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King Oscar 'K.O.' Nelson
King Oscar "K.O." Nelson passed away Wednesday morning, May 5, 1999, at Aspen Meadows in Billings. He had lived for 88 years.
K.O. was born on April 4, 1911 in Leal, N.D., the son of John and Helga Nelson. He received his education in Leal, later moving to Montana and attending schools in Belmont and Clyde Park. He spent a year with the CCC and after moving to Livingston worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
In December 1941, he married
Madge Prout in Billings. K.O. enlisted in the Army in April of 1942 and served with the 713th Railway Operating Battalion in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany and was later awarded a Good Conduct Medal and a WWII Victory Medal.
Following his discharge, he and Madge moved to Fort Bragg, Calif., where he worked for 35 years, initially as a brakeman and later as the conductor, on a scenic railroad excursion train known as "The Skunk." During this time he developed the skills of gourmet cooking and was a proud member of the American Legion, Sequoia Post 96. He and Madge returned to Billings in 1983. K.O. had a beautiful singing voice and was asked to sing at birthdays at Aspen Meadows where he had resided since 1993.
Survivors include his sister Margaret "Dolly" Allan in Laurel; his sister-in-law Violet Dabner of Billings; a brother-in-law Don Prindle and his wife Skip of Tucson, Ariz.; and many nieces and nephews including Pat Miller and her husband Cliff of Livingston, Pam Phillips and her husband Bill of Bozeman, and Mary Ellen Kehler and her husband Dick of Fort Smith. He was preceded in death by his wife Madge in 1988, his parents, a sister Muriel Hansen, and two brothers, Henry "Hank" and Doug Nelson.
Visitations may be made at the Smith Downtown Chapel on Thursday evening or from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday. Family and friends will gather for a graveside service with military honors at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 8 at Mountview cemetery. Smith Downtown Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Werner G. Nistler Sr.
Werner G. Nistler Sr., 88, of Bismarck, N.D., formerly of Beach, died Tuesday, May 4, 1999, in Bismarck.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8, in St. John The Baptist Catholic Church in Beach. Vigil services will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the Chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Beach. Rite of Committal will follow the services in St. Johns cemetery in Beach.
Robert R. Reher
CODY, Wyo. - Robert R. Reher, 51, passed away Monday, May 3, 1999, at the West Park Long Term Care Center in Cody.
Cremation has taken place and no services are planned.
Robert 'Fluff' Robison
LOVELL, Wyo. - Robert R. "Fluff" Robison, 59, died Tuesday, May 4, 1999, at North Big Horn Hospital in Lovell.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 7, in the Lovell LDS Stake Center. Interment will be in the Byron cemetery. Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell is in charge of arrangements.
M. Budd Taylor
SHELBY - M. Budd Taylor, age 73 of Shelby, passed away Tuesday at the Marias Care Center due to natural causes.
Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Shelby. Graveside services with military honors will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Malta cemetery in Malta. Family suggests memorials to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, P.O. Box 2472, Spokane, Wash. 99210 or the Toole County Education Foundation, 301 1st S., Shelby, Mont. 59474. Whitted Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
He was born July 1, 1925 at Malta, to Tillie (Lusby) and Fern Taylor, where he graduated from high school. He later graduated from Kinman Business School in Spokane, Wash.
During WWII, Budd served with the U.S. Marine Corps Reconnaissance Group. There unit was in the Pacific Theater from 23 Dec. 1943 to 4 Oct. '45. He participated in action against the enemy at Majuro Atoll and Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall, Saipan, Tinian, Marianas, Iwo Jima Volcano, and the Ryukyus Islands. He was involved in 62 of his units' 63 rubber boat island landings. His company was the first to be discharged early because of combat points during WWII. Taylor also served in the National Guard at Malta after leaving the Marines.
He married
Betty Jean Blevins Jan. 29, 1949 in the Little White Church at Malta. Betty died Jan. 3, 1998.
Budd was an employee of the Malta Auto Co. until 1952. He then was a partner in the Malta Motor Co. from then till 1958. From 1958 till 1959 he was employed by Big Flat Electric. He also managed the Coast to Coast store from 1959 to 1960.
In 1960 they moved to Havre where he was employed at the Citizen's Bank of Montana where he was the vice president and director till 1982 when he moved to Shelby. There he worked for the 1st State Bank, where he was a vice president until his retirement in July of 1990.
During his retirement he worked part time at the Town Pump as Casino Clerk, because he loved visiting with people.
He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Past Master of the Malta Masonic Lodge, Life member of the VFW and American Legion, Algeria Temple Shrine, a Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar and Cut Bank Council #11.
