Patricia Rae Shawl
Jun 9, 2012
Patricia Rae Shawl, 43, of Box Elder, passed away on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at her residence. Cause of death is under investigation by the Choteau County Coroner's office. Patricia was born on September 9, 1968, in Los Angeles, California, to Rodrick and Sharon (Cochran) Shawl. She attended school in Great Falls, Harlem, and Billings, Montana. Following her school years,...
James Paul Russette Jr
Jun 8, 2012
James Paul "Cheato" Russette Jr., 56, whose Indian name was "King of the Lodge", and our brother/uncle/father/grandfather, was called home by the Creator on June 8, 2012, in Billings, Montana, of undetermined causes. Cheato was born October 18, 1955, to James Paul Russette, Sr., and Bernice Ruth (Meyers) Russette in Havre, Montana. Following his school years in Rocky Boy and...
Vance Sargent Blatter
Jun 3, 2012
Vance Sargent Blatter, 57, of Havre, passed away on June 3, 2012, at Northern Montana Hospital of a heart attack. Vance was born on December 11, 1954, in Havre, Montana, to Kenneth and Jeannette (Sargent) Blatter. He lived on a farm in Zurich, Montana, until 1961. He later moved to Great Falls, attending CMR High School, where he was an...
Adelma Jean Butler
Jun 2, 2012
Jean Butler, 71, of Box Elder, passed away on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls of natural causes. Jean was born in Browning, Montana, to John and Phyllis (Salois) McGillis. She was raised in the East Glacier/Summit area until she met and married Gary Walters. The couple moved to Minnesota and their union was blessed with...
Donald R. Koesler
Jun 1, 2012
Donald R. Koesler, 60, of Havre, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital on June 1, 2012, of pneumonia. Donald was born on February 21, 1952, to Norbert and Clara (Westerman) Koesler in Great Falls, Montana. He attended the Boulder River School in Boulder, Montana, from 1961 to 1974, when he moved to Havre to live at the Havre Day Activity...
Gene L. Donoven
May 31, 2012
Gene L. Donoven, 80, died Thursday evening, May 31, 2012 at the Transitional Care Unit at Benefis Health Care in Great Falls, Montana. Gene was born December 12, 1931, in Havre, Montana, to Donald and Clara (Gehlen) Donoven. He was raised and educated in Kremlin, graduating from Kremlin High School. He attended Northern Montana College. He lived in Kremlin and...
Cora Alfreda Patera
May 29, 2012
Cora "Alfreda" Patera, 87, of Havre, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, of natural causes. Alfreda was born November 16, 1924, to Walter and Carrie (Allderdice) Rice in Big Sandy, Montana. Following her attendance at the Rice School and graduation from Big Sandy High School, Alfreda married Miloslof "Milo" Patera in Havre in 1946, and their...
Tommy Ray Denny
May 28, 2012
Tommy Ray Denny, 64, formerly of Rocky Boy, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012, in Chicago, of natural causes. Tommy was born March 7, 1948, in Fort Belknap, Montana, to Walter Alex Denny and Nellie Peeper Anderson, and was raised in Rocky Boy. He joined the US Marine Corps, and following his military service, he moved to Michigan and...
Ellen Marie Nugent
May 28, 2012
Ellen Marie Nugent, 53, formerly of Havre, passed away unexpectedly on May 28, 2012 in Shanghai, China, from a heart attack. Ellen was born on May 13, 1959, in Anaconda, Montana. She graduated from Havre High School in 1977, and attended Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT. Following her college graduation in 1981, Ellen spent the summer backpacking through Europe,...
Clifford Tom Duran, Sr.
May 26, 2012
Clifford Tom Duran Sr., 76, died Saturday, May 26, 2012 at his daughter Robin's home in Rocky Boy, Montana. His wake service will begin today (Sunday) and continue through Monday with his traditional Native American service being held 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2012, all at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will be held in the Parker...
Bartley Richard Fink
May 25, 2012
Bartley Fink, 59, passed away on Friday, May 25, 2012, at his Havre residence of natural causes. Bart received his bachelor's degree from California State-Hayward in 1975 and his Masters' Degree from Northern Montana College in 1979. Bart grew up in Southern California in suburbs of Los Angeles including Whittier and Hacienda Heights. Bart was a devoted son, husband, father...
Victor Denny
May 23, 2012
Victor Denny, 78, passed away May 23, 2012 at his Great Falls residence of natural causes. Mr. Denny was born March 26, 1934, to Sam and Swinging Girl (Sandy) Denny in Rocky Boy, Montana. Following his school years, he married Verna Baptiste in Cando, Saskatchewan, and their union was blessed with 8 children. Over the years, Victor lived in Rocky...
Thomas Lawrence Parisian
May 18, 2012
Thomas Lawrence "Zeke" Parisian, 72, of Box Elder, passed away at his residence on Thursday, May 18, 2012, of natural causes. Zeke was born on July 26, 1939, to Joseph and Clara (Gardipee) Parisian in Fort Belknap, Montana. He graduated from the Box Elder school, and following his first year of college, he married Irene Lee Belcourt, and their union...
David M. Leinwand
May 16, 2012
David M. Leinwand, 68, of Forsyth, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. David was born to William "Jake" and Florence (Weiss) Leinwand on May 27, 1943, in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Eastern Montana College and graduated from Rocky Mountain College in 1966 with his teaching degree. David married Joan Hubbard in March...
Louis Bernardi
May 10, 2012
Louis Bernardi, 93, died Thursday morning, May 10, 2012 at the Care and Comfort Home in Havre of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and at his request no services have been planned. Louis was born July 19, 1918 in Niagara Falls, New York to Peter and Rosa Bernardi. The family settled in New York after arriving from Italy. Louis...
Theodora Marie Cochran
May 10, 2012
Theodora "Ola" Marie Cochran, 83, died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the Harlem Hospital in Harlem, MT. due to natural causes. Her wake will be at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the Red Whip Community Center in Ft. Belknap, followed by the Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 14, 2012 at...
Kermit Noren Boyum
May 3, 2012
Long time farmer and rancher, Kermit Noren Boyum, 77, surrounded by his family went home to be with his Lord and Savior on May 3, 2012 after a brave 10 month battle with AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia). His funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 7, 2012 at the Fifth Avenue Church with Chad Leathermon officiating. Burial will be...
