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Timothy James Kurokawa, 78, passed away on Sept. 16, 2026, in Wolf Point, Mont., after a long illness surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 23, 1948, in Chicago, Ill., and was the oldest child of Jim and Vonie Kurokawa. Soon after, the family moved to Wolf Point, Mont., where he grew up with his six siblings, helping at the Wolf Point Cafe. After graduat...

Ivan Michael Hoff, 77, of Billings, formerly of the Volmer community, died Sept. 5, 2026. Born on June 26, 1949, in Williston, N.D., to Mikkel and Alma Caroline (Sorenson) Hoff, he was the youngest of four children raised on the family farm southeast of Dagmar with siblings Edward, Haral and Karen. He attended View Hill country school through the seventh grade and gra...