Richard Warren “Dick” Stedtfeld, 97, of Glasgow died March 12, 2026. Born in Glasgow in September 1928, he met Ruth Elaine Lund at a Bible Camp in the Bear Paw Mountains of Montana in 1944. They married in 1952 and shared 70 years together until her death in 2021. He graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in music education. He returned to Montana with his degree, his wife and four daughters, Laura, Aprille, Wendy and Alison, having secured his first teaching job at Willson Junior High in Bozeman. He developed a 100-member boys’ choir at Willson and many community members enjoyed his creative concerts. He advanced his studies and education in 1966 after obtaining a master’s degree in counseling from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Minnesota in 1969. His first professorship was in Dillon at Western Montana College. His goal and dream of being a professor at a Lutheran College was realized in 1976 when he joined the faculty of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, as a tenured associate professor of education. He taught and inspired students for 17 years, retiring in 1993 with professor emeritus status. He was dedicated to his students and the college community. After retirement, the couple purchased a cabin in the Bear Paw Mountains — near the very Bible camp where their love story began. They spent 21 years restoring and cherishing that cabin before

Herbert Victor Penner died Feb. 19, 2026, in Glasgow. He was born Aug. 6, 1927, to Henry and Mary (Lentzner) Penner in Anaheim, Calif. The family later moved to Larslan to pursue farming. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1945, then went on to attend Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. He transferred to the University of Montana in Missoula where he finished his college career, graduating in 1951 with a degree in business administration. He worked for International Harvester in Billings for a year, then came home to help his father with farming. He had an interesting and busy lifestyle as he also began another career in Cyprus, Calif., doing taxes for a number of wealthy clients during the tax season, then returning to Larslan to farm the rest of the year. He enjoyed spending time with his sister, Clara Unruh, and her husband and niece and nephews who lived near him in California. It was while he was in Cyprus, Calif., that he met Verna and they were married there on Jan. 19, 1974. They continued to split their time between southern California and Larslan, until eventually retiring in Glasgow for their later years. They were active members of the Larslan Mennonite Brethren Church for many years, then the Lustre MB Church and enjoyed attending the Glasgow Evangelical