Obituaries
William Rulon Rogers
Mar 29, 2025
William "Will" Rulon Rogers, 44, was born on October 23, 1980, in Salt Lake City, UT to William Leroy and Mindy (Merrill) Rogers. Will sadly passed away on March 29, 2025, in Nashville, TN. Though Will passed on too soon, he had grown into a man whose heart was as vast as his talents, leaving behind a legacy of love,...
Margaret "Marge" Lubbers
Mar 25, 2025
Margaret "Marge" Courtney Lubbers
April 20, 1927- March 25, 2025
Marge was born at Sunshine Farm near Yankton S.D., the second child of Clarence D. and Margaret Courtney. She took a pony cart to Fishbeck grade school and graduated from Mount Marty High School in Yankton. After graduation, she and her sister Mary took a train to work at the Pentagon in...
Robin Amos
Apr 13, 2025
Robin Amos, 66, of Monroe, Louisiana, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 13, surrounded by her loving family, in Frenchtown, Montana, after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Robin Diane Parker Amos was born on August 6, 1958, in Monroe, Louisiana, to the late Floreace and Jimmie Bruce Parker. She was their only child and was raised in Crowville, Louisiana.
Robin led a...
Gary Allen Bryan
Apr 12, 2025
Gary Allen Bryan, 65, of Missoula, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 12th, at Edgewood Memory Care following a long journey with brain injury.
Born on Flag Day, June 14, 1959, in Bozeman, Montana, Gary was the beloved son of Charles and Cynthia Bryan. At the age of two, Gary moved with his parents and older brother Mike to Arizona, where...
Valentina Chinikaylo
Apr 10, 2025
Valentina Vladimirovna Chinikaylo, 57 years old, passed away on April 10th 2025 surrounded by her family. She was born on July 7, 1967 in Olshany, Belarus to the parents of Vladimir Sergeevich Tarasevich and Maria Semionovna Pevets. She grew up in a large family with 6 brothers and 6 sisters. From a young age Valentina was a devoted follower of...
Wes Spiker
Apr 9, 2025
Wes was born in Dover, Ohio, where he grew up playing Little League baseball and competitively swimming on the YMCA swim teams, all the while riding his bike to and from practices and games. His family moved to the Spokane Valley when he was 16 where he graduated from East Valley High School. While at East Valley, he played baseball...
Brian Donald Irvine
Apr 7, 2025
Brian Donald Irvine, 59, of Missoula passed away Monday, April 7, 2025. A memorial gathering will be held from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at Garden City Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com.
Brian Irvine, son of Frank and Sheila Irvine, was born November 5, 1965 in Deer Lodge, Montana. He entered this world with...
Ed Cheff
Apr 3, 2025
Ed Cheff, 74, of Missoula, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, at St. Patrick Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
Roy Edgar “Ed” Cheff was born on May 15, 1950, in Missoula, to Floyd and Anna Mae Cheff. He grew up on the family ranch in the Potomac Valley where he attended school and graduated from Sentinel High School...
Ila Jean Lewis
Mar 29, 2025
Ila Jean Lewis, 89, of Missoula passed Saturday, March 29, 2025 at her home surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held at the Missoula Church of Christ, 1528 S Higgins Ave, Saturday May 3rd at 3pm. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com.
Ila Jean, daughter of Lester and Edna (Ferguson) Criger, was born December 27, 1935 in Allston...
James "Jim" Backus
Mar 29, 2025
James Sallee Backus, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend passed from this earth on March 29th, 2024, at the age of 89, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Missoula, Montana. Born on May 3, 1935, to William and Lizbeth Backus in Dillon, Montana, Jim's life journey was marked by warmth, kindness, resilience, and an...
Raymond "Frenchie" Doucett
Mar 29, 2025
Raymond “Frenchie” Doucett, 92, of Missoula passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Auberge in Missoula. A Mass of Christian Burial will held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 10, 2025 at Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in Missoula. Burial with Military Honors will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 10, 2025 at the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery. Online condolences...
Dorothy Ann Anders
Mar 28, 2025
Dorothy Ann Anders passed away peacefully in her home in Missoula, Montana, surrounded by her family, on March 28, 2025. She was born April 4, 1930, at the family homestead in Columbus, Montana, to Fred and Frances (Hansen) Woltermann. She attended a one-room schoolhouse with her sister, Jeanette, later Columbus High School, then went on to graduate from Colorado State...
Sandra Reid
Mar 26, 2025
Sandra K. Reid, 84, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2025, in Missoula, Montana.
Sandra was born on October 4, 1940, in Orange, California. She grew up in Redmond, Oregon, where she graduated from Redmond High School in 1958. Shortly after, she married her high school sweetheart, Rod B. Reid, on August 25, 1959. Together, they built a life filled with...
Phyllis Irene Cowan
Mar 23, 2025
Phyllis Irene "Babe" Applegate Cowan, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away on March 23, 2025. She was surrounded by the love of her family, who will forever cherish the warmth, kindness, and joy she brought into their lives.
Born on May 3, 1939, in Deer Lodge, Montana, Phyllis grew up in Avery, Idaho, and Frenchtown, Montana....
Candice Crawford
Mar 21, 2025
Candice “Candy” Diane (Weiler) Crawford, 77, of Missoula, Montana, passed away on Friday, March 21, 2025.
Candy was born in Missoula on November 27, 1947, to Adam and Edith (Mullenax) Weiler. She was a proud, lifelong resident, receiving her education in the Missoula Public School System. She would later build a beautiful life here with her husband of over 30 years,...
Linda Forwood
Mar 20, 2025
Our loving wife and mother, Linda L. Forwood, passed away on March 20th, 2025 in Missoula. She was born and raised April 10th, 1945, in Anaconda, Mt, a daughter of Frank and Dorthy Johnson. She is survived by her husband, Bill Forwood, son Mark (Cindy), daughter Stacy (Tom), son Matt (CeCe), seven grandkids (Alisha, Karissa, Jason, Franki, Billy, Mason, Rylee),...
Angela DiNenna
Mar 17, 2025
Angela Elizabeth DiNenna, 83 of Missoula, MT (formally of Charleston, SC) passed away peacefully March 17th, 2025, at Providence St Patrick's Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 27, 2025 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church with interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
She was born February 11,1942 in Boston, Massachusetts to Carmine and...
Augustine Minjares
Mar 17, 2025
Augustine Minjares wore out his body on March 17, 2025. Like most of us he would have liked to have lasted a little longer.
Gus lived a full life and because he tried to live it fully he made many mistakes. He would have like to apologize for those he has hurt through those mistakes and to thank all of those...
Jill Borden
Mar 16, 2025
Jill Borden, 80, of Missoula, passed away on March 16, 2025. Services will be held in Saint Ignatius on May 17th, 2025. More service details and a full obituary will be available soon.
Katherine "Renie" Pappas
Mar 16, 2025
Katherine “Renie” Pappas, 87, of Missoula passed away on March 16, 2025 due to complications of pancreatic cancer.
She was born in Missoula, on February 27, 1938 weighing a whopping 4 pounds 6 ounces to Greek immigrant parents Athena and Peter Pappas. Renie talked often of the many opportunities her parents provided her during childhood, made possible by their long journey...
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