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Lydia Ulrich
GLENDIVE - Lydia Ulrich, age 83, of Glendive, died on Tuesday morning, July 28, 1998, at the Glendive Medical Center Extended Care Facility. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 30, 1998, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Glendive with Pastor Howard Schreibeis officiating. Interment will be in the Dawson Memorial cemetery in Glendive. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive is entrusted with arrangements.
Lydia was born on April 4, 1915, in Marsh, the daughter of Christoph and Katherina (Vegele) Gaub. Lydia went to grade school, grades one through four at the Hoyt School, and grades five through eight at the Valley School. After grade school she worked for many people, usually mothers with babies or helping the housewives during threshing time. Lydia can't remember learning to cook anything at home because she was always busy milking the cows, feeding the chickens, cleaning the barns and other outside yard work.
When she had been working at the McKay ranch for about one year, she had a vacation. She went to Glendive to visit her stepsister, Pauline Kaul Miller. It was there that she met Gydion Ulrich. They were married
Oct. 11, 1938, at Lydia's mother's home. When Gydion and Lydia were first married
, they lived in the Pleasantview area for about two years. They then moved to Glendive.
Gydion died on the job on April 27, 1965. After his death, Lydia cleaned houses for people and worked for the Glendive Steam Laundry for a little over a year. Lydia continued to live in her home until 1996 when she moved to the Manor Apartments and then upon having a stroke in October of 1997, entered the Glendive Medical Center Extended Care Facility. Her recovery from the stroke was nothing short of a miracle and at the time of her death had even resumed sewing her animals.
Lydia enjoyed spending time with her family, picnics, gardening, quilting and sewing animals. She enjoyed cooking German dishes for her family, usually upon their request, as they were a very special treat for each of them. Lydia was a very active member of Our Savior Lutheran Church and the Faith LWML.
Lydia is survived by four daughters, LaDonna Schlenz and her husband, Larry, Kathy Hodous and her husband, Jim, Wanda Ulrich and Arleen Ulrich, all of Glendive; one son, Duane Ulrich and his wife, Nancy of Richey; one half-sister, Katie (Kaul) Rittal of Fallon; one half-brother, Richard Kaul of Glendive; one stepbrother, Fred Kaul of Fallon; two step-sisters, Carrie (Kaul) Vegele and Maggie (Kaul) Kalmback, both of Glendive; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gydion; one son, Robert; two grandsons, baby Schlenz and Mikel Ulrich; three brothers, three sisters, one half-sister, one step-brother and one step-sister.
Memorials will go to the Faith LWML at Our Savior Lutheran Church.
Lacey Takes Enemy Jr.
CROW AGENCY - Lacey Takes Enemy Jr. 73, of Crow Agency, passed away Monday evening, July 27, 1998, in the Crow Agency IHS Hospital.
He was born July 5, 1925, in Crow Agency, a son of Lacey Takes Enemy Sr. and Delphine Medicine Horse. He was raised by his grandparents, Julia High Hawk and Thomas Medicine Horse Sr. He grew up and attended schools in Crow Agency and the Chemawa Indian School in Oregon. Following his education, he worked as a welder in the Oregon shipyards.
Lacey enlisted in the U.S. Navy, served during WWII and received his Honorable Discharge.
He married
Dorothy Pretty Weasel on March 21, 1949, in Crow Agency and the couple made their home in Crow Agency. Dorothy died in 1995.
Lacey enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an avid basketball fan. He was a member of the Catholic Church, Big Lodge Clan and was a child of the Piegan Clan.
He was preceded in death by two daughters, Sharolyn Takes Enemy and Ava Pretty Weasel Blackstar, and sisters, Mabel Old Bull, Mildred Buffalo and Wilma Onion.
Survivors include two daughters, Zona Dust and her husband, Bernard, Jackie and her husband, Larry Blacksmith of Lodge Grass; seven sons, Tommy, Michael and his wife, Alfredine, Jerry and his wife, Virjama Pretty Weasel of Crow Agency, James of Casper, Wyo., Robert and his wife, Frances of Fort Smith, and Bradford and his wife, Carol of Cascade, Jonathan and his wife, Trudi of Toppenish, Wash.; two sisters, Eloise White Clay of Hardin and Elizabeth White of Crow Agency; one adopted daughter, Marjorie Jefferson of Lodge Grass; one adopted son, Sidney Fitzpatrick Sr. of Wyola; his aunt, Flora Not Afraid of Lodge Grass; his uncle, Thomas Medicine Horse Jr. of Crow Agency; and his sister-in-law, Bernice Jefferson of Lodge Grass; 27 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Rosary and wake services will be held 9 p.m. Thursday in the Crow Agency St. Dennis Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Friday in the Church. Interment with military honors will follow in the Crow Agency cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin is entrusted with the arrangements.
