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9A Tuesday, November 3, 1998 Obituaries The Billings Gazette Carla Jean Big Leggins Olson 0 For obituary rates and information, call 657-1241 or 1-800-543-2505 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 5 p.m.

to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The deadlines are for the next-day publication. Jesus Jess' Davila CODY, Wyo. Jesus "Jess" Davila, 72, of Cody, died Sunday, Nov.

1, 1998, at Deaconess Hospital in Billings after a long illness. A vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the church with interment in Riverside Cemetery. Ballard Funeral Home is Dolores Hasquet BUFFALO, Wyo. Dolores Hasquet, 71, died Sunday, Nov.

1, 1998, at her home. Visitation will be at the rosary only. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at St.

John the Baptist Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the church with interment in the Willow Grove Cemetery. Adams Funeral Home is in charge.

Randal C. Logan Randal Charles Logan, 42, of Billings passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998. He was preceded in death by his mother, Nellie E. Logan.

Survivors include his two beloved children, Austin and Emily Logan of Billings; his father and stepmother, Robert and Arlene Logan of Sulphur Springs, Texas; one brother, Russell (Debbie) of Mesquite, Texas; his former wife, Melanie Logan of Billings; and two nephews. Funeral services will be held in Texas. A memorial gathering in celebration of Randy's life will be held at the home of his children at 2512 Lewis Ave. in Billings on Friday, Nov. 6, 1998, from 6-8 p.m.

All friends and acquaintances are invited to attend. Joe Siroky ROY Joe Siroky, 90, of Roy passed away early Sunday morning at the Central Montana Medical Center of natural causes. He was born Jan. 1, 1908, in Austria the son of John and Mary (Farnik) Siroky the fourth of 13 children. He immigrated with his family to a homestead eight miles northeast of Roy at the age of 5 and received his schooling in Roy-area schools.

In 1934 he was employed on the construction project of Fort Peck Dam. He was united in marriage to Helen Ann Kostoryz in Billings on June 10, 1935, in a double ceremony with his brother, John and his wife, Marie. He has farmed and ranched in the Roy area, with his father, brothers and sisters and later with his wife and sons, all of his life. The ranching occupied his time even during retirement. He prided himself on being timely and attentive in the care of his livestock and property.

During the 1950s and '60s Joe and his wife of 53 years especially enjoyed Herefords and raised and sold bulls in Central Montana. Joe was a member of the Roy Presbyterian Church and the Farmers Union. He is survived by two sons: Kenneth and his wife, Clara Nell, their children, Susanna and Samuel; Roger and his wife, Linda, their children Rande, Alexandra, Hayley and Mariah; and step-grandchildren, Stephanie, Kelsey, Nick and Rachel Gallagher, all of Roy; two brothers: Jerry of Clinton and Mero of Lewistown; four sisters: Abby Abell of Billings, Peggy Dotson of Great Falls, Annie Huff of Lewistown, and Josephine Winter in California; one sister-in-law: Frances Kostoryz of Lewistown; numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; his parents; sisters, Emma, Mary and Frances; and brothers, Jim, Frank and John. Funeral services for Joseph Siroky will be Thursday at 2 p.m.

in the Cloyd Chapel with interment to follow in Central Montana Memorial Gardens. The Cloyd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Friends may make memorials to the Roy Presbyterian Church or the Roy Cemetery and they may be left at the Cloyd Funeral Home. in charge. Carl J.

Egge Our beloved father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Carl J. Egge, passed into the Lord's kingdom on All Saints Day, Nov. 1, 1998, while in the loving care of St. John's Lutheran Home staff. Carl came into the world March 16, 1910, in Williston, N.D.

and the oldest of six children in the family of Simon and Aslaug Egge. He was baptized at First Lutheran Church, Williston, and confirmed in Bethania Lutheran Church, Zahl, N.D. He attended a country school until 1924, working the homestead after the death of his father. With his brother, he did electrical wiring across Montana, then joined the Hysham REA in 1941, retiring as manager after 34 years. On Dec.

