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Robert Hansen
Robert Hansen, 79, died of cancer at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow on July 12. Services will be Tuesday, July 17 at 10am at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow with Reverend Martin Mock officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Robert was born in 1921 in Scobey and was raised on the family farm south of Richland. He worked with the CCC for 1 year, then attended Northern Montana College until World War II started. He then served in the U.S. Air Force as a meteorologist. After the War, he graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Industrial Chemistry. he worked for the Food and Drug Administration in San Francisco and then came back to Montana to farm in 1946.
In 1950 he married Jean Hill in Hamilton. He farmed the family farm until retiring in 1986. He taught Vocational Agriculture to the Veterans after World War II and was a substitute teacher in the Glasgow School System. He was a member of the Elks Club and the American Legion. As a hobby, Bob enjoyed prospecting and he was instrumental in developing the bentonite deposits in South Valley County and South Phillips County.
Survivors include his wife Jean of Glasgow, 2 sons: Steve& his wife Peggy Hansen of Glasgow, and Bill and his wife Karyn Hansen of Nevada; 3 daughters: Mary Hansen of Billings, Laurie Hansen of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Kay Hansen of Kalispell; 1 sister, Kay Hansen of Kalispell, and 5 granddaughters. He was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Margery, in 1994, and by his brother James in 1992.
Gale Billingsley
Gale Billingsley, 79, died at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow of natural causes. Services will be held on Thursday, July 12 at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow, with Reverend Emory Robotham and Reverend Dave Hodsdon officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in Glasgow with Bell Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
Gale was born August 14, 1921 in Glasgow to Charles Hulse and Estella Cline Hulse. He attended grade school at the Billingsley Country School and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1940. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman. Gale returned to the family ranch located west of Glasgow on Antelope Creek where he and his father raised sheep and black angus cattle.
Gale married Donna Combs on November 2, 1945. Together they continued to run the ranch. He was President and Director of the Milk River Production Credit Association. He was a lifetime member of the Valley Ridgerunners Saddle Club and the Glasgow Elks Club, and he was also a pilot. His proudest event of the past year was the birth of his first great granddaughter, Peyton Marie Kimmel born on Gale's birthday in 2000.
He is survived by his wife Donna of Glasgow; daughters, Cheri Doll of Malta and Roxanne Barone of Billings; a son, Don Jones of Glasgow; sisters: Pauline Henningsen of Glasgow and Florence Armstrong of Boise, ID; numerous grandchildren, and three stepchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Charlotte L. Kolstad
Charlotte L. Kolstad, 65, died Sunday, July 8, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow after a struggle with cancer. Services will be held Thursday, July 12, at 2:00 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow with Pastor Chris Flohr officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in Glasgow with Bell Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
Charlotte was born May 27, 1936, in Glasgow to Charles Wood and Elva Wood. She graduated from Glasgow High School in 1954. She married her war hero, George Kolstad June 12, 1954 in Augusta, Montana. They built a home west of Glasgow and raised five children.
She belonged to the VFW Auxiliary, Cowbelle's, and Far and Wide Demonstration Club. She was very active in VFW Auxiliary, serving as treasurer for 18 years.
Charlotte was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. Her grandchildren were her life. She never missed a birthday. She also enjoyed gardening, card parties, playing bingo, and camping at Fort Peck Lake. Her home was always open to visitors. She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
She is survived by her husband George of Glasgow; two daughters: Janet Black of Anaconda, MT and Carolyn Rees of Fort Peck, MT; three sons: Dean, Darryl, and Gene all of Glasgow; eleven grandchildren; her mother Elva Wood of Glasgow; two sisters: Joyce Peck of Glasgow and Lynn Ediger of Wolf Point; and one brother, Bill Wood of Glasgow.
Pete Hockhalter
Pete Hockhalter, age 77, passed away July 1, 2001 at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. Funeral services are set for Saturday, July 7, 11:00 AM at Bell Chapel in Glasgow with Rev. David Rogenes officiating. Burial will take place at Nashua City Cemetery in Nashua, MT. Bell Mortuary in Glasgow is in charge of arrangements.
Hockhalter was born April 27, 1924 in the Baylor community to John and Albina (Lehr) Hockhalter. He was raised in that community, working as a ranch hand and did butchering was was a collector. He also worked for the City of Nashua. He married Violet Miller. She preceded him in death in 1978. Pete lived in the Glasgow and Nashua areas.
Survivors in clude a son, Larry Hockhalter (wife Barb) of Glasgow; four daughters, Yevonne and Clarence Norcutt of Glasgow, Evelyn and Travis Howell of Jacksonville, FL, Gloria and Scott Labonte of Grand Forks, ND and Donna Sherwood of Grand Forks, ND; two sisters, Tene Hockhalter and Kay of Washington; three brothers, Fred Hockhalter of Harlem, MT, Adolph Hockhalter of Baltimore, MD and John Hockhalter of Milwaukee, WI, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Lynn Ann (Irwin) Thompson
Lynn Ann Thompson vigil services have been set Thursday, Aug. 30, 7:00 PM at the Queen of Angeles Catholic Church in Nashua. Rev. Thad Kozikowski will officiate. Burial will take place at the Nashua City Cemetery. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements. She passed away in Jacksonville, FL Saturday, Aug. 25.
