All Obituaries

Lois Jean Nelson, 97, Belt, passed away April 10, 2024 in a local hospital due to congestive heart failure. Lois was born on January 14, 1927 to Henry and Ada (Fish) Vaskey. After graduating from Belt Valley High School in 1944, she attended one year at Montana State College in Bozeman before coming home to marry her high school sweetheart Roger and become a ranch wife for life. She was a part of the Tiger Butte Community for almost 80 years. Lois was a charter member of the Tiger Butte...

>>>Click Here To View Service Livestream<<< Brigitte Klara Hackwith was reunited with the love of her life, Don, on April 7th, 2024.  She passed peacefully, at the Peace Hospice House in Great Falls, surrounded by loved ones. Brigitte was born on October 3, 1935 to Thomas and Martha (Grabowski) Bayer in pre-war Furstenau, Germany.  She was raised on a farm with her 6 siblings and her beloved German Shepherd, until the family was forced to flee due to the war in...

John Clark Snyder passed away at Peace Hospice on Thursday, April 4, 2024 with his loving family by his side. Born and raised in Montana, John Snyder joined the US Navy after high school working in communications Research and Development. He served as an electronic equipment operator, supervisor, and systems resource manager in high-tech environments. He received several letters of commendation, was granted membership into Mensa, possessed high-level security clearances, and received an...

Sue M. Quinn of Monarch passed away April 7, 2024. Sue was born February 15, 1933, in Salida, Colorado to William and Opal (Buchanan) Hamilton. She was a graduate of Natrona County High School, class of 1950 and would later earn her associate degree in business from Great Falls Vo-Tech. Sue married Gerald “Jerry” Noland. Together, they had four children. When their children were young, Sue owned a day nursery and when the girls were in grade school, Sue became their girl scout...

John T. Keith III, 75, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024 in Great Falls, Montana. John was born in Redford Township, Michigan on August 5, 1948 to John Keith II and Ann E. Keith. Upon his high school graduation, he went on to pursue a career in criminal justice. After many years of rigorous schooling, John received his doctorate and began to build a name for himself as a lawyer. He would do this for the next 30 years before his retirement. While he was at work fighting the law, he was...

John Kendrick Meadows, 42, recently of Great Falls Montana, died Friday April 5, 2024. He was born in Palm Bay Florida in 1981 to William Lewis Meadows and Sandra Lavonne Hartman. He was the youngest of their six children. John grew up in Florida and Texas, obtaining his Boy Scout Eagle rank before graduating high school. He went on to serve a two year religious mission in Uruguay then served in the US Air Force for six years as an Airborne Cryptological Language Analyst before being...

Derek L. Wolery, 43, a free spirit, wanderer, nomad, left this mortal world on April 2, 2024. A Memorial service will be held at Croxford Funeral Home on Friday, April 12, 2024, at 3pm. If you know Derek, you know he is irritated that this much has been done for him in his passing. Derek was born on June 30th, 1980, in Havre, Montana, to Eileen Grimes. He was raised by his mother and father, Leroy and Marilyn Wolery, on a farm in Gilford, MT. He grew up aside his two brothers, Craig and...

Patricia A. Walrod “Pattie”, 77, passed away on April 1, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held June 15th at 2:00pm in Maxville, MT V.F.W Post # 8292. Pattie was born on February 10, 1947, in Lewistown, MT to Robert Eugene and Nola Frances Hruska (McLeod). She graduated in 1965 from Moore, MT before moving to Billings to attend Business College. She met and married Charles J. Walrod in 1966. Together, they lived in various places in Montana, finally settling in Anaconda...

--> Watch Live Here<-- Maryann Denny, 57, of Great Falls, passed away April 01,2024. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday April 6, 2024 at Croxford Funeral Home in the Rose Room Chapel at 9:30 AM. There will be a burial immediately following the service at Willow Creek Cemetery in Browning, MT. Maryann was born June 20, 1966, in Browning, Montana to Dewey and Elizabeth (Bushy) Heavyrunner. She graduated from Chemawa Indian School in 1986 and later received her associate degree...

Earl Batchelor passed away at the age of 90 at his residence in Great Falls on April 1, 2024. Earl was born March 23, 1934, in Fort Benton to the late Halla and Susan (Johnson) Batchelor, who later remarried to Joe Halley. He married Charlotte Hunter in Lawton, OK, in 1960 and together they had four children. He was a devoted husband to Charlotte, father to his four children, and dependable brother to his siblings. He enjoyed restoring old cars, hunting, fishing,...