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Billings Gazette Obituaries Wednesday, July 12, 2000 7A Obituaries For paid obituary rates and information, call 657-1241 or (800) 543-2505 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 3 p.m.

to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The deadlines are for the next-day publication. BILLINGS Myrtle M. Carlson, 82 STATE AND AREA DEATH Big Fork: William Lundberg, 78 Bonner: Pearlie York 70 Bozeman: Howard Billips, 87, Madolyn Love, 98 Butte: Dorothy Heard, 86 Cody, Catherine Homan, 79, Fred S.

Webb, 74 Columbia Falls: William Bolen, 86 Fort Benton: Margaret Norton, 84 Great Falls: Ella Ore, 80, Suzanne Burgess, 54, Ellen Willett, 92, Norman Atchison, 40, Lawrence Coloff, 68, Fred S. Webb CODY, Wyo. Fred S. Webb, 74, died Monday, July 10, 2000, at the West Park Long Term Care Center. Cremation has taken place and in accordance with his wishes, I no services are planned.

Ballard Funeral Home is in charge. Smith Funeral Chapels and Crematory Serving Billings Area for 104 Years Complete Funeral, Crematory and Cemetery Pre-Arrangements with Cremation Niches, Lawn Crypts and Mausoleum. Reception Facility at West Chapel TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS IN BILLINGS SMITH WEST CHAPEL 304 34TH ST. W. 245-6427 4 Blocks N.

of Central on 34th St. W. KOLMAN Opal, 88, of Helena and formerly of Billings. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, July 13 at Smith West Chapel, 304 34th Street West.

Interment will follow at Terrace Gardens Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Research, University of California-San Diego, 2225 Dickinson Street, San Diego, CA. HOGGATT Roxy (Roxanne) Michotte Tanous, 58, of Billings. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Thursday, July 13, at Smith West Chapel, 304 34th St.

W. Interment will follow at Mountview Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Big Sky Hospice, 123 S. 27th Billings, MT 59101 or to American Cancer Society Montana Division, P.O. Box 1080, Billings, MT DOWNTOWN CHAPEL 120 N.

26th 245-6427 Adjacent Parking WEIDINGER Aloysuis, 92, of Ballantine, Mont. Vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, at St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Ballantine. Visitation will be begin at 2 p.m.

Sunday, July 9, at Smith Downtown Chapel. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 13, at the church. Interment will be at Pleasantview Cemetery in Ballantine. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Worden Fire and Ambulance Fund or charity of your CARLSON Myrtle M.

Carlson, 82, of Billings. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Friday, July 14, at Smith Downtown Chapel. Interment will follow at Mountview Cemetery. Viewing will start Thursday 1 p.m.

and continue up to service time on Friday. Memorials in her memory may be sent to the Elks Club, P.O. Box 20302, Billings, MT SMITH FUNERAL CHAPEL LAUREL 315 E. 3rd. 628-6858 RUFF Sophie, 87, of Laurel.

Funeral Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 12 at First Congregational Church, Laurel. Interment in Laurel Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday, 3-9 p.m.(7/12) SMITH FUNERAL CHAPEL COLUMBUS 708 E. 2nd Ave.

N. 628-6858 NAYLOR Lloyd 78, of Columbus. Funeral service 10 a.m. Thursday, July 13, at Smith Funeral Chapel in Columbus. Interment: 1:30 p.m.

at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman. Visitation: Wednesday from 5 9 p.m. at funeral home. Memorials to: Montana High School Rodeo Association, Scooter Pasha, 25 Eaton Great Falls, MT OLCOTT CHAPEL RED LODGE 201 N. Broadway 446-1121 SMITH Barbara E.

(Spaulding), 71, of Lewistown, formerly of Carbon County. Funeral service 3 p.m. Friday, July 14, in Olcott Funeral Chapel. Cremation will follow. Memorials to the charity of one's Paul 'Bud' Jarrett NORRIS Paul "Bud" Jarrett, 72, died July 9, 2000, i in Madison Valley Hospital.

Graveside services will be held at p.m. Friday, July 14, in the Montana Veterans Cemetery in Fort Harrison with military honors. Mortuary, Harrison Chapel, is in charge. Julia Chabot KAYCEE, Wyo. Julia Chabot, 70, died July 11, 2000, at the Johnson County Memorial Hospital in Buffalo.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 14, from the Adams Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Willow Grove Cemetery following the service. Luella Mae Luke LEWISTOWN Luella Mae Luke, 80, formerly of Billings, died July 9, 2000, at the Central Montana Medical Center. Luella is survived by her children, Lawrence Luke (Sharon) of Laurel and Everett R.

