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Lucy Wilson Pettapiece was born March 19, 1926 in Sebring, FL, one of 4 children of Ruth (Turner) Wilson and John E. Wilson. Lucy grew up in the south, Georgia and Florida moving many times to accommodate her father’s job as a Civilian Conservation Corp manager. Lucy skipped both first grade as she could already read and her senior year of high school as she had enough credits and WWII was looming. At the age of 16, she attended college at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas,...

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...

On April 6, 2024, Lynn Berkebile, left this world to quietly join his beloved wife Bernadette who passed just 12 days earlier; they were 29 year residents of Great Falls, Montana.   Lynn was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1936 to Cecil and Louise Berkebile. The family moved to Detroit Michigan where he spent most of his early years. Like so many young men, Lynn left high school early to join the US Navy just after the Korean War. He was a proud “Plank...

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...

Marcia Cook passed away April 3, 2024, in Great Falls, Mt with her sister Claudia by her side. She is now in heaven with her husband, Jim Cook, her mom Alta, her sisters Leona and Myra and brother Bill. She is survived by her sister Claudia and brother Don. She is also survived by her kids, Krys, Robben, Max and James. Her 11 grandkids, Elizabeth, Tristen, Samuel, Chrystena, Elijah, Amanda, Victorea, Robert Anthony, Ricky and Richard. She also has 11 great grandbabies, Jocelyn, Christian,...

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...