Obituaries
Mary T Lappe
Dec 31, 2017
Obituary for Mary T Lappe
In the early hours of December 31, 2017, Mary Tracy (McAtee) Lappe passed to her eternal reward. Granddaughter of early Montana pioneers, Walter Henry and Anne Eliza (Conway) McAtee, Mary was born June 30, 1918 in Bozeman, Montana to Everett Conway McAtee and Lynn Frances (Tracy) McAtee. She sent her, early years on the...
Dale Ward
Dec 30, 2017
Dale Martin Ward was born in Auburn, WA on February 6th in 1948. His parents were Robert H. Ward and Betty Rose Thrift. He had four brothers and one sister. He lost his Dad in 1988.
Dale married the love of his life, Eva Danielson, in 1967. Dale worked in a sawmill, played guitar, loved to raft, camp and fish....
Robert C "Bob" Olson
Dec 26, 2017
Obituary for Robert C "Bob" Olson
Bob Olson, 72, of Missoula, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at St. Patrick Hospital, of natural causes resulting from cardiovascular and Alzheimer’s diseases. Bob was born on April 19, 1945, in Red Wing, Minnesota, to Bibs (Elmer) and Edythe Olson, joining older sister Sherrill. The family moved several times, and grew...
Richard Woldermar Tag
Dec 24, 2017
Obituary for Richard Woldermar Tag
Richard Woldemar Tag, 73, of Missoula went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 24, 2017 as a result of an infection. Richard was born in Missoula on August 7, 1944 to Woldemar and Ruth Tag. On August 28, 1965 Richard married his high school sweetheart Phyllis Hanson. They loved each...
Wayne J Barlow
Dec 22, 2017
Obituary for Wayne J Barlow
Wayne J. Barlow March 5, 1934 – December 22, 2017 Wayne J. Barlow passed away December 22, 2017, at the age of 83 from heart failure. Wayne was born in Evanston, Wyoming on March 5, 1934, to Arthur and Eleene Barlow. He attended school in Rock Springs and Evanston, Wyoming, and Ogden, Utah. While...
Jack McCoy
Dec 20, 2017
Obituary for Jack McCoy
Jack was born May 3, 1959, the youngest of five children born to Bill and Angeline McCoy. He grew up on the North Side of Missoula and attended Whittier Grade School and graduated from Hellgate High. He went to work at White Pine & Sash Co., where our father worked, and was employed there until...
JoAnne VanDerhoff Haugen
Dec 18, 2017
Obituary for JoAnne VanDerhoff Haugen
JoAnne VanDerhoff Haugen, the New Year's baby of 1953 in Missoula at St. Patrick Hospital, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in the same hospital. Joanne graduated from St. Pat's School of Nursing and had a 33 year career there, starting in Pediatrics and working in General Surgery. Her school years were in Paradise and...
Donald Joseph Morman
Dec 15, 2017
Obituary for Donald Joseph Morman
Donald Joseph Morman was born on March 14, 1950, to Earl and Verena Morman in Yankton, South Dakota, as he was often fond of describing himself, “just a dumb farm boy from South Dakota.” Those who knew him know how far from the truth this was, however, as over the course of his 67...
Valene M Tucker
Dec 13, 2017
Obituary for Valene M Tucker
Valene was born and raised in Hiawatha, Utah, graduating from high school in Price, Utah in the class of 1950. She married her high school sweetheart, Gerald Culwell and they moved to California, and had one child, a daughter named Pamela (Santa Fe, New Mexico). Their marriage lasted two years at which time, Valene...
Owen Schmautz
Dec 11, 2017
Obituary for Owen Schmautz
Elvin Owen Schmautz, 83, of Missoula, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017. Owen was born on November 22, 1934 to Ben and Myrtle Schmautz. As a young man he attended Franklin Grade School where he participated in football, basketball, and Track. While attending Missoula County High School, he was a member of the back...
Kenneth J "Ken" Sutton
Dec 8, 2017
Obituary for Kenneth J "Ken" Sutton
Kenneth "Ken" J. Sutton passed away peacefully at the Beehive Assisted Living on December 8, 2017 of natural causes. He was 88 years old. Ken was born on June 30, 1929 in Baytown, Texas to Sylas and Harmonia Rose Sutton. He attended Texas A and M in 1948 where he played basketball for...