Obituaries

RONAN — Joseph Leo Havlovick, dedicated husband, father, grandfather, coach and friend, passed away on Feb., 23, 2021, at St Luke’s Extended Care in Ronan. Joe was born in Arlee on Aug. 13, 1931, and considered himself a “homestead baby.” His mother rode the train from the homestead near Lost Lake and Dodson, to have her midwife and sister-in-law help deliver Joe into the world 89 years ago. He was proud of his homestead heritage and his ties to his family’s Czechoslovakian roots. Both his mother, Lillian, and father, Paul, with their parents, immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s from Bohemia (Czech Republic) to be early Montana pioneers. Later Joe and fam...

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. ...

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...