22, 1940, Carl married Martha Dombrosky and they were charter members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hysham. He was a charter member, first president and long-time treasurer of the Hysham Lions Club. Carl, a quietly humble and Christian man, never spoke of his accomplishments and self-acquired knowledge, but he shared generously with others. He served his church as treasurer for 40 years, the Hysham School Board, and the Treasure County TV District, supervising the installation of the television translator station. Carl (W7LZY) was issued his amateur radio license in 1931.

He was a member of the Ten-Ten International Net, Quarter Century Wireless Association, and the American Radio Relay League. Ham radio provided Carl with a lifelong avocation and large group of special friends. He was recognized for talking with hams in all 50 states during the Bicentennial Year and for teaching classes in code and basic theory to help others become active amateur radio operators. Carl was the consummate writer of letters and especially loved his grandson and his Hysham home with Martha. Saints who went on before Carl include his parents, two brothers: Olav Egge and infant Albert; and a sister Agnes Hoeft, his wife Martha in 1979, and wife Anne in 1994.

He leaves to lovingly remember him his daughter, Sharon Harris (Ed); grandson, Jordan of Billings; sister Evelyn Leirboe of Florida and brother Arthur Egge of Delaware, and many nieces, nephews, and ham friends. Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Cremation has taken place and a Memorial Service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, 1998, at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd.

Rite of Burial service will follow 2 p.m. Thursday, in the Hysham Cemetery. Memorials in his name may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, Hysham, MT, for the Stained Glass Fund or St. John's Chaplaincy, 3940 Rimrock Road, Billings, MT. Michelotti, Sawyers Nordquist Alderson Chapel has charge of arrangements.

Cremation Society of Montane MORTUARY KKM AT' RV JK.RRY NORIMJUIST Cremation $795 Funeral Casket 1 995 1 14 H.OK1MC 254-2414 1-KMH-254-24I4 Heights Chapel 528 Lake Elmo Drive 406-259-8575 Amw latum. Renewing fowl life within Monumu POPLAR Carla Jean Big Leggins Olson, 32, of Poplar, died Thursday night, Oct. 29, 1998. While traveling to Wolf Point, the car she was riding in hit a horse by Tule Creek on Highway 2. Carla was born March 1, 1966, in Wolf Point to Donald and Margaret Snell Big Leggins.

She attended Poplar schools and while in middle school she participated in track. In 1985, she met Brian Olson Sr. and on Aug. 6, 1991, they were married in Wolf Point. Brian and Carla loved each other deeply and loved caring for their children together.

Carla enjoyed decorating her home and yard. She devoted her time to her husband and children. She is survived by her husband, Brian Olson children, LaVal, Brian Corvette, Madonna and Fredrick, all of Poplar; her mother, Margaret S. Big Leggins of Poplar; five brothers, LaVal of Poplar, Richard of Denver, Curtis, Arnold and Kurt of Wolf Point; six sisters, Davetta Looking and Brenda, Rhonda and Veronica Big Leggins, all of Poplar, Valerie Hines Bob D.Swain CODY, Wyo. Bob D.

Swain, 44, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998, at his home near Cody. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Cody Christian Missionary Alliance.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Siverts-Macy Funeral Home in Sumner, 111. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov.

5, in Sumner with interment in the White Oak Cemetery in Oblong, 111. Ballard Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Dorothy Redmond Hubbard RED LODGE Dorothy Redmond Hubbard, 91, of Red Lodge, formerly of Bozeman, and Jackson, died Monday afternoon, Nov. 2, 1998, in Cedar Wood Villa where she had resided for the past three and a half years. She moved here from Bozeman to be near her daughter's fami- Dorothy was born on Dec.

25, 1906, in St. Anthony, Idaho, a daughter of William Mrs. Hubbard Preston and Ida Byrd (Simpson) Redmond. The Redmond homestead was in Spring Gulch in Jackson Hole, but because there was no doctor there, Mrs. Redmond went to St.