Budd enjoyed following his grandchildren's sporting events, fishing, hunting, golf, wood working and playing cards.
Survivors include daughter, Roxanne Zetterberg of Polson; son, Vince Taylor of Shelby; brother, J. Harry Taylor of Malta; five grandchildren, Marshelle and Janell Taylor, Taylor, Kaine and Dylen Zetterberg.
preceded in death by his parents and wife Betty.
Peggy T. Anderson
Peggy T. Anderson, 74, formerly of Billings, died Thursday, April 15, 1999, in Amarillo, Texas, where she had resided the past two years. Memorial services for Mrs. Anderson will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8, in the Pioneer Ward chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-say Saints at Avenue D and Sixth Street West in Billings. Edward Jorden, president of the Billings Montana Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Stewart Kirkpatrick, Bishop of the Pioneer Ward of the Billings Stake, will be officiating in the memorial service. Burial has already taken place in the Llano East cemetery in Amarillo.
Peggy was born Nov. 3, 1924, in Ralston, Okla., the oldest child and only daughter of Walter and Lucille Teichmer. She lived in Ralston until her graduation from Ralston High School. She also attended the Northern Oklahoma Junior College at Tonkawa, as well as the University of Oklahoma in Norman. On April 25, 1943, she married
Howard C. Anderson in Ponca City, Okla.
He worked for Conoco and was transferred several times. They lived in Artesia, N.M., as well as Ponca City, Okla. In 1947, they moved to Glenrock, Wyo., where their first three children were born. In 1955, Conoco moved them to Billings, where two more children blessed their home, and Billings became home to them for nearly 42 years. They moved to Amarillo, Texas, in 1997 where she lived until her death.
Peggy was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed her family and family activities. She eagerly sought out her ancestors by doing genealogy research and enjoyed her work in the name extraction program for the Church. As health permitted, she enjoyed and was proficient with knitting.
Peggy is preceded in death by her parents, her only brother Bill, her second son, David, who was killed in Vietnam, and a little granddaughter. She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Margaret Middleton of Midland, Texas, and Elizabeth Blaser of Rexburg, Idaho; two sons, Howard C. Anderson, Jr. of Salt Lake City, Utah, and James Anderson of Amarillo, Texas; 21 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Susie Berger
Susie Berger lived for 80 years before her death on Monday evening, May 3, 1999, at Deaconess Hospital in Billings. She was born in Slayden Tenn., on Jan. 21, 1919, a daughter of Thomas W. and Louiser (Davison) Hodges.
Following her education in Slayden, Susie moved to Malta where she and J. Frank McCollom were married
. On July 13, 1949, while vacationing in Nashville, Tenn., she and Jerome Berger were married
and together returned to Billings to live and work. Mrs. Berger was employed at Hart-Albins for a short time, later working as a retail clerk for Buttrey-Osco.
Susie loved to travel and, following Jerome's retirement in 1986, they would winter in Arizona. She also enjoyed crafts, camping and fishing. Mrs. Berger was a member of the Compass Club and the First Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Jerome; a son, Jim McCollom and his wife Bunky; a daughter, Karen Hannah; four grandchildren: Rickie, Kim, Katy and R.J.; five great-grandchildren; and two sisters: Estelle Shirry and Frances Hager. She was preceded in death by a son, Gene McCollom, a grandson, two brothers, two sisters and her parents.
Visitations will begin Thursday morning at the Smith West Chapel, 304 34th Street West. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 7, at the Smith West Chapel with interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. Smith West Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
Minnie Bussey
LEWISTOWN - Minnie Bussey, 94, of Lewistown, died Friday, April 30, 1999, in St. Vincent Hospital in Billings of natural causes.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8, in the Cloyd Chapel in Lewistown. Interment will follow in Central Montana Memorial Gardens of Lewistown.
Donald W. Byford
ROUNDUP - Donald W. Byford, 75, of Roundup, and formerly of Grayville, Ill., passed away Monday, May 3, 1999, at his home in Roundup.
Donald was born April 15, 1924, to Virgil and Lena Byford in Calvin, Ill. He married
Helen M. Harrison on April 19, 1944, in Illinois. They had two sons, Gary and Roger. The family moved to Montana in 1952 and Don worked for Miller Trucking before starting his own business, Byford Trucking, in Roundup. He owned and operated Byford Trucking until retiring in 1982. Don and Helen then returned to Illinois where he farmed with his uncle John Byford. In 1996, they came back to Montana and made their home again in Roundup.
