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Billings County Pioneer
January 17, 2013
TRNP to waive fees on Jan. 21
MEDORA - Theodore RoD- units in North Dakota- Fort Union
sevelt National Park will waive Trading Post National Historic Site
both entrance and camping fees for near Williston and Knife River In-
Joseph Henry Dobrowski
Active in his church and com-
munity, Joe took to heart the words
a teacher once told him, "Do the
best you can in the service asked of
yott." He was the foreman and time-
keeper for the 77-man Works
Progress Administration crew that
built the Lamesteer National
Wildlife Refuge reservoir; clerk and
school board member: chairman of
the Statetine Telephone Co.: a di-
rector of the Farmers Union Oil Co.,
Golva Co-op Elevator, and Wibaux
County Soil & Water Conservation
District; and charter member and of-
• . ,,
ricer of the St. Phdlp , Knights of
Columbus Council. Joe was a loyal
customer of the First State Bank of
Golva, maintaining an account with
them for 89 years•
He lamented his hearing loss,
which took away his ability to par-
ticipate in meetings, but it didn't af-
fect his card playing• Joe was a
formidable opponent when it came
to gin or gin rummy. He even in-
vented a card game of his own. His
last gin marathon - three hours in
length - was held on Christmas Day
2012 with granddaughter Jennifer
(Dobrowski) Rogers.
When asked the secret to his long
life, Joe's response to doctors and
laymen was, "I had to work hard
when I was a young, and I just kept
working."
Joe was preceded in death by his
parents;Tere;'q, his wj of 76 years;
infant sbiil Joseph: mrtnt randson.
Bruce: nd.soh-mW £ ! Dot-
manen. He was the htst living metn-
ber among his siblings: brothers
John (Frances), Stanley (Pauline),
Edmund (Montana). Allie (Eileen);
sisters Helen (Thomas) Gonsior,
Mary (Chartie) Keller, Rose (Don-
ald) Burling. Baby Regina. and
Chtra (Gene) Robison.
He is survived by his children:
Cecelia (Jim) Samuels of Dickin-
son; Teresa Ann (Ed) Kremers of
Gillette, Wyo.: Francis (Patricia)
Dobrowski of RenD, Nev.; Marie
Dormanen of Fargo: David (Mary)
Dobrowski of Missoula, Mont.; and
Robert (Jet'i) Dobrowski of the
home place in rural Wibaux
County. He leaves behind 13
grandchildretl, 21 great-grandchil-
dren, and one great-great-
grandchikl.
Joe's family extends grateful and
heartfelt thanks to the staff at the
Wibaux County Nursing Home who
welcomed Joe and Teresa with open
arms and cheerful faces. When
asked if we could get him anything
or do anything, Joe always said he
had everything he needed, noting
"'they take real good care of me."
His only complaint was that he
missed Teresa's cooking.
In lieu of flowers, the family re-
quests memorials be made to the
Wibaux County Nursing Home
Boiler Fund, 712 S Wibaux St.,
Wibaux MT 59353.
Remembrances and condolences
may be shared with the family at:
www.silvernale-silhafuneral-
home .com.
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WIBAUX, Mont. - Joseph Henry
l)obrowski, long-time resident of
the St. Philip's, Mont., community,
passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2013,
at the Wibaux County Nursing
Home, Wibaux. He was taken ill
four days previous.
At the time of his passing. Joe
had attained the age of 106 years, 11
months, and 7 days, earning him the
distinction of being Montana's old-
est resident. Joe had aspired to this
goal, and responded with "Hallelu-
jah!" when he learned he had
achieved it.
Visitation was held from 3-5
p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13, at the Sil-
vernale-Sitha Funeral Home in
Wibaux. A vigil service was held at
7 p.m. on Sunday. Jan. 13, at St.
Peter's Catholic Church in Wibaux.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held
at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 14. at St•
Philip's Catholic Chnrch in St.
