Obituaries

Mar 6, 2023

Sherry Louise Smith Frasure passed away on March 16, 2023. She was born on July 6, 1950, to Evan and Natalie Smith in Great Falls, MT. She graduated from CMR High School in 1968. She worked in the Medical field for Blue Cross and Cascade Health Department. She then worked for Opportunity Inc. for...

Mar 4, 2023

Cadence Jade Forrest passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at the age of 9. She went to school at Loy Elementary and was in 3rd grade. Her smile could light up the entire world and her laugh was the happiest sound you have ever heard. She had the most beautiful, expressive eyes that often did her talking for...

Mar 4, 2023

Janet Marie (Overland) Kempf of Great Falls passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at the age of 78.

Janet was born on March 11, 1945, in Glasgow to Elling and Evelyn (Nelson) Overland. Janet met Bruce in Great Falls at the Elbow Room in Tommy’s 2D Lounge where he was bartending part time on a Sunday...

Mar 2, 2023

Janice Lucille White-Stoos, age 68, passed away peacefully in her home on March 2, 2023, of heart failure. She was born on March 13, 1954, in Brady, Texas to Marvin White and Virginia Houghton. Jan married her partner of 30 years, Ray Stoos, on March 17, 2015, in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico with close friends and family in tow....

Mar 1, 2023

Ronald Charles Mammen, 88, formerly of Great Falls, died of natural causes on March 1, 2023, at his home near Dearborn, MT.

He was born on October 3, 1934, to Donald J. Mammen and Catherine M. Jones in Billings. In 1937-1938 they lived on Pat O’Hara Mountain, in a remote cabin on the Two Dot Ranch near...

Feb 28, 2023

Harris Allan Dunn, 74, born in Brooks, Alberta, Canada and raised in Great Falls, MT passed peacefully at Peace Hospice of terminal cancer on February 28, 2023.

Harris moved to Great Falls in 1955 and was a graduate of Great Falls High School. Thereafter, he joined the U.S. Air Force where he proudly served for 20 years...

Feb 28, 2023

Heaven gained a beautiful angel on February 28, 2023, when Loretta Ann Stemple passed away. Loretta’s final journey was affected with Alzheimer’s dementia. She was born on May 29, 1942, to Roy and Lorene Young. She was raised in Great Falls and spent many years in Billings, MT. She returned to Great Falls to be closer to family.

Feb 28, 2023

George Henry Edward Bandel passed away at Highgate Senior Living in Great Falls, MT. He passed peacefully in his sleep on February 28, 2023, after 100 years of being loved. He was born on February 4, 1923.

George was preceded in death by his wife, Alice and his oldest daughter, Linda. He is survived by his daughter,...

Feb 28, 2023

On the evening of February 28, 2023, our beloved brother, friend, father, and grandpa passed from this earthly realm. Larry Eugene Stanley, Sr., a long-time Great Falls resident, was born at home in Nashville, Tennessee on November 4,1942. He was welcomed by his parents, Nellie Christine Thompson Stanley and Harry C. Stanley. Larry joined his sister, Norma Jean Stanley...

Feb 27, 2023

August “Gus” Author Habets began his journey to Heaven on February 27, 2023, at 93 years old. Cremation has taken place at Schnider Funeral Home. Gus’s celebration of life will be on March 18, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel.

Gus was born on August 7, 1929, in Conrad, Montana to August and...

Feb 23, 2023

Monida Mae Beck Stevens was born on May 30, 1938, to Lois Elizabeth Gottfried Beck and Elmer “Rusty” Beck in Choteau, MT. She was raised in Fairfield, MT along with her sibling Robert “Bob” Beck. She married Rodney Phillip Stevens, the love of her life, on February 7, 1957. Together they shared 61 glorious years and spent their years...

Feb 22, 2023

Katherine “Kathy” Dugan Pickens passed away on the evening of February 22, 2023. A new angel was called into service to watch over four of her children with spouses; 18 grandkids; 12 great-grandkids; and one ON the way. Kathy lost a hard fight against COPD. She left behind a legacy of people from a lifelong obsession with helping anyone...

Feb 21, 2023

Donna Kay Hill, 65, passed away peacefully surrounded by beloved friends and family at Peace Hospice on February 21, 2023.

Donna was born September 6, 1957, to Ray and Joyce Mayberry in Great Falls, Montana.  She married Jerry Hill on March 4, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nevada, “honeymooning” at the Nascar races that weekend.  The marriage blended...

Feb 21, 2023

Phillip E. Thompson, a Great Falls native, passed away peacefully in his sleep with family and friends at his side on February 21, 2023. He was 87 years old.

Phillip was born on February 27, 1935. He was a Navy veteran, Safeway meat butcher, brick mason with the Anaconda Company, and an independent business operator with the...

Feb 20, 2023

Mary Jacquelyn “Jacque” Thompson, mom, nana, aunt, friend, and strong Christian went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 20, 2023.

She was born in Fort Benton, Montana to Carl E. Bramlette and Thelma M. (Lehman) Bramlette on July 14, 1929. She was the eldest of five children.

Jacque graduated with honors from...

Feb 19, 2023

Sandra "Sandi" Louise Medved was born in Great Falls, Montana with her twin brother David to George and Edith Strainer on August 18, 1947. She was raised in Black Eagle, Montana. She attended Collins School, St. Mary's, and Great Falls Central Catholic High School. She was married to the love of her life, Jerry Medved, on September 23, 1967,...

Feb 17, 2023

Shirley June Keyes passed away on February 17, 2023, at the age of 85. She was born on June 17, 1937, in Anamoose, North Dakota to Walter and Freda Kapfer. She worked as a hairdresser and enjoyed gardening, cross stitching, going to garage sales, shopping at thrift stores, camping, and spending time with family.

She is survived...

Feb 17, 2023

Joseph A. Hocevar, 97, passed February 17, 2023, at Benefis Peace Hospice. He was born January 31, 1925, in Sand Coulee, MT to Joseph and Frances (Slemberger) Hocevar. He grew up during the depression and the hardships of the era. Joe enlisted into the Navy at age 17, proudly serving during WWII.

Upon his return, he began...

Feb 16, 2023

Therese (Toeckes) Van Auken, 95, passed away at the Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau, Montana on February 16, 2023.

Born on June 21, 1927, Therese was the first child to Math and Edith (Tempel) Toeckes of Power, Montana. She and her five brothers and four sisters grew up on the homesteaded farm North of Power raising...

Feb 14, 2023

Mattie “Sue” Loma Barrett, 88, of Cascade, passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Mattie has been laid to rest alongside her husband, James, at Hillside Cemetery in Cascade, MT.

Mattie was born in Great Falls, MT on August 8, 1934, to Carl and Dorothy Berg. She worked at the local bank in Great Falls early on...