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Jeannette Kay Robb
LIVINGSTON - Jeannette Kay Robb, 61, died Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Livingston Health and Rehab Center after a 10-year bout with lupus and an eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, at Holbrook United Methodist Church. Graveside committal and burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Franzen-Davis Funeral Home is in charge.
Frank W. Ruzicka, Jr.
LEWISTOWN - Frank W. Ruzicka, Jr., 82, died Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Central Montana Skilled Nursing Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Creel Funeral Chapel with burial at the Lewistown City cemetery.
Mary Leona McFarland White
TWO DOT - Mary Leona McFarland White was born on June 14, 1905, in Two Dot, Mont., the only child of Gilbert and Lanie McFarland. Her childhood was spent on the ranch, under the tutelage of her father and her uncle, George McFarland. Her early travels with her father included adventurous trips to Butte, and she witnessed one of the last roundups of the open range at Ingomar in 1915. She attended grade school in Two Dot, boarding school in Lewistown and graduated from Harlowton High School. She went on to attend Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Montana in Missoula and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a degree in history. She then went on to do graduate work at the University of Chicago, where she also did social work in the city and became temporarily involved in radical politics.
During the summers, she worked in Yellowstone National Park, where she ultimately met Wilbur "Pete" White. They were married
Sept. 12, 1934, in her parents' home on Big Elk. They settled on the ranch (much to Mary's initial chagrin) and lived there for the next 64 years. She was passionate about fishing, wildlife and politics. She made a point to bring people with diverse interests to the ranch from all over the world. Her parties were legendary, with classical music performed by her beloved Uncle Neri Thibeau and Charlotte Moore. Her creativity was expressed through painting, poetry and the relentless redesigning of her home. Mary never shied away from a spirited argument. She fought to protect the integrity of the ranch, trying to hold at bay all manner of predators in the form of wolves, the power company, uninvited hunters and proselytizers.
In June 1989, her ranch house burned, destroying all ranch documents from the old days, her letters, paintings and memorabilia. Mary survived the fire but was never quite the same. A little of her center was gone.
On Nov. 19, 1998, we, her family, lost some of our center when Mary died quietly on her ranch on Big Elk. Survivors include her husband, Pete; a son, Mac; a daughter, Mary K.; and four grandchildren, Sarah, Betsy, Lanie and Harrison. Mary knew all the good fishing holes and berry patches.
Services will be held at a later date. Memorials can be sent to the Pioneer Scholarship Fund at Harlowton High School.
Jamie Lynn Wolf
CODY, Wyo. - Jamie Lynn Wolf, 2 months, passed away Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at Denver Children's Hospital in Denver, Colo. Jamie was born Sept. 24, 1998, in Powell, Wyo., the daughter of Patrick and Rose Marie Wheeler Wolf. She is survived by her parents of Cody; a brother, Kyle Wolf of Cody; and her grandparents, Caroline Kunsky, Joy and Jerry Wolf and Barbara Wolf.
Visitations for Jamie Lynn Wolf will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Ballard Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, at Ballards with interment following in Riverside cemetery.
Robert Aldon Wright
CODY, Wyo. - Robert Aldon Wright, 60, died Saturday, Nov. 21, at West Park Hospital Emergency Room.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at Ballard Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Ballard Funeral Home with burial in Riverside cemetery.
Audre Andrea Zent
Audre Andrea Zent, 54, of Billings, passed away Saturday afternoon, Nov. 21, 1998, at her home due to complications of her lupus disease. The daughter of Ervin and Thelma (Torgerson) Olin, she was born in New Salem, N.D., Sept. 21, 1944.
At a young age, Audre's family moved from New Salem to Billings, where she was raised and educated, graduating from Billings Senior High School in 1962. Following graduation, she attended a data processing school in St. Louis, Mo., and later returned to Billings. Audre worked as a data processor for Pierce Packing Co., Billings Hardware and the E.R. Young Co. for many years. She then went to work for Hart-Albin Co. as personnel director for 12 years. Upon the closure of Hart-Albin's, Audre went to work as personnel director for the Radisson Northern Hotel until 1992. She then managed Big Sky Beauty Supply until ill health forced her to retire. She was a past member of the Junior Women's League and the Yellowstone Valley Personnel Association.
Audre loved her family and spending time with her children and grandchildren, to whom she was affectionately known as "Bramma." Among her many interests, she enjoyed reading, her pinochle club, hockey, baseball and shopping with her daughter Jana. Audre loved people and enjoyed helping others. She was preceded in death by her father, her brother Don Olin, and her sister Nellie Olin.
