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Bonnie Fried
Funeral Services for Bonita Fried will be 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker with Pastor Bruce Kolasch officiating. Burial will be in the Plevna Community Cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. continuing on Tuesday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Stevenson Funeral Home.
Bonita Anne Rost , 74,was born on May 22, 1938 in Baker, MT to Vera and Elmer Rost. She attended grade school in Ollie, MT and graduated high school in Baker, MT in 1956. Bonnie, as we all affectionately knew her, was confirmed in the American Lutheran Church and faithfully listened to church services on the radio. After graduation, Bonnie attended ACME Beauty School in Billings, MT and graduated in August 1958 when she successfully gained employment as the beautician in the Olive Hotel in Miles City. After Bonnie married Clarence Fried on January 8, 1961, she had two children: Scott and Cory.
Bonnie loved Montana and spent her entire life living in several communities throughout Montana from Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone Park to Colstrip and Baker.
Bonnie is survived by her sons, Scott Fried, Baker, MT and Cory Fried, Baker, MT; sister Jacqueline (Jay) Mitchell, Enterprise, AL, three nieces, Kristie (Matthew) Musial, Lafayette, LA, Kelly Bolkovataz, Phoenix, AZ, and Eileen (Larry) Dahl, Plevna, MT; two nephews, Larry (Louise) Fried, Vancouver, WA and Brett (Shannon) Fried, Minot, ND.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Vera and Elmer Rost and her husband, Clarence.
Ray & Marie Schmidt
Services
6/15/2013
2:00 p.m.
Graveside Service: Saturday: St. Edward's Catholic Cemetery, Fayette, ND, Ray was born on the plains of North Dakota to George and Barbara Schmidt on June 17, 1922.
His early years were spent on the family farm near Fayette, N.D., and he remained a farmer at heart for the rest of his life.
Due to economic conditions, his formal education ended with his 8th-grade year.
He nonetheless remained an avid learner throughout his life and was self-taught in many areas.
He often said he was an honor graduate of the finest university available: The School of Hard Knocks.
In his youth, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helping to build Roosevelt National Park in Western North Dakota.
Ray met his wife at the age of 14 in a friendly showdown in which she became a regional spelling-bee champion.
She so impressed him at the bee that he tracked her down years later by buying a newspaper ad seeking her whereabouts.
They married June 4, 1946, and began a faithful 66-year journey through richer, poorer, sickness, and health.
Before moving to Montana in 1964, to own and operate Dairy Queens and other restaurants, Ray worked as a mail carrier and a master carpenter.
In Miles City, he belonged to the Knights of Columbus and was a longtime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Miles City.
Ray was an accomplished, self-taught accordionist who played by ear.
Music was one of the great joys of his life. He played his first gig at age 10 and played with a number of bands thereafter.
He continued to play for his own enjoyment throughout his life.
After suffering a stroke this past Christmas morning, Ray had difficultly talking, reading, and writing, but he could still play the accordion.
An accomplished woodcraftsman, Ray was often found in his carpenter’s apron, liberally sprinkled with sawdust, whistling away as he measured, sawed and nailed. He was a friendly man of great wit and humor and a natural storyteller.
Marie was the eldest daughter of Barbara and Frank Commes.
She was born April 12, 1923, in Richardton, N.D. In her youth, she attended Assumption Abbey in Richardton, and was a devout Catholic her entire life. Marie was good at everything she set her mind to.
She was the first person in her family to attend college, graduated with a teaching degree, and taught at a number of country schools in Western North Dakota.
She was such a gifted, exceptional teacher that she was assigned to the schools with the “toughest customers” (kids), for which she was paid a premium (hazard pay, of sorts).
Marie immediately put all of them on the path to learning and good citizenship.
Marie was also good at cooking, baking, sewing, gardening, crocheting, quilting, and—last but not least—raising her and Ray’s children.
She and Ray eventually had eight of them join them for their journey.
Although Ray had gone to the “School of Hard Knocks,” she was determined they send all of their children to college, which they did.
Marie worked tirelessly by Ray’s side farming and in the restaurant business.
She was also a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
In her retirement, she was a member of the parish’s altar society.
She looked after neighbors when they were elderly and cared for her mother in her later years.
Graveside services for Ray and Marie Schmidt of Miles City, MT, formerly of Fayette and Richardton, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 15, 2013 at St. Edward's Catholic Cemetery near Fayette, ND with Msgr. Patrick Schumacher celebrating.
Milton M. Dockter
Funeral Service for Milton Dockter, 86, of Baker, will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013 at the First Baptist Church, Baker, MT, with Pastor Levi Durfey officiating. Burial will follow at Bonnievale Cemetery, Baker.
Visitation will take place on Thursday, July 11, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker continuing from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013 at the church.
Milton passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2013 in Miles City, MT.
Milton was born August 24, 1926 at Ashley, ND, the son of Philip and Mary (Sayler) Dockter.
He grew up on the family farm and attended school in Ventoria, ND and later Ashley High School.
After this time he enlisted in the US Army where he served in Alaska, building Air Force Bases and runways.
After being honorably discharged he spent time with his family in Baker, MT where he met the love of his life, Ellen Ranum.
The two were married on April 8, 1954.
The couple settled in Baker and have called it home ever since.
Milton worked at several jobs around the Baker area before settling into his career at Mitchell’s Oilfield Service.
He was proud of his time there and enjoyed being a mechanic and working the heavy equipment.
Milton loved carpentry work and built a home in Seeley Lake Estates.
He was a member of the American Legion and First Baptist Church where he sang in the choir and was an usher.
Milton dearly loved his wife, Ellen and cherished spending time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, Ellen, Baker, MT; a son, Dan (Kathy) Dockter, Camano Island, WA; a daughter, Debbie (Scott) Yagues, Idaho Falls, ID; five grandchildren: Tyler Travis, Tony Travis, Cheri Gittins, Adam Dockter and Amanda Kell; four great-grandchildren: Kiern Dockter,Owen Kell, Wyatt Kell and Aaliyah Yagues; and three sisters: Adeline Bertsch, Hulda Dockter and Irene Dockter all of Baker, MT.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a granddaughter, Rikki Travis.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church.
