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Clarence (Chuck) Shoupe, 78, of Seeley Lake, died Aaturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at his home. He was born Nov. 20, 1943, in Oneida, KY, to Elisha and Maye (Terry) Shoupe. Chuck was the eldest of six children. He joined the U.S. Air Force on Dec. 30, 1960. After basic training, he was stationed in Great Falls, Mont., where he met and married his life-long companion Dollie (Zordel) on May 24, 1963. In 1969, Chuck moved his family to Missoula, Mont. He worked in the lumber industry, mining industry,...
Roberta Sellner died peacefully at home on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. She was born Feb. 22, 1941, in Bemidji, Minn., to Theodore and Dorothy Adams Preston. Roberta met the love of her life, Gordon Sellner, at a truck stop where she was cooking. She would joke that he dripped water on her burgers from showering in a room above the kitchen, and that's how they met. They became good friends and were married on Nov. 27, 1966. They moved to Montana where they purchased property in the Swan Valley in...
Alden "Al" Lewis Rogers, 93, of Missoula, Mont., died at St. Patrick's Hospital on Oct. 22, 2022. Al was born on Oct. 5, 1929, to the late Eugene and Lila Lewis Rogers on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Following high school, Al left the Vineyard and attended Samson College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York where he graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and in 1955 received his master's degree from New York University. In 1951 Al began a long and...
Our dear Lord Jesus took our beloved Keith to his heavenly home after his brave battle with a very long illness on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 Keith leaves behind two very devoted and loving families, and a multitude of loving friends and caregivers. He was dearly loved and will be sorely missed. A celebration of life will be observed in the spring of 2023....
Seeley Lake - Barbara Ann Messerly Cebulski, 91, died on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at her home in Seeley Lake. She was born on July 8, 1931, the first of 10 born at the family ranch house on Beaver Creek, near Zortman, to Pete Messerly and Fannie Shurlock Messerly. Barbara rode her horse from the ranch to Beaver Creek School through the eighth grade and then moved to Malta to attend high school, graduating in May, 1949. Barbara was a proud member of the Assiniboine Indian Tribe. In the spring of...
Gerald Wayne Rice passed away Saturday, Nov. 5, at his home in Seeley Lake of natural causes. He was born at home in Metropolis, Ill., on Sept. 24, 1938, to Louis and Pauline Rice. As a young boy, the family, now including sister Sharon, moved to The Black Forest outside of Colorado Springs, Colo. Garry often talked of his many adventures he, his horse and dog enjoyed while roaming all the open land near their home. He attended the local schools. After graduating from Lewis Palmer High School,...
Edith Arleene Walters age 76 of Seeley Lake, MT., passed away peacefully on November 2, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Edie was born in Eureka, MT, to Evelyn and Robert Gibson on July 4, 1946. She was always our firecracker. She spent most of her childhood in Seeley Lake. In October 1963 she married Wayne L. Walters and moved to Missoula to raise their family. After the children were grown, they returned to Seeley Lake to live out their years. Edie was a big part of the community, she ra...
Glen T. Taylor, 74, of Greenough, Mt passed away at his home on Saturday Oct. 1st, 2022 of ulcerative colitis. He was born on August 2, 1948 in Brentwood, N,H to Fred Herbert and Bonnie Bell (Orr) Taylor. On February 3, 1991 he married Jennie S. Batten of Canaan, NH and they lived there till moving to Greenough, Mt in 1997. Glens love for the outdoors and his time in Fish and Game and law enforcement took him on many adventures. The stories he could tell and oh how he loved to tell a good story...
SEELEY LAKE - Kelly was born in West Lafayette, Indiana as Kelly Ann Hartman. She loved the dogs, cats, fish, birds and horses she had while she was growing up. In school, Kelly was on the swim team, band, choir, Brownies and Girl Scouts. Through these groups she got to travel to Florida for a cruise, Mexico and Europe at the same time as the Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana. She and her parents would camp with friends from the Battleground Saddle Club and every summer they'd stay at a family...
SWAN VALLEY - Ted Graf left this earth on the morning of Sept. 14 after living a life on his own terms and in his own way for 69 years. Ted was a rugged individualist. He may have softened some in his later years to enter the world of cell phones and commercial flights, but he still cast a unique shadow. Born and raised on the plains of Nebraska, it didn't take him too many years to want to escape the conformity and mundane rigidity of life there. It seemed that Montana - like it was to...
SEELEY LAKE - Ron Richards, 86 of Seeley Lake, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at home of natural causes. The eldest of three children, Ron was born April 19, 1936 in Jefferson Island, Montana, to William and Doris Richards. Ron graduated from Kalispell High School in 1956. While in high school, he participated in gymnastics. He also reached the rank of Star Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. While serving in the National Guard, Ron met and later married Glenna Rae Hanson on Nov. 25, 1955....
GREAT FALLS - Frances Mae Jorgensen (Fran) Wylder, 91, of Great Falls, passed on Saturday, Aug. 13 at Benefis Grandview Cottages in Great Falls of complications of Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19. Fran was born Aug. 3, 1931 in Great Falls, Montana, the first child of Robert F. and Frances J. Burleigh Jorgensen, both of whom were also born in Great Falls. Fran was raised in Great Falls by her parents, with special help from her aunts Mae Taylor, Zita Burleigh, Marguerite Schaefer, Helen Wellens...
DEWEY, ARIZONA - Carol Ann (Cleckner) White peacefully went home to be with our Lord and Savior on June 15 in Dewey, Arizona with her family by her side as her partner and two children held her hands as she took her last breath. Carol was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, Oct. 21, 1947 to Robert and Helen Cleckner. Carol's family moved to Arizona in 1950. Carol attended Sierra Vista Elementary and South Mountain High School. While in school she excelled academically, honor student and quite the popular...
