Lorraine Tillie Quincer Shackelford Tveit, 90, died Nov. 13, 2024, at Butterfly Assisted Homes in Billings. She was born Feb. 27, 1934, at Fallon County Hospital in Baker to Edward and Tillie Quincer. She grew up on the family farm south of Plevna and attended grade school at Leischner School through the sixth grade. She attended junior high and high school at Plevna Public Schools and graduated in 1951. She worked hard and often did chores for the farm including milking cows, thrashing the grain, herding cows and riding horses to the end of the Montana skyline. She loved ice skating, rollerskating, dancing, riding horses, rodeo, her love of music and cooking fabulous home-cooked meals, knitting for her grandchildren, she took pride in keeping an immaculate home and a love of gardening, canning her harvest from pickles to meat, jams and jellies. She was also very active in the Plentywood Hospital Auxiliary. She meta young confident sailor named Joseph Earl (Dick) Shackelford in the spring of 1949 at a dance in Ismay. He was in the U.S. Navy when the Korean War was just beginning. He was stationed in Iceland with the Navy Airborne where he remained until his honorable discharge in 1953. They were married Feb. 28, 1952, at Peace Lutheran Church in Baker. They had three children: Edward Joseph Shackelford, Wesley Leonard Shackelford and Kathleen Rae Shackelford (Wagnild). While he was still in the service, they lived all over the U/S/, including Galveston, Texas; Norfolk, Va.; Clark, Wyo.; Glendive; Miles City; Baker; Plevna; and Wolf Point. He received his honorable discharge from the Navy in 1957. They decided to set down their roots in Plentywood in 1969. They started their own business called Dick’s Oilwell Service, Inc. He owned five work-over rigs working from Wolf Point and throughout the Williston Basin. It was a terribly busy but exciting time for them. In 1979, they sold Dick’s Oilwell Service to NL Company. Both were eager to retire and enjoy life. She managed the Diet Center in Plentywood from 1982 to 1986. In 1984, he was diagnosed with leukemia. He died in the spring of 1986. She remained in Plentywood to stay close to her children and grandchildren. She kept herself busy and remained active in her community. She worked at the Plentywood Rexall Drug, Peterson’s Ready to Wear, Pioneer Manor and Firehill Farms with her daughter Kathleen and son-in-law Gary Wagnild. In 2002, she met Larry J. Tveit at a dance in Williston, N.D. Their relationship grew until Larry proposed. They later married in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 14, 2003. She sold her home in Plentywood and moved to Sidney, where she and Larry built their new home. Larry died in October 2020 in Billings. In November 2020, she moved to Butterfly Assisted Living in Billings,. In October 2021, she decided to sell her home in Sidney and continued to live full-time in Butterfly Assisted Living where she could stay close to her daughter Kathleen and her doctors. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Dick and Larry; and brother, Leonard. She is survived by her three children: Ed, Wes and Kathleen; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; stepchildren, Denise Tveit, Larry Tveit Jr., Nolan Tveit, Kevin Tveit and Carrie (Terry) Roth; nine step-grandchildren; and 12 step-great-grandchildren. Services were held Monday, Nov. 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Plentywood. Burial was at Plentywood Memorial Cemetery.

Ashley Elk, 36, of Poplar died Nov. 9, 2024, at Billings Clinic in Billings. She was born Dec. 16, 1987, to Sophia Martell Youngman and Maurice Elk Sr. in Poplar. She grew up in Riverside with her mom, stepdad Mitchell Youngman Sr, siblings and grandparents. She loved to listen to music, hangout with friends and be with her papa and grandma-ma-ma. She attended Poplar schools until she departed to Montana Youth Challenge and, upon completion, received her GED. She grew up watching and caring after her siblings. After the Montana Youth Challenge, she met Eugene Culbertson and, from that union, had two children, Sahnos and Carmen Culbertson. They later separated, but remained friends. Thereafter, she met PJ Badbear, whom she married. From that marriage came her son, Mason Badbear. After the divorce, she later had more children, Megan Lemay and Riley Loegering. She enjoyed helping all who asked and always looked forward to sharing memories with her friends and family, including making Tiktoks with her brother Chauncey. She enjoyed working at Walmart with her mom in Williston, N.D., and at Tribal Express. She was always proud of her children, siblings and cousins. She was always somewhere to be heard at her siblings’ graduations. She loved fashion and doing hair and make-up. She cherished memories with pictures and selfies with her children, family and friends. She had a great sense of humor like her brother Delmar and loved to make others laugh. She is survived by her mother, Sophia Martell; her step-dad, Mitch Youngman; children, Sahnos and Carmen Culbertson, Mason Badbear, Megan Lemay and Riley Loegering; siblings, Maurice Elk, Chauncey Elk, Brandi Brown, Troy Brown Jr., Tommy Brown, Zandalie Martell, Boy Youngman, Samantha Youngman, Sasha Youngman, Mitchell Youngman Jr., William Youngman and Anthony Youngman; and grandmothers, Isabelle (Elizabeth) and Wilma Youngman. She was preceded in death by brother, Delmar Martell. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 22, at the Poplar Cultural Center. Burial was at the Riverside Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point was in charge of the arrangements.