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Barbara "Barb" Nelson Harper
Tuesday, December 30th 2008
Barbara “Barb” Nelson Harper, 64, a retired secretary, died Sunday evening in Glasgow Deaconess Hospital, following a long battle with lung cancer. Cremation has already taken place under the direction of Bell Mortuary. Family and friends will hold a wake in celebration of her life at the family home at 115 Sargent, in Nashua, beginning at 4p.m. on December 31, 2008; all are welcome. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Barb is survived by her husband, Paul Harper, a daughter, Cheri (Rusty) Lambert of Great Falls, son, Terry (Brenda) Smith of Johnson City, Tennessee, and stepsons Jon (Tarron) Harper of Texas. Shannon (Bea) Harper of Billings, and Chad Harper of Billings, grandsons Dylan and Zane Lambert, Cody Smith, Andrew and Mathew Harper, and a granddaughter, Cheyenne Harper, sister Gail Holleran of Texas, brothers Erik (Helen) Nelson, Hawaii, and Gary Nelson, Nashua, nephew Squeak (Connie) Tihista, and many other beloved nephews, nieces, and close family friends.
Barb was horn on February 8, 1944, in Lewistown, Montana, to George and Norma Nelson. She attended elementary school in Lewistown and then later, in Roy, Montana, where she graduated from high school in 1961. She married airman Marshal Smith in 1965, and spent the next several years traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, living in Florida, California, and Germany, where she met her best friend for life, Sandy. In 1974, she returned to Nashua, where she would live for the rest of her life. She married Gordon Leraas in 1976, and helped him with the family farm until his death in 1980. In 1982, she met and married her best friend, Paul Harper, with whom she would share the rest of her life.
Barb was an accomplished poet, and pool player, winning many tournaments with her brother, Gary. She was also rumored to have been unbeaten by either gender in leg wrestling. She was a huge stock car racing fan, forming the D&L Racing Company to sponsor stock car racing at Duck Creek during the 1980’s, and warned all that she couldn’t be bothered during a Nascar race. Her favorite thing to do was to camp out at Fort Peck Lake with family and friends, which she did many times each summer. She also thoroughly enjoyed gardening, and Christmas; decorating her entire house and yard each year during the holidays. Family was the most important thing to Barb, and she took great pride in being a grandmother, and in rallying the family for vacations and family roasts. She had an incredible memory, a great sense of humor, and an infectious smile and laugh, which she gave freely. She will be greatly missed.
Barb was preceded in death by her parents, George Nelson and Norma Skolrud, and by her best friend, Sandra Wasser. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the charity of choice.
Gerald Pierre "Jed" Tihista
Tuesday, December 23rd 2008
NAME: Gerald Pierre “Jed” Tihista Age: 75
DATELINE: Nashua, Montana
DATE OF DEATH: Monday, December 22, 2008
CAUSE OF DEATH: natural causes
PLACE OF DEATH: at his home east of Nashua, Montana
SERVICE: Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 11a.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in
Nashua, Montana
INTERMENT: Nashua Cemetery in Nashua, Montana
MORTUARY IN CHARGE: Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, MT.
BORN: December 27, 1932 in Glasgow, Montana
PARENTS: Pierre and Mabel (Dare) Tihista
Jed, born in Glasgow on December 27, 1932, lived on the 3rd point south of Haxby until he was five years of age. His family then moved to Wiota east of Nashua. He lived and ranched there and on the Big Porcupine all of his life. Jed graduated from Nashua High School in 1951.
Jed married Donna Leraas on October 10, 1954 in Glasgow. He liked to pick on people and was a big tease. Jed was a good neighbor, always the first one to give someone a hand. He was a member of the Montana Stockgrowers and Wittmayer Grazing Association.
Jed was an avid reader of local and western books and enjoyed visiting with family and friends. Honorary pallbearers are all of his neighbors and friends.
SURVIVORS:
Wife: Donna Tihista of Nashua, MT.
Sons: Doug (Carla) Tihista of North Nashua, MT.