David G. Miller was born Oct. 29, 1948 to Roy and Pauline Miller in Missoula, Montana. He attended elementary school in Missoula and Frenchtown. He started high school in Missoula, but joined the Armed Forces in 1967. He then met and married Nellie Morgan in 1970. They resided in Missoula where they were together for seven years and welcomed three children Donna, Tanya and David. In 1979 David met Mary Hiatt. She had four children and in 1980 welcomed a son Daryl D. Miller. David met the love...
SEELEY LAKE - Norm Baier's "girlfriend" of 71 plus years passed peacefully from this life on June 29. Rose was born in Virginia City, Montana on Dec. 19, 1931. A fourth generation Montanan, Rose's roots dated back to the days of her great-grandfather Benjamin Charles Williams. He was a member of the original Vigilantes who reasserted order in crime-ridden Virginia City and Bannock during the prosperous, but dangerous, gold mining years of 1863 and 1864. Rose's parents were divorced early in her...
When asked how Max would want to be celebrated, Lt. TJ Hall, Max's Wingman, said, "Fast, Loud and Awesome!" While he'll be celebrated this way, he'll be remembered as generous beyond belief, a genuine friend, passionate, relentlessly positive and fearless. Lt. Richard Max Bullock was born on Feb. 13, 1993 in Butte, Montana. He died on June 3 during a training exercise, when the FA-18 Super Hornet he was flying crashed near Trona, California. While taken far too soon, Max packed more into 29...
SEELEY LAKE - Larry Clark Weatherman, 79 of Seeley Lake, Montana, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family April 23 of natural causes. Larry was born in Anaconda, Montana on June 16, 1942 to Florence and Homer Weatherman. At 13, Larry lost his father and became the man of the house. Three years later his youngest sister Judy was tragically killed. Larry was a father figure to his two remaining siblings Jim and Linda and helped his mother raise them. Larry graduated from Anaconda High...
SEELEY LAKE - Leon Russell Anderson, known as "Bud", was born on a ranch south of Havre with his midwife grandmother in attendance in April 1926. Bud was the second eldest of nine children born to William H. and Dorothy T. Anderson. He passed away peacefully at his home in Seeley Lake, Montana on March 26 at the age of 95. Fuel for the home in Havre was scarce during The Great Depression. Bud told a story about him and his sister Georgena taking a big tub out on the prairie to gather buffalo...
SEELEY LAKE - Keith was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He moved to Seeley Lake approximately 10 years ago where he resided when he passed away. He was preceded in death by his brother Timothy Weihe and father Charles Weihe He is survived by his mother Karen (Monty) Montgomery; brother Dale (Denise) Weihe: sons Tony (Ashley) Weihe and William (Brianna) Weihe; grandson Liam Weihe and loving family and friends. Keith was blessed to have extended family of Montgomery friends Lee, Tom and Paula, Bob and...
SEELEY LAKE - Jaylund R. Rammell, 60 of Seeley Lake, Montana, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in the morning of March 28 in Seeley Lake. He was born July 11, 1961 to Elden and Dorine Rammell in Ronan, Montana. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Seeley Lake where Jaylund spent the rest of his life loving the mountains, rivers and lakes he called home. Jaylund grew up loving and working outdoors from a young age. Logging was a family business that Jaylund perfected to a science...
For the gentle old soul on Chippewa Way... the animals had gathered with respects to pay. He closed his eyes and he did not wake... for his soul ascended from Seeley Lake. His sense of humor and his heartwarming smile... will be sorely missed for more than awhile. Do not despair though he is nearby... in the light of the sun and the clouds of the sky. While he carried his light to the heavens above... he continues to share the light of his love. It is there that he sits high on a knob... in a...
Rylee James Styler was violently taken from us in the early morning of Feb. 14 in Leavenworth, Kansas. Rylee, "Ry Guy" as he was affectionately called, was born on May 17, 2000 in Missoula, Montana to Richard Styler and Teri Busse. Rylee loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting, country roads and bonfires. He had an infectious smile that would light up any room and will forever be loved by so many. Rylee is survived by: his father Richard and step-mom Whitney Styler; his mother Teri Busse; his...
SEELEY LAKE - James Harold Whalen of Seeley Lake was born Nov. 2, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Harold and Elizabeth Whalen. He was brought up with his siblings Carole, Bob and Mary (Midge) in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in an Irish family where Himself was in charge (when Betty allowed him). In his youth, he stayed with his uncle near Billings when he could and worked on the ranch one summer, thus beginning his great love for the beauty and wildlife of Montana. In high school, he lettered in...
BILLINGS, MONTANA - On March 4 Jonelle Marie Fink, 56, was called home by her Heavenly Father. She was born to Johnny and Wanda Aulabaugh in Corning, California on July 23, 1965. She married Charles Esparza in 1985. In June of 1985, they were blessed for a short time with the life of their daughter Natalie Marie. In 1992, they moved their children Christopher, Anthony and Andrea to Seeley Lake, Montana where they raised them in the mountains among the trees. Camping, fishing and huckleberry...
BUTTE, MONTANA - On the evening of Feb. 16, Heaven opened its doors and Shirley was delivered into the loving arms of her devoted son Jay. Shirley Erickson passed away while being visited and comforted by her family and Pastor Carrels at St. James Community Hospital. Shirley was 79 years old. Shirley was born in Havre, Montana on July 2, 1942 and was the third child born to Lyle and Lillian (Miller) Hamilton. She had a special relationship with her older brother Richard 'Dick' Hamilton and his...