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  • Obituary: Gary Allen Clevenger

    Schnider Funeral Home|Feb 29, 2024

    Gary Allen Clevenger, lifelong Montana resident, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Benefis Peace Hospice in Great Falls, MT. Gary was born in Billings, MT on October 27, 1950. He was the first of four children born to parents, Clarence and Lucy Clevenger. The family lived in Shepherd briefly before settling in Missoula in 1955 where Gary attended grade school and graduated high school. In 1968, Gary married Wilma Mace. Together they had two children, daughter Pamela Jean, and son, Casey Allen. They later divorced. In 1975, Gary...

  • Obituary: Marilyn Olson

    Schnider Funeral Home|Feb 8, 2024

    Marilyn Gertrude Olson of Great Falls, MT passed away at the age of 88 on January 16, 2024. She was born on July 19, 1935, to William and Lillian (Witte) Turnquist in East Kingsford, MI. At a young age, she and her family moved to Columbia Falls, MT and eventually moved to Brady, MT where she graduated from high school. She also attended Girls State in Bozeman during her junior year. When living in Brady, she always talked fondly of traveling to Great Falls with her sisters and a family friend...

  • Obituary: Geraldine Marie Sanchez

    Schnider Funeral Home|Jul 27, 2023

    Geraldine "Geri" Marie (Welch) Sanchez passed away on July 15, 2023, at the age of 86. She was born on November 20, 1936, in Ekalaka, MT to Delbert "Jerry" Welch and Eleonora Frye. She started her career as a one-room schoolteacher outside of Glasgow, MT where she met the love of her life, Zacarias "John" Sanchez. They had been married for 55 years. John preceded her in death in 2018. They lived in Great Falls, MT where their first child, John, was born. They then moved to Sacramento, CA where t...

  • Obituary: Charles Leonard "Charlie" Cornelius

    Schnider Funeral Home|Jun 29, 2023

    Charles "Charlie" Leonard Cornelius of Cascade, MT passed away at the age of 74 on June 12, 2023, after a long struggle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He is survived by his beloved wife of 47 years, Denise; sons, Jason (Zara) and Matthew (Amanda); and grandchildren, Mija, Morgan, Isabelle, Ella, David, and Little Charlie. Charlie was born on November 19, 1948, in Bozeman, MT to Shirley and William. Charlie was the brother of Jim, Susan, and Kathy. Son of a cowboy artist, Charlie lea...

  • Obituary: Robert Loague

    Schnider Funeral Home|Jun 15, 2023

    Robert "Bobby" W. Loague passed away on May 27, 2023, at Benefis Peace Hospice in Great Falls, MT. Bob was born on January 26, 1936, in Memphis, TN, the son of Jack and Lillian Loague. His father helped him develop a love of cars, as well as taught him how to be a great truck driver. He felt he had learned from the best. Bob's first car was a 1934 Ford Coupe. In Bob's early years, he drove truck in several states. For one of Bob's earliest trucking jobs, he would transport two loads a day,...