In his younger years Don loved to hunt and fish and enjoyed the outdoors. He liked to garden and especially loved farming with his uncle John.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Gary, who was killed in Vietnam in 1966, and his wife, Helen, in September 1998. He is survived by his son Roger and wife Robin of Billings; his sister Doris Ann Richards of Fairfield, Ill.; his brother Darrel and wife Fonda of Gillette, Wyo., and numerous in-laws, cousins, nieces and nephews.
The family wishes to extend a special thank you to all the wonderful nurses, doctors and staff at Northern Rockies Kidney Center at Deaconess Hospital in Billings for the loving care they gave to Don.
A memorial service for Donald W. Byford will be held on Friday, May 7, at 11 a.m. at Wier Funeral Chapel in Roundup. Cremation has taken place and interment of cremains will be in the Roundup City cemetery immediately following the service. Wier Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Friends and family wishing to make memorials are asked to make them to the Roundup Food Bank c/o First Security Bank, Roundup, MT 59072.
Joseph Francis Coburn
POLSON - Joseph Francis Coburn, of Polson, died May 1, 1999 of complications after heart bypass surgery at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.
Joe was born April 29, 1937 in Klamath Falls, Ore., to Frank and Pearl Coburn. He was educated at Chemawa Boarding School, graduating as valedictorian, and playing in the 1955 Oregon East-West Shrine football game. Joe was a graduate of the University of Oregon and the masters program at Western Oregon State University. He taught in Klamath Falls, was a counselor at Chemawa Boarding School and was a superintendent of the Boarding School in Browning, Mont., from 1973-1993. He was the director of research and development for Indian education at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, Ore., where, along with the tribes of the Northwest, he developed The Indian Reading Series.
In 1996, Joe became a NASA and NSF grant director at Salish and Kootenai College in Pablo, working with educators throughout the Northwest to improve math and science instruction for American Indian students.
His numerous awards included the Montana Award for Excellence for American Indian Education, the Outstanding Oregon Administrator Award for 1985, the Outstanding Oregon Educator Award for 1979, and the 1967 West Coast Champion Trap Shooter.
As Klamath tribal chairman in 1970s and 1980s, Joe was instrumental in gaining restoration of the Klamath Tribe.
Joe had a lifetime love of hunting, fishing, athletics and history.
He is preceded in death by his parents and eight siblings.
Joe is survived by his wife Kathleen and stepchildren, Molly, Christian and Michael all of Polson; daughter Liz Coburn and granddaughter Malia of Albuquerque, N.M.; grandsons Raycen and Doug of Salem, Ore.; son, Joe Coburn and his wife Lynne of Molalla, Ore.; son, Dugan Coburn and his wife Dr. Vicki Chapman and granddaughters Selena and Josephine Frances all of Great Falls, Mont.; daughter, Janice Coburn of Tempe, Ariz.; daughter, Karen Grudier and her husband Stephen of Seattle; brother, James Coburn and sisters, Phyllis Sanderville, Jesse Red Fox and June Ryland, all of Oregon.
Celebrations of Joe's life will be held Saturday, May 8 at 2 p.m. in the Michel Building at the Salish and Kootenai College in Pablo, and Tuesday, May 11 in Chiloquin, Ore. In lieu of flowers, the Joseph Coburn Scholarship Fund has been established at the Salish & Kootenai College, P.O. Box 117, Pablo, Mont. 59855. Cremation and arrangements are by Grogan Funeral Home, Polson.
Jesse Walker Foss
COEUR D' ALENE, Idaho - Jesse Walker Foss, 11, of Coeur d'Alene, died Sunday, May 2, 1999, at his home following a 22-month battle with leukemia. He was born July 2, 1987, in Fargo, N.D., to Craig and Jill (Smith) Foss. He lived with his family in Moscow, Idaho, and Carrington, N.D., before moving to Bismarck, N.D., where he started school. In 1995, the family moved to Coeur d'Alene where he was a student at Fernan Grade School. He enjoyed baseball, camping, hiking, hunting and fishing. He also loved animals and building tree houses.
He is survived by his parents at home; a brother, Isaac Foss at home: grandparents, Dr. C. Milton and Janice Smith of Minot, N.D., and Rev. Carell and Bonnie Foss of Cooperstown, N.D.; great-grandparents, E.W. and Dorothy Smith of Reedpoint, Mont., Myles and Nellie Summers of Houston, Minn., and Stella Anfinson of Towner, N.D.: several uncles, aunts and cousins.
The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 7, 1999 at the Hayden Friends Church. Burial will follow at Forest cemetery in Coeur d'Alene. Yates Funeral Home, Coeur d'Alene is in charge of the arrangements. The family prefers memorials to Make-A-Wish, West 421 Riverside, Spokane, WA 99201 or Deaconess Child Life Department, West 800 5th Ave., Spokane, WA 99204.
