - James E. (Jim) Dowling, 68, died Sunday, June 14, 1998, at the Sheridan County Memorial Hospital.
Vigil services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, at Kane Funeral Home in Sheridan. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 18, at Holy Name Catholic Church in Sheridan. Cremation and inurnment will be held at a later date.
Tom Sharpe
LEWISTOWN - Tom Sharpe, 93, of Lewistown, peacefully died of natural causes Sunday morning, June 14, in the Central Montana Skilled Nursing Center in Lewistown.
The son of Thomas and Margret Sharpe, he was born Aug. 25, 1904, in Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1907, his family emigrated to Dacono, Colo., where he received his education, graduating in 1918. He graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder with a degree in mechanical engineering and maintained his loyalties to their football team until his death.
He married
Dora Bebout, with whom he had two sons. She preceded him in death in 1937.
He worked as a manufacturer's representative in both the food and automotive industries, as a part-time salesperson, and as a farmer/rancher.
He was united in marriage to Lillian Bogut. Together, they ran the White Star Laundry in Great Falls, the Swiss Cleaners and later the Wash House in Lewistown, where he finally settled in 1945. Lillian died in 1959.
A friend of presidents and congressmen who love to discuss politics, Tom was an active member of the Republican Party until his retirement and was an outspoken advocate of women's rights across the nation. He devoted his energies for over a decade to the Lewistown Library Board and was a member of Rotary International, the Al Bedoo Temple, and the Masons. He took great pride in his lifetime membership in the Elks.
He married
Dr. Virginia Olsen of Lewistown on June 10, 1976.
Always adventurous, Tom enjoyed fishing, camping, traveling with his wife in their motorhome, and working in his yard. He was equally delighted to watch prize fights on television or the sunsets from his front porch. He will be remembered by family and friends as an involved citizen, a thoughtful husband, and a gentle man.
Tom is survived by his wife, Virginia; two brothers in Colorado, Andrew of Fort Lupton,and Jack of Dacono; two sons, Thomas and his wife, Darlene of Billings, Richard and his wife, Doris of Arlington, Texas; a stepdaughter, Leslie Bray and her husband, Brian of Graham, N.C.; one niece, Mary Ann Sharpe of Las Vegas; eight grandchildren, Sandra Sept and Tammy Prout of Helena, Paula Paulson of Lewistown, Tina Steffen of Livingston, Kathi Tonstad of Billings, Rick Sharpe and Sherry Andrus of Minnesota, and Susan Clark of Texas; and 14 great-grandchildren.
He is also preceded in death by his parents, and two brothers, Robert and William Sharpe.
Graveside services for Tom Sharpe will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, at Lewistown City cemetery with Reverend Carol Sims of St. James Episcopal Church officiating. Interment of ashes will follow.
Creel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Friends may make memorials to the Lewistown City Library or the charity of their choice.
Monte J. Shelton
SEATTLE, Wash. - Monte J. Shelton passed away on Monday, June 8, 1998, in Seattle. Monte was born in Libby, early morning on Aug. 27, 1956, being the first child of Joanna and Robert Shelton. Monte is survived by both parents and his maternal grandmother, Ruby Helen Wren, all of Tacoma; Willard Scott, his brother at Georgetown Lake; his sister, Suzane Delamater, together with her husband, Max and daughters Kristin and Ashley of Eugene Ore.
Monte grew up with his family in Missoula, attending Sentinel High School and graduating in 1974. Monte then attended Montana Tech where his favorite classes were in the Geology Department, he also attended chef school in San Francisco and England, working in that field for several years.
Monte learned to sail in 1990 and spent many happy days in Puget Sound and later on the ketch, Papillon, in the western Caribbean.
Monte had bouts of serious illness in 1997 and, after he recovered last winter, returned to Colon, Panama, on the Caribbean end of the canal to find that the Papillon had been stolen. Monte then spent the next several months in a quest for the missing Ketch, only recently returning to Tacoma. A log of this adventure reads like a fine mystery novel with high political intrigue and more than a glimpse of the residual corruption in the emerging country of Panama.