Duane “Squeak” (Connie) Tihista of Nashua, MT.
Daughter: Corinne (Walt) Daley of North Nashua, MT.
Grandchildren 7: Megan Daley of Boston, MA.
Brooke Daley of Forsyth, MT.
Tyler Johnson of Billings, MT.
Josh Tihista of Glasgow, MT.
Jeremy Tihista of North Nashua, MT.
Jana Tihista of North Nashua, MT.
Jake Tihista of North Nashua, MT.
Two Special Nephews: Buck Tihista of Shorewood, Illinois
Rick Tihista of North Nashua, MT.
Numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Preceded in death by his parents, brothers Raymond and Bud Tihista, and a sister Lorene Branca.
Cliff Hagen
Monday, March 23rd 2009
NAME: Clifford N. Hagen AGE: 77
DATELINE: Fort Peck, Montana
DATE OF DEATH: Saturday – March 21, 2009
CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural Causes
PLACE OF DEATH: Fort Peck, MT
CELEBRATION OF LIFE: Thursday – March 26, 2009 at 5:00-7:00 P.M. at the Gateway in Fort Peck
MORTUARY IN CHARGE: Bell Mortuary of Glasgow, MT
BORN: August 25, 1931 in Henning, Minnesota
PARENTS: Ditlof and Anne (Holmberg) Hagen
Clifford Hagen was born in Henning, MN on August 25, 1931 and was raised in Minnesota. On January 20, 1952, Clifford married Dorine Helmbrick in Henning, MN. After marriage, he served in the U.S. Army for 2 years, based at Fort Leonardwood in Rolla, Missouri. After serving in the army, he moved back to Henning for 2 1/2 years, where he ran a Sinclair gas station. He then moved to Wolf Point, working for Service Soft, later moving to Glasgow in 1956 to work for the Service Soft gas station for Tom Derryberry for 6 years. Clifford was later employed in Glasgow at the Post Office in 1962, and retired in 1990.
Clifford enjoyed fishing with his good friend “Dudley”, dancing, picnics, working with baseball programs through the 1960s and 70s in the Glasgow Sportsclub. He was a member of the American Legion Auxillary and a lifetime member of the Elks Club
Clifford was preceded in death by his parents, 8 brothers, and 2 sisters.
Survivors include his wife Dorine, his son Ron (Deb) Hagen of Poway, CA; sister Judy Curtiss of Henning, MN; brothers Eldor Hagen of Henning, MN, Melvin Hagen of Lincoln, MT; and grandchildren Josh and Jeremy Hagen of Poway, CA;
Raymond Lewis Wetzel
Tuesday, March 17th 2009
Castle Rock, Wash.-Former Malta and Glasgow resident Raymond Lewis Wetzel, 80, an Army Veteran and retired Master Electrician died peacefully at his home on March 13, 2009 of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 20, at Adams Kirkwood Funeral Home, 202 S. 2nd in Malta, Montana. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery with Military Honors. A reception will be held at the VFW club on 1st Street West following the service. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Adams Kirkwood Funeral Home of Malta is in charge of arrangements.
Ray is survived by his wife Annette Wetzel of Castle Rock, Wash., his first wife Marilyn Wetzel of Billings, four children, two sons Greg Wetzel, of Park City, MT, Raymond Siemers of Spokane, WA, two daughters, Dawn Sletton and Karen Richter both of Billings, MT; a brother Roy Wetzel of Glasgow, MT a sister, Gayla Barbier of Idaho, and a Grandmother, Leona Pecora Hueth of Glasgow, eight grandchildren, Rachelle Clark of Longview, WA, James Wilber and Lee Wilber both of Roseville, CA, Darcy Richter of Billings, MT Aaron Simmons of Missoula, MT, Megan Simmons of Billings, MT, Brooke Kittleson of Missoula, MT, Aura Wetzel of Park City, MT and three great grandchildren, Jordan Clark, and sister Kyleigh Cutbirth, Andre Alexander, and various nieces and nephews.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest & Theresa.
