Obituaries

Elizabeth "Betty" Smeltzer

Elizabeth "Betty" Smeltzer

Feb 20, 2025

Memorial Service for Betty Smeltzer, 99, of Baker, will be 1:00 pm, Friday, February 28, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker. Interment will follow at Bonnievale Cemetery.

Betty passed away February 20, 2025 at Fallon Medical Complex in Baker.

Aaron Lapp

Aaron Lapp

Feb 14, 2025

A Funeral Service for Aaron Lapp, 73, of Mandan, formerly of Beulah, will be held at 11:00 a.m. CT., Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Evangel Church in Bismarck. Burial will follow at the Beulah Cemetery. 

Visitation for Aaron will be held an hour prior to the service at the church. 

Aaron passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025 at Sanford Hospital in...

Terrance Wolfe

Terrance Wolfe

Feb 13, 2025

Funeral Service for Terrance “Terry” Wolfe, 85, of Dickinson will be 11:00 am Monday, February 24, 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Dickinson with Pastor Lisa Lewton officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery.

Visitation for Terry will be one hour prior to the service on Monday.

Terry passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at St. Benedict’s Health Center...

Beverly Richtsmeier

Beverly Richtsmeier

Feb 9, 2025

Funeral Services for Beverly Ann Richtsmeier 71, of Baker formerly of Waseca, Minnesota will be held later this summer in Minnesota. Cremation has taken place per Beverly’s request. 

Beverly passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2025 at her home in Baker following a long illness.

She was born on September 10, 1953 the daughter of Marvin and Fern (Born) Klampe in Waseca,...

Beryl Dinkins

Beryl Dinkins

Feb 8, 2025

Funeral service for Beryl Dinkins, 92, of Bismarck, formerly of Dunn Center, ND, will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 17, 2025 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Killdeer, ND with pastor Gretchen Deeg officiating. Burial will follow at the Dunn Center Cemetery.

Visitation for Beryl will be from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 16, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home in...

Leola Rattin

Leola Rattin

Feb 3, 2025

Leola Rattin, age 97, and originally from Red Lodge, MT, passed away February 3 at Saint Benedict’s Nursing Home in Dickinson, ND. She is survived by children Connie Evans of Olympia, WA; Kathi (Howard) Dew of Boulder City, NV; and Fred (Renee) Rattin of Dickinson, ND; eight grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. Husband Hugo passed away in 2014 and son...

Gary Thielen

Gary Thielen

Feb 1, 2025

Graveside service for Gary Thielen, 70, of Dickinson, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 5, 2025 in St. Edward’s Cemetery in Fayette, ND, with Father Joseph Evinger officiating.

Gary passed away at his residence on February 1, 2025.

Gary was born in Dickinson on September 26, 1954, the son of Albert and Loretta (Messer) Thielen. As a young boy, he attended Jefferson...

Terry Wagner

Terry Wagner

Feb 1, 2025

A Funeral Mass for Terry Wagner, 67, of Glen Ullin will be held at 11:00 CT, Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glen Ullin with Father Gary Benz celebrating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. CT, Tuesday, February 4th at the church with a rosary and...

Herbert "Herb" O'Donnell

Herbert "Herb" O'Donnell

Jan 31, 2025

Funeral Mass for Herbert "Herb" O'Donnell, 93, of Baker, will be 11:00 am, Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at St. John Catholic Church in Baker, MT with Father Baskar Raj celebrating. Burial will be in the family lot of the Old St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Baker.

Rosary and Vigil will be held, Monday, 6:00 pm. at the Stevenson Funeral Home in...

Jack Kinsey

Jack Kinsey

Jan 28, 2025

Funeral Mass for Jack Kinsey, 86, will be 11:00 am Friday, February 7, 2025 at St. John Catholic Church, Baker with Father Baskar Raj celebrating. Burial will follow at St. John Cemetery.

Visitation for Jack will be 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Thursday, February 6, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker with a rosary taking place at 6:00 pm.

