The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

Lyle Ophus, 83, retired farmer and rancher, died of cancer May 20, 2022. Funeral Mass was celebrated Friday, May 27, at 11 AM at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Big Sandy. Lyle was born in...

Local Cowboy and Master Engraver, Aaron "Duke" Pursley, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at the Big Sandy Medical Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at...

Denora "Denny" K. (Reichelt) Johnson, 64, passed away due to natural causes at her residence on May 10, 2022. Cremation has taken place and memorial services will be held at11:00 am on Thursday, May...

Alma L. (Jappe) Foss, 99, passed peacefully on Sunday, May 8, 2022. Better known as "Dicky", she was born august 17, 1922, along with her twin sister Alva, better known as "Happy", on a farm outside...

Wade was born to Glenn and Cathy (Henderson) Pursley on May 9, 1964 in Havre. After suffering a massive stroke on April 15 and several devastating setbacks to follow, he died on May 2, 2022 with...

Jessie (MacKay) O'Malley, 93, passed away after a brief illness on April 1, 2022. Jessie was born to Norman and Margaret MacKay on February 19th, 1929, in Savoy, MT. Jessie and her brothers attended...

On April 3, 2022, Dorothea Louise (nee Stammler) Quinn, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, neighbor and friend left her earthly home to join her Father in Heaven and be reunited...

Roger Eugene Williams, 87, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2022, in Casper, WY while in hospice care. Roger was born February 28, 1935, in Fort Benton, Montana. His family moved to the Big Sandy...

Betty Jeane Baltrusch, 89, passed away peacefully at her residence in Havre on March 25, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 8th at 1:00PM at the Havre Assembly of God with Pastor...

Brent Eugene Lockhart, age 59, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. He was born to George Lockhart and Karen Collins Lockhart in Havre, Montana on November 9th,...

Catherine "Cathy" Marie Halverson passed unexpectedly the morning of February 20, 2022. Per her request cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held May 6, 2022 at 2pm at the Cut...

Alexander Michael Glasoe, 85, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022 at St. Peter's Health from dementia/Alzheimer's disease. Alex was born January 27, 1937 in Crosby, North Dakota to Raymond Glasoe and...

Shirley Ann (Siebrasse) Lund died peacefully on December 12, 2021, at her memory care facility in Bellevue, WA, with family by her side. She was 90 years old. Shirley was born on March 6, 1931, in...

Dave Iver Berg received his angel wings on February 13, 2022, Dave passed surrounded by family members at the Northern Montana Health Care Hospital, Havre, Montana. Dave was the first born to E....

Richard Reinholt Bitz, 74, died January 19, 2022 after a long battle with lung disease. Bitz was born on September 2, 1947 in Conrad, Montana to Reinholt and Lucille Bitz; the eldest of two siblings....

Earl Eugene Sluggett, 83, passed away peacefully in Dillon on December 08, 2021. He was born in Havre on August 27, 1938 and adopted by Lester Sr. and Inez Sluggett the following year. He grew up on t...

Crossings is a novel written by Alex Landragin. It is a novel with mystery, romance, adventure, and science fiction qualities. It has three short stories interconnected with a similar theme: people...

Arlene F. Fisher Ophus, 82, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital on Nov. 17, 2021, after seeing all her children earlier that day. She was born to Frank and Ethel Fisher in Fort Benton. Arlene...

Clay D. Rice, 64, of Scottsboro, AL passed away onWednesday, October 13, 2021 following a brief illness. Clay was born in Havre, MT on January 30,1957. Clay was 1of 6 children, raised on his parents'...

Beverly Lorraine Grass, 92, passed away due to natural causes at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, MT on Thursday, September 23, 2021. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of her life will be held...