Ray was born on September 7, 1928, to Ernest Lynville Wetzel and Theresa Virginia Amelia Pecora, south of Malta, Montana, near Sun Prairie. Ray attended schools in Wagner, Malta, Wheeler, Butte, and Glasgow. Ray joined the U.S. Army in 1946 and served his duty in Korea. He married Marilyn Dawn Smith in 1951 in Glasgow. They had three children, Greg Allen, Dawn Rae, and Karen Darcy. Ray was a Master Electrician, which included work in Antarctica, Iran, Alaska and places all over the United States. Ray enjoyed arts, dancing, western music, rodeos, playing the guitar, restoring older vehicles, visiting, and just doing anything creative with his hands.
Georgia Sarah Blanchard
Tuesday, March 17th 2009
NAME: Georgia Sarah Blanchard AGE: 89
DATELINE: Glasgow, Montana
DATE OF DEATH: Saturday, March 14, 2009
CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural Causes
PLACE OF DEATH: Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Montana
SERVICE: Friday, March 20, 2009 at 10a.m. at Bell Chapel in Glasgow, Montana
INTERMENT: Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, Montana.
MORTUARY IN CHARGE: Bell Mortuary of Glasgow, MT.
BORN: March 22, 1919 in Havre, Montana
PARENTS: Franklin and Martha Blue
Georgia lived in Havre until she was 8 when her family moved to Glasgow in order to work on the Fort Peck Dam. It was in Glasgow she met George Blanchard and they were married on October 17, 1942 in Lynchburg, Virginia before he shipped out to North Africa. Upon his return from the war they settled in at the dairy farm George and his brother Willis ran.
She had a great love of poodles so much so that she became a dog groomer, she did that until George retired. They loved to square dance and started traveling the country to competitions until George passed away in 1993. Georgia lived in Glasgow until the fall of 1998 when she moved back to Havre to live with her grandson Kelly and his family. Her health declining, she moved into the Northern Montana Care Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband George, an infant son, her parents, brothers Howard and Clayton, sisters Fannie, Molly, and Grace.
Georgia is survived by a daughter Lee Benson of Columbia Falls, MT, one granddaughter Beverly Meagher of Eureka, MT, grandsons Kelly (Bonnie) Benson of Billings, MT and Kenny (Patsy) Benson of Columbia Falls, Montana, six great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews that loved her.
The family would like to thank all those at the Northern Montana Care Center for the care Georgia received during her stay. Memorials are suggested to the Havre Assembly of God Scholarship Fund.
Gordon Pischel
Tuesday, March 10th 2009
NAME: Gordon Pischel AGE: 78
DATELINE: Glasgow, Montana
DATE OF DEATH: Thursday, March 5, 2009
CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural Causes
PLACE OF DEATH: Valley View Home, Glasgow, Montana
SERVICE: Friday, March 13, 2009 11a.m. at Bell Chapel in Glasgow, Montana
INTERMENT: Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, Montana
MORTUARY IN CHARGE: Bell Mortuary of Glasgow, MT.
BORN: June 1, 1930 in Circle, Montana
PARENTS: Rudolph and Mary (Oster) Pischel
Gordon Pischel was born in Circle on June 1, 1930. He grew up in McCone County and in Fort Peck where his Dad worked on the Dam Construction. Gordon married Muriel Lindhe on November 14, 1960 in Wolf Point. They lived in Glasgow as Gordon was an engineer, retiring in 1992. They then sold their house and lived in their motor home, traveling extensively, wintering in Arizona and California.
Gordon was a member of the VFW and American Legion, also a Mason and an Algeria Shriner.
Survivors include his wife Muriel of Glasgow, a daughter Sherrie Lindhe of Tacoma, WA; a brother Marvin Pischel of Glasgow, MT; grandchildren Jon Temple, Dawn Ashworth, both of Tacoma, WA, Michael Temple of San Diego, CA; a nephew Shane Pischel; great-grandchildren Garrett Ashworth, Derrick Temple, and Kasey Temple, all of Tacoma, WA.