Jack passed away...

Paul Steffen

Paul Steffen

Jan 27, 2025

A Time of Remembrance for Paul Steffen, 63 of Dickinson, will take place at a later date. In accordance with Paul’s wishes, cremation has taken place.

Paul passed away on Monday, January 27, 2025 at CHI St. Alexius in Dickinson.

Paul C. Steffen was born on January 22, 1962 in Dickinson to Carl and Eileen (Wierson) Steffen. He grew up in the...

Elizabeth Gillum

Elizabeth Gillum

Jan 25, 2025

Family will receive friends from 3:00 - 6:00 pm CT., Sunday, February 2, 2025 at Elizabeth's mothers home: 4080 Country Road 88 in Glen Ullin. 

Elizabeth passed away Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Sanford Health in Bismarck.

This morning at 7:33 out in North Dakota, we lost Elizabeth to a quick-moving cancer. She was a mix of natural talents, deep intuition and...

Alex Collie Sr.

Alex Collie Sr.

Jan 25, 2025

Funeral Service for Alex Collie Sr. 97, of Baker, MT, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker, MT.  Burial will follow at Bonnievale Cemetery, Baker.

Family will be present to great friends from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday, January 31, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker, MT.

Alex passed away on January 25, 2025 at...

Alice (Halmans) Arneson

Alice (Halmans) Arneson

Jan 25, 2025

Funeral Mass for Alice "Halmans" Arneson, 79,  will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 3, 2025 at St. John Catholic Church in Baker with Fr. Baskar Raj. Burial will follow at St. John Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, February 2, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker with Rosary beginning at 5:00 p.m. 

Alice passed away on...

Cathleen Rychner

Cathleen Rychner

Jan 24, 2025

Funeral Service for Cathleen Rychner, 58, of Hettinger, formerly of Killdeer, ND, will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 31, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Killdeer, ND. Burial will follow at Oakdale Cemetery.

Visitation will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday, at Stevenson Funeral Home, Killdeer, ND.

Cathleen passed away Friday, January 24, 2025 at her home in Hettinger, ND.

Cathleen...

Jay Spethman

Jay Spethman

Jan 24, 2025

Funeral services for Jay J. Spethman, 72, of Killdeer, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 31, 2025 at the High Plains Cultural Center in Killdeer with Pastor Jim Steckler officiating. Burial will take place in the Manning cemetery following the service with full Military Honors.

Visitation for Jay will be held from 5:00–7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 30th at Stevenson...

Gordon Ficek

Gordon Ficek

Jan 24, 2025

Funeral Mass for Gordon Ficek, 81, of Dickinson will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in New Hradec.

Visitation for Gordon will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home with a Rosary and Vigil...

Barbara Cartwright

Barbara Cartwright

Jan 23, 2025

A Funeral Service for Barbara Cartwright, 75, of Dickinson will be 1:00 pm Mountain Time, Friday, February 7, 2025 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson.

Visitation for Barbara will be one hour prior to the service.

Barbara passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2025.

Barbara Jean was born May 27th, 1949, in Nashville, Tennessee to the late James William Beasley, Sr. (Father) and...

Jean Bechhold

Jean Bechhold

Jan 22, 2025

A funeral Mass for Jean Bechhold, 69, of Glen Ullin, will be held at 11:00 am CT, Monday, January 27, 2025 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glen Ullin with Father Gary Benz celebrating. Inurnment will take place in the church cemetery.

 A rosary will be said thirty minutes prior to the service at the church.

 Jean passed away Wednesday, January 22,...

Charlotte Boespflug

Charlotte Boespflug

Jan 21, 2025

Charlotte D. Boespflug, 87, of Attica, OH, formerly of Dickinson, ND, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, at Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, OH.

Charlotte was born April 21, 1937, in Mott, North Dakota, to Otto and Anna (Pekas) Svihovec. She grew up in Mott and graduated from Mott High School in 1955. She married Curtis Boespflug...

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