Fred Brayko
SCOBEY - Fred Brayko, 84, died Tuesday, July 28, 1998, at the Daniels Memorial Hospital in Scobey after a long illness.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 31, at the United Methodist Church in Scobey with interment in the Scobey cemetery. Waller Funeral Home of Scobey is in charge.
Henry Leonhardt Jr.
LOVELL, Wyo. - Henry Leonhardt Jr., 88, died Monday, July 27, 1998, at North Big Horn Hospital in Lovell after a long illness.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 30, at Haskell Funeral Home in Lovell with interment in the Cowley cemetery.
Leo Lynden Cronen
NEWBERG, Ore. - Leo Lynden, Cronen, 82, formerly of Nashua, Mont., died Monday, July 27, 1998, in Newberg.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 31, at the Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Nashua with interment in the Nashua City cemetery. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow, Mont., is in charge.
Mildred Johnson
SIDNEY - Funeral services for Mildred Johnson, 88, of Sidney are at 2 p.m. Friday, July 31, 1998, at the Pella Lutheran Church with Pastors Maryann and Mark Morgenstern officiating. Interment will be in the Sidney cemetery under the direction of the Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney.
Mildred was born on Feb. 12, 1910, in Sidney, to parents Mary (Huffman) and John Robert McMillen. She was a lifetime resident of Sidney. Mildred was united in marriage to Earl Johnson, in Sidney, on July 24, 1933. They farmed in the Brorson Community for years. After they retired from the farm, they ran an agate shop. Mildred entered Extended Care Facility on May 13, 1998.
She was active in the Three Buttes Homemakers Club and the Pella Lutheran Ladies Aid Society. She was a member of the Brorson Lutheran Church and the Pella Lutheran Church. Mildred enjoyed arts, crafts, ceramics, agate jewelry, pictures, gardening and birds. After they retired from the farm, they ran an agate shop.
Mildred died on early Tuesday morning, July 28, 1998, at the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility.
Mildred is survived by her husband, Earl of Sidney; two sons, Russell of Sidney and Roger of Fairview; a daughter, Helen D. Dunn of Spokane, Wash.; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Ramona Johnson; a grandson, Bruce Johnson; a brother, Lester W. McMillen; and a sister, Ethel C. Franz.
Sheri K. Janzen
Sheri K. Janzen, 50, of Billings, died Monday, July 27. 1 998 at the Deaconess Hospital, following a five year struggle with Berger's Disease. A strong woman, Sheri held on to the very end. Sheri lived and loved life to the fullest. She will be remembered for her wonderful sense of humor and her generosity.
The daughter of Mike and Fudge Stelmachuk, Sheri was born April 22, 1948, in Billings where she was raised and educated. She married
David R. Janzen in Cody, Wyo., March 11, 1981. Sheri enjoyed crafts and flowers and had worked in the nursery at Volley Gaverts.
Survivors include her husband David of Billings; two beautiful daughters, Kym Young and Stacey Janzen of Billings; her parents, Mike and Fudge Stelmachuk of Billings; and three loving sisters, Barbara Fiederl of Seattle, Wash., and Peggy Alger and Shirley Stevens of Billings.
She will be greatly missed.
Cremation has taken place. Private family memorial services are planned. Memorials to Big Sky Hospice or Visiting Nurses Services..
Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist, Heights chapel has charge of arrangements.
William H. (Bill) Cady
William H. (Bill) Cady died July 27, 1998, of esophageal cancer at Western Manor under the care of Big Sky Hospice.
Bill was born July 29, 1931, in Spokane, Wash., and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force from 1951-55 and served three years in Europe. After his discharge, he worked summers for the U.S. Forest Service while attending the Univ. of Idaho. He graduated in 1960.
He married
Margaret (Marge) W. Merrell in Moscow on Dec. 27, 1958. He worked as an underwriter for Royal Globe Ins. in San Francisco, Denver and Great Falls before moving to Billings in 1971. He worked for Ryan's, Inc. and retired from Supervalu in 1996.
Bill is survived by his wife, Marge; his daughter, Terry of Missoula; son, Mark, his wife, Mary, and their kids, Brooke, Travis and Bailey of Billings; son, Mike of Wendover, Nev.; his sister, Joan Mael of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; his aunt, Adelaide Byers of Missoula; and his three "special kids," Tom, Kindra and Mike Crants.