About two weeks ago his Colombian friend, Clacey called and reported that he had located Papillon on the Pacific end of the canal and Monte was looking forward to her recovery. (Monte was Godfather to Clacey's little newborn, baby boy, Claceto, and lovingly referred to him as "our baby.")
Monte's Parents want to thank the Captain and First Mate of the ferryboat, Rhododendron, for stopping mid-channel on the Vashon Island run on Saturday afternoon. The First Mate stood at attention during the brief ceremony conducted by his Father, Mother and friend, Tonya Baker, which consisted of this prayer and the Captain's salute of three blast of the horn signaling a departing vessel.
"Monte our son and friend we place a portion of your dust on these waters with the prayer that they will carry your spirit to all of the beautiful shores of this earth, and when your friends came down to the sea, chat they remember you and all the good men like you. May God speed your journey."
The family will have a service at the Whitesett Chapel in Stevensville on Thursday the 18th of June, at 2 p.m. and invite all to attend. Monte's remaining dust will be placed along side his Grandfather, Lonnie Wren who preceded him in death.
Monte was always generous, especially to the poor and downtrodden he met in his world travels arid we urge you to remember him by doing likewise. The last two years when Monte was home he would accompany his Mother to yard sales on Fox Island and Gig Harbor specifically to find and purchase clothes, shoes and toys for the Cuna Indian children that he had met in Colon. He admired and loved these people with their tightly knit, extended families, from the San Blas Islands on the south coast of Panama on the Caribbean side.
Please remember Monte with laughter and love-picture him - His tall frame and long gait with the diminutive Cuna children skipping along, hanging on to each large hand with the smaller ones in tow by his shin tail, each protecting the other by their mere presence, and God all, in the dangerous streets of Colon.
Joe Peltier
Joe Peltier, 71, of Billings, passed away Saturday, June 13, 1998, at Parkview Convalescent Center.
He was born on Sept. 4, 1926. He married
Eva Little Boy in 1947.
With an honorable discharge he was able to get a job with Simpsons Saw Mill. With his prior service record he was able to get a job as a truck driver, light 345, also qualifying him as a logging truck operator, cat skinner, tree feller, which later got him a job with Saunders Lumber out of Hardin.
He received several medals during his service: Meritorious Unit award, Army Occupation medal (Japan), Asiatic Pacific Service medal, Good Conduct medal and the Victory medal.
Survivors include: Joe Peltier Jr., Linda Sannes, Wendy Peltier, Cindy Herman, Rena Peltier, Arthur Peltier and Leroy M. Peltier.
Funeral services will be held 12 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 1998, at St. Patrick's Co-Cathedral. Interment with military rites will follow at Mountview cemetery.
Jessie L. Komarek
LEWISTOWN - Jessie L. Komarek, 69, of Lewistown, died Sunday, June 14, 1998, at the Valle Vista Manor.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, June 18, at the Fergus High School Auditorium, with interment in the Central Montana Memorial Gardens.
Howard E. Beeter
In the loving presence of his family, Howard Beeter passed away of heart failure on June 14, 1998, at St. Vincent Hospital.
Howard was born April 4, 1920, in Minot, N.D., to Hiram and Regina Beeter. He entered the National Guard in April of 1941 in Minot and then served in the U.S. Army as an Artillery Drill Instructor until he was discharged in 1945. On Oct. 3, 1942, in Fort Lewis, Wash., he and Margaret Price were united in marriage.
