Margaret Mary Leggett, , died Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. She was born May 17, 1943, to James and Vina Rose Brunelle in Poplar. She went to Catholic school and graduated from Wolf Point High School. She married Joe Leggett in Great Falls on Oct. 14, 1961. In the service, they traveled the country and were stationed in Brandywine, Va., and Colorado Springs, Colo. They moved back to Wolf Point to make their home and raise a family in 1971. She worked many jobs, including clerk at Ben Franklin and HiWay Market, waitress at the Wolf Point Cafe, The Husky Cafe and Stockman’s Cafe. For a time, she managed a VHS rental store. She (and Joe) mostly enjoyed selling their produce, baked goods and canned goods at the Wolf Point Farmers Market and at the Poplar Activity Center. She easily built friendships and people loved her homemade goodies. Many of her friends and family repeatedly told her she was underpriced on her goods. She simply (stubbornly) replied that people didn’t have much money and she wouldn’t raise her prices. She would give away anything she had, except treasured pictures. She is survived by her daughter, Thelma of Wolf Point, and her son, Joseph of Great Falls; 15 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Joseph Merle Leggett; son, Thomas Leggett; stepfather, Louis LaFloe; and sisters, Claudia Creighton and Celina Severson. Mass of Christian Burial was held on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Inurnment was at Greenwood Cemetery in Wolf Point. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with arrangements.

Joel Rae Ferguson, Tasunka Hin Hota Win (Roan Grey Horse Woman), 55, of Poplar died Aug. 15, 2022, at the Poplar Hospital. She was born at Fort Hood, La., on March 15, 1967, to Joseph and Arlene Ferguson. She grew up in Poplar and was a graduate of Poplar High School. She graduated from University of Mary Bismarck and Fort Peck Community College. She held many jobs including Fort Peck Housing, Fort Peck Tribes payroll, Tribal Express, Tande’s and A& S. She also moved to Billings and worked for the Census Bureau, Salvation Army, Transbas and many more that she enjoyed. She also helped open the cold weather shelter this past winter and was happy that she could help her people. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She spent her last months with her son. She spent her time beading and making dancing outfits for her granddaughters. She loved to bead and sew and always gave things she got done away, hardly ever keeping or making anything for herself. She was always generous and willing to help wherever she could. She loved her Dakota ways and was always ready to go to sweat and was a big supporter of the Three Buffalo Sundance and all her nephews. She was proud to come from the Bad Temper Bear family. She met John House of Crow and enjoyed working with the cattle, going to hand game tournaments and supporting him and the Black Lodge Tigers and her adopted family she gained in Crow. She is survived by her children, Leigh Spotted Bird “Skuya” of Brockton and Grant Ferguson “Sonny” of Poplar; adopted children, Jeffery Flynn, Ashley Weston, Brennon Hajek, Ralph Renz, Robert Ferguson and Miccah Dust; numerous grandchildren; siblings, JD Ferguson of Fargo, N.D., Colleen Ferguson of Poplar, Denise, BJ, Gary, Mike and Felix Kidder, Vermae Smith, Tommy Smith, Duane Smith, Sandra Ownspipe, Stephanie Cloud, Dana Mireau, Amos Cloud Jr, Joseph Cloud, Nina Fetty, Monica Melbourne, Michelle Melbourne, Lorraine Hopkins, Ninette Hamilton, Thomasine Hamilton, Anthony Hamilton, Kelly Ann Grey Bear, Cerise Grey Bear, Mike Olson, Judith Grey Bear, and Jordan Grey Bear, Peggy, JD, Bernice and Cedric Good House Jr. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Lydia Ferguson and Loretta Kidder. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 11 a.m. at the Poplar Cultural Center. Interment was at Poplar City Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with arrangements.