Anthony for medical care. Dorothy was raised at the homestead ranch with her sister, Gertrude, and her brother, Larry, until her parents bought the Red Rock Ranch which they operated as a dude ranch. Dorothy attended schools in Jackson and in San Diego, where her parents sometimes spent winters. She graduated from San Diego High School in 1925, and attended the New York School of Applied Design for Women in New York City in 1926 and 1927. Returning to Jackson, she assisted her parents at the Red Rock Ranch where she was a hunter, fisherman, guide, cook, caretaker and all-around hand.

She experienced the Lower Gros Ventre slide in 1925, and resulting flood in 1927. Dorothy met Fernie Hubbard at Cheyenne Frontier Days, and they were married in Dillon in 1932. Their only child, Nancy, was born in 1934. They resided in Jackson Hole where they were in the ranching and cattle business. In 1944 they moved to Montana where they continued to ranch on the Madison and later on the Shields River near Clyde Park.

Her many interests included painting, pottery, history, raising Appaloosa horses with her husband, people in general and most of all her family. She was a great storyteller. When Dorothy was in her '80s she again lived in Jackson for three years, and devoted many volunteer hours to sorting and identifying photos of settlers and early day residents of Jackson. She was a member of the Episcopal Church. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Malcolm Adams of Belfry; four grandchildren, Deborah Crippen of Orlando, Preston C.

Adams of New York City, Julie Delorey of Livingston, and Jennifer Adams of Billings; six great-grandchildren; nieces, Patricia Burrows of Bozeman and Mary Handel of Great Falls, and a nephew, Lawrence Redmond of Kingman, and several grandnieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, sister and brother. Memorial services will be held at a later date at St. John's Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole. Cremation has taken place, with the Olcott Funeral Chapel of Red Lodge in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be given to the Jackson Hole Museum and Teton County Historical Center, P.O. Box 1005; or to St. John's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box both of Jackson, Wyo. 83001, or to the charity of one's choice.

--v 1 of Wolf Point and Shannon Alden of Crow Agency; grandmother, Lucille Snell of Poplar; three aunties and uncles, Steve and Edna Grey Hawk of Poplar, Agnes Ward of Poplar and John and Rose Morsette of Poplar; four uncles, Garrett Big Leggins of Frazer, Sylvester Big Leggins of Poplar, Leroy Big Leggins of Lewistown, and Levi Snell of Poplar. She was preceded in death by a brother, Percy Lester, and sisters, Angeline Wallowing Bull and Virginia K. Big Leggins. A wake will be held on Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, at the Poplar Cultural Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Poplar Cultural Center with the Mormon Elders officiating. Interment will be in the Poplar City cemetery. Clayton Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

God needed another Angel so he came and took you home, no pain and suffering anymore. You will be deeply missed by your children and your loving husband Brian and family. Nona Alma Clifton Nona Alma Clifton, 80, passed away Monday, Nov. 2, 1998, at St. John's Nursing Home in Billings.

She was born April 11, 1918, in Ingomar to William E. and Nona E. (Pauley) Clifton, the youngest of 10 children. She attended the School for Deaf and Blind Children in Boulder for six years. She lived the last 22 years at St.

John's Nursing Home. Alma loved people. She corre- sponded with people all over the United States. She is survived by a sister, Arbutis Stepper of Billings, and numerous nieces and nephews. Cremation will take place.

-Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Beals Mortuary Chapel in Forsyth with inurnment in the family lot in the Forsyth Cemetery. Victoria Gomez POWELL, Wyo. Victoria Gomez, 16, died Friday, Oct.

30, 1998, at the Powell Hospital. Victoria was born Jan. 16, 1982, on a snowy day in Houston, Texas. She was the daughter of Anita Sanders Gomez and Santos Gomez and the sister of Alex Gomez. Victoria was a junior at Powell High School and proud to be a member of the "Class of 2000." Victoria loved reading and learning and was an excellent student.

She had a talent for writing. Victoria loved animals, especially her pets, Tonche, Chester and Pesque. Victoria always had time for her cousins; she adored them all. Victoria was passionate about movies and had planned college and career around them. Travel was also a large part of her life plan.