Philip's with the Rev. Joseph
Ponessa officiating. Rite of Com-
mittal followed in St. Philip's
Cemetery in St. Philip's. Silver-
nale-Silha Funeral Home was en-
trusted with the arrangements.
Joe was born Jan. 31, 1906, in
Roseau County, Minn.. to Walter
Joseph and Mary (Kierzek) Do-
browski. Walter and Mary were Pol-
ish immigrants. The family
migrated from Minnesota to Mon-
tana in 1910, initially living with
Mary's sister Josephine on her
homestead. They eventually settled
on a school section on Latnesteer
Creek.
Dobrowski brothers John, Joe,
and Stanley started school at the
same time, walking three miles to
and from each day. Joe recalls the
only words he knew in English were
l-2-3 and A-B-C. In 1917, John and
Joe attended Catholic sister school
at Fried. N.D., north of Jamestown,
N•D., a distance of 290 miles fi'om
home. They spent the year studying
to read Polish and to transcribe Pol-
ish to English. When Joe was 14, his
mother died during the Spanish in-
fluenza epidemic• Not long after, his
father was admitted to the Montana
State Hospital. As a result, he left
schoo,q[ter the eighth grade to help
sup'port hs: bi-bt-her and Sisters: '
On April 25, 1933. Joe mard
Teresa Marciniak at the Church of
St. Philip in St. Philip's. Joe kept a
handwritten accounting of the wed-
ding expenses, which totaled
$122.38, noting it was money "'well
spent." They made their home five
miles west of Golva, in Wibaux
County, Mont., where together they
worked the land for 40 years. They
kept an average of 500 htying chick-
e.ns along with 100 fryers for
Teresa's Sunday dinners. They
milked cows, raised hogs, ted steers
in a feedlot, put tip hay. sowed
wheat, oats, barley, flax. and corn,
tended a large vegetable garden and
strawberry patch, and kept honey
bees.
Farming was strenuous in the
early days. Much of the labor was
provided by human hands and
horses. Clothes were washed on a
scrub board in a wash tub. Meat had
to be canned because there were no
refrigerators or freezers. The first
electrical appliance Joe and Teresa
bought, once their home was
hooked up to rural electricity, was a
refrigerator.
At 65. Joe retired, turning the
farmland and pasture over to his son
Robert. In 1979, he and Teresa built
a new home and moved to Wibaux.
They raised a garden in town that
was the envy of many. Joe enjoyed
making whirligigs in his shop,
doing long-stitch needlework, play-
ing cards, and putting together jig-
saw puzzles. In 2006, at the age of
100• he moved to the Wibaux
Cotmty Nursing Home to recuperate
from pleurisy.
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Bertha Obrigewitch
BELFIELD - A Funeral Mass for
Bertha Obrigewitch, 100, of Belfield,
was held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan.
16,2013, at St. Bernard's Catholic
Church in Belfield with the Rev.
William Ruelle celebrating. Burial
followed in St. Bernard's Catholic
Cemetery•
Visitation for Bertha was from 2-
4 p.m., Tuesday, at Stevenson Fu-
neral Home in Dickinson, and
continued at 5 p.m., with a rosary and
vigil service being held at 7 p.m. at
St. Bernard's Catholic Church in
Belfield. Visitation continued on
Wednesday one hour prior to the
Mass at St. Bernard's Catholic
Church.
Bertha !'Bert" Obrigewitch, died
at 8:10 p.m. Thursday at St. Bene-
dict's Health Center in Dickinson.
Bertha was born on June !, 1912.
in South America in the pampas near
the town of Machachin, Argentina. to
Liberatus and Celestina (Heck) Scha-
effer, Bertha was baptized in
Machachin, South America, by a ntis-
sionary priest of the Divine Word So-
ciety from Buenos Aires. No
decision could be made on a name,
and this missionary priest settled the
conflict and thus this baby girl was
named Catherine Bertha Mary Mar-
garet. The promise of free land for
homesteaders in the United States of-
fered a new and prosperous life for
the young Schaeffer family, and they
arrived in the USAon May 12, 1914.
