Roderick (Rod) Kent Van Heel
Dec 28, 2018
Roderick “Rod” Kent Van Heel, 66, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2018 at home following a long and courageous battle with cancer. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, January 11, 2019 at the Eagles Lodge, 1509 9th Avenue South, at 5:00 pm, family and friends are invited to come and join in remembering and celebrating Rod’s...
Sheila Lavern Kemmer
Dec 27, 2018
Sheila Lavern Kemmer, 73, of Great Falls Montana, passed away December 27, 2018 at Peace Hospice in Great Falls after a courageous battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. In her final weeks, she was embraced continuously by her loving family, friends, and Heavenly Father. Private services were held on Friday, December 28, 2018. Schnider...
Richard C. (Dick) Forster
Dec 27, 2018
Richard C. "Dick" Forster, 85, passed away December 27, 2018 at Benefis Hospital surrounded by his family. Dick was born May 12, 1933 in Great Falls, MT to Fritz and Lillie (Sallenback) Forster. He attended local schools and at the age of 13 used his brother's birth certificate to go to work at the Smelter. In March 1953 he enlisted...
Danny Wood
Dec 26, 2018
Danny Joe Wood, 45, of Great Falls, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Visitation will be Thursday, January 3, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Danny was born on May 29, 1973 to Richard and Brenda (Cravens) Wood in Carrollton, Illinois. He attended Northwestern High School. He...
Leonard Edwin Doney
Dec 26, 2018
Leonard Doney, 77, of Great Falls, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Services will be held at a later date in Havre, Montana. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Helmer A. Anderson
Dec 25, 2018
Helmer A. Anderson, 90, of Great Falls, MT, passed away December 25, 2018. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel. Burial of his cremated remains will follow at Highland Cemetery. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Helmer was born on December 15, 1928 in Shelby, MT to Alfred...
Alan Henry Heikkila
Dec 24, 2018
Alan Henry Heikkila, 63, passed away peacefully in the early hours of December 24, 2018. A celebration of life will be held January 12, 2019 at the Community Hall in Lincoln, MT at 11:00 AM, a luncheon to follow. Alan entered the world February 16, 1955 in Monterey, CA to parents Henry and Anna Marie (Pederson) Heikkila. They lived in...
Neva Elaine Jackson
Dec 21, 2018
Neva Jackson, 81, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2018 at her home in Great Falls. A memorial service for family and friends, will be held at Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 3809 6th Avenue South, Great Falls, at 2.00 P.M. onWednesday, January 16, 2019. A private inurnment has taken place at Hillcrest Lawn Mausoleum. Neva was born April 22, 1937 in...
Richard (Dick) C. Bennett
Dec 21, 2018
Richard C. (Dick) Bennett passed away peacefully on December 21, 2018 at Highgate Senior Living in Great Falls. Rosary service will be held at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The funeral Mass will be Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. The 65th year of Joan and...
Tamie Jo Pachek
Dec 20, 2018
Tamie Jo Pachek was born on February 5, 1958 in Great Falls, Montana, and she passed away on December 20, 2018 at the family home she loved in Hardy Creek. She is survived by her children, Kimbre, Nate and Hannah; their father Steve; her sisters Debbie Pachek, and Vicki & Bob Stubbs, her best friend Janice Meheen, all five of...
Donna Marie Olguin
Dec 20, 2018
Donna Marie Olguin, 81, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2018 in Great Falls at Park Place Nursing Home. Donna was born on June 14, 1937 in Malta, Montana to Joe and Laura Wismer. She is survived by her four daughters, Terry, Kathy, Lisa and Bobbi Jo; seven grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death...
Doris A. Anderson
Dec 17, 2018
Doris Arlene Anderson, of Cascade, 84, died Monday, December 17, 2018. She was born September 17, 1934 in Sand Point, Idaho to Goldie and Donald Harrington. She had a sister and a brother, Emily and Eddy McMurtry, and was raised in Polson, MT. Doris attended Northern Montana College in Havre, where she earned an associate’s degree in education and met...
Clinton E. Jackson
Dec 15, 2018
Clinton E. Jackson, 81, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Schnider Funeral Home. Clinton was born May 22, 1937 in Raymond, Illinois to Ebert and Gabrillia Jackson. He was a member of both the Air Force and the Army where he served overseas in Germany and was stationed at Malmstrom AFB....
Glen Joseph Caniparoli
Dec 12, 2018
Glen Caniparoli, 68, of Great Falls, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2018. The funeral liturgy will be Monday, January 21, 2019 at 10 a.m. at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. His ashes will be buried with his wife during a private family service in Resurrection Cemetery in Helena at a later date.Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Glen Caniparoli was...
Phyllis Gloria Bunker
Dec 10, 2018
Phyllis Gloria (Hauer) Bunker, 57, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2018 after a long 2 year courageous battle with brain cancer. Visitation will be Thursday, December 13, 2018 beginning at 12:00 noon. A funeral service will also be held on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. both at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the...
Marcus Andrew Phillips
Dec 9, 2018
Marcus Andrew Phillips aka Reuben was born on May 7, 1974 in Great Falls, Montana to John and Victoria Phillips. He joined his brothers, Victor and Larry, and then the fun began. From the time he was 2 years old he was crazy about stock car racing and it was in his blood until the day he left us. He...
Lois Jessie Holt Thayer
Dec 9, 2018
Lois Jessie (Holt) Thayer passed away on December 9, 2018 in her home at the Beehive in Great Falls, Montana. She was 92 years old. Lois was born in Salt Lake City, UT on February 11, 1926. She moved with her parents to Pocatello, ID where she spent her childhood and graduated from Pocatello High School. She married Gerald B....
Dorothy Jean Dutt Mckay
Dec 9, 2018
Great Falls, MT – Dorothy Jean Dutt McKay passed peacefully on December 9th, 2018 at the age of 91 following a brief illness. Born in McMinnville, Oregon to Gordon Arthur and Fleda Thurston Dutt, she was the older of two children. Her early childhood years were spent in Des Moines, Iowa, Choteau, Montana and a Ranch on the Sun River...
Leslie Oakland
Dec 6, 2018
Great Falls - Surrounded by her family, Leslie Oakland, 61, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. Leslie was born May 26, 1957, in Great Falls, Montana, to Bob and Gladyce (Campbell) Oakland. The youngest of two children, Leslie made Great Falls her home her entire life. Leslie loved the high plains and the...
Helen Frances Wilson
Dec 6, 2018
Great Falls native, Helen Frances Wilson died on December 6, 2018 at 105 years old. Helen was born July 29, 1913 in the original Columbus Hospital in Great Falls. She was the first born child of Douglas N. Wilson Sr. and Ethel Louise (Lambie) Wilson. Helen attended local schools including Washington grade school and Great Falls High School from which...
