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Roy DeDobbeleer
Roy DeDobbeleer, 93, died of natural causes on July 3rd at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. Services will be Thursday, July 6, at 2pm at Bell Chapel with Ed Frueh officiating and with burial in Highland Cemetery. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Roy was born in Angus, Iowa, in 1907, attending grade school there.
He moved with his family to Glasgow in May of 1917.
They purchased land and lived just north of Glasgow near where the airport is now located.
He attended schools in Glasgow and graduated from GHS in 1925.
After graduation, he farmed with his dad, rented farmland (the old Coleman Place), and attended an agricultural course in Bozeman.
In 1930 he married Helen Czyzeski in Glasgow.
He worked for Chicago Steel and Bridge in Glasgow, Great Falls, and Toppenish, Washington.
They moved back to Glasgow in the spring of 1932 and rented land on the Jensen Trail (Charles Rice place). In November of 1933, he went to work on the Fort Peck Dam Construction, clearing brush and running machinery until the summer of 1940. For a year Roy, John Unfred and Steve Figmaka ran a garage in Wheeler. From 1941-45 he worked for Truman Bowen doing mechanical work in Indiana, Wisconsin, on the Pan American Highway in Costa Rica, and Alaska, Phoenix and Mexico. He returned to Glasgow in the fall of 1945 and began farming north and south of Glasgow until Roy retired in 1981. After retirement, Roy and Helen enjoyed traveling to California, Mexico, Iowa, Washington and Canada. They resided in Glasgow 54 years, living in Nemont Manor in Glasgow for 2 years before moving to Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow in 1998.
He was a member of the Montana Farmers Union, Cherry Creek Local, served on the Farmers Union Oil Board for 19 years, FHA Board for 3 years, Democratic Party, Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Board for 6 years, the ASCS County Committee and the Teamsters and Operating Engineers Union in Indiana. He enjoyed farming, mechanical work, and repairing things. He also enjoyed pinochle, whist and cribbage.
Survivors include: 1 daughter, Delores Luckman of Sunnyvale, California; 3 sons: James "Bus" DeDobbeleer of Fort Peck, Don of Fort Peck and Barry of Seattle; 9 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Mildred Theresa Askgiv
Mildred Theresa Askgiv of Glasgow, 83, died of natural causes at Billings Deaconess Hospital. Services will be Thursday, July 6th at 10am, at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Glasgow, with burial in Highland Cemetery. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
She was born in Max, North Dakota, in 1917 and raised there. After her marriage to Alfred Ulrich in 1937, they resided in Underwood, North Dakota, until 1958, when they moved to Glasgow. Alfred passed away in 1963. She married Howard Haynes in 1965. They moved to Bellevue, Nebraska, for several years before moving back to Glasgow. Howard passed away in 1976. She married Jerry Askvig in 1981. Jerry preceded Mildred in death in 1994.
She worked as a clerk for many years and was employed as a Teacher's Aide when she resided in Nebraska. She loved crocheting, fishing, puzzling and being with family and friends.
Survivors include 1 son, Alfred Dennis Ulrich and his wife Barbara of Salinas, California; 2 daughters: Vicky Stumvoll and husband Arnold of Glasgow, and Lucy Kostelecky and husband Don of Dickinson, North Dakota; 4 step children: Walt, Gene and Arlis Haynes and Larry Askvig; 2 sisters: Josephine Scott and Forence Wakefield of Underwood, North Dakota; 1 brother, Dennis Ulrich of Underwood. She was also preceded in death by 1 brother and 1 sister.
Royal W. Moray
Royal W. Moray, 51, of Billings, was born to Henry and Florence Paus Morey Aug. 18, 1948, in Glasgow. He died Sunday, June 18, 2000, at his home in Billings. Cremation has taken place. Memorial will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 23, at First Lutheran Church in Opheim and memorial in Billings at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 29, at Peace Lutheran Church. Arrangements were made by Cremation or Funeral Gallery.
He graduated from Opheim High School in 1966 and was employed by Farmers Union and Westland Oil in Opheim.
He went to Billings Automotive and obtained a service job in Great Falls. After graduating from a parts school in Great Falls, he worked for Valley Motors in Glasgow and later at Michels Parts Store in Buffalo, Wyo. In 1989, he moved back to Billings and attended Denver Business College, graduating in 1991. He was then employed by Sysco until time of death.
Royal was an avid fisherman, enjoyed bowling and loved his family, especially his six nieces.
He is survived by his mother, Florence of Opheim; two brothers, Dale (Micki) of Culbertson, and Michael (Patricia) of Waldorf, Md. He was preceded in death by his father, Henry and brother, James.
Hans Boyum
Hans Boyum of Circle, 87, died June 9th at his home. Memorial services will be Tuesday, June 13th at 2pm at the First Lutheran Church in Circle. Internment will be at the Riverview Cemetery in Circle with Pastor Neva Rathbyn officiating. Clayton Memorial Chapel in charge of arrangements.
