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Nancy Alvhild See
Nancy Alvhild See, 20, died in an automobile accident near Lewistown on November 20th. She was a Hinsdale resident and was attending school at Montana State University. Services will be Monday, November 26th a 11 a.m. at the Opheim Lutheran Church with Reverend Mark Koonz officiating and with burial at the Lawndale Cemetery in Opheim. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Nancy was born in Glasgow to Ted & Karen See and lived in Opheim through her junior year in high school. She moved to Hinsdale for her senior year, graduating from Hinsdale High School in 1999. She attended Montana State University in Bozeman her freshman year, then Jamestown College her sophomore year when she was on the cross country team. She was attending Montana Statue University in Bozeman this year. Nancy had applied and had been granted an interview to Putnam School of Veterinarian Medicine in Washington. She played baseball in Little League, track and cross country, 4 years basketball, 4-H, Honor Society, Band and was in FHA in Opheim and FFA in Hinsdale. She had the highest GPA in Hinsdale when she graduated and placed in state her senior year in track. She was still running actively in Bozeman and was to be inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society. She loved to be on the farm and ride horseback and help with the work on the ranch; that's why she wanted to be a vet. She and Kevin had been to Norway several times to visit her grandparents and relatives.
Survivors include her parents, Ted and Karen See of Hinsdale; 2 sisters: Marie Gail See of Bozeman and Ella Anne See of Hinsdale; 1 brother: Corbein Matthew See of Hinsdale; and grandparents Corbin and Joyce See of Hinsdale and Arne and Alvhild Blikken of Norway.
Kevin Arne See
Kevin Arne See, 18, died in an automobile accident near Lewistown on November 20th. He was a Hinsdale resident and was attending school at Montana State University. Services will be Monday, November 26th a 11 a.m. at the Opheim Lutheran Church with Reverend Mark Koonz officiating and with burial at the Lawndale Cemetery in Opheim. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Kevin was born in Glasgow to Ted & Karen See and lived in Opheim until his sophomore year in high school when his family moved to Hinsdale, graduating in 2001. He was a freshman at Montana State University in Bozeman, pursuing an engineering degree. He loved computers and graphics. In high school he played the saxophone in band, was in 4-H, played baseball and basketball. He had an extensive card collection in baseball. He loved to work on the farm with the cattle and fencing. He also enjoyed teasing his friends and his family.
Survivors include his parents, Ted and Karen See of Hinsdale; 2 sisters: Marie Gail See of Bozeman and Ella Anne See of Hinsdale; 1 brother: Corbein Matthew See of Hinsdale; and grandparents Corbin and Joyce See of Hinsdale and Arne and Alvhild Blikken of Norway.
Winnetta "Winnie" Erickson
Winnetta "Winnie" Erickson of Nashua, 75, died at her home in Nashua of natural causes on November 17. Services will be at the Nashua school on Wednesday, November 21, at 10 a.m. with Reverend Bonnie Novak officiating and with interment in the Nashua City Cemetery. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Winnie was born in Nashua to David and Mary Bell. She lived her entire life in Nashua, attending schools there and graduating from Nashua High School. She worked as a school clerk in Nashua and at the courthouse in Glasgow. In 1947 Winnie married Douglas Erickson of Glasgow. He passed away in 1999.
Survivors include one son, David "Skip" Erickson of Glasgow; 3 daughters: Jacalyn Pippin of Missoula, Kerry Wilson of Jordan and Shelly Erickson of Lake City, Minnesota; 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Foran F. Drabbs
Foran F. Drabbs of Hinsdale, 83, died of cancer at the Good Samaritan Center in Malta on November 16. Services will be Tuesday, November 20th at 11am at the Hinsdale Legion Hall with burial in the Hillview Cemetery in Hinsdale. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Foran was born in 1918 in Hinsdale to Frank and Mary Drabbs. Foran lived in Hinsdale his entire life. He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II in the Phillipines. He was involved with farming and ranching and worked for the Farmers Union. Foran married Alfreda Sigg in 1951 in Glasgow. He enjoyed reading, gardening and hunting with his kids.
Survivors include his wife Alfred of Hinsdale; 3 sons: Frank and his wife Khristi of Malta, Charles of Three Forks and George & his wife Darcie of Malta; 3 daughters: Nancy Salsbery and her husband Ross of Malta, Mary Drabbs of Portales, New Mexico, and Aline Yergler & her husband Gary of Kingston, Idaho; 15 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, 2 sisters: Ethel Stender of Hinsdale and Mae Sanford of Miles City; 1 brother, Thomas Drabbs of San Diego, California.
Jake Neufeld
Jake Neufeld of Larslan died at age 90 on November 8th. He died at his home near Larslan of natural causes. Services will be at the Lustre Mennonite Brethren Church on Tuesday, November 13th at 11 a.m. with Pastor J. Epp officiating and with burial in the Lustre Mennonite Brethren Cemetery. Bell Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Jake was born in Omsk, Siberia, Russia, to Jacob and Amelia Neufeld. At the age of 4 he came to the Larslan area where his parents homesteaded. They lived their entire life there. They farmed and ranched and raised their family on their place. Jake married Ida Richert at Larslan in 1932. She died in 1997.