A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, July 30, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. An open house will be held at Bill and Marge's home to celebrate Bill's life from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Memorials may be made in Bill's name to Big Sky Hospice, P.O. Box 35033, Billings, 59107, or the Jeff Harnish Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 30158, Billings, 59107.
Services were entrusted to Cremation or Funeral Gallery.
Brent Ryder
Services and a celebration of Brent's life will be held July 29, 1998, at 1 p.m. at the Dome Mountain Ranch, 30 miles south of Livingston.
Dean LeRoy Harr
ROUNDUP - Dean LeRoy Harr, 70, died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at Roundup Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, July 31, at Malvik Lutheran Church in Bemidji, Minn., with interment in the Malvik cemetery. Wier Funeral Home of Roundup is in charge of local arrangements.
Burton O. Wyman
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. - Burton O. Wyman, 79, of Laguna, passed away of natural causes July 19, 1998, at South Coast Medical Center. Burt played football at Billings Senior High School and graduated in 1937. He enlisted in the Marines in September 1940 and served till November 1946. He was awarded the Naval Air Medal with one Gold Star and two permanent citations for his service in the South Pacific. Burt is survived by Elsa, his wife of 54 years; one brother, George Wyman of Billings; one sister, Marjorie Wyman Gray of Cocoa, Fla.; four nieces and three nephews. Cremation has taken place.
Glen William Michaels
BURLINGTON, Wyo. - Glen William Michaels, 83, died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at his home in Burlington after a long illness.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, at the Burlington L.D.S. Chapel with interment in the Burlington cemetery. Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell is in charge.
Manly Gauger
Manly Gauger, 82, of Billings, passed away Saturday evening at St. John's Lutheran Home in Billings.
Manly was born on Nov. 13, 1915, in Castlewood, S.D., to Henry and Hattie Gauger. In 1936, he moved to Billings where he married
Olga Larson in 1938. He owned and operated City Transfer and Storage for more than 50 years.
In 1939, Manly was instrumental in organizing the Assembly of God Church in Billings. For nearly 60 years, he was active first as Sunday School Superintendent and then as counselor to the Royal Rangers. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Chapel of Hope.
Throughout his life, the only things more important to Manly than his horses and his dogs were his family and his faith in God.
Manly was preceded in death by his wife, Olga, his parents, two brothers, a sister and a granddaughter. He is survived by five children: Dwight of Billings, Donna and her husband, Bob Roberts of Billings, Denyta and her husband, Don McFarren of Billings, Darlene and her husband, Bernard Sparrell of Hailey, Idaho, Dwaine and his wife, Lisa of Twin Falls, Idaho; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; also two brothers: Wes of Billings and George of Joliet; three sisters: Arlene of Laurel, Armina of Watertown, S.D., and Iola of Moss Landing, Calif.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Parkhill Assembly of God Church with interment in Mountview cemetery.
Memorials to the Royal Rangers at the Chapel of Hope. Cremation or Funeral Gallery is in charge of arrangements.
John James Collins
ASHLAND - John James Collins was born to Eli and Maude (Collins) Runs Above on March 16, 1928, in Pine Ridge, S.D. He passed away in his home on July 24, 1998. His original name had been George John Runs Above. His mother was a first cousin to President McKinley. He was the great-grandson of Chief Red Cloud (Oglala Sioux Chief).
Survivors include: Aurelia Runs Above (Scott Baker), Estelle Bear Comes Out (Emery), Lori Jo Collins/Wick (James), Roberta Jean and Barbara Collins, all of Ashland; one surviving son, Verdell James Collins (Shonna) of Hardin; and an older daughter, Elizabeth Rowland of Pine Ridge. Preceding him in death are: his second wife, Loretta, and sons, Douglas and George Runs Above. John had six adopted daughters: Vengie Sioux Calf, Mary Cummings, Roberta Bement, Christi Ziler, Jermaine and Iola Wooden Thigh. He has 61 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; two favorite nephews, Leroy Runs Above (Charolette) of Lame Deer and Billy Runs Above (Dana). He also had numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements are: on July 29, 1998, wake services will be held in the Social Room at St. Labre with rosary at 8 p.m., and Church Services on July 30, 1998, at St. Labre, starting at 1 p.m. with Father Paschal Siler presiding. Burial will be at St. Labre cemetery.
Marianne Olson
MEDICINE LAKE - Marianne Olson, 67, of Medicine Lake, died Sunday, July 26, 1998, at the Roosevelt Memorial Medical Center in Culbertson.
A Vigil rite will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, at Fulkerson Memorial Chapel in Plentywood. Funeral Liturgy will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Medicine Lake with interment in the Plentywood cemetery.
