Arnold Solberg

Visitation: will be held on Friday, October 1, 2004 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City

Funeral Services: will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City

Interment: will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery with Military honors.Arnold

Richard Solberg, age 86, passed away at Shady Lane Assisted Living in Miles City on September 27, 2004.

Arnold was born in Red Lodge, Montana on October 21, 1917 to Martin and Gunhild (Bjornson) Solberg. He was the seventh of nine children who spoke Norwegian until beginning first grade. The family moved to Billings in 1923, where he attended school.In 1940, Arnold enlisted in the Air Force, serving primarily in India and Australia during World War II as a cryptographer. He was honorably discharged in September of 1945. After returning from overseas, he married Mary Pfennigs at Wichita Falls, Texas on March 12, 1945. They made their home in Billings where they raised three daughters. Arnold worked at Tonys Market as a butcher and later as a salesman for Midland Empire Packing Company. He was an avid fisherman and loved camping trips. His family enjoyed many trout breakfasts he cooked for them at many Montana sites. In 1988, he and Mary moved to Spokane, Washington. After Marys death in 1998, Arnold moved to Miles City where he lived with his daughter Susan and her family until shortly before his death.

Arnold was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-three years, Mary; his parents, Martin and Gunhild Solberg; his brothers, Magnus, Ed, Harold, Bjarne, and George; his sister, Mable Sundberg.

He is survived by his daughters, Donna and Jon Rasmussen of Antelope, MT and their daughters, Suzanne and Kara; Susan and Randy Anderson of Miles City and their children Joshua, Marissa, and Sara; Sandra and David Bishop of Redmond, Oregon and their sons Michael and Brian; his sisters, Agnes Haugland of Billings, MT and Ruby Ostrem of Gresham, OR.

Visitation will be held on Friday, October 1, 2004 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery with Military honors.Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.