Obituaries
Richard D. "Rick" Watson
Apr 18, 2018
Obituary for Richard D. "Rick" Watson
Milltown - Richard D. Watson, 56, passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 18. Richard was born in San Jose, CA to Gordon and Beverly Watson. Richard enjoyed hunting, fishing and shooting pool. He was a member of the Milltown Moose Lodge #2715. Richard is proceeded in death by his parents. He...
Audrey Grace Braddock-Graham
Apr 16, 2018
Obituary for Audrey Grace Braddock-Graham
Audrey Grace Braddock-Graham died in her home on the evening of April 16, 2018, with all her children by her side. Audrey was born on May 25, 1927, in Grygla, Minnesota, to her parents Elmer and Mabel Hylland. She moved to Spokane, Washington when she was 17 where she found work at National Biscuit...
L. Jack Lyon
Apr 13, 2018
Obituary for L. Jack Lyon
Life ends, and life goes on. On April 13, 2018, L. Jack Lyon left this world to join Natalie in the great beyond. He was born in Sterling, Colorado, in 1929, and moved to Montana in 1962. From that year to his death, Montana provided a rewarding career with the U.S. Forest Service, an...
Marian Louise Polette
Apr 13, 2018
Obituary for Marian Louise Polette
Marian Louise Polette was born in Stevensville, Montana Dec. 23, 1929 to Walter and Mabel Peery where she lived and attended school until her family moved to Solvang, CA. in 1939. One year later they moved back to Stevensville in the Bitterroot Valley. Marian attended Stevensville High School where she thoroughly enjoyed Home Economics...
Helen Whalen
Apr 10, 2018
Obituary for Helen Whalen
Helen Louise Catherine Wiley Whalen was born Feb. 18, 1928 in Chicago to Irwin and Frances Wiley, joining her sister Mary Claire in an adventurous childhood on Chicago’s South Side. Arriving on the cusp of the Great Depression, she was fortunate enough to have two working parents, but was still greatly influenced by an era...
Mary W "Scottie" di Lorenzo
Apr 9, 2018
Obituary for Mary W "Scottie" di Lorenzo
Mary "Scottie" di Lorenzo was born and raised in Ayreshire, Scotland. A 17-year resident of Victor, she passed away on April 9 at St. Patrick Hospital of an Ischemic Stroke. She is survived by Mario di Lorenzo, husband of 57 years, son Scott Abbott of Mesa, Arizona, daughter Mary Louise Pratt of...
Raymond Carl Murray
Apr 8, 2018
Obituary for Raymond Carl Murray
— Raymond Carl Murray passed away peacefully on April 8, 2018. Originally from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he was the only son of Henry Carl Murray and Hattie Mindt Murray. He received a bachelor’s degree in geology from Tufts University and went on to earn his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He...
Larry Dean Veitenheimer
Apr 8, 2018
Obituary for Larry Dean Veitenheimer
Larry Dean Veitenheimer, 55, of Manhattan, passed away on April 8th, 2018 after being involved in a car accident outside of Bozeman. He was born in Missoula on September 26, 1962 to Willy and Regina Veitenheimer. As a young man, he attended Central School in East Missoula and enjoyed playing on many various sports...
Daniel Charles Downing
Apr 8, 2018
Obituary for Daniel Charles Downing
Dan Downing lived to be in the wild of Montana, his happiest adult days were spent exploring, hunting, fishing, and floating mountains and rivers and at his cabin near Rogers Pass. He was born in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1971, enjoying football and fishing before beginning his life in Montana in 1993. Dan was a...
Clary J Cory
Apr 7, 2018
Obituary for Clary J Cory
Clary J. Cory,96, lifelong resident of Great Falls, died peacefully April 7, 2018 at The Village Senior Residence in Missoula, Montana where she had lived for the past year and a half. She was born Clary Jean Kaufman on Dec. 10, 1921, the only child of Fred and Bernice (Fish) Kaufman and the granddaughter...
Donald Carlton Bigelow
Apr 5, 2018
Obituary for Donald Carlton Bigelow
Donald Carlton Bigelow, 88, was called home on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Don was born on October 31, 1929, in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to Carlton and Ruth Bigelow. Don's older sister, Doris had requested a kitten for Halloween but got a baby brother instead. Don served in the U.S. Army for over five years....
Jack Lloyd Simmons
Apr 3, 2018
Obituary for Jack Lloyd Simmons
Jack Lloyd Simmons, 88, of Missoula, Montana passed away on April 3, 2018 at home of natural causes. He was born on September 4, 1929 in Nampa, Idaho to Clarence and Regina Simmons. He attended grade school and high school in Nampa before starting his college education with one year at the College of...