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Current Obituaries
October 2007
October 2007
- Terry L. Brown
Russell Anderson
Vern Hancock
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Vern Hancock
Medicine Lake, MT Vern Thomas Hancock, 92, Medicine Lake, MT, died Friday, September 28, 2007 of
natural causes at the Missouri River Manor in Great Falls. His celebration of life will be Tuesday, October
16, 2007 at 2:00 pm, at the Medicine Lake, MT Lutheran Church. Pastor Audrey LePore will officiate;
interment will follow at Medicine Lake Cemetery. All of Vernon's family and friends are considered
Honorary Bearers; ushers will be Max Aasheim and Terry Angvick.
Vern was born December 7, 1914 to James & Mary (Kelly) Hancock at the family homestead northeast of
Medicine Lake. He attended Rose Hill School and graduated from Medicine Lake High School. After
graduation he worked as a farmhand for Doc Storkan, and later a laborer for the Great Northern
Railroad. In 1944 Vern purchased his farm. Vern Hancock was always a farmer... even off the land. He
also enjoyed fishing, hunting, walking and traveling. He was a member of the Medicine Lake Lutheran
Church. Vern married his true love, Alice Fern Clark on March 14, 1941 in Glasgow, MT. She preceded
him in death in 1943. They had one child, Carol Jean. Vern married Helen Miller in 1951. They divorced
in 1999. Vern moved to Great Falls, Montana in 2001 to be near his daughter and family, who fulfilled
his later years of life.
Survivors include: daughter, Carol Jean Lamphier (Michael) of Great Falls, one brother, Gordon of
Plentywood, four grandchildren, Michael (Teresa) Lamphier, Beth Lamphier, Jeanelle (Joel) Slade, and
Allison (Michael) Pizzolato, seven great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by his parents, James and Mary Hancock, one sister, Lillian and three brothers,
Lester, Earl, and Bryce.
Schnider Funeral Home of Great Falls and Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood are in charge of
arrangements. Please donate any memorials to the American Cancer Society.
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Medicine Lake, MT Vern Thomas Hancock, 92, Medicine Lake, MT, died Friday, September 28, 2007 of
natural causes at the Missouri River Manor in Great Falls. His celebration of life will be Tuesday, October
16, 2007 at 2:00 pm, at the Medicine Lake, MT Lutheran Church. Pastor Audrey LePore will officiate;
interment will follow at Medicine Lake Cemetery. All of Vernon's family and friends are considered
Honorary Bearers; ushers will be Max Aasheim and Terry Angvick.
Vern was born December 7, 1914 to James & Mary (Kelly) Hancock at the family homestead northeast of
Medicine Lake. He attended Rose Hill School and graduated from Medicine Lake High School. After
graduation he worked as a farmhand for Doc Storkan, and later a laborer for the Great Northern
Railroad. In 1944 Vern purchased his farm. Vern Hancock was always a farmer... even off the land. He
also enjoyed fishing, hunting, walking and traveling. He was a member of the Medicine Lake Lutheran
Church. Vern married his true love, Alice Fern Clark on March 14, 1941 in Glasgow, MT. She preceded
him in death in 1943. They had one child, Carol Jean. Vern married Helen Miller in 1951. They divorced
in 1999. Vern moved to Great Falls, Montana in 2001 to be near his daughter and family, who fulfilled
his later years of life.
Survivors include: daughter, Carol Jean Lamphier (Michael) of Great Falls, one brother, Gordon of
Plentywood, four grandchildren, Michael (Teresa) Lamphier, Beth Lamphier, Jeanelle (Joel) Slade, and
Allison (Michael) Pizzolato, seven great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by his parents, James and Mary Hancock, one sister, Lillian and three brothers,
Lester, Earl, and Bryce.
Schnider Funeral Home of Great Falls and Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood are in charge of
arrangements. Please donate any memorials to the American Cancer Society.
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Russell Anderson
Funeral services for Russell Anderson were held at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 27. Pastor David C.
Curtright officiated at the service at Plentywood Lutheran Church; interment was in Plentywood Memorial
Cemetery. Casketbearers were Scott French, Larry Sem, Tom Christensen, Rich Peterson, Fred and
Gene Kavon, Mark Bussinger, Glen Michels, Steve Stadstad, Joey Chandler, John Kemp Jr., Gary
Jensen, and Greg Niederhauser. Russell, 53, died of natural causes at his Plentywood home the
evening of Saturday, October 20.