She was ready to go anytime, anywhere. Victoria had a wonderful sense of humor; her smile was beautiful and her laugh infectious. A few paragraphs cannot do justice to this special girl. She was intelligent and responsible, caring and considerate, honest and moral. Oh Victoria, loved by many friends, family and acquaintances.

She is and will be missed by all. Our lives are richer for having known you! Visitation will be at 1 p.m. at the LDS church in Powell. Service will follow at 2 p.m. with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery.

Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Vernor W. Lenhard HARDIN Vernor W. Lenhard, 85, of Hardin passed away Oct. 31, 1998, in the Big Horn County Memorial Hospital.

He was born June 13, 1913, in Ashland, a son of Peter and -Louisa Meisinger Lenhard. He grew up and attended schools in Nebraska, graduating from Ashland High School in 1930. Following his education, he worked on the family farm. Vern married Eula Bird on April 11, 1935, in Alvo. Neb.

The couple moved to Hardin in 1937 to make their home. Vern worked for -the Standard Oil Co. and later served many years as the Texaco service station manager, retiring in 1971. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hardin. He was preceded in death by a son, Roland Eugene Lenhard.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Eula; one son, Roger (Mary Jane) Lenhard of Stuart, two grandchildren, Mitriann Bussinger and Rick Lenhard; three great- grandchildren; and his daughter in law, Jaunice Lenhard of Powell, Wyo. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary of Hardin has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, Hardin, 59034. BILLINGS DEATHS Randal C. Logan, 42 STATE AND AREA DEATHS Alder Edna K. Sauerbier, 78 Belt: Khristi Lanoue, 41 Browning: Josie Salois, 22; Edna Munro, 64 Buffalo, Dolores Hasquet, 71; Larry Kelly, 74 Butte: Andrew C. Ahlquist 69; Catherine McDevitt, 86; Donna Robinson, 47; Jeremy Marsenich- Ramirez, infant Cascade: Deborah Drovdal, 48 Choteau: Virginia Linjatie, 81; Marie Bouma, 66 Cody, Bob D.

Swain, 44; Jesus "Jess" Davila, 72 Great Falls: Rosemary Griggs, 95; Manuel "Shorty" Batista, 96; Patrick Jordan, 46; Genevieve Nickey, 91; Robert Gopher, 68; Rodger Young, 77; Kenneth B. Pitcock, 66; Donald Prodger, 52 Hardin: Vernor W. Lenhard, 85 Helena: Jim Ferguson, 55; Thomas Shelton, 73; Elsie Smart, 79 Kalispell: Mary E. Murphy, 88 Poplar: Carla Jean Big Leggins Olson, 32 Roy: Joe Siroky, 90 Sheridan, Bertha Jeanette Sadler, 92 FORMERLY OF: Bozeman: Dorothy Redmond Hubbard, 91, Red Lodge Hysham: Carl J. Egge, 88, Billings Ingomar: Nona Alma Clifton, 80, Billings Bertha Jeanette Sadler SHERIDAN, Wyo.

Bertha Jeanette Sadler, 92, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1998. Services were held Oct. 26, at Kane Funeral Home in Sheridan. Larry Kelly BUFFALO, Wyo.

Larry Kelly, 74, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, at the Amie Holt Care Center. Visitation will be a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Adams Funeral Home Chapel.

Rosary will be recited 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

5, at the church with interment in Willow Grove Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary Phone 665-1207, Hardin, MT "We Accept Purple Cross" LENHARD Funeral services for Vern Lenhard will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church. Interment: Fairview Smith Funeral Chapels and Crematory Serving Billings Area for 102 Years Complete Funeixil, Cremator afui Cemetery Pre-Arrangementswith Crvhts'and Mausoleum. Reception Facility fit West Chape TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS IN BILLINGS SMITH WEST CHAPEL 304 34TH ST.

