Gerald "Jerry" Gonser
Dec 28, 2016
Gerald Jerry Gonser, 66, of Great Falls, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016.Per his request, no services are planned. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Schnider Funeral Home.Gerald was born to Robert and Lucille (Corrigan) Gonser on February 11, 1950 in Great Falls. He attended schools in Great Falls and graduated from Charles M. Russell High School on...
Donald Holsti
Dec 27, 2016
Donald D. Holsti, 56, of Great Falls, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016.Don was born on June 9, 1960 in Linton, North Dakota to Raymond and Dena Holsti. He was a good son, a great brother and a loyal helping friend. He spent his life in the construction industry, working on many homes and businesses in the Great Falls area.He...
Shirley Coons
Dec 26, 2016
Shirley Gibson Coons was born December 15, 1951 to Doris and Bert Gibson in Helena, Montana. She died December 26, 2016 in her sleep of complications from heart disease and lung cancer in Helena, Montana at her daughter's home.Shirley was the mother of Tricia and Robert Rummel and the step-mother of Janielle (Hartsough), Jennifer, and Jason Coons. She cherished her...
John "Jack" Schwartz
Dec 24, 2016
John Jack Edward Schwartz, 87, passed away December 24, 2016.A vigil service will be Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. and funeral liturgy Friday, December 30, 2016 at 10:30 a.m., both at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Burial of ashes will immediately follow the liturgy at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.Jack was born February 27,...
Cathy Staiger
Dec 24, 2016
Cathy passed away December 24, 2016, at home, with her good friends and family by her side. She had been battling stage 4 lung cancer for nearly a year.Cathy was born in 1950 in Great Falls, Montana to her parents Norman and Phyllis Dalbec and was the youngest of three children.In 1973, she married her husband, Dieter Staiger in Great...
Carolyn "Nana" Edwards
Dec 23, 2016
Friends will be gathering on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel at 10:00 a.m. for a brief prayer service before burial at Highland Cemetery.Carolyn Joan Nana (Mohnsen) Edwards was born in Luck, Wisconsin on May 9, 1933. She was raised by her parents, Arthur Christian Mohnsen and Betty Marie Mohnsen. She was one of five children. Unfortunately...
Nancy Hjortness
Dec 22, 2016
Nancy Louise Lowery Hjortness, 72, of Great Falls, an angel here on earth, was called by her Father, to accept her wings in heaven on December 22, 2016.A celebration of Nancys life will be Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Westside Baptist Church, 1300 6th Street NW. A dessert social will follow at the church. Schnider Funeral Home...
Janet A. Lehman
Dec 22, 2016
Janet A. (Wendland) Lehman passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the age of 96 in Great Falls of natural causes.A vigil service will be Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. The funeral liturgy will be Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., both at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Schnider Funeral Home...
Debbora Catherine Sabo
Dec 21, 2016
Debbora Catherine Sabo, 61, of Great Falls, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 peacefully at her home from brain cancer.A celebration of life will be held Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.Debbora was born on September 10, 1955 in Washington D.C. to Harvey and Louise Chisamore. Growing...
Dorothy Kjeldahl
Dec 21, 2016
Dorothy Kjeldahl, 88, long-time resident of Cut Bank, Montana, passed away peacefully December 21, 2016 surrounded by her two sons, two of her six grandchildren, her stepdaughter and husband and two step-grandchildren at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, Montana.Dorothy, the only child of Henry and Doris Shafer, was born in Pendleton, Oregon on January 31, 1928. After graduating from Pendleton...
Andrew Hayes
Dec 20, 2016
Andy (Andrew Gordon) Hayes, 71, of Great Falls, Montana, passed away from pneumonia on December 20, 2016.Andy was born in Elk City, Oklahoma on February 12, 1945, where his father, George Hayes, was serving as a naval surgeon. Andy was the first of four children of George and Florence Craighead Hayes, and after World War II the family moved to...
Fran Hylton
Dec 20, 2016
FRAN (DRYDEN) HYLTON and FRED DRYDENA memorial service for Fran (Dryden) Hylton who passed away December 20, 2016 in Great Falls, MT and her brother, Fred Dryden who passed away May 9, 2017 in Butte, MT will be held on June 3, 2017 at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Burial of ashes will follow at Highland Cemetery. Fran...
John Brockes
Dec 19, 2016
96 year old John Thomas Brockes, Sergeant Major, US Army Retired, former Cascade County "public" servant, and 75 year Great Falls resident was called home the morning of December 19, 2016.John Thomas Brockes was born in Salem, Missouri, worked at a variety of farms in the region in those days and moved from farm to farm as a live in,...
Arlan Butler
Dec 18, 2016
Arlan Maurice Butler, 70, of Great Falls, passed away at Peace Hospice on Sunday, December 18, 2016.Arlan was known around town in later years as the coffee man and the red hat man.Arlan was born to Maurice and Olive Butler on October 6, 1946 in South Dakota. After his father died, Arlan moved to Great Falls, MT with his mother....
James "Jim" Hutchinson
Dec 16, 2016
Jim Hutchinson, 72, of Great Falls, was called by the Lord on Friday, December 16, 2016 in the comfort of his home, peacefully with his wife of 52 years at his side, holding his hand.A memorial service will be held Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church located in the Columbus Center. Schnider Funeral Home is...
Herb "Bud" Eakman
Dec 16, 2016
Herb Bud Eakman, 88, of Great Falls, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016.Bud was born on January 14, 1928 in Great Falls. He graduated from Great Falls High School. He attended Montana State College and majored in agriculture. After graduation, Bud was a mentor at the Boys Industrial School in Miles City. Later he graduated Eastern Montana College with a...
Gilbert "Gil" Schaefer
Dec 14, 2016
Gilbert L. Schaefer, 83, of Great Falls passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016, suffering from Parkinsons for many years due to Agent Orange.Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Schnider Funerl Home. A funeral service will be Friday, December 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Schnider Funeral Home is handling...
Helen Shanahan
Dec 12, 2016
Helen Marjory Shanahan, 93, of Great Falls, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016.A funeral liturgy will be held 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel.Helen was born on January 30, 1923 to Denver Pierre Graham and Lillian May (Hensley) Graham in Great Falls, Montana. She attended Great Falls schools and graduated from Great Falls High...
Alice Kline
Dec 11, 2016
Alice Kline, age 83, died peacefully on December 11, 2016.She was born in Sandpoint, Idaho on June 9, 1933. She lived in Georgetown, MT for most of her childhood and attended Southern Cross Country School. On January 14, 1949, Alice married Donald Dues. They were married for 30 years and raised 7 children together. She and Don owned and operated...
John E. Murphy
Dec 11, 2016
John Edward Murphy, 57, of Great Falls, passed away December 11, 2016 at his home of natural causes.Cremation hast taken place through Schnider Funeral Home.
