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Clara Leonora Isakson
Clara Leonora Isakson, 85, Died Of Natural Causes On December 3 At Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital In Glasgow. Services Will Be At 11 A.M. On Friday, December 5th At The First Lutheran Church In Glasgow With Reverend Martin Mock Officiating, With Burial In Highland Cemetery. Bell Mortuary Is In Charge Of Arrangements.
Clara Was Born In Fortuna, North Dakota, And Went To School There, Graduating From Fortuna High School. She Came To The Baylor Community To Cook And Keep House For Uncle Stindmo. She Married Peter Isakson And They Farmed And Ranched, Buying Land In The Area. She Retired In 1967 And Moved To Glasgow. Clara Taught Sunday School And Vacation Bible School. She And Peter Were Foster Parents Also. Peter Died In 1982 In Glasgow.
Harry Farrington
Harry Was Born July 3, 1922, In Glasgow, To Spencer And Anna (Bretzke) Farrington. Harry Was Raised And Attended School In Glasgow, Graduating With The Class Of 1941. He Served In The U.S. Army From 1944 Through 1946, Where He Was Awarded The
Purple Heart Medal Of Honor. He Then Attended The University Of Montana, Graduating With A Bachelor Of Arts Degree In Business Administration In 1949. Continuing His Education, He Attended The University Of Washington Pacific
Coast Banking School, And Graduated In 1964. From 1949 To 1953, Harry Worked For General Motors Acceptance Corp. He Then
Started Working For Conrad National Bank (Now First Interstate Bank) As A Clerk Installment Loan Officer. At His Retirement In 1983, He Had Worked His Way Up To Become Senior Vice President. Harry Was Very Active In His Community, Serving With And For The School Board
From 1960 To 1972; Chairman From 1966 To 1972. He Raised A $4 Million Bond Levy For School Facilities In 1966; Was Secretary-Treasurer Of The Kalispell Rotary Club And President From 1975 To 1976, The Board Of Directors, And District Governor Of Montana From 1984 To 1985. He Received The Great Chief Honor In 1979, Having Assisted Youth In The Community Through Sportsmanship,
Scouting, And Education, Including Pee Wee Baseball For Six Years, Three Of Which Were Served As President; Ducks Unlimited Treasurer Of The Local Chapter For Six Years And As Chairman For The Year Of 1981; A Member Of The Kalispell Elks And Masonic Lodge; The DeMolay Advisory Committee, And As Treasurer In 1982; Bethlehem Lutheran Church, President One Year, As Treasurer For Three Years, And A Deacon For Three Years; And A Member Of The Kalispell Chamber Of Commerce.
Harry Was An Avid Hunter And Golfer, He Enjoyed Traveling The State And Attending Various Statewide And International Rotary Events.
Harry Was Preceded In Death By His Wife Kathryn; Daughter, Sue Anderson; Brother, Spencer Farrington; And Longtime Friend, Ruth Sliter. He Is Survived By Sons, Scott Farrington And Wife, Mary, Of Rowlett, Texas, And Dwight Farrington And Wife, Brenda, Of Carnation, Wash; Two Brothers, William "Bud" Farrington Of Los Angeles, And Dale Farrington Of Billings; One Sister, Della Blackwell Of Los Angeles; Four Grandchildren, Theresa Durbin Of Dallas, Anna Farrington Of Rowlett, Texas, Ryan And Andrew Farrington Of Carnation; Brother-In-Law, Robert O'Neil; And Son-In-Law, Brad Anderson. Funeral Services Will Be At 11 A.M. On Monday At Bethlehem Lutheran Church With Pastor Larry Stappler Officiating. Burial Will Follow At C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Visitation Will Be From 2 To 5 P.M. On Sunday At Johnson Mortuary. In Lieu Of Flowers, The Family Suggests Remembrances To Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 602 S. Main, Kalispell, MT 59901; Samaritan House, P.O. Box 592, Kalispell, MT 59903; Or The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1002, Kalispell, MT 59903. Arrangements Are Under The Direction Of Johnson Mortuary And Crematory.
Floyd Henry Hopkins
Floyd Henry Hopkins, 63, died on Wednesday, September 4th from complications of heart surgery. Wake services were held Sunday night in Fort Belknap and funeral services are set for Monday, September 9th at 10 a.m. at the Red Whip Community Center with burial to follow in the Pony Hill Cemetery. Adams funeral home in Malta is in charge of arrangements.
