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Caroline Sebastian
Caroline Sebastian, 95, Glen Ullin, formerly of Hebron, died Monday, September 2, 2002 at the Marian Manor Healthcare Center in Glen Ullin.
Her funeral service will be held Thursday, September 5 at 10 a.m. MT at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glen Ullin with Fr. Sebastian Schmidt and Francis dos Remedios officiating.
Burial will be in the St. Ann Cemetery, Hebron.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 4 after 4 p.m. at the St. Ann Catholic Church in Hebron with Vigil Services and rosary held at 7 p.m. MT.
Caroline was born the daughter of John and Ella "Ma" (Wehri) Gietzen on April 23, 1907 on the homestead northeast of Hebron.
She was raised in the Haymarsh area and educated at St. Mary’s School in Richardton and country school north of Glen Ullin.
She helped on the farm until her marriage to John Sebastian November 24, 1927 at Sacred Heart in Glen Ullin. Following their marriage they were longtime farmers in the Haymarsh area.
Caroline’s great love was her children and later the grand and great grandchildren.
She was a charter member of the Haymarsh and Haymarsh Valley Homemakers. She was also a member of the St. Clement and St. Ann Christian Mothers.
She kept busy with knitting, crocheting and crafts and for a period of time taught those skills through the county extension office.
She and her family loved music and singing and would often use their talents for dances and other social occasions.
Caroline enjoyed bingo, flowers, visiting and getting together with others for cards.
After retirement in 1979, they moved to Hebron. John died in 1985. Caroline continued to live in Hebron until the spring of 2001 when she entered the Marian Manor Healthcare Center in Glen Ullin.
She is survived by her children Eunice (Ernest) Schirado, Glen Ullin; Myron (Eunice) Sebastian, Towner, ND; JoAnne (Ervin) Messer, New Salem, ND; Joyce (Robert) Praus, Killdeer, ND; Joel (Linda) Sebastian, Billings, MT; Gerald (Debbie) Sebastian, Hebron, ND and two daughters-in-law, Marian Sebastian, Mesa, AZ and Anna Sebastian, Hebron.
She also leaves 38 grand and five step-grandchildren, 73 great grand and five great-great grandchildren.
She is also survived by two brothers – Walter Gietzen, Glen Ullin, ND and Eddie Gietzen, Van Nuys, CA.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Arnold, Gilbert, Marcell, Amos, Cyrill and Peter and sisters Eleanor, Berna, Delores, Anna and Bena and two sons Duane and Reuben and four great grandchildren and one step grandchild.
Spangelo Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Ann Graney
Longtime Butte, MT resident, Ann P. Graney passed away Friday, August 30, 2002. For the past four years she had lived at the Churchill Retirement Home.
Ann was born December 29, 1915 in Hebron, ND to John and Margaret (Frank) Boehler and on June 28, 1941 she and Charles F. Graney were married in Missoula.
He died in 1978. Ann was a member of the Silver Bow General Auxiliary and later the St. James Auxiliary.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law: Karen and Don Carkeek of Hong Kong and Kathleen and Gerald Baker of Churchill, MT.
Surviving grandchildren include Jennifer and Brian Ochs of Connecticut, Julie Carkeek and William Anderson of Virginia, Scott and Kim Baker and their family of Illinois, Kari and Jon Leep and their family of Texas and Marshall and Liza Baker and their family of New Jersey.
Surviving sisters and brothers include Esther Sailer of Hebron, ND, Milton and Mildred Boehler of Ashland, Ohio, Irma and Ed Pribyl of Dickinson, ND, Isabella Jones of San Diego, CA, Donna and Peter Hildre of Duluth, MN, Victor Boehler of Mountain Home, ID, her sister-in-law Viola Boehler of Butte and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, sister and brothers-in-law Matilda and Chester Johnson, Elsie and Albert Metzger, Frieda Boehler, Alma and Adam Dassinger, brothers and sister-in-law Jake and Tillie Boehler and Walt Boehler and her sister-in-law and brother-in-law Kathryn and Eugene Pankey.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Paul Clark Home/McDonald’s Family Place.
Mildred M. Baker
A funeral mass for Mildred M. Baker was held Monday, December 2, 2002 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, Mountain Home, AZ.
Mrs. Baker, 76, died November 27 at her residence.
Mildred was born September 12, 1926 in Richardton, ND to Valentine V. and Pauline Koch Messer. She married Victor Baker August 29, 1962 in Tulsa, OK.