Hans was born on the homestead, miles outside of Circle in 1913 to Knute & Gurden Boyum. He lived in the Circle area all his life. He worked on various ranches around Circle and was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Circle. He loved hunting for rocks and arrowheads.
Survivors include 1 sister, Hannah Mackenstadt of Bremerton, Washington, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
Steve Reeves
Steve Reeves, a silver-screen Hercules whose Mr. Universe physique inspired generations of bodybuilders and defined the mythical movie strongman, died Monday at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido. He was 74.
The cause of death was complications from lymphoma cancer, which had been diagnosed eight weeks ago, said longtime friend Troy Bertelsen.
Reeves, who appeared in 18 feature films before retiring from acting in 1969, continued to champion drug-free bodybuilding and followed an exacting fitness regimen.
He lived on a 14-acre ranch east of Escondido, where he raised purebred Morgan horses, worked out diligently, rode a mountain bike and walked briskly almost daily with 5-pound hand weights.
With business associate George Helmer, he promoted supplements and powders with natural ingredients through his Steve Reeves International Society Web site, founded in 1994.
He also wrote "Building The Classic Physique -- The Natural Way, " summing up a lifetime of dedicated training.
In 1959, Reeves was voted the biggest box office star in the world for his title role in "Hercules, " his third movie. Filmed in Italy with an all-European cast, it was shown in the United States with an English-speaking soundtrack.
It launched Reeves into a series of "sword and sandal" epics, many of them box office successes and critical failures. He and his movies generally are dismissed in movie reference works, receiving a footnote at best.
The simple plots, dubbed dialogue and contrived effects of many of the European-made films celebrated the anatomy more than acting.
But Reeves was a pioneer in the action-hero genre, a legacy carried on by one of his admirers, Sylvester Stallone of "Rambo" and "Rocky" fame.
"Stallone has a gym in his home with Steve's photos for inspiration, " Helmer said. "Steve was held in the highest esteem of anybody in the bodybuilding community, and the film community is going to miss him.
"They won't replace him."
By 1967, Reeves had become the highest-paid actor in Europe, along with Sophia Loren. Two years later, though, after appearing in a western, "A Long Ride From Hell, " he retired in his early 40s.
A dislocated shoulder, suffered when his chariot slammed into a tree during the 1959 filming of "The Last Days of Pompeii, " caused him pain for years.
Gordon Scott, who appeared opposite Reeves in "Duel of the Titans" in 1963, said Reeves often shied away from adulation.
"I don't think he liked acting much, " he said. "Because he was sometimes shy toward people, some people thought he was aloof. But he wasn't that at all."
Scott, who trained in a Hollywood gym with Reeves during their acting days, said, "Steve was the ideal concept of what a bodybuilder should be. Everything had to be precise: 181/2-inch arms, 181/2-inch neck, 181/2-inch calves."
With that physique, Reeves won the Mr. America title in 1947. He followed that with Mr. World and Mr. Universe titles in 1948 and another Mr. Universe in 1950.
The physique caught the eye of legendary Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille as early as 1947. DeMille approached Reeves about playing Samson in his soon-to-be made epic.
But when DeMille asked him to lose 20 pounds for the role, so the story goes, Reeves refused. The role went instead to Victor Mature. A longtime Rancho Santa Fe resident, Mature died last August at 86.
In 1954, Reeves played a small role in "Athena, " which starred Debbie Reynolds and Jane Powell. Ironically, the movie poked fun at the health and fitness cult of the era, which Reeves personified.
Three years later, he was filming Hercules, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound monument to muscular symmetry.
Born in Glasgow, Mont., Reeves moved with his family to Oakland as a youth. At age 16, he began lifting weights and gained 30 pounds in three months, he would later say.
The burgeoning, naturally nurtured physique prepared him for a bodybuilding career that would result in Mr. Pacific Coast titles in 1946 and 1947.
In his 50s, Reeves became a pioneering advocate of power walking, hustling over the hills near his sprawling North County property.
"All of us expected him to live to 100, and I think he did, too, " Bertelsen said.
"He was still kicking butt on his mountain bike in his 60s on rides with 20-year-old kids.
"Steve was a man's man who lived life as he wanted. He had bought a place in Payson, Ariz., and was planning to retire in a year or so and sell all but three of his horses.
"He would save those for horseback trips."
Helmer, Reeves' business associate, said he plans to establish a Steve Reeves Museum that would include memorabilia from many of the late actor's films.
"Steve didn't collect much when he was making movies, and we've been doing it for him, " he said.
Reeves' wife, Aline, died of complications from a stroke in 1989.
He is survived by second cousins in Montana and Oregon.
Cremation was planned, with ashes to be scattered in Montana. A private service has been scheduled for Saturday in the San Diego area. And a private service is pending in Montana.
