Dean Dueth Nelson, 91, of Williston, N.D., formerly of Bainville, died at the Sheridan Memorial Hospital in Plentywood on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. He was born Dec. 12, 1931, in Bainville to Oscar and Mabel (Torgerson) Nelson. He was raised on the family farm east of Bainville and graduated from Bainville High School in 1949. After graduation, he moved to Houston, Texas, and worked in construction with his brother Dennis. He moved to Denver, Colo., and started a television sales and repair business with his brother-in-law. While in Denver, he met Jean Schweitzer while she was waiting tables at her family’s diner and they married three months later on Jan. 24, 1959. In 1963, he returned to the family farm in Bainville, where they raised their five children. His passion was farming and, even after he retired and moved to Billings, he returned to the farm to help his son Dennis every spring for planting and fall for harvest for many years. In 1998, Dean and Jean settled in Williston, N.D., where they lived until Jean’s death in May 2019. They spent many years calling square dancing and teaching round dancing. He was also an excellent carpenter and remodeled every house they lived in. He loved gardening and took particular pride in his extensive flower garden in Williston. He was also known as a competitive

Doris Ann McKay, 72, of Poplar died Jan. 4, 2023, in Billings. She was born July 22, 1950, to Patrick McKay and Theresa Walking Eagle-McKay. In her early life, she met Dewayne “JimmyJohn” Duncan while she was living in San Francisco, Calif., and they had three children, Anthony, Haleena and Dena. Later in her life, she met Rodney Bruner while residing in Poplar and they had two children, Mikel and Ke'Anna. She started working at a very young age and flourished in many career paths. She began as a rod man surveying many homesites, which started the builds for homes in Poplar. She also worked as a seismographer, sugar beet worker and firefighter. With some of these careers, she had worked alongside her daughter and nephew. Doris also worked as a FEMA responder and helped people during natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and Columbia Spaceshuttle recovery for NASA. Her recent employment was working at Fort Peck Housing as a counselor, providing for her grandchildren. She positively impacted many communities, was a hard worker and was never intimidated by masculine jobs. She was brought up in a Catholic church that she attended with her parents and her siblings. Later in life, she became born again and was a respected sister of the Poplar Assembly of God. She was always giving and always helpful. She attended Bible study, prayed for all of her family, friends, relatives and anyone

Dewayne Jager passed away peacefully with his family by his side in Plentywood, Mont., on Jan. 9, 2023. He was born May 5, 1935, to Eric and Wanda Juanita (Dye) Jager in Opheim, Mont. His family moved to Glasgow when he was five years old. He graduated from Glasgow in 1953. In his youth, he played a lot of sports including basketball and baseball, even earning a letter in baseball while attending college. He then went on to complete one quarter of college at the University of Montana before being drafted in 1954 and serving until 1956 in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He completed his teaching degree at Eastern Montana College and moved to Wolf Point where he taught for 30 years. While there, he also coached football and boys’ and girls’ basketball. He married Marlene Simenson Houg in 1967, as well as adopted her two children: Doug Jager and Tori (Davis). Dewayne and Marlene also had their own child, Shari (Kelly Olson). They also adopted a granddaughter, Amber Jager. After he retired from teaching, he continued to serve the Wolf Point community in many ways, including serving on the city council from 1999 to 2007 and then becoming mayor until 2011. Dewayne loved gardening, lawn care, the Packers, the Yankees and, most of all,