Barbara Magda Ophus died Dec. 2, 2025, due to traumatic injury from a fall. Barbara Betty Magda was born June 20, 1939, in Havre, Mont., to Frank and Agnes (Tordik) Magda. She attended country school at Lone Tree Bench in Blaine County and Chinook High School for two years and graduated from Great Falls Central High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Northern Montana College (now MSU Northern). The day after graduating from college, she married Lyle Ophus on Aug. 20, 1960. She was open to life and brought 11 children into the world. She taught second grade in Great Falls...
