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Tiffani RaeAnn Huseby
Tiffani RaeAnn Huseby, 19, of Circle died Friday, June 1, 2007, in Circle.
She was born on Aug. 7, 1987, in Miles City to Ian and Karla Kerr Huseby. She
attended grade school in Miles City through the second grade. The family moved
to Circle where she finished school graduating from Circle High School in 2005.
Tiffani was active in many activities in high school. She played volleyball
and track, was in C-Club, school plays, pep band, and choir. She enjoyed reading,
baking and cooking, being with friends, swimming, going to the lake, roller
skating and playing the piano.
Her survivors include her parents, Ian Blane and Karla Rae Huseby and her siblings,
Collin and Jaqcee of Circle; her grandparents, Byron Kerr of Jordan, Gene and
Marian Huseby of Circle, and Darell and Questa Curtiss of Circle; her step-great-grandfather,
John McAfee of White Sulphur; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and special
friend, Tavis Renner.
She was preceded in death by her great-grandparents and two uncles, Doug Kelley
and Richard Huseby.
Funeral services will be Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 3 p.m. at the Evangelical
Church in Circle. Interment will follow in the Riverview Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.stevensonandsons.com.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Miles City has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Leo Lambrecht
Leo Lambrecht, 75, died unexpectedly on Friday June 1, 2007.
Mr. Lambrecht was born at home on April 29th, 1932, in Billings to Adam and
Theresa Lambrecht. He was the fifth of 10 children. He attended school at Hawthorne,
Edgar, graduating from Columbus in 1950.
He left for the Marines in 1952. Upon his discharge he farmed in Silesia and
Billings; later joining his three brothers, ranching and farming in Big Horn
and Custer. The Lambrecht Brothers dissolved their operation in Custer in 1995.
Mr. Lambrecht, along with his brother John and his wife Elizabeth, purchased
a farm in Kinsey.
Mr. Lambrecht was a devoted Catholic. His passion was raising registered Red
Angus cattle and farming. He also collected World War II memorabilia.
His survivors include his brother Harold of Billings and sister Shirley (Keith)
McJunkin of Red Lodge, along with numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Adam and Theresa Lambrecht; his brothers,
Frank, Leonard, Donald, John and David; and two sisters Dorothy Henson and Margorie
Hedges.
Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, June 4, 2007, at 2 p.m. at the Sacred Heart
Church. Interment will follow in the Eastern Montana Veterans Cemetery with
full Military Honors provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1579.
Condolences may be made to the family at www.stevensonandsons.com.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City has been entrusted with the
arrangements.
Emanuel Constantinos Hasapis
Emanuel Constantinos Hasapis, 83, of Miles City died at Friendship Villa, Saturday,
May 12, 2007, after an extended illness.
Born in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 15, 1923, he was the son of Anistasia Koukidou
and George Hasapis. His father died in the Greek war against Turkey when Mr.
Hasapis was very young and his mother placed him in an orphanage until she remarried.
He has a half-sister and brother, Mary and Antonio. His mother died in 1944
and his step-father, Demetrius, remarried a woman named Magda. Mr. Hasapis lived
with them until he left home to enter the service.
Mr. Hasapis attended the University of Athens but had to quit one year short
of graduation when Greece entered another war. Mr. Hasapis joined the Greek
Merchant Marines and served as ships engineer but dreamed of going to America
some day.
He jumped ship and came to America as an illegal alien somewhere around 1950.
He worked for awhile and then left the country for two years and again jumped
ship and came back into the United States.
The second time he entered the United States, friends in New York sent him to
Minneapolis to a Greek family there for help and they sent him on to Miles City
to the Lucas family. The Lucas family helped him get a job with Love Motors
and to find a teacher who would teach him to speak English.
In 1954 he married Jennie Warford who had two young daughters and instantly
became a family man. A year later his daughter, Maria, was born and just over
a year later his son, Frank, was born.
On Nov. 10, 1964, Mr. Hasapis took and passed his test for naturalization and
became a legal United States citizen.
Mr. Hasapis worked for Love Motor for 15 years and started building houses on
weekends and evenings. For awhile he was involved with Master Craft Homes with
Mullen Realty as his partner. He later formed a partnership with Ray Hunt that
lasted for 28 years. Mr. Hasapis, Ray Hunt and Jack Hardesty started Crafted
Homes around 1957. They later sold their interest to Hardesty. Mr. Hasapis also
helped Hardesty fund the starting of the Hardesty Addition. Mr. Hasapis and
long time partner Hunt also started the first pre-fabricated housing factory
in Miles City (H&H Construction), which they owed and operated until they
both retired.
Mr. Hasapis’ greatest passions in life were bowling, fishing, music, his
children and being an American.
He is preceded in death by his daughter Maria in August of 1972 and his son
Frank in August of 1988, his step parents Dimitrius and Magda in 1998 and grandson
James Bart in September of 1999.
His survivors include his two step-daughters, Carolyn (Emerson) Hays of Pompeys
Pillar and Katheryn (Irish) Strackbein of Belle Creek; his sister, Mary and
his brother, Antonio, two nephews and two nieces of Athens, Greece; and many
grand- and great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Maria in August of 1972; his son,
Frank in August of 1988; his step-parents, Dimitrius and Magda in 1998; and
his grandson, James Bart in September of 1999.
Memorial services will be Saturday, June 2, 2007, at 1 p.m. at Stevenson and
Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will be at a later date.
Condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.stevensonandsons.com.