Spike Norman Bighorn, Dakota name “Sung gdeska agdi” or “Brings Home Spotted Horses,” 65, died Nov. 23, 2025, at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center. His love for his family and community was the most important thing to him in life (although he considered sports, basketball in particular, as his first love). He was born on May 23, 1960, in Poplar. His parents, Doremis Hollow Bighorn and Alpheus ‘Sonny’ Bighorn Jr., were young working parents who received help with raising Spike from Spike’s maternal grandparents, Norman Hollow and Vera Bertelsen Hollow. The family divided their time between the Hollow Ranch, located between Brockton and Culbertson and the town of Brockton. He was a 1978 graduate of Brockton High School and earned an athletic scholarship to play basketball for Miles Community College in Miles City. He went on to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson State University and earned a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on American Indian entrepreneurship from Gonzaga University. He was a 2018 inductee in the Montana Indian Athletic Hall of Fame and was one of the first Native referees to officiate a state basketball tournament in Montana. He paved the way for many to follow his example and led a life of impact. He was respected and admired for his many talents working with youth, young professionals, elders and people from every walk of life. He showed up for everyone in moments of tragedy and celebration. He had a heart for helping people and giving back to his community, which guided his career choices. He held many professional public service leadership roles throughout his career. He served as the tribal chairman for the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for two years and was on the tribal executive board (tribal council) for eight years. He held numerous

Patrick Francis Wilkinson, lover of laughter and good mischief, left his earthly body on Nov. 19, 2025. He was a long-time scaredy cat of all things spooky. Despite this, his spirit will relish any opportunity to return in ghostly form for one good and final laugh. If he “owed you one”, consider yourself at the top of his “Haunt List.” He was born on Feb. 18, 1971, to Patricia “Pat” and Bruce Wilkinson. His life was filled with forever friendships, humor, animals, nature and as free as possible of ghosts. In the spring of 2012, Patrick met his Vida gal, Brandi Lynn Laubach. Dear friends, Carol Hackley, Marvin and Jeff Presser, conspired to get the two together — with no objections from Brandi. He said he 'got tired of running' from her and the two started dating in October of 2012. Patrick enjoyed wooing her with pickup rides down by the river and on the back roads around Highway 528. They spent beautiful evenings fishing the Missouri, as well. To Brandi's surprise, and everyone else's, Patrick proposed marriage down by the river one spring evening in 2014. He asked Brandi to marry him in perfect Patrick form — he said, she 'better go buy a white dress.' The two married on her family farm on June 13, 2015. They settled in Wolf Point, worked, volunteered and spent time with family as any couple would. However, in 2022, Patrick began noticing some strange issues with his balance and the use of his left arm. Those symptoms worsened and other symptoms affecting his voice and gate began to show. Still, Patrick kept working with only one arm and strength that was disappearing. Brandi feared the worst — seeing the same symptoms in him as she had in her dad, Lynn Laubach. On March 7, 2023, Patrick was diagnosed with the same disease as his father-in-law — a death sentence — ALS, also known

Wayne Webster Jr., 78, died Nov. 28, 2025, at Billings Clinic Hospital He was born on June 29, 1947, in Williston, N.D., to Wayne Sr and Lillian Webster. He grew up on the family farm west of Froid. He attended Froid School and graduated from there in 1965. The following summer, he entered into the Navy. He was a Vietnam veteran, traveling around the world to placed such as Japan and Korea. He was honorably discharged in 1968. He worked his whole life working various jobs such as with railroad out of Harlowtown, lumberjack, P& P roustabout, lawyer, custom combining, ranch hand for Milo and Karen Stangeland, Larry Davidson, Tony Anderson and A.J. Johnson, bartender at Hey John’s and The Mint Bar. He and his buddy Rod ran the Mint Bar by themselves the winter of 2019. He attended Fort Peck Community College. He was a candidate for justice of the peace in 2018. He was a member of the Medicine Lake Legion Club and the Rod & Gun Club. His hobbies and interests included hunting, fishing, collecting coolers, visiting