Survivors include her mother, Thelma Olin of Billings; her best friend, Gary Zent of Billings; her daughter Jana Greene and her husband Allen of Idaho Falls, Idaho; her son Darren Zent and his wife Deanna of Goodland, Kan.; her sister Ardys Olin of Billings; her two grandchildren, Joshua Isaac Zent and Alexis Andrea Zent; and her poodle, Ebony Bear Blessing.
"Mom, you fought the good fight and we are very proud of you."
Visitation will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Heights Chapel with cremation to follow. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at American Lutheran Church with interment in Holy Cross cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Lupus Foundation, 1015 Broadwater Ave., Billings, MT 59102, the Rescue Mission, 2520 First Ave. N., Billings, MT 59101, or the charity of one's choice.
Thomas E. Blair
LEWISTOWN - Thomas E. Blair, 91, died Saturday, Nov. 21, at Valle Vista Manor of natural causes.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Lewistown City cemetery. Cremation has taken place. Cloyd Funeral Home is in charge.
Robert 'Bobby' Burau
SAVAGE - Robert "Bobby" Burau, 70, died Friday, Nov. 20, in the Sidney Health Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at First Lutheran Church in Savage with burial in Dawson County cemetery. Fulkerson Funeral Home in Sidney is in charge.
Walter E. 'Curley' Humiston
BRIDGER - Walter E. "Curley" Humiston, 88, of Casper, Wyo., formerly of Bridger, Mont., died Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Shepherd of the Valley Care Center in Casper.
Cremation has taken place. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at Rockvale cemetery. Smith Funeral Chapel in Laurel is in charge.
Leona Sarah Tarkio Lumsden
Last Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998, on her mother's birthday, Leona Lumsden completed her 89-year walk through life. Among her blessings was that she was able to enjoy her life with minimal physical discomfort and free of confinement up to the moment of her passing. Born Leona Sarah Tarkio Geelhart to Herman and Laura (Wills) Geelhart in Tarkio, Mont., she was raised in Roundup, where she graduated from high school. Turning down a four year scholarship to the University of Montana, she remained close to her family and continued a business college education in Miles City.
It was there that she met her future husband Francis Lumsden. She and Francis moved to Oregon for a period of time and, in 1946, came to make their lifelong home in Gardiner. Together, they operated the Welcome Hotel and Cafe and the Mile Hi Motel while Leona worked secretarial and clerical duties in Yellowstone Park. In the early 1960s, her sister Vivian Ristow with husband Lex also came to live in Gardiner. The community in and around Gardiner yielded a wealth of cherished friends and neighbors that were held dear throughout her life. With the passing of Francis in 1978, Leona continued her work in the Park until retirement while operating the Mile Hi Motel. Leona helped with the care of her ailing sister, Gladys Geelhart. Leona's health began to fail in the autumn of 1996, thereupon she found comfort in the Billings home of her sister and niece, Wanda and Laura Hoag. With the help of her daily caretaker and companion, Thelma Hankinson, she was able to enjoy daily rides and lunches as well as a few long distance trips, one of which was a visit to her brother Percy in Elgin, Ill. Leona held life very dear to her heart and will be missed by all who knew her. Preceding her to her new home in the House of the Lord are her Father and Mother, Herman and Laura Geelhart; sisters Vivian Ristow and Gladys Geelhart; brother Clyde; husband Francis Lumsden; brothers-in-law Douglas Hoag, Walter Noctor and Lex Ristow; sister-in-law Mary Ellen Geelhart; nephew Jim Noctor; grand niece Christina Voise; and grand nephew Michael Provenzano.
She is survived by her sister Wanda Hoag; brother Percy Geelhart; sister-in-law Harriet Stieler with husband Bill; brother-in-law Dale Lumsden and wife; nephews, Ted Hoag, Rex Hoag with wife January, Michael Ristow with wife Janice, and Bill Geelhart with wife Karen; nieces, Laura Hoag with companion Steve Meyer, Patty Buban with husband Bill, LaVon Pickarsky with husband Al, June Provenzano with husband Mario, and Nancy Kay Benjamin with husband Jim; and many loving grand nephews and nieces.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at Michelotti, Sawyers & Nordquist Alderson Chapel with interment in Mountview cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Easter Seals, 1130 16th St. W., Billings, MT 59102 or the American Cancer Society, 3021 6th Ave. N., Billings, MT 59101.
