Richard Oren Wevley, 56, a retired police officer and mechanic from Cut Bank, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at the Glacier Care Center due to a lengthy illness. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Saturday, January 14^th at St. Paul Lutheran Church with burial to follow in the Crown Hill Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel of Cut Bank is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.whittedfuneralchapel.com.

Survivors include his wife Margo of Cut Bank; mother, Ruth Ulven of Cut Bank; children, Dixie Shields of Helena, Orlean Timmer of California and Mike Wevley of Roundup; brothers Larry Wevley and Cliff Wevley both of Cut Bank; sisters, Linda Fitzgerald of Cut Bank and Patty Luchi of Nashville, TN and grandchildren Isabella, Skylar, Dakota and Ayden Shields, Sierra Massey & Devon Timmer.

He is preceded in death by his father and an infant daughter.

He was born March 30, 1949 to Oren & Ruth (Seefeldt) Wevley in Barnsville, MN. He moved to Cut Bank with his family at a young age where he grew up and was educated. He joined the U.S. Army in 1968 and fought in Vietnam where he received two purple hearts.

Dick went to work for the Cut Bank Police Dept. in 1970 where he served for 21 years. During that period, he also operated an auto mechanics shop. He married Bonnie Benson in 1971 and they later divorced. In 1989, he married Margo Meyer.

 He was member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and enjoyed hunting, cooking and mechanic work.