Luke (Mardel Hargrave), Donna Keele (Jack) and Walter E. Luke, all of Billings; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Floyd and daughter Wenda Lou. Cloyd Funeral Home was in charge. Smith West Chapel was in charge of cremation.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. Lloyd Naylor COLUMBUS Lloyd Naylor, age 78, of Columbus, left this world to walk the Streets of Gold on July 9, 2000, after a courageous bout with cancer. He was born in Gallatin Gateway, on May 18, 1922, to John and Elizabeth Naylor. He was the youngest of three children. Lloyd married May Durham in December 1944.

She passed on in February of 1947. He then married Jane Rucker in April of 1948, and they divorced in 1977. In December 1979, Lloyd married Frances Logan. She passed in June of 1998. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wives, May Durham Naylor and Frances Logan Naylor; his sons, Daniel Keith Naylor and John Robert Naylor.

He is survived by his sisters, Joy Rykman of Helena; Violet Sorte of Seattle; his children, Wanda (Duane) Mize of Emmett, Idaho, Bonnie (Kirby) Bellamy of Billings, David Carl Naylor of Columbus, Sherry Jo (Larry) Riddle of Columbus; grandchildren, Calvin Mize (Tiffanny Bradley), Jason Mize, Wendy Mize, Kodi Mize (David Quenzer), all of Emmett, Idaho; Brandon, Katie, and Kara Bellamy of Billings; Misty Naylor of Afton, Jessica Naylor of Columbus; Ciara and Jessy Riddle of Columbus; great-grandchildren include Jordon, Austin, and Chelsea Mize, and Ashlee Bradley, all of Emmett, Idaho; and Kyle Lee Kirby of Afton, Okla. He is also survived by his very special friend, Dorothy Gillespie of Manhattan, Mont. Funeral Service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 13, at Smith Funeral Chapel in Columbus. Interment will take place at 1:30 p.m.

at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday at Smith Funeral Chapel in Columbus. Memorials may be made to the Montana High School Rodeo Association, Scooter Pasha, 25 Eaton Great Falls, MT 59405. Bullis-Mortuary Eastern Montana Crematory Hardin, MT 406-665-1207 MEMBER INVITATION BY NATIONAL Since 1918 MORTICIANS SELECTED GARDNER Funeral services for Vanessa Gardner will be held 10 a.m.

Thursday in the Lodge Grass Catholic Church Gymnasium. Interment: Lodge Grass GIPSON Funeral mass for Ardena Gipson will be celebrated 2 p.m. Thursday in the Crow Agency Catholic Church. Rosary: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Bullis Funeral Chapel.

Interment: Family Cemetery. MIN MICHELOTTI, SAWYERS NORDQUIST MORTUARY AND CREMATORY Serving All Faiths With Dignity Since 1956 1001 Alderson Avenue 406-252-3417 Pre-need and At-need Funeral Arrangements Cremation Services Complete Cemetery Arrangements PORTATION NATIONAL Yellowstone Valley 3605 Grand Avenue SELECTED MORTICIANS MEMORIAL (406) 656-2088 PARK HARTMAN Helen 97 of Billings. Cremation. Memorial service, 9:30 a.m. Friday, Michelotti, Sawyers Nordquist.

Private interment Little Bighorn Catherine Homan Wayne Cox, 58, Edmond Huston, 88, Dorothy Anderson, 93 Helena: Harry Burnham, 88, Anna Amdahl, 91 Kaycee, Julia Chabot, 70 Missoula: Frank Allen, 58 Norris: Paul Jarrett, 72 Plentywood: Cecile "Sissy" Onstad, 61 Stevensville: Rena Bushman, 62, Wesley Woodgerd, 83 FORMERLY OF Billings: Clifford M. Nelson, Oscala, Fla. Livingston: Jeremiah Jerry" Edward Healy, 82, San Jose, Calif. Michael Larrabee Graveside committal services for Michael Larrabee will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 12, at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Myrtle M. Carlson Myrtle M. Carlson, 82 passed away Monday, July 10, 2000, after brief illness. She was born in Acton, on Sept. 24, 1918 to Bunion Frank and Ida Mae Hendricks.

Myrtle was raised and went to school in Hesper, Mont. and graduated from Billings Senior High School. She married Eldon R. Carlson, June 21, 1937. After she raised her family.

she worked as a sales representative for Mont an a Dakota Utilities from 1955 till her retirement in 1976. Myrtle was a member of Chapter No. 877 Women the Moose, MRS. of CARLSON Billings Elk Lodge No. 394, Order of Eastern Star and Lake Hills Golf Course.

