Holly W. Vanderpoel was born to Erlin and Nina Beckman on Dec. 1, 1937 in Great Falls, Montana. As the youngest of four children, Holly was well-loved by her older siblings. She attended Great Falls Public Schools and graduated in 1955. After graduation, Holly worked as a secretary in a lawyer’s office. Her next job was working at Equitable Life Insurance. She also attended
June (Sciuchetti) Donaldson, 85, of Lewistown passed away peacefully of natural causes at Central Montana Medical Center with her daughter Lynn by her side on Oct. 10, 2020 five months after losing her beloved husband of 54 years, Harold, to complications from a fall. A joint memorial service will be held for the couple at the Denton Town Hall on June 23, 2021 at 11 a.m. with
Saturday, December 19, 2020
On the evening of Dec. 7, 2020, Neil passed away after an eventful life filled with cattle, horses, and Caterpillars. Born on May 23, 1941, in Denton, Montana to Charles and Lucile (Murray) Glass, Neil developed an early love for yellow iron while working the land of his family’s farm northeast of Denton on Bear Springs Road. He would always attribute his knowledge of moving soil with heavy equipment to Ludwig Lange, although he had also spent time at a heavy equipment school in Weizer, Idaho. In addition to his love for Caterpillar equipment, Neil also held a lifelong passion for driving teams of horses, and along with his father, fed cows with his favorite team, Star and Queeny. Because of these two passions many people respected him as both a CAT and Mule Skinner.