Ernest J. Marinko Sr.
SACO - Ernest J. Marinko Sr., 78, died Thursday, Nov. 19, at his home of natural causes.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Saco Methodist Church with burial in Grandview cemetery. Bell Mortuary in Glasgow is in charge.
Leah Avon Pease
CASPER, Wyo. - Leah Avon Pease, 74, formerly of Lovell, died Wednesday, Nov. 18 at her Casper home after a long illness.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Haskell Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at the Lovell Stake Center of the LDS Church with burial in the Lovell cemetery.
Margaret 'Marge' Roberts
ROUNDUP - Margaret Elizabeth Roberts, 78, died Nov. 20, 1998, after a defiant fight with lung cancer. The fourth child of Dennis and Maude Shaw Harper, she was born Oct. 20, 1920, and raised on the family homestead up Harper's Coulee until the family moved three miles south of Shepherd in September, 1930, on what is now the Vermillion Ranch.
On Jan. 5, 1941, she married
Frank Fortune. After only three short days of marital bliss, Frank was killed in a boiler accident at the Klein Mine.
On Sept. 28, 1943, she married
Oscar "Blackie" Steen. She and Blackie traveled all over the United States during his stint in the Army and business ventures.
On Sept. 2, 1960, she married
James H. "Cy" Roberts. They settled in Roundup for the next 31 years, building a prosperous business together.
She claimed to have learned from each relationship. First about loss, second the importance of self-respect and finally the true meaning of love.
She was an avid gardener, and her flowers were often the envy of the neighborhood.
Marge is survived by four daughters, Sandra Kaufman (Bob) of Shepherd, Jean Eberts (David) and Terria Olin, both of Billings and Janet DeVries (Dick) of Roundup; two sisters, Marian Purser and Jean Harper; a brother, Jack Harper; 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at Wier Funeral Chapel. Memorials can be made to Roundup Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home. Wier Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Vera C. Stotts
CODY, Wyo. - Vera C. Stotts, 62, died Saturday, Nov. 21, at West Park Long Term Care Center.
Private interment will be in Riverside cemetery.
Mary Leona McFarland White
TWO DOT - Mary Leona McFarland White was born on June 14, 1905, in Two Dot, Mont., the only child of Gilbert and Lanie McFarland. Her childhood was spent on the ranch, under the tutelage of her father and her uncle, George McFarland. Her early travels with her father included adventurous trips to Butte, and she witnessed one of the last roundups of the open range at Ingomar in 1915. She attended grade school in Two Dot, boarding school in Lewistown and graduated from Harlowton High School. She went on to attend Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Montana in Missoula and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a degree in history. She then went on to do graduate work at the University of Chicago, where she also did social work in the city and became temporarily involved in radical politics.
During the summers, she worked in Yellowstone National Park, where she ultimately met Wilbur "Pete" White. They were married
Sept. 12, 1934, in her parents' home on Big Elk. They settled on the ranch (much to Mary's initial chagrin) and lived there for the next 64 years. She was passionate about fishing, wildlife and politics. She made a point to bring people with diverse interests to the ranch from all over the world. Her parties were legendary, with classical music performed by her beloved Uncle Neri Thibeau and Charlotte Moore. Her creativity was expressed through painting, poetry and the relentless redesigning of her home. Mary never shied away from a spirited argument. She fought to protect the integrity of the ranch, trying to hold at bay all manner of predators in the form of wolves, the power company, uninvited hunters and proselytizers.
In June 1989, her ranch house burned, destroying all ranch documents from the old days, her letters, paintings and memorabilia. Mary survived the fire but was never quite the same. A little of her center was gone.
On Nov. 19, 1998, we, her family, lost some of our center when Mary died quietly on her ranch on Big Elk. Survivors include her husband, Pete; a son, Mac; a daughter, Mary K.; and four grandchildren, Sarah, Betsy, Lanie and Harrison. Mary knew all the good fishing holes and berry patches.
Services will be held at a later date. Memorials can be sent to the Pioneer Scholarship Fund at Harlowton High School.
Gene 'Gabby' Barrus
CODY, Wyo. - Gene A. "Gabby" Barrus, 85, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998, at West Park Long Term Care Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 27, at the Cody United Methodist Church with interment in Riverside cemetery. Ballard Funeral Home is in charge.
Nikole Anne Fox
GLASGOW - Nikole Anne Fox, 25, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow of cancer.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, at the Bell Chapel with interment in Highland cemetery.