Their family traveled to Albion,
Neb., and then came to Dickinson in
the winter of 1916. Bertha made her
first communion and was confirmed
at the St. Thomas Church at Glad-
stone in 1922. They lived in and
around Dickinson until 1925, and
then moved to a farm 25 miles south
of Belfield in the Amidon area.
Bertha graduated with honors from
the eighth grade, in 1927, from a
small country school near their farm.
On Nov. 24, 193 I, Bertha married
Anton (Tony) Obrigewitch at Sts.
Peter and Paul Catholic Church at
Amidon. Bertha and Tony made their
home farming and ranching northeast
of Belfield along the Green River
where they raised 13 childrer.
Berthawag deeply devoted to her
Catholic faith and ,often prayed .tl
rosary and othex',,prayers. Bertha
often said that the rosary was her best
friend and sometimes her weapon.
She was devoted to her family and to
her grandchildren, who believed she
was the perfect grandma.
Bertha enjoyed gardening and
raising poultry and was very inter-
ested in genealogy. Other interests
included reading and working cross-
word puzzles. She was a member of
St. Bernard's Catholic Church, the
Third Order of St. Francis, Christian
Mother's - St. Bernadette's Guild,
Catholics of the Golden Age, the Ger-
mans from Russia Heritage Society,
American Association for Retired
Persons and the Billings County His-
torical Society.
Bertha is survived by her children,
Charlotte Hlebechuk, Belfield: Cliff
Obrigewitch. Sentinel Butte; Gloria
Weber, Joliet, Mont.: Claude (Ruth)
Obrigewitch. Belfield: Maurice
(Bernette) Obrigewitch, Belfield;
Bertram (Bud) Obrigewitch. Belfield;
Val (Carol) Obrigewitch. Sentinel
Butte: Rose Mary Obrigewitch• Seat-
tle, Wash.; Juanita (Nita) Talkington
(Curt). Belfield: Tony Obrigewitch,
Belfield; Tim Obrigewitch, Meadow.
S.D.: and Terry Obrigewitch,
Meadow. S.D.; one sister, Ida Schae-
fer, Dickinson: 42 grandchildren: 84
great-grandchildren: 11 great-great-
grandchildren: many nieces and
nephews; and many friends who will
miss her company and caring.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; her husband, who died July
26, 1980: one son, Gerald Obrige-
witch: two sons-in-law. Albert Hle-
bechuk and Jerry Weber: three
daughters-in-law, Gertie Obrige-
witch, Karen Obrigewitch and Ce-
cilia Obrigewitch: one grandson,
Bill Hlebechuk. and three infant
granddaughters: one infant great-
grandson; four brothers and sisters-
in-law, Nick (Myrtle). Joe (Ann), J.
Phillip, baby boy Philipp Schaeffer:
three sisters and brothers-in-law,
Monica (Ross) Olds. Mary Ann
(Ernest) Ran and Rose (Robert) Ro-
tering.
Goodbye, Auf Wiedersehen,
Adios, and Liebe dear mother, grand-
mother, sister and friend. Vaya Con
• Dios .
In lieu of flowers, memorials may
be given to St. Bernard's Catholic
Church in Belfield.
Remembrances and condolences
may be shared with the family at
www.stevensonfuneralhome.com.
Golden Valley County
DAV van
will be transporting veterans to
Fargo the week of Jan. 21-24, with
Sue Feldman as driver. To sched-
ule a ride, call Henry Gerving:
(701) 872-4673; (701) 440-0351;
or (701) 872-3510. The van's cell
# is (701) 540-2997.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan.
21.
"Winter is a beautiful and quiet
time to visit any of the national
park units in North Dakota," said
Superintendent Valerie Naylor.
"Wildlife watching at this time of
year is spectacular, as are the pho-
tographic opportunities. We invite
everyone to take this opportunity
to get outdoors and enjoy winter."
The other two national park
dian Villages National Historic
Site near Stanton - are among the
more than 200 national parks that
never charge entrance fees.