After being employed with Ford Motor Company for over 20 years, he retired as a Zone Manager in 1973. Howard was an original member of St. Pius X Church, a 25-year member of Council 1259 Knights of Columbus and a Disabled American Veteran. His hobbies included farming, fishing, boating and "old fashioned" deal making. Howard will be remembered for his entertaining sense of humor and unending love and devotion to this family.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Margaret; his four sons and their wives, Robert and Neva, San Antonio, Texas, Doug and Deborah, Katy, Texas, Roger and Nancy, Billings, and Tim and Sharon, Billings; one daughter, Mary, and her husband, Charlie Gier of Denver, Colo.; 11 grandchildren, Jane, Mike, Matt, David, Tricia, Regin, Lynn, Nate, Jayme, Kara and Chris; and one great-grandchild, Austin. Howard is also survived by two brothers, Raymond and Bernard of Minot, N.D., as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Albert and Leon.
The family would like to share in his memory at a vigil service to be held 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dahl Funeral Chapel. A funeral mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church with private interment at Holy Cross cemetery. Friends wishing to make memorials are asked to make them to St. Pius X Parish Building Fund, Billings Area Catholic Education Trust (BACET), or charity of their choice.
We love you, Howard, and will miss you. We find comfort in the thought of God's loving light now shining brightly upon you.
Kenneth Allen Baxter
SHEPHERD - Kenneth Allen Baxter, 39, son of Aleen Baxter and the late Walter 3. Baxter, passed away early Saturday morning, June 13, 1998.
Preceding him in death, were his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wight and Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Baxter; and his father, Walter J. Baxter.
Ken is survived by his mother, Aleen Baxter, Billings; three brothers, Walter Baxter Jr., Belgrade, Robert (Dee) and their sons Ryan and Brandon, Laurel, Frank and his daughter Tera, Billings; and a sister Aleta (Paul) Zahorodny and their son Paul, Billings; His aunts, Marvel Lowrance of Billings, Peggy Stiles of Oakland, Calif., and Patty (Stan) Kane, of Kentlield, Calif.; numerous cousins; and a very special friend, Roxanne Schaff and her two children, Heather and Josh.
Ken was born Oct. 28, 1958, in Billings. He attended school in Billings, graduating from Billings Senior High School in 1976.
Ken was known to have a soft and caring heart, wanting to help his fellow man in their time of need. To achieve this lofty goal, he joined O'Donnells Fire Service as a fire-fighter and EMT. He served in this capacity until O'Donnells closed.
At that point in time, he moved to Shepherd, where he became a member of the Shepherd Volunteer Fire Department. He made a great number of life-long friends, and achieved his passion of helping his fellow man by training for, and becoming. a First Responder.
Ken worked for OMO Construction Company and most recently was employed by Empire Sand & Gravel Company. He was a member of Laborers Union Local 98.
Ken enjoyed the great outdoors; hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and playing with his dog, Chester. He also enjoyed boating and water-skiing with family and friends.
Ken, you will always hold a special place in our hearts. Your compassion has been rewarded by the people you befriended. Your deeds and actions will not soon be forgotten.
Friends may make memorials to the Shepherd Volunteer Fire Department in care of Rev. Don AuClair, 1039 Crist Drive, Billings, Mont., 59105.
Graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, at Mountview cemetery. Cremation has taken place at Smith Crematory.
George Behm
LAUREL - George Behm, 90, of Laurel, passed away Saturday, June 13, 1998, at Evergreen Billings Health and Rehabilitation Center.
He was born Jan. 15, 1908, at Laurel. He began farming in various locations in Montana before his employment at the railroad dope house in Laurel until 1962, after which he was employed for 10 years with the City of Laurel until his retirement in 1972.
George loved to fish, camp, garden and, after his retirement, he loved to sit on the deck and visit with neighbors and friends. He also enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He and his wife, Sarah, were also life-time members of the First Congregational Church in Laurel.
George married
Sarah Cook on Dec. 7, 1930. George and Sarah had three children: Ronnie Behm, Rosemary Reil and Shirley Peter.
George was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah; his son, Ronnie; his daughter, Rosemary; three brothers; two sisters; and two grandsons, Guy and Gale Behm.
Survivors include his daughter, Shirley Peter of Laurel; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, at First Congregational Church, Laurel. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Billings, then a reception will be held back at the church for family and friends.
Smith Funeral Chapel - Laurel was in charge of arrangements.
