Obituaries

PABLO — Saul Joel Black Weasel, his Blackfeet name was Omahk Okohtok, “Big Rock,” was born on June 20, 2002, in Great Falls. He was the first child of Ashley Gervais and Joshua Black Weasel.Saul came into the world as a preemie, only weighing 4 pounds, barely fitting into his tiny diapers. By the time he was 5 months old he weighed 25 pounds and was remembered by all as a happy, chubby baby with rolls on top of his rolls. Saul was the oldest of eight children including his siblings, Sydney, Brynnlee, Jennika, Tamryn, Joss, Ryesynn, and Jadyn. He also had many cousins and friends that he considered brothers and sisters as well. Saul called many places home. He lived in B...

CHARLO — Rachel “Bernice” Palmer, age 89, passed away Feb. 8, 2021. She was born on the vast open prairie in a one-room cabin between Brusett and Jordan, Montana, on May 9, 1931. Rachel Bernice Shriner arrived with the help of a neighboring midwife to William Dee and Rachel Payne Shriner...

PLAINS — Pearl Gean Barry, 77, passed away after a brief battle with lung cancer, at her home in Plains, on Feb. 15, 2021.  Pearl was born on June 30, 1943, in Mequon, Wisconsin, as the sixth of nine children to William and Leola Myhill. This world was not her home, she was just passing thro...

PLAINS — Pearl Gean Barry, 77, passed away after a brief battle with lung cancer, at her home in Plains, on Feb. 15, 2021.  Pearl was born on June 30, 1943, in Mequon, Wisconsin, as the sixth of nine children to William and Leola Myhill. This world was not her home, she was just passing thro...

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON — David Lawrence Pearson, 71, passed away on Feb. 13, 2021, in Spokane, Washington. Brookside Funeral Home and Crematory in Moxee, Washington, is handling the arrangements.   

POLSON — Walter (Walt) James Reznicsek was called back home on Feb.4, 2021, in Polson, at the age of 76, after fighting a long courageous battle. He was born on Jan. 15, 1945, in Silverton, to his parents Adam Reznicsek Jr. and Dolly Parren.  Adam, a widower, married Dolly in 1945. Dolly had fi...

ARLEE — Vicki Lucile Peterson, 71, of Arlee, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at home.  Born on Dec. 7, 1949, in Sunland, California, to Boyd and Bobbie Burns, she was the oldest of four children. The family lived in California and Arizona, settling in Shaver Lake, California, in 1957, wher...

POLSON — Sherelle was an individual who had a big personality and childlike wonder when it came to life. She always wanted to share the things she accomplished and enjoyed with her loved ones. “No” was not a word she employed in her vocabulary and if you told her “no” she just t...

SILVERDALE, WASHINGTON — Gladys “Hap” Anderson Dudik, 94, passed away in Silverdale, Washington, on Jan. 12, 2021. Born on Feb. 11, 1926, she was raised in Malta. Hap graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman.  While teaching in Polson, friends introduced her to Marine vete...

RONAN — Sheila Schmitz Conner was born on May 24, 1953, to Phillip and Florence Schmitz and joined siblings Cherryl, Dee, Phil (Butch) and Barb. She attended schools at Villa Ursula in St. Ignatius and Ronan, graduating from Ronan High School in 1971. Sheila continued her education at Montana State Uni...