Obituaries

Evelyn Strand Stensland Casterline

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“Well done my good and faithful servant” were the words that Evelyn Strand Stensland Casterline heard on May 12, when she passed from life on earth to eternal life in heaven.

Robert E. Pontet

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Bob was born June 16, 1937, at the Columbus Hospital in Great Falls, Montana and raised in Highwood. Bob joined the Army in 1956 and during his time in the service in Alaska he mastered the skill of boxing, which he proudly taught his daughters.

Harry Kenneth Berg

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Harry Kenneth Berg, 76, passed on May 8, at Peace Hospice. Harry was the seventh of eight children born to Henry and Ruth Berg on December 9, 1943. Raised on a ranch 17 miles south of Shawmut, Montana, Harry learned that work and perseverance were needed for success . His parents also instilled in him the value of a good education. He went to grade school (K-8) in a small log cabin schoolhouse (about the size of modern living room) with no electricity or running water with at the most, six fellow students. He attended high school in Big Timber, Montana where he participated in sports and music. After high school, he joined the Army Reserve and was discharged in 1968. Harry worked his way through and graduated from Montana State University (GO CATS) in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and again in 1975 with a Master of Arts degree in education.

Svend Jonas Mauland

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Svend Jonas Mauland, 88, died May 3 at the Pioneer Medical Center in Big Timber, Montana.

Nancy Lee Roe

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Nancy Lee Roe, age 62, formerly of Baker and Big Timber, Montana, passed away of natural causes on April 23, in Billings, Montana. She was born on January 29, 1958 to Mrs. Elizabeth (Betty) Roe and the late Thomas (Tom) D. Roe. Nancy’s early years were spent in New Jersey before the family moved to Big Timber, Montana in 1972. Nancy graduated from Sweet Grass County High School in 1976.

Barbara Miller Hymas

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Barbara Miller Hymas died from natural causes at Beartooth Manor in Columbus, Montana where she had resided for the last two and a half years.

Carmen Purcell Gutknecht

Carmen Purcell Gutknecht passed away April 7, due to complications of lung/brain cancer. Carmen had Alpha 1 Anti Trypsin Deficiency as well, this is genetic and she was after everyone to be aware so they could get tested.

Selma Geneva (Hovde) Price

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Selma Geneva (Hovde) Price, passed away peacefully on Easter surrounded by family in Big Timber. She was 92.

Pegge Joanne Dent Bays

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Pegge was born in Ventura, California where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Jim Bays. The attended college at Cal Poly, then moved to the East Coast and Germany while Jim was in the Army.

Alan Orville Hathaway

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Alan Orville Hathaway entered the presence of Christ while surrounded by his family in the early morning of March 26, at Garrison North Dakota. He was born to Vernie and June (Westervelt) Hathaway in Big Timber, Montana, May 3, 1936.