Obituaries

Aug 29, 2022

LeRoy “Bill” Williams Larson was born January 6, 1937, to LeRoy Williams and Marie Sorensen Larson in Kansas City, Missouri. He was their second child, born three years after his sister, Barbara Lee. His early years were spent on dairy farms near Olathe, Kansas and Elburn, Illinois. The family settled in Holdrege, Nebraska where he spent his junior and senior...

Aug 28, 2022

Helen A. Bailly, 82, was born in 1940 in Fort Benton, Montana to Aloys and Helen Diekhans. She attended school in Choteau and Great Falls graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1958. Helen married George J. Bailly on September 3, 1960, in Great Falls. They moved to Fort Shaw to begin farming and ranching. They soon moved to...

Aug 27, 2022

Marianne (Lalonde) Birkenbuel, 83, of Great Falls, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 27, 2022. She was a graduate of Anaconda Central High School and Western Montana College and received her degree in Elementary Education.  She taught at McKinley Elementary and Opportunities Incorporated. She eventually left teaching to become a real estate agent.

Marianne was born to...

Aug 26, 2022

Dale Glen Hallock, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away and entered the presence of his savior Jesus at age 80 on Friday, August 26, 2022, at Benefis Hospital. He was surrounded by his wife and children.

Dale was born on September 26, 1941, in Glasgow, MT to Glen and Mildred Hallock. He was...

Aug 24, 2022

Dale D. Ost, 91, of Great Falls passed away of natural causes at Peace Hospice on August 24, 2022. Dale was born January 13, 1931, in Beulah, North Dakota. He married Leona Miller in Fairview, Montana in 1949. Dale retired from Great Falls Public Schools and later drove the school bus for Our Lady of Lourdes School. He loved...

Aug 24, 2022

Colette K. Messman of Great Falls, Montana was called to the Lord on August 24, 2022, at Peace Hospice at the age of 75. She requested no services and cremation has taken place. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Colette was born on January 7, 1947, in Shelby, Montana. She later moved...

Aug 20, 2022

John Theodore Borgreen, aged 84, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at Peace Hospice due to complications of a prolonged illness. A memorial service is planned for Friday, August 26, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel with a reception immediately following at the Scottish Rite Building next door. Given the increased local transmission rate of COVID,...

Aug 16, 2022

Ruby was a gem. If you knew her, you loved her. Born on a farm near DeLamere, ND, growing up during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the Dirty 30’s shaped the way she lived her life: You don’t waste anything! She reused, repurposed, recycled, composted, or gave it away because “someone could use it”.

Ruby...

Aug 13, 2022

Mary Lynne Crowell was born June 17, 1947, to John and Cecil Wills in Great Falls, Montana. Mary went home to her Heavenly Father’s arms unexpectedly on August 13, 2022. There will be a memorial celebration of life on August 25, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Ulm Church in Ulm, MT.

Mary graduated in 1965 from...

Aug 13, 2022

Katherine Alice (Gibbons) Gillespie, a.k.a. Mike, was born in Lewistown in September of 1932 to Jim and Ruth Gibbons. Mike was number 4 of 9 children (Margaret, Laura, Doris, Mike, Ellen, Nancy, Marion, Jim, and Tom). She attended school north of Winifred at the Gibbons’ Whiskey Ridge Ranch until 4th grade, and then the family acquired a winter home...

Aug 13, 2022

Frances Mae Jorgensen “Fran” Wylder, aged 91, of Great Falls, passed on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Benefis Grandview Cottages in Great Falls due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease and COVID-19.

Fran was born August 3, 1931, in Great Falls, Montana, the first child of Robert F. and Frances J. Burleigh Jorgensen, both of whom were also...

Aug 11, 2022

With regret and sadness, the family of Mary K. Scott announces her sudden passing on August 11, 2022, at the age of 81. Mary will be fondly remembered and dearly missed for her wit, sense of humor, unwavering support to the Denver Broncos, and her great pride in her Irish heritage.

Mary was raised in Glasgow working...

Aug 11, 2022

Diane Lynn Hansen passed away on August 11, 2022, leaving us heartbroken. She was an incredible fighter until the day God took her.

Diane was the daughter of Arlene and Ernie Grasseschi and grew up in Black Eagle, Montana. She married Wayne “Bubba” Hansen in 1980 and they had their son Jeff Douglas Hansen in 1986. Jeff...

Aug 10, 2022

John William Shaw passed away unexpectedly on August 10, 2022, in Great Falls, MT at the age of 71.

John was born on January 1,1951, in Havre, MT to Delores Miller Shaw and Roy R. Shaw. Born number two out of eight children, life was never dull. There were many family events over the years with weekends...

Aug 10, 2022

Richard "Dick" Charles Monroe passed away at the age of 87 in Great Falls, MT on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

A vigil service will be held at St. Francis Catholic Church in Valier at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.  The Funeral mass will be held at St. Francis Catholic Church on Wednesday, August 17, 2022...

Aug 10, 2022

Betty Jaraczeski Mora passed away on August 10, 2022.   She was 92 years old. Betty was a resident of the Lodge Senior Living since August 2016.

Betty was born in Great Falls, on March 4, 1930, to John and Ruby (Lundberg) Jaraczeski.  She was raised in Great Falls and attended elementary school in Ulm, which at the...

Aug 9, 2022

Shirley Lois (Fullbright) Tage passed away after a brief illness on August 9, 2022, surrounded by her family and under the attendant, compassionate care of the technicians, nurses, and doctors at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, MT.

She was born in Lewiston, Montana in 1943 to Elmer and Emma Fulbright and spent her formative years growing up...

Aug 9, 2022

Sheri Lea Meagher, aged 51, passed away August 9, 2022, at Peace Hospice, Great Falls, MT.

Sheri was born on November 21, 1970, in Sidney, MT. She attended grade school at Glasgow AFB until 3rd grade and then moved to Havre, MT where she graduated from Havre High School in 1989. She married Mitch Meagher and moved...

Aug 5, 2022

Goodie Norby quietly, peacefully, and humbly passed on to her heavenly home on August 5, 2022. She passed away just 24 days before her 100 th birthday

Gudve Alise Lindseth was born on August 29, 1922, to Tomas and Sofia Lindseth on the family farm near Wildrose, ND. Her parents raised 8 children in a one-bedroom house...

Aug 4, 2022

Marie Walker, aged 83, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2022, at her home surrounded by family. Marie was born in Sweethome, Oregon where she was the oldest of 6 children. After graduating from high school, she served in the United States Air Force where she later met and married Russ Walker. They had 6 children. They moved to...