Obituaries

Aug 30, 2017

Obituary for Edward John Burghardt

Edward John Burghardt 1935-2017 Edward (Ed) passed away on Wednesday, August 30th, at his family home with his three children, loving wife, and life's partner by his side. Ed was born in Grand Island, Nebraska to Henry and Helen (Nel) Burghardt on May 9, 1935. He was preceded in death by his mother and...

Aug 29, 2017

Obituary for Alice Beck

Alice passed away at St. Patrick Hospital on August 29th. No pubic service will be held. Interment will take place at Sunset Memorial Gardens in a private service. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions be made to The Providence Montana Health Foundation, 502 W Spruce St, Missoula, MT 59802 or the Missoula...

Aug 28, 2017

Obituary for Constance Louise "Connie" Peterson

Constance Louise Peterson, 83, of Missoula passed away unexpectedly Monday, August, 28 2017 surrounded by her loving family, at St. Patrick’s Hospital. Connie was born in the Red River Valley in Drayton, North Dakota on November 21, 1933 to Frank and Annie Simmons (Rhienhardt). She was the youngest of three; brother Francis and...

Aug 27, 2017

Life Story for Merlyn E Amick

Aug 27, 2017

Aug 25, 2017

Obituary for Christine Bushlak Cartwright

Christine Cartwright (Bushlak), 57, passed away August 25, 2017 at the Evergreen Missoula Health and Rehab. She was born June 11, 1960 to Charles and Mary Cartwright in Butte. The family moved to Anaconda in 1965 where she went to public schools. When she was 27, she married John Bushlak a professional photographer from...

Aug 25, 2017

Obituary for Walter Forrest Clark

Walter Forrest Clark passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, in Clinton, Montana Saturday, August 25. He was born September 20, 1931 in Pompeys Pillar, Montana to W. Raymond and Helen (Stanton) Clark, the eldest of five children. A viewing will be held at Garden City Funeral Home and Crematory, 1705...

Aug 24, 2017

Obituary for Gunda K Vandermars

Gunda K. Vandermars passed away at the age of 87, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula following an illness of several months. Gunda was born Signhild Gunda Karolina Stenmark on Dec. 8, 1929, in the small logging and farming village of Tallsjo in the Lapland region of northern Sweden....

Aug 24, 2017

Life Story for Thomas M Yost

Aug 23, 2017

Obituary for Jay Lebus' Powers

Jay Lebus’ Powers Jay Lebus ’Powers, of Missoula, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 23,2017 At St. Patrick Hospital. Jay was born on March 28,1955, in Crookston, Minnesota to Vincent and Thelma Powers. Jay was raised in Missoula, attending Target Range Elementary and Hellgate High School. Working as a heavy equipment mechanic for local companies...

Aug 23, 2017

Obituary for Garland Jeffrey Thayer

Garland J. Thayer, 48, of Missoula, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Garland was born on May 6, 1969, in Charleston, West Virginia, to William and Brenda Thayer. After growing up and recreating in the mountains around Charleston, he went on to attend Culver Military Academy, and graduated with a bachelor's in...

Aug 22, 2017

Obituary for Thomas L Adams

US Army Veteran, Thomas L. Adams, 82, of Missoula, passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. He was preceded in death by his Parents, Lucille and John Adams and Brother, John Adams. He is survived by his wife, Pat; son Chris (Lynn) of San Diego; Sister Luci (John) Dillon of Taos,...

Aug 22, 2017

Obituary for Lois Jean Dunlap

Lois J. Dunlap, 83, of Missoula, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Born to John and Helen Pozega in Anaconda on July 8, 1934, Lois graduated from Butte High School in 1952, then earned a nursing degree from Carroll College. Lois married William James "Jim" Dunlap...

Aug 21, 2017

Life Story for Otto VonGrey

Aug 21, 2017

Obituary for Albert Lester "Les" Vining

Albert Lester “Les” Vining, 96, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Les was born in Billings on Jan. 20, 1921; adopted on March 20, 1922, by his parents Albert Levi Vining and Lillian Winnifred Brown in Flathead County; and raised in Havre and Whitefish, graduating from Whitefish High School...

Aug 19, 2017

Aug 18, 2017

Obituary for Jerry L Kinney

Jerry L. Kinney, 60, passed away August 18, 2017 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, due to injuries sustained in an explosion and fire in a one room cabin where he was living at the time. He was born Oct. 31, 1956 to Donnie and Dorothy Kinney in Missoula, MT. Jerry joined the Army...

Aug 18, 2017

Obituary for Barbara Lang

Life released Barbara Barr Lang on Friday morning, Aug. 18, 2017. She died in her apartment at The Springs in Missoula, following years of declining health. Barbara was born on March 2, 1932, in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, a small town 40 miles east of Pittsburgh. She was the older of the two daughters of R. Wallace...

Aug 18, 2017

Life Story for Carolyn R Surber

Aug 17, 2017

Obituary for Theodore Ray "T. Ray" Jacobs

Theodore Ray Jacobs, known to all as T. Ray, died at his Missoula home on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. This was the family home that he went to after his birth at the Thornton Hospital on Sept. 15, 1940. His wife, daughters and grandsons were with him when he died. Through his...