Lynn Thompson was born February 6, 1953 in Glasgow to John D. and Nora (Pointer) Irwin. She attended school in Nashua and a couple years at Miles City Community College. She married James Rorvik in Nashua in August of 1971. They were divorced and she married Lyle Thompson in 1981 in Forsyth. She was a member of the Catholic Church. She collected angels, and liked spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed her nieces and nephews. She enjoyed the time she spent working at the VFW and all the friends she made there.
Survivors include her mother, Norma Irwin of Nashua; father, John Irwin of Glasgow; one son, Joe Rorvik of Glasgow; three daughters, Jennifer (Donald) Brown of Jacksonville, FL, Theresa (Ryan) Stone of Glasgow and Allison Rorvik of Las Vegas, NV; eight grandchildren, many nieces and nephews; five sisters, Maureen Walton of Great Falls, Sheila Malone of Nashua, Mary Beth Palmerton of Great Falls, Kathleen Gorman of Nashua and Ellen Guttenberg of Fort Peck; and one brother, Patrick Irwin of Nashua.
She was preceded in death by one grand daughter, Kayla Rorvik, two brothers, Rommie and Mike Irwin.
Kenneth Michael Kronebusch
Kenneth Michael Kronebusch, age 40, died of natural causes at his home in Glasgow August 25. Funeral services are Wednesday, August 29, 2:00 PM, at the Bell Chapel in Glasgow. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Kronebusch was born in Glasgow on September 14, 1960 to Richard M. and Faye (French) Kronebusch. He enjoyed farming, water skiing, Fort Peck Lake and riding motorcycles. He also enjoyed his many friends and spending time with his kids.
Survivors include a son, Brandon; and daughter, Elissa Stingley, both of Glasgow; and a brother, Lee Kronebusch of Opheim.
Raymond Russell St. John
Raymond Russell St. John funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2:00 PM at the Opheim Methodist Church with interment at the Lawndale Cemetery in Opheim. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. St. John, age 79, died of natural causes at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow.
Raymond St. John was born in Glasgow on October 28, 1921 to Dewitt and Alma St. John. The family moved to Opheim when Raymond was 5-years old. He attended elementary and high school in Opheim and college at NMC/Northern Montana College in Havre. He served in the U.S. Air Force between 1942-1945 stationed in Italy and North Africa. He married Marjorie Mabel Bailey on June 2, 1943.
Following his stint in the service, St, John worked with his dad at the Markles Transfer for three years until it burned down. In 1949, St. John along with Ward Bishop and Otto Dahl formed the Opheim Northern Supply Company which closed in 1960.
St. John farmed until his retirement. He cared for his wife, Marjorie, until her death in 1995.
He is survived by two sisters; Lola Gardner of Palm Springs and Lorraine Paulson of Seattle, WA; two brothers, Myron of Helena, Leland of Chehalis, WA; four children, Diane (Albert) Fehler of Opheim, Dean St.John of Mesa, AZ.; Gene St. John of Glentana; and Nancy Sobien
of Mountain Home, Idaho.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Rueben Bainard Schakosky
Rueben Bainard Schakosky, age 80, died Friday, Aug. 17 at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow of natural causes. Services are Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2:00 PM, at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. Rev. Martin Mock will officate. Interment will take place at Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Schakosky was born April 24, 1921 to Albert ande Minnie Schakosky.
Survivors include three sisters, Alyce Mosser of Slaton, TX, Aggie Graves of Charlotte, MI and Mildred Iwin of Glasgow.
Lester Johnson
Lester Johnson, age 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 14 at St. Vincent Medical Center In Billings. Services are scheduled Saturday, Aug. 18, 10AM at the Hinsdale American Legion Hall with the Rev. Chris Flohr officiating. Music will be by Dawn Pattison and Sharon Kauffman. Interment will take place at Hillview Cemetery in Hinsdale. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Johnson was born February 25, 1916 in Glasgow to Edward and Christina Johnson. He attended Snake Creek School and later graduated from Hinsdale High School in 1933. He was a life-long farmer/rancher in the Genevieve community. September 10, 1938, Lester married Ruth Jensen in Wolf Point. He worked on the Fort Peck Dam construction and they lived briefly in Seattle, WA before moving to Hinsdale where they worked their rach north of Hinsdale until retirement.
Lester enjoyed working with wood and being on his tractor and combine. He and Ruth really enjoyed traveling. Lester always enjoyed family, friends and all aspects of life.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, of 59 years in May of 1997.
Survivors include three sons, Dennis (Annette) Johnson, Darwin (Sandy) Johnson and Don (Marie) Johnson, all of Hinsdale; six grandchildren, Wayne, Lance, Matthew, Leslie, Paige, Lisa; and two great-grandchildren, Chaz and Brett.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren Wayne Johnson, Lance Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Leslie Johnson, Paige Johnson and Lisa Johnson. Honorary pallbearers are his life-long friends.
