Obituaries
John Frederick Borg II
(March 22, 1946 - Feb. 17, 2012)
John Frederick Borg II, of Lowell, Mich., passed away on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, while surrounded by his loving family. He lost his fight with cancer after 65 wonderful years of life.
Helen L. Decker
Helen L. Decker died at her home in Powell on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. She was 97.
Funeral services are planned for Friday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. at Thompson Funeral home in Powell.
A full obituary will follow.
William Albert Admidin
(Dec. 2, 1942 - Feb. 12, 2012)
William Albert Admidin died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 at Valley Health Care in Billings.
Bill was born on Dec. 2, 1942 in Cody. He was the son of William R. and Alta Mae Admidin. He attended school in Cody and worked in the oil industry during his working years. Bill married Susan Jane Lamalie in Cody on March 20, 1964. They had two children: Tina (Lucky) Homewood, and Gene (Crystal) Admidin.
Betty Steele Brandt
(Aug. 28, 1920 – Feb. 10, 2012)
Betty S. Brandt, 91, died Friday, Feb. 10, at the Rocky Mountain Manor.
She was born Aug. 28, 1920 in Powell, Neb. to Benjamin and Fern (Helvey) Steele, sixth of 12 children. She attended school through seventh grade in Nebraska when she moved to Powell at age 14, living with her sister Opal (Walt) Buchli. She forged her age obtaining a work permit to get a job at the Seed Company in Garland. Betty worked a variety of jobs, doing what she could to help raise herself.
Cleo Adele Ross Kincheloe
(Oct. 6, 1920-Feb. 13, 2012)
Cleo Adele Ross Kincheloe, 91, passed away Feb. 13, 2012. She was born on Oct. 6, 1920, in her grandmother’s house, 20 miles south of Akron, Colo., to Clyde and Olive Ross. She was the second of two children.
After graduating from Akron High School in 1938 as the valedictorian, Cleo married the love of her life, Bud Kincheloe, on June 30, 1940, in Longmont, Colo. They spent the first years of their marriage working with her parents at their general store, Ross Mercantile, in Elba, Colo. Cleo accompanied Bud to Des Moines, Iowa, where she worked in a hardware store, and to Fort Lewis, Wash., where she worked in a candy factory while he served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Eldora Haney
(Feb. 18, 1922 - Feb. 11, 2012)
Eldora Haney, 89, formerly of Frannie, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 in Billings. She was the oldest daughter of Frank and Maggie (Hutto) Madsen, born Feb. 18, 1922 at her grandfather’s ranch on Blue Water Creek, near Bridger. She moved with her family to Frannie in 1928, where she lived the majority of her life.