John “Jack” O’Brien, 80, of Bismarck, N.D., died March 17, 2020. He was born on July 2, 1939, in Malta to Floyd and Evelyn (Raymond) O’Brien. He attended school in Saco until moving to Poplar in the eighth grade. He graduated from high school there. He and his wife, Shirley, met at a dance in their hometown of Poplar. He recalled asking her to dance and she said “she’d rather not.”

Laura Jeffers passed away on Feb. 29, 2020, surrounded by loved ones, at the Rosebud Health Care Center due to complications with pneumonia. She was 89 years old. Laura Minnie Jensen was born May 4, 1930, to Holger Jensen and Mary Base in Froid, Mont. She grew up working on the farm near Froid with her six sisters and she attended schools in Froid. She graduated from Froid High School in May

Bill S. Stracener, 92, of Helena, formerly of Wolf Point, died March 18, 2020. He was born July 2, 1927, in Childress, Texas, to William D. Stracener and Letha (Lansdale) Stracener. He grew up in and around Gilmer and Bettie, Texas. He spent two years in the U.S. Navy, during which he traveled to the South Pole. After his discharge from the Navy, he married Theresa “Terry” Collins in

Kelli Jo Siljenberg, 32, died Thursday, March 19, 2020. She was born Sept. 14, 1987, to Kelly and Lena Siljenberg. She was a 2006 graduate of Frazer High School. She met Trevor Grandchamp and they were blessed with a daughter, Myalya. Her sense of humor and the caring and loving a person she was will be missed.. She loved to sing songs for the Lord all the time. She has a couple beautiful

Michelle “Shelly” Radue, 50, of Poplar, died Friday, March 13, 2020, in Bismarck, N.D. She was born to Victoria Youngman and Leroy Douglas in Poplar on June 9, 1969. She graduated from Miles City High School in 1987. She moved back to Poplar in 1988. She met Irvin Olson Sr. in 1988 and she started her family. They have six children together. She worked for the Fort Peck Tribes as the chairman’s

Michelle Radue, 50, of Poplar, died Friday, March 13, 2020, in Bismarck, N.D. A wake will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Poplar Cultural Center. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Poplar Cultural Center. Interment will follow at the Box Elder Cemetery in Poplar. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point was entrusted with the arrangements.