She enjoyed golfing, bowling, playing cards and greatly enjoyed her husband of 63 years. She was preceded in death by her brother, Jack Hendricks and sister, Amy L. Bracken. Survivors include her husband, Eldon; sister, Ermie brother-in-law, Marlin Carlson; sisters-in-law, Fern Harmon and Arlene Burtch; daughter, Diane and her children; sons, Ronald E. Carlson, his wife Diana and their children and Alvin Ben Carlson, his wife Daisy and their children.

Also surviving are 30 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 14, at Smith Downtown Chapel. Interment will follow at Mountview Cemetery. Viewing will start Thursday, 1-9 p.m.

and continue up till service time on Friday at Smith Downtown Chapel. Memorials in her memory may be sent to the Elks Club, P.O. Box 20303, Billings, Cremation OR Funeral Gallery Cremation Society of Montana Absarokee Beartooth Columbarium 29 8th St. Bigs 59101 254-2414 Eliminate Extreme Expense Jerry Nordquist Sharon Brown Dahl Chapels FUNERAL CREMATION SERVICES A Ministry 10 Yellowstone of Billings, Caregiving MT (406) 248-8807 Since 1939 Billings 10 Yellowstone (406) 248-8807 SCHLEICHER Harriet of Billings, formerly of Livingston, passed away May 27. Memorial services will be held July 12, 3:30 p.m.

at St. Anthony's Parish Hall, 715 Fourth in Laurel, CARLIN Avis 84, of Billings. Visitation Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Dahl Funeral Chapel, Billings. Interment, Friday 10 a.m., at Sunset Memorial Gardens prior to the Memorial service at 11 a.m.

Friday at Messiah Lutheran Bozeman 300 Highland Blvd. (406) 586-5298 Red Lodge 708 S. McGillen (406) 446-1800 Personalized Family Tributes Provided CODY, Wyo. Catherine Homan, 79, died 1 Monday, July 10, 2000, at the West Park Long Term Care Center. Cremation has taken place and interment of cremains will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Ballard Funeral Home is in charge. Ardena Glenn Gipson CROW AGENCY Ardena Glenn Gipson, 31, of Crow Agency passed away Monday, July 10, 2000, in the Crow Agency IHS Hospital. She was born April 3, 1969, in Los Angeles, a daughter of Art Plenty Hawk and Latonna Cummins. She received her education in Arizona and Washington, graduating from Paradise Valley High School in Arizona in 1987. She later received an Associates of Arts degree in business administration from the Haskell Junior College in Lawrence, Kan.

She also had studied civil engineering at Kansas State University, Scottsdale MRS. GIPSON MRS. GIPSON Community College and Little Big Horn College. She currently was serving as activities director of the Crow Agency Nursing Home. She was dedicated to helping the elderly on her Reservation.

Ardena married Robert V. Gipson on Sept. 14, 1991, in Lawrence and the couple moved to Crow Agency in 1992. She was a member of the Catholic Church, Native American Church, Sweat Lodge, Piegan Clan and Child of the Greasy Mouth Clan. Ardena worked diligently with Native American youth receiving numerous citations for her work, both locally and nationally, including Youth Council Advisor of the year 1996.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Gipson; two daughters, Amanda and Angel Gipson; two sons, Kurtis Wolfe and Aaron Old Elk; her father, Art Plenty Hawk, her mother and stepfather, Latonna and Sharon Old Elk; her adopted father, Gilbert Glenn; three brothers, Owa and Barry Glenn and J.R. Plenty Hawk; four sisters, Carrie and Roberta Glenn, Pielene Manuelito and Rhea Onion; a half brother, Everdean Good Luck; eight adopted sisters, Amberly and Rita Half, Randean Little Light, Rhonda and Rochelle Bad Bear, Faylene Caplett, Jovana Holds and Natshua Old Elk; 21 grandmothers, Mary Bear Cloud, Gloria Cummins, Ethelene Dreamer, Bethann Medicine Horse, Rose Hill, Alma Graybull, Beverely Huber, Winona Plenty Hoops, Myra Gros Ventre, Laura Pickett, Louise Bird in Ground, Violet Other Medicine, Ernestine Bird in Ground, Hannah Pretty on Top, Rogenia Big Hair, Agnes Joy Parrish, Ardena, Sandra, Sarah, Yvonne and Janninne Other Medicine; 13 grandfathers, Ira Left Hand, Barney Old Coyote, Phillip Beaumont Peter Graybull, Robert, Emmett and John Paul Other Medicine, Robert, Joe and Lloyd Pickett, Sampson 1 Bird in Ground Blaine Falls Down and James Onion; 16 uncles, Oliver Half, Barney, Leroy, George and John Cummins, Harold Hill, Fred Left Hand, Mervin White, Thomas Whiteman, Ernie Holds Lawrence Flat Lip, Isaac Bird in Ground, Larson and Don Medicine Horse, Preston Grant and Hank McCabe; 20 aunts, Theresa Vallie, Jermaine Half, Jane Holds, Georgine Falls Down, Annie Leider, Natalie Stewart, Bernadine Bird, Alda Good Luck, Polly Chase, Alma Real Bird, Clara Bulltail, Rachel Williamson, Agnes and Regina Hill, Angela Stewart, Jonella Chavez, Jennifer Flat Lip, Ada, Peggy and Victoria White; a great aunt, Anita Iron and numerous nieces and nephews. Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 2 p.m.

