{"id":30003,"date":"2021-01-07T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps02.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/?p=30003?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2021-01-07T05:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T12:03:03","slug":"harold-blount-20210106051517","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2021\/01\/07\/harold-blount-20210106051517\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Harold Blount"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Harold Dean Blount, 83, of Frazer died Dec. 31, 2020, in Billings.<br \/>\n\t  He was born Nov. 9, 1937, to George and Clara (Red Eagle) Blount on a hill in Brockton attended by his grandmother. He grew up in the Brockton area until the age of five and then moved to Frazer, which became his home until his death. He touched may lives throughout his life as a coach, mentor and, most of all, a pastor  at Cansuska Presbyterian Church.<br \/>\n\t  He attended school in Frazer  and graduated in 1956. He joined the Navy in June 1956. He proudly served his country  as a naval intelligence officer, which had him learn many different languages. He was proud of the Russian language and often found joy in visiting with other people who also knew the language.<br \/>\n\t  He married Sadie Mae Nov. 9, 1963. To this union, they had eight children: Carol  Jean, Vicki, Big Son, Baby Girl, Thomas, Melanie, Richard  and Waylan. They adopted  two sons: Roger White Sr. and the late Russell White.<br \/>\n\t  He worked for area farmers and ranchers after being honorably  discharged from the Navy. He later became a tribal council member for the Fort Peck Tribes from 1967 to 1987, commuting to Poplar every day. He served on the Norval Electric board from 1988 to 1991. He started work for the Frazer School and became the business clerk, a job he enjoyed  right up until his death. He was also instrumental in starting A&amp; S Industries.<br \/>\n\t  He coached baseball for many years, basketball and football for Frazer School and was also the activities director for many years. He also coached and played slow pitch softball for many years.<br \/>\n\t He is survived by his children,  Carol Wallette, Vicki Dahl, Thomas Blount, Melanie  Cole, Waylan Blount, Nick Blount and Roger White Sr.; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and sister,  Marietta Four Bear.<br \/>\n\t  He was preceded in death by his children, Harold Dean Blount Jr., Richard Buck Blount and Russell White; siblings, Pearl Four Bear, Arlene  Standing, Wayne Blount, Lucille Blue Earth, Rita Talks Different, Dennis Blount, George Blount Jr., Marion Blount, Myron Blount and Robert Black Dog Sr.; and numerous  grandchildren.<br \/>\n\t  Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, at Frazer School gymnasium and burial with military honors at Oswego  Presbyterian Cemetery. Family asks that you follow COVID-19 restrictions: wear a mask, social distance and wash hands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30172,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30003\/revisions\/30172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30003"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=30003"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=30003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}