Winifred Joanne “Winnie” Baldry, 78, of Wolf Point, died Feb. 3, 2020. She was born July 11, 1941, the daughter of Virginia and Douglas Gilchrist of Peerless. She married Vernon Russell Baldry on Sept. 3, 1960, in Peerless. They had three children, Terry, Todd and Theresa. She had 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. A rosary will be held Friday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. and a funeral service on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. Both will be held at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Wolf Point. Cremation has taken place and a private burial will be at a later date.

William Charles 'Bill' Smith, 74, of Wolf Point, died Jan. 29, 2020, in Billings. He was born June 18, 1945, third son of Marie Pereau Smith and Wilfred (“Puss”) Smith. The family grew with the birth of a daughter after the sad death of their first son, who died of a brain tumor. The family lived on Wolf Creek, west of the town of Wolf Point. He attended Wolf Point High School, Shaddock Military School and graduated from Wolf Point High School, where he was a basketball star and still holds state basketball records to this day. He grew up loving music and Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Nancy Sinatra and Dean Martin were among his favorites. He went to college in Billings for a while and then he went on to attend Dixie State University in St. George, Utah. When he came home from St. George, he took firefighting training. He became a firefighter for the State of Montana and was sent to fight wildfires all over the West. He settled in Wolf Point, where he enjoyed farming and ranching on land along Wolf Creek and the Missouri River. He enjoyed sports of all types, with basketball being his favorite, but he was a most avid fan of the Green Bay Packers football team. The world stopped when his beloved Packers were playing. On Jan. 12, 2008, he was inducted into the Indian Basketball Hall of Fame, an honor of the highest order. Here are some of the incredible stats that Bill held. He was called one of the most pure shooters in Montana basketball history. He once boasted 47 points against the Glendive Red Devils, and that was after he’d been taken out of the game in the third quarter. He is Wolf Point’s all-time leading scorer with 1,362 points. He was a member of two state championships with the Wolves in ’61 and ’62. He was as good with a 10- to 15-foot hook shot as he was with a 10- to 15-foot jump shot. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Wilfred and Ronnie; and his sister, Geri Ellen Smith Jensen. He is survived by his daughter, Jody Denison (Kent Denison of Denver, Colo.; and two grandchildren. Elsie King Hanson was one of the people he cared about most. A viewing will be held between 2 and 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, at the Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at the First Presbyterian Church in Wolf Point. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Jerry Kozak, 74, of Culbertson died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2020, at the Sidney Health Center in Sidney. He was born in Wolf Point Sept. 12, 1945, to Julius and Bernice (Qualley) Kozak. He had a brother, Ron, and a sister, Betty Jean, and was the middle child. He attended school in Poplar. In his early years, he helped his dad farm. In September 1963, he decided to join the United States Army Reserves. He was an E6, Staff Sergeant. On May 5, 1967, just four months after they met, he married Caroline Hansen in McCabe. They were married 52 years at the time of his death. They had two daughters, Judy in 1968 and Rhonda in 1986. In 2005, they were blessed with their only granddaughter, Karli. He taught her the best life lesson, to joke and never take life too seriously. He did drywall for many area homes and businesses throughout northeast Montana. He also hauled hay for many farmers. In his later years, he drove semi for several oilfield companies. Driving semi was his passion and he missed it dearly, so he took up collecting semitrucks instead. He had other collections of hats, pens and pocket knives, too. He enjoyed watching Westerns and WWE Wrestling. He loved to drag anything he thought had potential, whether it was a tractor, pickup, lawnmower, etc. home and tinker with it. He saw potential in any old piece of junk lying in a field. He enjoyed watching Karli and his great-nephews play sports. In the summer, he loved sitting outside in the chair with his wife and watching the squirrels. It was the simple things in life he enjoyed so much. He fought some hard battles in life. When he was very young, he got meningitis at basic training. He wasn’t supposed to make it then. He fought cancer twice. And, he beat cancer twice. He is survived by his wife, Caroline; daughters, Judy Kozak and Rhonda Parks; grandchild, Karli Parks; brother, Ronald Kozak; and sister, Betty Johnson. Cremation has taken place and there are no services planned at this time.