Thursday the Crow Agency St. Dennis Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Other Family Cemetery near Crow Agency. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements. Take the task God gives you gladly, Let His work your pleasure be; Answer quickly when He calls you, "Here Am Lord, Send me." Darch BROOKSTONE MONUMENT CO.

812 Central Billings, MT (406) 245-3702 1-800-777-3702 EST. 1896 CEMETERY MEMORIALS Billings Monument Co. Proudly serving Billings for over 100 years. 3823 MONTANA AVE. HOURS: (406) 245-3391 1-800-498-3319 Cecile 'Sissy' Onstad PLENTYWOOD Cecile "Sissy" Onstad, 61, died on Tuesday, July 11, 2000, at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.

Cremation has taken place and friends may call at Fulkerson Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. on Friday, July 14, at Fulkerson Memorial Chapel. Interment will take place in Westby Cemetery following the memorial service. Clifford M.

Nelson OCALA, Fla. Clifford M. Nelson of Ocala passed away July 7, 2000, in Sarasota, Fla. He was born March 7, 1908, in Valley City, N.D. He married Helen Schmidt June 30, 1932.

He lived in Billings and Miami before moving to Ocala. Mr. Nelson was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps until 1945. He is survived by a sister, Ruth Terpening of Sarasota, and a brother, Russell Nelson of Billings.

He was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala. Graveside services will be held Friday July 14, at 10 a.m., at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens in Ocala. Toale Brothers Funeral Home Inc. of Sarasota is in charge of the arrangements. Barbara E.

(Spaulding) Smith LEWISTOWN Barbara E. (Spaulding) Smith, 71, of Lewistown, formerly of Carbon County, went to be with the Lord Sunday evening, July 9, 2000, in Billings Deaconess Hospital due to complications following open heart surgery. She was born in Red Lodge on Oct. 19, 1928, a daughter of Arthur and Ruth Eckard, and was raised in the Belfry area where she met and married Lauren Spaulding. They lived in Scotch Coulee where they SMITH raised their nine children.

Barbara was a resident of Carbon County most of her life. She had lived in Texas for ten years and had resided in Lewistown for the past ten years. She was a gypsy at heart and loved to travel. In May of 1975, she married Bill Smith of Decatur, he died in 1980. Barbara was employed as an LPN at Galen State hospital and later at St.

Patrick's Hospital in Missoula and at a VA facility in Texas. She will be missed by her family whom she dearly loved. The little ones brought her great joy, and she loved to sew and listen to old-time music. Her legacy to her family includes her great sense of humor and teaching them to treat others as they would want to be treated. Barbara didn't know a stranger.

Survivors include her nine children, Ruby (Harold) Anderson of Lewistown, Sylvia (Don) Woodhouse of Cassopolis, Kevin (Michele) Spaulding of Granite Bay, Helen (Casto) Pally of Carrollton, Texas, Lyle Spaulding of Belfry, Lois Brown of Laurel, Wrye Spaulding of Havre, Lloyd Spaulding of Lewistown, and Leabeth (Louis) Daviau of Missoula; two brothers, Franklin (Tina) Eckard of Billings and Jim (Sylvia) Eckard of Sierra Vista, 20 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; one sister, Sybil (Bud) Keeler of Casper, two brothers-in-law, Sam (Dorothy) Spaulding of Belfry, and Kenneth Welch of Oceanside, two uncles, George Mills Mesa, and Willie Mills of Billings; one aunt, Leona Brown of Laurel; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by two sons, Leon and Lester, a sister, Verna Monk, and her parents. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, July 14, in the Olcott Funeral Chapel in Red Lodge. Cremation will follow.