Floyd was born in 1939 at Fort Belknap, to Abel Hopkins Sr. and Fola Bigby Hopkins. He was raised at Fort Belknap and educated in Harlem and at Flandreau in South Dakota. He met and married Reitha Morsette in 1959 in Glasgow. They had 3 children: Tina Mariem, Floyd Henry Jr. and Portland K. Floyd and Reitha were divorced in 1964. Floyd had one other child named Tuesday (Birdtail) Sutherland.
Floyd married Yvonne “Tilly” Cox in 1981. They both came to a better understanding of life and what it takes to build a home and proceeded to live the next 21 wonderful years together as husband and wife.
Floyd worked construction for many years, and after his marriage to Tilly, he decided to return to school in 1984 and became a certified mechanic, a life-long passion. After getting his certificate at age 49, he settled in Glasgow to work and live.
Survivors include his wife, Yvonne Tilly Hopkins of Glasgow; daughters: Tina Small, Portland “Kitty” Walsh of Rocky Boy; Tuesday Birdtail of Fort Belknap; son Kenneth Blackbird of Fort Belknap; sisters: Lillian Hopkins of Whitefish; Donna Black Eagle of Nashua; Penny Bercier of Great Falls; 11 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Floyd Henry Jr., brothers Bill, Spud, Jim, Roland and Indian Hopkins and a grandson, Gabriel Brown.
MARY KIPPEN MCNAMARA
Mary Kippen McNamara of Saco died of natural causes on Friday, April 26th at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. She was 88. Services will be at the Saco Methodist Church on Monday, April 29th at 3 p.m. with burial in the Grandview Cemetery in Saco. Howard Pippin and Reverend Kent Gordon will officiate. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Mary was born in Saco in 1914 to Dan and Nellie Kippen. She attended schools in Saco and graduated in 1934. She married Fred McNamara in 1934. Fred passed away in 1979.
She lived all her life in Saco, but the last year was a resident of Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. Mary helped work Saco Dray and did livestock brand inspections. She also worked at the liquor store and the library. She enjoyed her grandchildren, painting, craft work and always had the yard full of flowers.
Survivors include 1 daughter: Nellie Plouffe and her husband Don of Saco; 1 son: Gary McNamara and his wife Vicki of Saco; 8 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandson.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters, 1 brother and 1 grandson.
Pallbearers: Robert Plouffe, Jason Plouffe, Dale Plouffe, Levi Plouffe, Travis Plouffe and Sonny Anvik. Honorary pallbearers: all her lifelong friends.
TIM JOHNSON
Tim Johnson, died unexpectedly of natural causes in Billings on Tuesday morning, April 23rd. He was 43. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27th at the Plentywood Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Plentywood Memorial Cemetery. Pastors Mark Koonz and David Curtright will officiate. A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 29th at 3:30 p.m. at the Fairview High School Gym, with remarks by Pastor Kelly Sloan. Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood is in charge of arrangements
Tim was born in 1958 in Williston, North Dakota, one of twin sons of Dick and Doreen (Norman) Johnson. He was baptized at St. Olaf's Lutheran Church in Grenora, North Dakota, in 1961, and was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in 1974. He was raised on the family farm northwest of Westby, graduated from Westby High School in 1977 and attended the university of Montana in Missoula for 4 years. He married Monica Pedersen at Plentywood Lutheran Church in 1980. They farmed in the Westby community for 4 years, and in 1985 Tim returned to Missoula to complete his bachelor's degree in history. From 1986-88 he taught history in Wilsall; and from 1988 through 1998 he taught history and coached basketball, baseball and track in Opheim. The last 4 years Tim has been in Fairview, where he was K-12 principal and athletic director, and coached basketball. Tim loved sports and was a true coach for the students. Coach Johnson was very close to "his kids, " especially the little ones. He shared their triumphs, and always took all their troubles as his own. Everyone else came first in his career. Although in the past 8 months he had struggled with Hodgkins Lymphoma, his smile and contagious laugh would always fill the entire gym! Comments from "his kids" to his family in recent days highlight the esteem his students held for him: "Tim's courage in this battle are examples to us all"..."he was cancer-free"..."respected"..."cared about us"..."did what he loved"..."my hero."
Survivors include his wife, Monica of Fairview; 2 sons: Joshua and his girlfriend Maggie Dean of Westby; Derek of Fairview; his parents: Dick and Doreen Johnson of Westby; his paternal grandmother, Eleanor Johnson of Plentywood; his father and mother-in-law, Junior and Lorraine Pederson of Plentywood; his twin brother Tom Johnson of Longview, Washington; Tom's children Carli, Morgan and Dara; his sister, Susan and her husband Les Leininger of San Diego, California, and their children: Erin, Amy and Tyson; his sister Tracey and her husband David McKinney of Denver, Colorado, and their children Chelsea and Justine.