Russell, the son of Duane and Loretta (Wirtzberger) Anderson was born at Plentywood October 17,
1954. He grew up on the family farm in the Dooley community, was baptized at Nathanael Lutheran
Church at Dagmar in 1954, and confirmed at Plentywood Lutheran Church in 1969. He was active in
sports in high school, and was a pitcher for Plentywood's State Runnerup American Legion Baseball
team. Russell graduated from Plentywood High School in 1972, attended two years of college at
Montana State in Bozeman, and began farming with his father in the Dooley/Westby area and in
Saskatchewan. An avid, life-long sportsman, his competitive nature showed through in his golf game:
Russell played on a golf team with his brother Craig, Lance Chandler, and John Kemp, Jr. For over 20
years, and he loved to play in regional tournaments, where he was often "in the money." He was active in
the local Dart and Pool leagues. Russell lived by his own rules and according to his own schedule and
simply enjoyed spending time with his friends. Always kindhearted, he would do anything to help other
people, (memorably, he noticed that a bachelor neighbor didn't have any food in the house one day ... so
Russell left his own lunch for him) He was thoughtful and sharing with his nephew and nieces.
Russell is survived by his parents, Duane and Loretta Anderson, North of Dooley; and by his brother,
Craig and his wife Debra, of Plentywood; and their children Carmi Anderson and her companion
Silvester, of Minneapolis; Dane Anderson (Russell's godson) and his companion Danielle, of Belgrade,
Montana; and Kristen Anderson of Bozeman. He is also survived by his aunts Emily Nielsen (Gordon) of
Montana City and Lucille Vaughan, Oklahoma City and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death
by his uncles Wallace and Dennis Wirtzberger and Dale and Shirley (Wirtzberger) Anderson (aunt and
uncle). Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood has charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for Russell Anderson were held at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 27. Pastor David C.
Curtright officiated at the service at Plentywood Lutheran Church; interment was in Plentywood Memorial
Cemetery. Casketbearers were Scott French, Larry Sem, Tom Christensen, Rich Peterson, Fred and
Gene Kavon, Mark Bussinger, Glen Michels, Steve Stadstad, Joey Chandler, John Kemp Jr., Gary
Jensen, and Greg Niederhauser. Russell, 53, died of natural causes at his Plentywood home the
evening of Saturday, October 20.
Russell, the son of Duane and Loretta (Wirtzberger) Anderson was born at Plentywood October 17,
1954. He grew up on the family farm in the Dooley community, was baptized at Nathanael Lutheran
Church at Dagmar in 1954, and confirmed at Plentywood Lutheran Church in 1969. He was active in
sports in high school, and was a pitcher for Plentywood's State Runnerup American Legion Baseball
team. Russell graduated from Plentywood High School in 1972, attended two years of college at
Montana State in Bozeman, and began farming with his father in the Dooley/Westby area and in
Saskatchewan. An avid, life-long sportsman, his competitive nature showed through in his golf game:
Russell played on a golf team with his brother Craig, Lance Chandler, and John Kemp, Jr. For over 20
years, and he loved to play in regional tournaments, where he was often "in the money." He was active in
the local Dart and Pool leagues. Russell lived by his own rules and according to his own schedule and
simply enjoyed spending time with his friends. Always kindhearted, he would do anything to help other
people, (memorably, he noticed that a bachelor neighbor didn't have any food in the house one day ... so
Russell left his own lunch for him) He was thoughtful and sharing with his nephew and nieces.
Russell is survived by his parents, Duane and Loretta Anderson, North of Dooley; and by his brother,
Craig and his wife Debra, of Plentywood; and their children Carmi Anderson and her companion
Silvester, of Minneapolis; Dane Anderson (Russell's godson) and his companion Danielle, of Belgrade,
Montana; and Kristen Anderson of Bozeman. He is also survived by his aunts Emily Nielsen (Gordon) of
Montana City and Lucille Vaughan, Oklahoma City and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death
by his uncles Wallace and Dennis Wirtzberger and Dale and Shirley (Wirtzberger) Anderson (aunt and
uncle). Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood has charge of arrangements.
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Terry L. Brown
Memorial services for Terry L. Brown will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, November 2. Pastor Barb Westhoff will
officiate at the service at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Westby, Military honors will follow the service at the
church. Interment of cremated remains in the Daneville Cemetery in Daneville Township(southeast of
Westby) will be held at a later date. Terry, 61, died late Thursday night at Mercy Medical Center in Williston,
North Dakota after an extended battle with cancer.
Terry was born September 7, 1946 at Madrid, New Mexico: the only child of Carl and Clara Brown. He grew
up in Roswell, New Mexico and graduated from high school there. In January 1965 he entered the U. S. Air
Force following in his father's footsteps. Initially, he trained in radar and served at radar sites in Michigan,
Toyko, Japan and other southeast Asia locations as well as Fortuna AFS. While stationed at Fortuna he
met his future wife, Ruth Wittmayer. They were married at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Westby June 17,
1972. Later that year, Terry was sent to Cape Lisbourne Alaska. The following spring, their son Paul was
born while his dad was stationed north of the Arctic Circle. Upon his return to the states Terry and his
family were stationed at Point Arena, CA. Following assignments were Finley AFS, ND near Grand Forks,
North Dakota, In 1977 Terry crosstrained into a new field- calibration/ metrology at Lowry AFB, Denver.