She was a bookkeeper for the government. They moved to Mountain Home in August, 1989. She was a member of St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, Council of Catholic Women, volunteered as a minister to the needy at the Clothing Room and was active with the Single’s Club both at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church.
She also volunteered at the Bargain Box.
She is survived by two sons Jeffrey W. Baker, LaGrange, IL and Mark A. Baker, Fishers, IN and one daughter, Donna Hodel, Buckley, WA.
She also leaves six grandchildren - Eric, Laura, Lindsay, Kristen, Brinley and Bridget and two brothers – LeRoy Messer of Williston, ND and Ervin Messer, New Salem, ND and two sisters, Esther Kuehn, Washburn, ND and Irene Fulbright, Portland, OR.
Mrs. Baker was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Diane C. Baker, grandson Gregory Z. Baker and sister Vivian Irvin.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, the Clothing Room or to the Bargain Box.
Funeral arrangements are by the Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home, AZ, 870-425-2161.
Brother Gordon Barnard
Brother Gordon Barnard, OSB, 70, of Richardton died Saturday, November 16, 2002 in the Richardton Health Care Center from complications due to his rheumatoid arthritic condition. He had been strengthened with the Sacraments of the Dying.
Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, November 18 at 10:30 a.m. at the Assumption Abbey Church in Richardton with burial in the Abbey Cemetery.
Gordon Barnard was born the son of Roland and Clara (Smith) Barnard October 7, 1932 in Mandan, ND and received his elementary education there. He attended Saint John’s High School in Collegeville, MN for one year but transferred to the Assumption Abbey High School in Richardton where he graduated in 1950. He was athletically gifted in many sports. While a student in the abbey school he was captain of the football, basketball and track teams.
Gordon entered Assumption Abbey in 1951 and professed vows as a Benedictine monk on July 11, 1952. Brother Gordon worked in the abbey all his years, mainly in the abbey’s print shop – an area in which he became a master printer and teacher of the art of printing to many others.
He was a careful and meticulous craftsman and no printing job came out of the Abbey press short of perfection.
Brother Gordon was also the abbey’s keeper of the bees; he learned this trade from his family in Mandan before joining the abbey. For nearly 50 years he saw to it that the tables of the monastic dining room were laden with good, sweet honey.
However, Brother Gordon’s most enduring and endearing "work" and witness as a monk was not as a printer or bee keeper but as one who gave a lived, Christ-like example of how to bear with much pain and suffering.
At an early age he was stricken with arthritis and in 1953 he was diagnosed with degenerative rheumatoid arthritis. The disease proved to be very degenerative and so it gradually spread to virtually every joint of his body.
Consequently he lived with the debilitating effects and pain of the disease very nearly 50 years.
Nonetheless, most of that time he continued to work full time in the print shop while dutifully fulfilling all the monastic obligations of prayer and other activities.
In addition, in recent years, he developed a ministry of reaching out to others with similar problems of incurable painful illness, counseling them and suggesting remedies to help ease the pain.
He is survived by his monastic brothers in the abbey and by his brothers Raphael, Mandan; Leo, Jacksonville, TX and sister Dolores Vyzralek, Bismarck.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Clement.
Spangelo Funeral Home, Hebron, was in charge of arrangements.
Loretta M. Schreiber
Funeral services for Loretta M. Schreiber, 88, Richardton, ND were held Friday, November 8, 2002 at 10 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, rural Richardton. Father Brian Wangler, OSB officiated at the service. Interment followed at St. Stephen’s Cemetery, rural Richardton.
Loretta died Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Health Center in Dickinson.
Loretta, the daughter of Jacob and Maria (Kilzer) Schreiber, was born August 11, 1914 on the family farmstead 18 miles south of Richardton, ND. She attended rural district schools and Sister’s School at St. Mary’s in Richardton, ND.
She devoted her life to her home and the family farm where she worked with her brothers George, Steve and Victor.
She attended a sewing school and enjoyed making her own clothing through the years.
She and her brothers purchased a motor home and enjoyed many years of traveling to their favorite fishing spots.
She retired in 1976 and in 1980 moved into Richardton where she had since lived. Loretta was an avid gardener and took pride in her flower gardens.
She enjoyed reading and especially liked Zane Gray novels.
One of her favorite pastimes was crocheting and many visitors to her home were delighted to receive one of her special doilies.
She was a member of St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, rural Richardton and St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Richardton, ND.
Loretta is survived by nieces, cousins and her special caregivers.
She was preceded in death by her parents and seven brothers – Adam, Stephen, Victor, George and three infant brothers.
Stevenson-Mischel-Olson Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