Tim was preceded in death by a sister, Cleo, in 1956; his paternal grandfather, Harold Johnson, and maternal grandparents Albert and Helga Norman.
PAULINE M. DEWIT
Pauline M. DeWit, 81, passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, April 24th in the Butte Convalescent Home. She was a longtime resident of Opheim and Glasgow. Funeral services will be Monday, April 29th at 10 a.m. at St. Raphael's Catholic Church. Vigil services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28th, with a rosary preceding the service by 20 minutes.
She was born in 1921 in Regent, North Dakota, to Jacob Gion and Kathryn (Kilzer) Gion. She was raised and attended schools on the family farm near Regent. After graduating from high school she cared for her parents until she was 28 years old. In 1949 Pauline married Leo De Wit in Regent. They lived in Regent and in Lemon, South Dakota, working in farming, and moved back to Regent and purchased a farm in 1957. They operated the farm until 1964 when they moved their family to Galt, California, and operated a dairy farm. In 1968 they purchased a farm in Opheim, Montana, which they operated until 1977, when the moved into Glasgow and operated the DeWit Farm Systems. In 1996 Pauline moved to Butte to be hear her children. Her biggest love was her family, her church and her garden. She also enjoyed reading and crossword puzzles.
Survivors include 5 sons: James DeWit and his wife Sharon of the family farm in Opheim; Don DeWit and his wife Nancy of Helena; Robert DeWit and his wife Mary of Manhattan, Montana; Kent DeWit of Merritt Island, Florida; Wayne DeWit and his wife Colette of Glasgow; 2 daughters: Rita Browne and her husband Michael of Butte; Nadine Ireland and her husband Tim of Gilette, Wyoming; 18 grandchildren, 2 brothers: George Gion and his wife Sue of Chicago; Paul Gion and his wife Eunice of Regent, North Dakota; 3 sisters: Genevieve Candrian of Minot, North Dakota; Eleanor Jacobs and her husband Pete of Lemon, South Dakota; Agnes Pekas of Fargo, North Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her husband Leo in 1984 and a son, Peter, in March of 2002, sisters Mary Candrian, Alberta Gion, Hattie Voeller and brothers Michael Gion, Steve Gion and an infant brother, George Gion.
JOHN F. "JACK" ROSENWALD
John F. “Jack” Rosenwald of Hinsdale died of natural causes on Apirl 17th at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. He was 79. Services were held at the Hinsdale Legion Hall with interment in the Hillview Cemetery in Hinsdale. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Jack was born in 1922 in Whitefish, Montana, to Alphonse and Jessie Diether Rosenwald. Jack was the youngest of 4 children with 3 older sisters: Grace, Mary Lou and Marjorie. When Jack was 12 years old, the family moved to Hinsdale where Jack was a member of the class of 1942. He was drafted into the United States Navy in 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served until the war was over in 1945. Upon his discharge from the service, he attended Watch-making school in San Diego, California, for 2 years. In 1948 Jack returned to Hinsdale and bought the Rainbow Room Bar, which he owned and operated until 1963. In 1955 he married Stella Boucher and they had 2 children, Bobbi Sue and John Jr.
Jack and Stella produced rodeos until moving Wyoming in 195, where they owned and operated the Flying V Guest Ranch north of Newcastle for 7 years. In 1972 they moved back to Montana and bought the cattle ranch bordering Fort Peck Lake. During the fall cattle roundup of 1977 Jack suffered a disabling stroke. After Bobbi Sue and her husband Jim bought the ranch, Jack and Stella moved to Glasgow where he spent the rest of his years.
Survivors include his wife, Stella, of Glasgow; 1 daughter: Bobbi Sue and her husband Jim Kirkland of Fort Peck; 1 son: John and his wife Laura of Thompson Falls, Montana; 1 sister: Marjorie Cowan of Mineral Wells, Texas; 3 granddaughters: Sally Smith of Bend, Oregon; Juli Kirkland of Minot, North Dakota; Jennifer Rosenwald of Marshall, Texas; twin grandsons: Jake Kirkland of Aurora, Colorado, and Jed Kirkland of Rapid City, South Dakota; 2 great granddaughters: Samantha and Taylor Smith of Bend, Oregon.
Pallbearers are: John Rosenwald, Jim Kirkland, Jake Kirkland, Jed Kirkland, Jim Cowan and Doug Martin.