Lucretia 'Sis' Hicks
HARLOWTON - Lucretia "Sis" Hicks, 99, passed away on Saturday, May 1, 1999 at Wheatland Memorial Hospital & Nursing Home, Harlowton, Mont.
Sis was born March 28, 1900, in Marysville, Mont., a mining camp near Helena. She was the daughter of J.O. and Mary A. Mathews.
They came to Harlowton from Helena in 1909, living in a house on the original Main Street, the location being across the street from the present day VFW Club. She completed all but one year of high school in Harlowton as she chose to go to a business school in Lewistown, taking typing, shorthand and bookkeeping. Sis married
Theron W. Hicks on June 22, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, Mont. He preceded her in death on June 24, 1954. They had two sons; one died at birth and Raymond died at 8 years of age.
Sis worked as a clerk at Urner's Store in 1918. She started working in the Wheatland County Clerk & Recorder's office for T.W. Hicks in 1927. She also worked for Nellie Good in the Treasurer's Office and D.E. Perkins in the Assessor's Office, In 1939, she was appointed deputy by Charles F. Walton and worked 14 years for him. After Charles resigned in 1953 she was appointed county clerk & recorder by the commissioners. Sis was elected and served as clerk & recorder until 1975. She retired after serving for 47 years.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and one sister. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Ada Mathews of Red Lodge, Mont.; and a number of cousins.
Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Thursday, May 6, 1999 at Harlowton cemetery with Pastor John Bjorge officiating. Perkins Funeral Home arranged the services.
Adolph E. Lee
PLENTYWOOD - Adolph E. Lee, 94, of Plentywood passed away Monday, May 3, 1999, at La Casa Personal Home Center of Plentywood, where he had resided for the past two years. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, May 6, at 10 a.m. at the Plentywood Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Antelope Creek cemetery.
Adolph was born Feb. 6, 1905, in Galchutt, N.D., the son of Edward and Gina Lee. In 1910 Adolph and his family moved 10 miles west of Plentywood where they homesteaded.
He attended Lee school until he was old enough to help with the farming. He enjoyed hunting and trapping beaver and mink during the winter.
In 1932 he rented the Jack Beecham farm and in 1936-37 he worked on the highway construction between Plentywood and Redstone, and between Plentywood and Westby. During 1936-1940 he rented the William Leader place, purchasing it in 1940. He farmed and raised cattle until 1946 when the farm was sold to his sister, Edna and Emil Rost.
Adolph married
Martha Gronvold of Antelope on June 11, 1944. They lived on his farm for two years and then moved to Plentywood to begin farming Henry Gronvold's homestead east of Plentywood in 1945 and Helen Gronvold's homestead in 1947. Along the way Adolph and Martha were blessed with two children. Norman was born Nov. 29th, 1946, and Carolyn was born Feb. 19, 1952. They built a home in Plentywood in 1946 and have lived here since that lime.
Adolph and Martha made two trips to Norway and many other trips visiting friends and relatives in the U.S. and Canada. They also went to several Farmers Union and Sons of Norway Conventions. Adolph was a lifetime member of the Montana Farmers Union, the Golden Years Club of Plentywood, Sons of Norway Lodge, and the Plentywood Lutheran Church.
He also served on the board of directors of the Lutheran Church as well as a president for the Farmers Union Trading Company for three years. He was also a president for one year for the Sons of Norway Lodge and was immensely proud to be 100% Norwegian. He loved to farm, and to go agate hunting with friends. He will be remembered for his wonderful sense of humor and always having a kind word for everyone.
Adolph's family and grandchildren were the most important part of his life. He is survived by his wife, Martha of Plentywood and two children: Norman and his wife Barbara of Antelope and Carolyn Mueller and her husband Bob of Yuma, Arizona.
He is also survived by six grandchildren: Jeff Lee of Miles City, Tori Lee of Plymouth, Minn.; Scott Mueller and his wife Cami of Evanston, Wyo., Jason Mueller of Calipatria, Calif.; Christina Simon and her husband Rob of San Diego, Calif.; Bobby Mueller of Yuma, Ariz.; and four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother, William Lee and his wife Agnes of Plentywood and one sister, Selma Smith and her husband Leonard of Redstone; two nieces: Clarice Moberg and her family of Redstone; and Carol Jane Hjort and her family of Rapid City, S.D.
Adolph was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Edna Rost of Plentywood and Gladys Risa of Flaxville, and by one brother, Eddie Lee, of Washburn, N.D.
Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood is in charge of arrangements.
