Ezekiel Paul Zimmer, 22, died June 21, 2023, in Wolf Point. He was born Aug. 29, 2000, in Glasgow to Loren and Denise (Wetsit) Zimmer. He lived in Wolf Point all his life and everyone knew him as Zeke. He attended Frontier Elementary and Wolf Point High School graduating in 2019. He was the youngest of nine brothers and sisters, growing up on the family farm east of Wolf Point. Even at a very young age, he liked helping around the farm and feeding the cows, pigs and chickens with his father and brothers. He enjoyed fishing with his friends, playing sports from wrestling in AAU to baseball, basketball and football. He loved them all, especially the time spent with his teammates. He was a big New York Yankees fan and also a New York Giants football fan. He was determined to keep up with all his older brothers, especially Dillon. His sisters enjoyed his sense of humor and endured his teasing. He had a very close relationship with his sister, Elizabeth. He spent a lot of time with his Grandma Elvira and Grandma Dorothy. They doted on him and he held a special place in their hearts. He was preceded in death by his mother, Denise; and brother, Elijah. He is survived by his father, Loren Zimmer; grandmother, Dorothy Zimmer; sisters, Kirsten Cantrell, Precious Wetsit, Rheanna Wetsit and Elizabeth Zimmer; and brothers, Jesse Wetsit, Dalton Wetsit and Dillon Wetsit. A viewing will be held at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point on Wednesday, June 28, starting at 4 p.m. until the vigil at 6 p.m. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, June 29, at 11 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Wolf Point. Interment will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point has been entrusted with the arrangements.

David (Shanks) Hustad, 70, of Nashua died June 18, 2023, at his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1952, in Williston, N.D., to Norman Lewis Shanks and Betty Lou (Eschenbacher) Hustad. He attended school in Bainville, graduating in 1971. Afterwards, he worked for his father’s business as a painter. He married Lottie Jane Hensley in 1973 in Harlem and they settled in Glasgow. They had two children, Nikita “Nicky” and Kari, before divorcing. He later started a business, picking up grain samples from elevators along a route stretching the Hi-Line from Great Falls to Plentywood and delivering them for testing. In time, he also picked up movie reels from the movie theaters in addition to picking up film rolls along his route to take for processing. He was a self-taught diesel mechanic with a love for Volkswagons. He spent a period of time working on people’s vehicles at his home, first in Glasgow and then in Nashua after relocating there in 1992. He spent time as his daughters’ babysitter and had fun teaching the grandchildren how to build towers out of VHS tapes and playing video games. In his later years, he worked alongside his sonin- law, Ralph Kress for Kress Welding & Fabrication, Inc., retiring after 10 years. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Samantha Mae Stratton, step-mother, Sherry (Chaney) Shanks; brothers, Donald Hustad and Danny Lynn; and his step-father, Leonard Hustad. He is survived by his children, Nikita Kress of Vandalia and Kari Hustad of Rawlins, Wyo.; siblings: Lyanna Gable, Dean Shanks, Robert Shanks, Dana Martin and Lisa Albrecht; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services are being planned for later this summer.