Jake dedicated his life to the Lord. He loved woodwork and construction of buildings. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping. He loved people and young people. Jake was a big sports fan for Lustre boys and girls. He was a lifelong member of the Mennonite Brethren Church.
Jake was also active in fund raising efforts for the Glasgow area hospital. He was a member of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture, was Prsident of Lukes 100 and of the Church Council of the M.B. Church in Larslan, a position he held for 39 years. He served four terms on the board of the Lustre Bible Academy and is a past board member of the Valley County ASCS.
Survivors include 2 sons: Delford G. Neufeld and his wife Norma of Billings and Roy D. Neufeld and his wife Carol of Larslan; 2 daughters: Lois Dyck and her husband Harold of Wolf Point, and Karen Watterud and her husband Les of Colorado Springs; daughter-in-law Leona Neufeld of Billings; 15 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandchild; 2 brothers: John of Yuma, Arizona, and Art of Kalispell; and one sister, Emily of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Jake was preceded in death by his wife Ida, one grandchild Jason, brothers Frank & Gus and sisters Katie Edwards and Anna Peters.
Lester Knapp
Lester Knapp, 88 years, a WW II Army veteran and retired farmer, died Monday, November 5, 2001 at the Country Home in Malta of natural causes. Funeral service will be 11 A.M., Friday, Nov. 9 at the Malta Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Malta Cemetary with Military Honors. Adams Funeral Home of Malta is in charge of the arrangements.
Lester was born on March 23, 1913 in Verdel, Nebraska to Jesse and Luella M. (Collins) Knapp. At a few weeks his family moved to a homestead north of Saco where he was raised and educated. He attended country schools in the area. Lester married Vivian Tollefson on February 21, 1938 in Glasgow. They worked the family farm until he enlisted in the Army in 1942. He was stationed in Italy and earned Three Bronze Battle Stars for Naples-Foggia, Rome-ARNC and Southern France Campaigns. He returned to Saco after his discharge and purchased a farm north of the Sleeping Buffalo. Beside his farming he worked for other farmers, Saco Dehy and Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge. They sold their farm in 1975 and retired to Malta where he enjoyed going to the Senior Citizens, playing cards, gardening and fishing.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian (Tollefson) Knapp of Malta; sons, Don (Leanne) Knapp of Culbertson, Raymond Knapp; sister Gretta Young of Malta; 4 grandchildren, Justin and Jon Knapp, Matt and Mike Frye.
MYRON G. GRENDAHL
Myron G. Grendahl, 74, of Glasgow formerly of Wolf Point died on December 30, 2001, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow.
Myron was born August 29, 1927, in Keene, North Dakota, the son of George M. and Celia Grendahl. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1950.
On November 24, 1950 he married Sheila Mae Judkins in Sidney, MT. When he came to Wolf Point he worked at Servisoft for a short time and then worked for the Ford Garage as a mechanic and shop foreman until he retired in 1997.
Myron loved fishing and bowling. He was a member of the VFW Post #1755 in Wolf Point and a member of the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife in 1995, and two brothers and a sister.
Survivors include two sons, Bruce of California and Larry of Billings; a daughter Vicki Hammond of Ft. Mill, South Carolina; fiancée Sandra Svenningson of Glasgow; five brothers, Vernon of Freemont, OH, Dean of Colorado Springs, CO, Minor of New Castle, WY, Wayne and Noel both of Orlando, FL; two sisters, Avis Hendrickson of Minot, ND and Gayle Nybakken of Johnson City, TN; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitations will be held from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at the Clayton Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 3, at the Clayton Memorial Chapel with Pastor Marty Mock of Glasgow officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
JOHN STUBER
John Stuber, 76, died of cancer at the Parkview Convalescent Center in Dillon, MT, on December 25, 2001. Services will be held at the Hinsdale Legion Hall in Hinsdale, MT, on Monday, December 31 at 10:30 a.m. with Reverend Gus Gustafson officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Thoeny, MT. Bell Mortuary in Glasgow is in charge of arrangements.
John Stuber was born on July 15, 1925 to Albert and Dorthea Thoeny Stuber of Thoeny, MT, now a ghost town. He was educated at the Thoeny grade school and Hinsdale High School. He worked as a farmer-rancher, on the family farm, later he was co-owner of the farm. He took time out to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps, during WW II and was stationed on Guam and China. After the war he did more farming, dam and road building, was an expert mechanic and heliarc welder. He later did work on plumbing and heating.
He was a member of the Dillon American Legion Post #20. His hobbies consisted of flying and amateur radio.
He is survived by his wife, Elaine, two step-daughters, Jean Williams, of So. Lake Tahoe, CA and Rosann Mosier, of Blackfoot, ID; one sister Mrs. Ruby Johnson of Glasgow; two brothers, Joe Stuber of Hinsdale and Allen Stuber of Glasgow; three step-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Esther Barnard and Mary Hurmi; two brothers, Tim & Franklin Stuber; and his step son Ray Otte.
ARTHUR A. BUSCHE
Arthur A. Busche, 82, a World War II Army veteran and retired rancher, died on Tuesday, December 25th at the Phillips County Good Samaritan Center in Malta.
No services are planned at this time; cremation has taken place. Adams Funeral Home of Malta is in charge of arrangements.