Kimberly McGrady Dorman
POWELL, Wyo. - Kimberly McGrady Dorman, age 44, died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at the Powell Hospital.
She was born Sept. 13, 1953, in Powell to Bill and Joesphine McGrady. She attended Powell schools and graduated from Powell High School in 1971. She married
Jerry Dorman in 1972. Kimberly was a longtime employee of the Powell Senior Citizen Center.
She is survived by her husband, Jerry, sons, Charles and Brandon, and grandson, Malaki, all of Powell; her mother, Joesphine McGrady of Powell; brother, Verle McGrady of Richland, Wash.; and brother, Gary McGrady of Powell. She was preceded in death by her father, one brother and one sister.
Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 1998, at the American Legion Hall in Powell. Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home is in charge of services.
Shirley J. (Coley) Algra
Shirley, 62, passed away July 25, 1998, in her home of cancer. She grew up in Billings, raised by her mother, Martha Coley and Mose Coley. She worked for Mtn. Bell in Billings and Helena for 30 years, retiring in 1983. She and Jerry owned Algra's Mobile Home Service in Helena for 21 years.
Survivors include her husband of 33 years, Jerry Algra; two daughters, Eileen Ewing and Tina Dannon; brother, David Coley; sister, Phyllis Brady; and five grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place at Cremation or Funeral Gallery in Billings and a private memorial is pending.
Dollie Mae Foster
LIVINGSTON - Dollie Mae Foster, 97, died Sunday, July 26, 1998, at Livingston Health and Rehab Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 30, in the chapel of Franzen-Davis Funeral Home with graveside committal services in Mountain View cemetery, both in Livingston.
Helen D. Hungerford
COLUMBUS - Helen D. Hungerford, 70, died Saturday, July 25, 1998, at the Stillwater Convalescent Center.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, at Mountainview cemetery. Smith Funeral Chapel-Columbus is in charge.
Karen Potter Schumann
Karen Potter Schumann died unexpectedly while enjoying an outing with her family on Saturday, July 25, 1998. Karen was born the fifth child of Dorothy Bennion and Arlin Roberts Potter in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 1, 1957. She lived her first 14 years in San Jose before moving with her family to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she graduated from Olympus High School in 1976 and later from The University of Utah with a degree in recreational therapy. She served in the Sweden Goteborg Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1979 and 1980. She worked as a Recreational Therapist in a nursing home following her return from her mission. In the summer of 1983 she met Thomas Lee Schumann and the couple was sealed for time and eternity on Dec. 4, 1982, in the Jordan River Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After her marriage, Karen and her family lived for six months in Richfield, Utah; two months in Phoenix, Ariz.; five years in Idaho Falls, Idaho; two years in Saginaw, Mich.; three years in Evansville, Ind.; and for the last five years in Billings.
Karen was known and loved by many as a loving and caring person who was quick to make friends - a skilled and compassionate listener. She was slow to anger and cared greatly about people and relationships. She loved her Heavenly Father and always wanted to do His will. She served conscientiously all her adult life in a variety of church callings. The day she passed away she was preparing a lesson for a class the following day.
Karen loved life and enjoyed cross-country skiing, music performing and arranging, hiking and camping. She had recently taken an interest in horses and was compassionate in her care of animals.
Karen is survived by her husband, Dr. Tom Schumann, and her four children: Lauralee Schumann, born Nov. 12, 1983; Marianne Schumann, born Nov. 7, 1985; Paul Thomas Schumann, born April 11, 1988; and Allison Rae Schumann, born Jan. 5, 1991; also her parents, Arlin and Dorothy Potter of Salt Lake City; her brother, Kent Potter of Atlanta, Ga.; and three sisters: Jolene Clawson of Detroit, Mich., Gweneth McNiel of Salt Lake City, and Anna Jane Jenkins of Phoenix. Her family and friends will always remember her positive influence and have her good example to follow as they anticipate a joyous reunion after the resurrection.
An entry from Karen's Journal dated Sunday, Nov. 1, 1992, gives insight to her character and priorities: "All at once I realize my oldest child is nine. It doesn't sound very old. But soon she'll be a young woman and childish laughter will have changed its tune. Nine is half of eighteen and then she'll be gone. And the other children's years go by just as swiftly. Have I laughed enough? Have I played enough, listened enough, and been available enough to hear? Why is it the tasks that consume me in day to day living seem ever-pressingly important to rob me from smiles, tears, and an endless stream of "watch me Mama" that I turn to watch but somehow never quite do? God grant me the wisdom to know what is truly important and the courage to do it."
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, 1998, at the Billings East LDS Stake Center, 1640 Broadmoor Drive. Interment will follow at Terrace Gardens cemetery.