From there the family transferred to Nellis AFB, NV and 3 years later to RAF Upper Heyford, near Oxford,
England. Upon return to the states in 1984 they were stationed at Pope AFB, North Carolina where Terry
retired in 1986. After retiring the family moved to the community of Tustin, in Orange County, California,
where Terry initially worked at the Tustin Marine Base. Later , he worked for General Electric Aircraft Engine
Group in Ontario and the last years in California at Mallinkrodt Corporation in Irvine, a medical device
company which later became Tyco International. In October 2002 Terry and Ruth decided to return to
Northeast Montana for a more quiet and less hectic pace of life. Their son , Paul, had graduated from
college, married and they felt confident he was getting on with his own life and busy with his career so off
they went to Montana.
Over the years, Terry enjoyed woodworking, stained glass fabrication, needlework, aircraft models, going
for drives in the country to see the wildlife and also was a huge NASCAR fan. His TV schedule always was
set for any race that might be on. While stationed in Japan Terry had raced cars and a Japanese company
had offered him a job racing but he chose to stay in the Air Force. While stationed at Fortuna and at Finley
Terry and family spent leave in the fall in Westby helping father in law Rufus Wittmayer with the harvest.
During their years in California Terry and Ruth volunteered helping with the census of the Gray whales as
they made their annual migration from the Bering Sea off Alaska to St. Ignacio, Mexico. Since November 5,
2005 Terry had enjoyed being Grandpa to Ava. It was hard to be so far away from her, but he enjoyed
pictures received over the computer watching her changing in only a few weeks.
Terry is survived by his wife, Ruth, of Westby; one son, Paul, his wife, Kris, and their daughter Ava, of Los
Alamitos, California; and by his mother-in-law, Alice Wittmayer, formerly of Westby who resides at Sheridan
Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his father-in-law,
Rufus Wittmayer. Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood has charge of arrangements.
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Memorial services for Terry L. Brown will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, November 2. Pastor Barb Westhoff will
officiate at the service at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Westby, Military honors will follow the service at the
church. Interment of cremated remains in the Daneville Cemetery in Daneville Township(southeast of
Westby) will be held at a later date. Terry, 61, died late Thursday night at Mercy Medical Center in Williston,
North Dakota after an extended battle with cancer.
Terry was born September 7, 1946 at Madrid, New Mexico: the only child of Carl and Clara Brown. He grew
up in Roswell, New Mexico and graduated from high school there. In January 1965 he entered the U. S. Air
Force following in his father's footsteps. Initially, he trained in radar and served at radar sites in Michigan,
Toyko, Japan and other southeast Asia locations as well as Fortuna AFS. While stationed at Fortuna he
met his future wife, Ruth Wittmayer. They were married at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Westby June 17,
1972. Later that year, Terry was sent to Cape Lisbourne Alaska. The following spring, their son Paul was
born while his dad was stationed north of the Arctic Circle. Upon his return to the states Terry and his
family were stationed at Point Arena, CA. Following assignments were Finley AFS, ND near Grand Forks,
North Dakota, In 1977 Terry crosstrained into a new field- calibration/ metrology at Lowry AFB, Denver.
From there the family transferred to Nellis AFB, NV and 3 years later to RAF Upper Heyford, near Oxford,
England. Upon return to the states in 1984 they were stationed at Pope AFB, North Carolina where Terry
retired in 1986. After retiring the family moved to the community of Tustin, in Orange County, California,
where Terry initially worked at the Tustin Marine Base. Later , he worked for General Electric Aircraft Engine
Group in Ontario and the last years in California at Mallinkrodt Corporation in Irvine, a medical device
company which later became Tyco International. In October 2002 Terry and Ruth decided to return to
Northeast Montana for a more quiet and less hectic pace of life. Their son , Paul, had graduated from
college, married and they felt confident he was getting on with his own life and busy with his career so off
they went to Montana.
Over the years, Terry enjoyed woodworking, stained glass fabrication, needlework, aircraft models, going
for drives in the country to see the wildlife and also was a huge NASCAR fan. His TV schedule always was
set for any race that might be on. While stationed in Japan Terry had raced cars and a Japanese company
had offered him a job racing but he chose to stay in the Air Force. While stationed at Fortuna and at Finley
Terry and family spent leave in the fall in Westby helping father in law Rufus Wittmayer with the harvest.
During their years in California Terry and Ruth volunteered helping with the census of the Gray whales as
they made their annual migration from the Bering Sea off Alaska to St. Ignacio, Mexico. Since November 5,
2005 Terry had enjoyed being Grandpa to Ava. It was hard to be so far away from her, but he enjoyed
pictures received over the computer watching her changing in only a few weeks.
Terry is survived by his wife, Ruth, of Westby; one son, Paul, his wife, Kris, and their daughter Ava, of Los
Alamitos, California; and by his mother-in-law, Alice Wittmayer, formerly of Westby who resides at Sheridan
Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his father-in-law,
Rufus Wittmayer. Fulkerson Funeral Home of Plentywood has charge of arrangements.
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