Pearl Marie Beauchman Lapke
Apr 11, 2022
Pearl Marie Beauchman Lapke (92) was greeted by God the early morning of April 11, 2022, peacefully in her sleep. Finally, a full restful breath. “Marie” Pearl was born at home on October 24th, 1929, in Harlem, Montana. Her Grandma “Kookum” delivered her. She was the first daughter of ten children to Thomas and Victoria Beauchman of Wolf Point and...
Barbara "Barb" Betty Lehnerz
Apr 10, 2022
Barbara “Barb” Thompson Lehnerz passed away at Azalea Assisted Living on Sunday, April 10, 2022. A vigil will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2022. A viewing will be at 10:00 a.m., one hour prior to the funeral liturgy at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022, all at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Power. Barbara was...
Jared Micah Mortensen
Apr 8, 2022
Jared Micah Mortensen, loving Husband, Father, and Grandfather, passed away at the age of 55, on Friday, April 8th, 2022, in Great Falls, MT. He was born to Connie Lee Mikesell and Jesse Anivar Mortensen II on November 21st, 1966, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married Ann Marie "Star" Mortensen on December 31st, 1989, in Salt Lake City, Utah....
Izora Kay Gallagher
Apr 8, 2022
After a long and courageous battle with breast cancer, Izora Kay Gallagher passed away peacefully on April 8, 2022, at Peace Hospice with her loving husband at her side. Izora aka "Ike" was born in Kearny, Nebraska on October 4, 1942, to Glenn and Isabelle Stubbs. She was the youngest of 13 siblings. Izora came to Montana as a young...
Gordon Clyde Kidrick
Apr 8, 2022
Gordon Clyde Kidrick Sr. passed away April 8, 2022, from traumatic injuries suffered as a result of a vehicle accident. Gordon was born August 16, 1930, in Tomah, WI to Helen and James Kidrick. He served in the United States Air Force for six years and on April 27, 1951, married Leila Schuff. Gordon was a loving husband and father....
William "Bill" Stewart Fraser
Apr 6, 2022
William Stewart “Bill” Fraser, 81, a lifelong cowboy and adventurer, rode peacefully into the sunset on April 6, 2022. He was at his home in Vaughn, surrounded by family and his dog, Missy. Born on New Year’s Day in 1941 in Bozeman, Montana to parents Daniel and Margaret (Tremper) Fraser, Bill was the youngest of four boys, Dan, Bud, and...
George Pickering Tomlinson
Mar 28, 2022
George Pickering Tomlinson was born on January 14, 1947, in Stratford upon Avon in Wellesbourne England to Arnold Pickering and Beatrice Marietta Hinton. He lived in Great Falls, MT most of his adult life, but has a lifetime of memories from traveling all over the world. As a child, his troubled family lived in Wellsbourne and split up when he...
Roberta Gunness Smith
Mar 28, 2022
Roberta G. Smith, 68, of Great Falls, left this world as the sun was rising Monday March 28, 2022. Roberta was born October 21, 1953, in San Francisco, CA to Marian Sletten May and Robert C. Gunness. She was the eldest of four children. After the birth of her brother, John, the family made their way back to Montana where...
Margaret "Peggy" Kuhlmann Onstad
Mar 28, 2022
Margaret “Peggy” Kuhlmann Onstad was born on March 17, 1947, in Minneapolis, to Eugene and Cecelia Kuhlmann. The youngest of four, after Katherine, John and Stephen, she had an ideal post-WWII childhood, with her father working for Honeywell and her mother raising the family. Summer vacations were spent at the family cabin at Bay Lake. In 1955, the family...
Margie Lue Duren
Mar 18, 2022
Margie Lue (Patek) Duren, of Great Falls, Montana lost her battle with cancer on March 18, 2022, at the age of 75. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many. Margie was born February 12, 1947, in Great Falls, Montana to the late James and Marian (Kucera) Patek. Margie was preceded in death by her...
Bobby Ray Conley
Mar 17, 2022
Bobby Ray Conley, 84, of Highwood, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2022. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at the Highwood Community Center. Bobby was born on September 28, 1937, in Halo, KY to Arnett and Mavis “Opal” (Johnson) Conley. He joined the US Air Force and retired after 23 years...
Toni Arlene Lewis
Mar 13, 2022
Toni Arlene Lewis, 70, of Augusta, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2022. A memorial service will be held this summer in Oregon. Toni was born on October 5, 1951, in Seattle, Washington to Charlie Puzzo and Margee (Hoyt) Hudson. After graduating high school and while raising her family as a single mom, she attended Knapp College and obtained her...
Cecelia Frances Eide
Mar 11, 2022
Cecelia F. Eide, 90, of Great Falls, passed away on March 11, 2022. Cecelia was born September 18, 1931, in Dickinson, North Dakota to Paul and Barbara Kessel. Growing up in Glendive, MT, Cecelia attended the North Dakota School for the Deaf in Devils Lake, ND. At the age of 12, she transferred to the Montana School for the Deaf...
William Wesley Cameron Jr.
Mar 9, 2022
William “Billy” Wesley Cameron Jr., 48, of Sun Prairie, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in his home of unforeseen medical complications. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on March 17, 2022, at O’Connor Memorial Chapel with a reception to follow at the Horseshoe in Sun Prairie. Billy was born on May 13, 1973, in Great...
Leo Matt Hertz
Mar 9, 2022
Our beloved father, Leo Matt Hertz, 80, entered into God’s Kingdom on March 9, 2022, after a long fight with cancer. Leo was born to Jake and Margaret Hertz on December 9, 1941, in Bridger, MT, the youngest of six boys. After graduating from Musselshell High School in 1961, Leo followed his five older brothers and enlisted in the United...
Cayann Lynn Morin-Laverdure
Mar 4, 2022
Cayann Lynn Morin-Laverdure went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 4, 2022, with her mom, Kim and grandmother, Yvonne by her side in Great Falls of Nephrotic Syndrome. Cayann was born at Ft. Belknap, Montana on August 4, 1984. She is survived by her 7 children, Selena, Telisia, Bridger, Kynnessy, Marshawn, Adasolee, and Breelynn all of Great Falls;...
David Bruce Ferris
Mar 3, 2022
David Bruce Ferris, 74, of Great Falls, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022. David was born on May 9, 1948, in Kearney, Nebraska to Alfred and Elizabeth (Campbell) Ferris. After he graduated from high school, he enlisted in the US Army and served his country during the Vietnam War. When he returned and was honorably discharged from the Army...
Clyde Calvin Wall
Mar 1, 2022
Clyde Calvin Wall passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Great Falls, with his son, Dan at his side. Clyde was born in Havre, Montana on January 26, 1941. He spent much of his childhood and early adulthood in Big Sandy. He was raised on a farm by Kenneth and Esther Robertson and later had a barber shop in...
Garth Thomas Floen
Feb 24, 2022
Garth Thomas Floen, 49, of Great Falls, passed away on February 24, 2022. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, at O’Connor Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4, at O’Connor Memorial Chapel. Garth was born June 27, 1972, in Reno, NV to Walter and...
Dean L. Stockton
Feb 22, 2022
Dean L. Stockton Sr., a Great Falls resident for 45 years, was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on June 24, 1932, and was the son of Roy and Clara Stockton of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Dean Stockton, also known as “Bud,” passed away of complications of Parkinson’s disease on February 22, 2022, in Spokane, Washington under the loving care of his...
