Ronald “Ron” Pennell passed away at his home on Feb. 22, 2020. Ron was born July 29, 1942 in Fairview, Mont., at the Broadhead house to Carl and Mary (Phay) Pennell. Ron lived in Culbertson, Mont., and graduated from high school in 1960. Ron then joined the National Guard from 1960 to 1966. Ron married Geraldine Cellmer on Nov. 30, 1963. Three children were born, Janet in 1965, Brenda in

Sharon Louise (Martell) Hawk, 72, died March 2, 2020, in Billings at the Billings Clinic. She was born Oct. 6, 1947, in Sidney to Daniel and Mary (Colvin) Martell. She was raised in the Fort Kipp and Blair areas of the Fort Peck Reservation. She attended school in Brockton. In 1966, she went to Oakland, Calif., to attend nurse’s training, where she met her future husband. Sharon and

Obituaries Helen Boyd Helen Roberta Boyd, 52, died at home Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Miles City. She along with her twin brother, Patrick James Boyd ,were born to Geraldine Spotted Bird and Lionel D. Boyd in Great Falls on March 21, 1967. That following year, the family including her two older brothers, Eugene and George, moved to Poplar on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation where they

Born in Columbus Junction, Iowa, on March 5, 1933, Donna Kaye Dereschuk was the second of three children born to Walter and Irene Kauffman. Donna grew up on the family farm. In 1952, she relocated to northeastern Montana where she had family working in the oil industry. Shortly after Donna arrived in Montana, she began working for MDU and soon after married and started a family. Donna was blessed

Bradley Eugene Yellow Hammer, “Isnana Ichaga” (Grows Alone), 56, died Feb. 25, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born Feb. 25, 1964, to Carole Spotted Bird and Ronald Yellow Hammer Sr. He was a loving father with a huge heart who loved to help people. He graduated from Flandreau in 1982. He then became a first-class petty officer and an aerographer’s mate in the Navy stationed in Norfolk,