Recent Obituaries
Troy E. Damschen
Dec 21, 2022
Troy Damschen 62, of Lewistown, died Wednesday, December 21, 2022 in his home of natural causes. No services to be held, cremation has taken place. The Cloyd Funeral Home is assisting the family. Condolences for the family may be posted online at www.cloydfuneralhome.com
Mark Zuidema
Dec 18, 2022
Mark A. Zuidema 67 of Hilger passed away Sunday, December 18th, 2022 at his home of natural causes. He was born March 6, 1955 in Paterson, NJ the son of Richard and Marcia (Hey) Zuidema. He grew up and received his education in Prospect Park, NJ where he worked until 1979 when he moved to Montana settling and working in...
Winnifred A. Rush
Dec 15, 2022
Winnifred (Hannah) Rush, 85, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2022 at Valle Vista Manor, Lewistown, MT, formerly of Deer Lodge, MT. Born on September 19, 1937, in Pasco, WA, to George and Berniece Delany.
She was married to Wayne Hannah and resided in Moore, MT, where they had four children before divorcing.
She graduated from Fergus County High School in Lewistown,...
Robert F. Taylor
Dec 12, 2022
Robert Franklin Taylor, the oldest son of Franklin (Frank) and Bernice (Mitchell) Taylor, was born on January 25, 1945, in Matewan WV. He passed away of Billings Clinic on December 12, 2022.
Bob attended qrade school in a coal mining town near Matewan. His fomily then moved to Niagara Falls NY, where he started junior high. Soon his father moved the...
Roy M. Vaughn
Dec 11, 2022
Roy M. Vaughn, 69, of Lewistown, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at the Montana Mental Health Nursing Care Center. Committal will be held at the Lewistown City Cemtery. Condolances may be shared at cloydfuneralhome.com.
William Allen
Dec 5, 2022
William Lee Allen, 76, passed away December 5, 2022, at the Montana Mental Health Nursing Care Center in Lewistown. He was born on December 4, 1946, in Camas Hot Springs, Montana to Oscar C. and Josephine E. (Button) Allen. He attended elementary school and high school in Thompson Falls, the University of Montana in Missoula, and served in the United...
James J. Wier
Nov 25, 2022
James J. Wier 73 of Lewistown died early Friday, November 25, 2022 in the Central Montana Medical Center of natural causes. He was born April 10, 1949 in Billings, Montana the son of James A. and Ada M. (Masini) Wier. He received his education in Lewistown graduating from St. Leo’s High School in 1967 where he excelled in athletics. He...
Gerald Wohlk
Nov 21, 2022
Gerald “Jerry” Wohlk passed away on November 21, 2022, surrounded by his family. Jerry was born on November 22, 1939, in Ward County, North Dakota.
He attended school in Willison North Dakota until he joined the Navy 1958. While in the Navy, he was an engineman, operating and maintaining diesel engines on the USS Staten Island AGB-5 ice breaker ship. The...
James Butcher, Jr
Nov 10, 2022
James Edward Butcher Jr., known as Jimmy or “Big Jim” to his family was born on July 5, 1961, at Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia and moved to Texas as a baby. He moved to Montana later in life due to health issues a community in Stanford, Montana, which he loved being a part of. When he found Montana, he...
Judith "Judy" Vejtasa
Nov 8, 2022
On November 8, 2022 Judith Reed "Ma" Vejtasa saddled up for her final roundup. Judy, Ma
or Mrs. V. as she was commonly known, was born February 25, 1935 to Fred and Eloise (Brockway) Reed in Great Falls, MT.
Judy would attend elementary, middle and high school in Stanford, MT where she grew up on the family ranch on Surprise Creek. Her...
Joe L. Whisonant
Nov 2, 2022
Joe L Whisonant, 85, passed away of natural causes surrounded by family at the ranch east of Winnett MT, Wednesday November 2nd, 2022. Joe was born north of Winnett in a log cabin, near Dovetail on March 5th, 1937, to Dudley (Dud) and Borghild Whisonant, joining brother Donald and sister Lillian. His mother Borghild had immigrated from Norway by herself...
Casey R. Vosen
Oct 26, 2022
Casey R. Vosen, 41, of Lewistown, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 while working in Forsyth. He was born November 16, 1980, in Havre, Montana the son of Joseph L. and Virginia M. (Myers) Vosen. He received his education in Winifred graduating in 1999. He then attended the University of Montana Western at Dillon for 3...
Arthur Baker
Oct 25, 2022
Arthur Baker, 76, of Daingerfield, TX died Tuesday, October 25, 2022 in Geyser, MT of natural causes. Services will be held in Texas at a later date. The Cloyd Funeral Home is assisting the family. Condolences for the family may be posted online at www.cloydfuneralhome.com
Karen Waltenbaugh
Oct 23, 2022
Karen Waltenbaugh, 67, of Lewistown, died Sunday, October 23, 2022 in the Billings Clinic of natural causes. Services will be held at a later date. The Cloyd Funeral Home is assisting the family. Condolences for the family may be posted online at www.cloydfuneralhome.com
Anne L. Knerr
Oct 14, 2022
Anne Louise (Cookson) Knerr died peacefully at home on October 14th, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born to The Reverend Milton and Emogene Cookson on July 18th, 1944, in Butte, Montana. The family spent many years in Panama Canal Zone and moved to Lewistown, MT, where Anne graduated in 1962.
Anne married Theodore (Ted) Knerr on August...
Donna Mae Lund
Oct 14, 2022
Donna Mae (Williams) Lund, daughter of Donald E Williams and Marie A. (Smart) Williams, was born on August 24, 1940, in Spokane, WA. Donna passed away on October 14, 2022. Donna grew up in Spokane, the oldest of five children. After she graduated from Billings Senior High in 1958, she attended Eastern College in Billings receiving a 2-year Teaching Degree...
Mary L. Westburg
Oct 10, 2022
Mary L. Westburg, 81, of Moore, Montana died Monday, October 10, 2022 in the Central Montana Medical Center of natural causes. Private graveside will take place at a late date in the Stanford Cemetery. A complete obituary will be released when completed. The Cloyd Funeral Home is assisting the family. Condolences for the family may be posted online at www.cloydfuneralhome.com
R. David Simpson
Oct 7, 2022
Ralph David Simpson passed away on October 7th, 2022 in a single fatal auto accident at the age of 55 in Lewistown Montana. He is preceded in death by father Ralph G. Simpson, brother Scott Simpson, and life partner Hallie Davidson. He leaves behind his mother Delores Simpson, sister Jeanette Walker, brother-in-law Tom Walker, two sons Mathew Simpson and Michael...
Stephany "Fannie" L Ehlert
Oct 6, 2022
Stephany L “Fannie” Simac Ehlert, 91, of Winifred died Thursday night October 6, 2022, at home surrounded by her family. She was born June 6, 1931, in Winifred the daughter of Kuzma and Johanna Simac. She attended school in Winifred. While working for the Heggem’s she met her future husband, Howard Ehlert. They were married on August 5, 1949.
Fannie...
Russell Lee Vergason
Sep 29, 2022
Russell Vergason also known as "Russ" died peacefully in his home on September 29, 2022 in Lewistown, MT.
Russ was born to Iris and Frank Vergason of Lewistown, MT. On August 22,1956. Russ spent some of his life in Washington and New York and finished out his life back in his hometown Lewistown. Russ was known for riding his bike...
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