Memorials may be given to the charity of Fire Continued from Page 1A Mock, fire management officer for the Custer National Forest, said. "Last fall was dry, then we had a warm, open winter and we had a dry warm spring." He thinks conditions are a few weeks ahead of where they would normally be this time of year, but is unwilling to make the comparison to 1988. Mock said he believes the fire season is shaping up closer to the less disastrous year of 1994. "We still have quite a ways to go to catch up to 1988," he said. But on Monday, he submitted a request for more firefighting resources, anticipating that warm, dry weather will continue.

Right now we're in kind of a lull," he said. "The thunderstorms have had a lot of water in them." Claybo keeps vigil on moisture content in the fuels especially the fuels," the large Jeremiah 'Jerry' Edward Healy SAN JOSE, Calif. Jeremiah Edward "Jerry" Healy peacefully passed away June 14 at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital. He was 82 years old. He succumbed to complications due to cancer.

Mr. Healy had lived the last 15 years in San Jose and before that had lived in Salinas. Mr. Healy was born in Butte, andgrew up in Butte and Livingston, Mont. He was a highly, decorated retired U.S.

Army photographer of 24 years. He had 17 years in active war zones and had taken pictures of most major generals and celebrities during WWII. He was in the Pacific, and with Patton in Germany and also served in Korea. But most of all he was good father and even better grandfather. He had worked with his father when he was younger on the Caldecott Tunnel in the San Francisco Bay Area and several large construction projects on the East and West Coast.

He had worked on the Broadway T'unnel in New York. He is survived by his son, Terrence M. Healy of Milpitas; his granddaughter, Nicole Healy of San Jose, and two daughters, Sandra Allen of Santa and Laura Jean Stroh of Stockton. Mr. Healy had grown up in Montana and had spoken of cousins there and in Salt Lake City that are unknown.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at the Garden of Memories in Salinas. For further information, contact his son Terrence M. Healy at (408) 934-1445. Roxy 'Roxanne' Michotte Tanous Hoggatt University then to California where she met and married the late Ronald Tanous.

After returning to Billings, she followed a career with the family glass business known as Michotte Roxy passed away in her home on Sunday, July 9, 2000, in Billings. She was born in Billings on Feb. 22, 1942, to Robert and Connie Michotte. During her high school years at Senior High, she was highly involved in many activities including cheerleading, worthy advisor of Rainbow Girls and many other activities, graduating in 1960. Roxy attended Denver MRS.

MRS. MRS. HOGGATT Glass and onto PPG and the last position held for 12 years was at the Cattle Company as your favorite greeting always with a smile. Married to Ray Hoggatt in 1986, Roxy has touched the lives of many, not only with her cheerful personality, but also her great sense of humor. Roxy took great pride in her home and family and was always a hard worker.

She enjoyed bowling, cooking, camping, traveling, and most of all relaxing at her brother Carl's cabin on the Stillwater River and spending time with her granddaughter. Roxy was preceded in death by her father, the late Robert Carl Michotte of Billings. Survivors are her husband, Ray; mother, Connie Symmes of Billings; son, Mark Tanous of California, granddaughter, Kaytlyn Tanous of California; daughter, Heather Tanous of Billings; brothers, Wally (and Pam) Michotte of Carl (and Jane) Michotte of Billings, Larry (and Karen) Symmes of Florida; children of Ray include Erika of Missoula, Shana of Portland and Dan of Billings; also, two nieces and two nephews. Funeral services will be held at Smith West Chapel, 304 34th St. Thursday, July 13, at 3 p.m.

with committal following at Mountview Cemetery. Memorials may be made in Roxy's name to Big Sky Hospice, 123 S. 27th Billings, MT 59101 or to American Cancer Society Montana Division, P.O. Box 1080, Billings, MT 59108-1080. trees that keep a fire cooking.

Normally this time of year she said she would expect to see moisture levels of between 13 and 18 percent. Some are already at 12 percent and declining. "When it gets into the low teens, that's bone-dry in the larger fuels," she said. "If it's bone-dry it will snap and break." It will also make excellent firewood. Residents of the Musselshell River basin are especially jumpy.

It's the third dry year in a row, and they've learned the hard way what that can mean. Last year, Musselshell County had to battle three major fires one of which consumed 34,000 acres. Since then, there has been almost no moisture to replenish the fuel. "We've got people scared enough of fire that they go out start looking now," Lon Sibley, rural fire chief for Musselshell County, said. "Our plan now is that after every thunderstorm, we're going to fly the county," he said..