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5 at the Shiloh United Methodist Church with 'interment to follow at Mountview SMITH FUNERAL CHAPEL LAUREL 315 E. 3rd. 628-6858 TEMPLE Chester, "Chet," 78, of Bridger. Memorial Services, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

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N. 628-6858 George 'Gee' Caufield PARK CITY George "Gee" Caufield, 60, of Park City, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, in Billings from complications of a stroke. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Park City Civic Center. Stevenson Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge. F. Gordon Kirby F.

Gordon Kirby died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, at Aspen Meadows Nursing Home. The son of Foster Bean Kirby and Bertha Graves Pulliam, he was born on March 9, 1918 in Blanchard, nvit. wrvii. 'ii He graduated from Blanchard High School in 1935 and was valedictorian of his class.

He attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman, earning a bach MR. KIRBY elor of science degree in geology. He was a member of the Horse Drawn Artillery of the ROTC and as an undergraduate played freshman football where he was known as "Flash Gordon." In 1940, he joined Incorporated Petroleum Producers and for the next two years did well site work and geologic studies. In 1942, he went to work for Petty Geophysical Engineering Co. of San Antonio, Texas.

This association lasted nine years and involved geophysical operations in seven states and two foreign countries. On Sept. 18, 1943, he married Donna Lucille Ellis and the two were together for the next 52 years until Donna's death in 1995. In early 1951, Gordon joined Murphy Oil Corp. as district geologist of a nine-state region with headquarters in Denver.

In 1952, after the company's last popular field discovery, Gordon was transferred to Billings as district exploration manager and in 1954 he was named division operations manager for Murphy Oil Companies Northern Division. In 1958 he transferred to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he was vice president of production and exploration and director of Murphy Oil Company, LTD a subsidiary of Murphy Oil Co. While in Billings he was one of the founding fathers of the Billings Petroleum Club and served as vice president for Montana for the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association. In 1968 he transferred to Murphy Oil's home office in El Dorado, where he was involved in overseas oil and gas exploration and synthetic fuels. He returned to Calgary in 1969 and started his own company, Kirby Explorations, LTD.

In September 1971, after semi-retiring from the oil industry, he returned to Billings and purchased the Cherry Tree Inn for which he was associated with until his death. Throughout his life he was an avid fisherman and golfer, and many friendships were developed in his pursuit of these two sports. He was a member of the Yellowstone Country Club, the Billings Petroleum Club, and was a Rotarian for many years. He was a member of numerous professional society's. He was preceded in death by one sister, Judith Gale Kirby and is survived by two sisters: Virginia Salada of Florida and Geraldine Voigt of California; his sons: Douglas G.

and wife Susan of Billings, Foster E. and wife Anne of Denver, and William D. and his wife Dianne of Calgary, Alberta; and six grandchildren: Steven, Timothy, Christopher and Kaityln of Billings, and Alexandra and Savannah of Denver. God grant that I may fish, Until my dying day. And when it comes to my last cast, I then most humbly pray.

While in the Lord's safe landing net, I'm peacefully asleep. And, that in His mercy, I be judged, as good enough to keep. Anonymous Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Michelotti, Sawyers Nordquist, Alderson Chapel.

Private family graveside services will be held at Mountview Cemetery. Michelotti, Sawyers Nordquist has charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers and other remembrances, the family requests memorials to ZooMontana, P.O. Box 80905. Billings, MT 59108.

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Gordon, 80 of Billings. Visitation, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Michelotti, Sawyers Nordquist, Alderson Chapel. Private Family Graveside Services, Mountview Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials, ZooMontana, P.O. Box 80905, Billings, MT TRICKLE Amy 92 of Billings. Friends may gather at Michelotti, Sawyers Nordquist Chapel for Graveside services 3 p.m. Tuesday, Mountview Cemetery. Memorials, Alzheimer's Greater Billings Chapter, Box 35200, Billings, MT 13) EGGE Carl 88 of Billings.

Cremation. Memorial service 1 1 a.m. Thursday, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Billings. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Hysham Cemetery.

Memorials to Trinity Lutheran Church, Hysham, MT for the Stained Glass Fund or St. John's Chaplaincy, 3940 Rimrock Billings, MT 1 15).