In addition to the Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, national parks will
offer free entrance during National
Park Week, April 22-26: on Na-
tional Park Service Founders' Day.
Aug. 25; on National Public Lands
Day, Sept. 28; and the weekend of
Veterans Day, November 9-11.
State offers advice for IRS delay
BISMARCK - The Office of
State Tax Commissioner ,is offering
advice to North Dakota's individual
income taxpayers regarding the IRS
filing delay.
This year, due to tax law changes
made by Congress, the IRS an-
nounced it would begin processing
individual • income tax returns on
January 30. 2013. The opening of
the filing season is eight days later
than the original IRS date of Janu-
ary 22.
"The IRS will begin processing
both electronic and paper returns on
January 30," said Tax Commis-
sioner Cory Fong. "This means that
there is no advantage to sending in
paper returns before the date be-
cause the IRS will not be able to
process them.'"
Taxpayers who use the services
of a professional tax preparer or use
software may still file electroni-
cally. However. according to the
state Tax Department, software de-
Thank You
" Last goodbyes are never easy. but
many of you made this trail much easier
to travel:..
Thanks to my family for coming
through the storrn and icy roads to say
your last goodbyes to Bob. Thanks to
my sister Becky tbr all your love and
help this last month. For all the hugs,
cards, memorials, and flowers, 1 thank
you from the bottom of my heart, A huge
thank you to Heidi and Robin tbr the
wagon that carried Bob to his final rest-
ing place. 1 knew if anyone could get
that done, it would be you two. Thanks
also to the WCHS shop class tbr the
brand and boards on the wagon. You did
a great job!
Thanks so much to my caring
Golden Valley Manor family for the
wonderful lunch you served after the
service and for just being there tbr me
through all of this. Thanks Debbie for
your last minute help at the t'airgroonds.
Pat Linger you did a great job on the
service and I thank you for that. Thanks
so much to Pete, Ryan, Clint. Davey; Ted
and Jim for being pallbearers and to the
staff at Silvernale-Silha for their help
and guidance.
Last, but not least, thanks to my kids
for your help. love and support.
Happy trails until we meet again...
velopers that support North
Dakota's tax fornas will hold the
state returns until the federal return
is accepted.
"The best option for taxpayers re-
mains with e-file." said Fong. "'E-
file remains the fastest method to
file. And this year, with the delay
and the potential back-log at the fed-
eral level, taxpayers who use e-file
will experience faster results."
For more information on the fil-
ing date. visit the IRS web site at
www.irs.gov or contact the IRS at
800-829-1040. For information
about North Dakota individual in-
come tax. visit the state Tax Depart-
ment web site at www.nd.gov/tax or
call 701-328-7088.
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SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Estate of Pat O'Brien is offering for sale the following land:
Townshio 139 North, Rancle 100 West, Billinas County. ND
Tract 1: Section 3: NWl/4, less 10 acres (147.9 acres)
Tract 2: Section 4: SE 1/4 (160 acres)
Township 140 North, Range 100 West, Billings County. ND
Tract 3: Section 34:SW1/4 (south of 1-94) (112 acres)
Tract 4: Section 34:$1/2NW1/4 (north of 1-94) (83.98 acres)
The property will be offered in tracts and thenas a whole.
The above described property is subject to a lease which terminates on December
31. 2013.
Terms of the sale, information and a bid packet may be obtained at the offices of:
Michael J. Maus
Maus & Nordsven, P.C.
137 First Avenue West, P.O. Box 570
Dickinson, ND 58602
Interested bidders must submit written bids to the above address prior to January
31, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., at which time bids will be opened at the above offices. Those
submitting written bids may orally raise their bids at that time.
All coal. oil, gas and all other mineral rights are reserved. The seller reserves the
right to reject any and all bids or waive any irregularities.
For further information contact: Jim O'Brien at 701-575-2001 or 701-495-2002
for showing or Michael J. Maus: Telephone: 701-483-4500; Fax: 701-483-4501;
Email: maus@mnattys.com
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