Obituaries

Jun 16, 2017

Life Story for Payson H Goodwin

Jun 14, 2017

Obituary for Janice M Lopach

Janice Marie Wagner Lopach Janice Marie Wagner Lopach died peacefully on June 14, 2017 at St. Patrick Hospital after a brief illness. She was born July 12, 1944, in Helena, Montana, to Bill and Peg Wagner. Janice was the third of Bill and Peg’s six children. The Wagner family moved to Livingston for a...

Jun 13, 2017

Obituary for Deborah Jane Alteneder

Deborah Jane Alteneder was born on Aug. 24, 1994, to Forrest and Laurie Alteneder in Kalispell. She entered heaven with the love of her life, her fiancé, Joshua Creel, on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, due to an automobile accident. See Deborah Alteneder’s Facebook page for the complete listing of her life and family.

Jun 12, 2017

Obituary for Becky S Eamon

Alice Rebecca (Becky) (Smartt) Eamon After a short battle with cancer, Becky joined her family in Heaven on June 12, 2017, at the age of 61. Becky was the fifth of eight children born to George Madison and Alice Marion (Haggarty) Smartt. Becky was born on October 22, 1955, in Great Falls, Montana. Becky...

Jun 9, 2017

Obituary for Carol H Coats

Carol Coats passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, June 9, 2017. Carol was born in Kalispell to Harry and Hazel Hoiland on June 16, 1927. After graduating from high school in 1944, she lived in Seattle where she attended the University of Washington for one year. In 1946, Carol moved to Missoula...

Jun 7, 2017

Obituary for Leo D Dufresne

On Wednesday, June 7, 2017, Leo Dufresne was called home to the Lord. Leo was born on Sept. 9, 1923, to Armond and Louise Dufresne in Milltown. He attended Bonner grade school and Missoula County Public School. Leo graduated in 1943 and joined the Navy that summer to proudly serve his country. He served...

Jun 6, 2017

Obituary for Floyd Brady

– Floyd Eugene Brady, 82, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at his home near St. Regis. He was born February 13, 1935, to Clyde and Katie (Walters) Brady and was one of 5 siblings who worked the family farm near Baskin Louisiana. While still a teenager he joined the Navy, and was fortunate to...

Jun 5, 2017

Obituary for Charles H Salter

August 12, 1930 – June 5, 2-17 This wonderful, loving man-husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, friend to all, pet lover to Holly, his golden retriever and Emma, his cat, went to square dance again with his love and life-long soulmate, Jackquelyn Worthen Salter. He has shared his warm loving heart and soul with many...

Jun 4, 2017

Obituary for Helen Lambros Bourlakas

Helen Lambros Bourlakas of Missoula, passed away on the Feast of Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017, of natural causes, at the Village Senior Residence. She was surrounded by her two brothers, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews who along with Fr. Rob Spalitsos, chanted hymns and prayers of thanksgiving for her life. She was born in...

Jun 2, 2017

Obituary for Frances Jeanette "Fran" Page

Fran Page, 76, of Stevensville, MT, passed away June 2, 2017 at St. Patrick Hospital after a nearly month-long series of increasingly complex medical difficulties. Born Frances Jeanette Sokolofsky to Victor Alexander Sokolofsky and Pauline Marie Bertch on the family farm March 28, 1941, near Carson, ND, Fran graduated from Carson High School...

Jun 2, 2017

Obituary for Eugene C "Chuck" Hemgren

Chuck Hemgren passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 2, 2017, at the age of 77. He was born on Feb. 11, 1940, and was raised by his grandmother, Carolina Wharton Wild in Missoula. Chuck graduated from Missoula County High School in 1958 and soon after graduation enlisted in the Air Force becoming a...

Jun 1, 2017

Life Story for Dolores S Monismith

Jun 1, 2017

Obituary for Billy J Lankford

Billy James “Bill” Lankford, 92, of Missoula passed away at home on Thursday June 1st, 2017. Bill was born October 18, 1924 in Lead Hill, Boone Co., Arkansas, son of Wilfred Ernest Lankford and Jewel Anice Hodge. The family lived on a small farm without the benefit of running water, electricity or indoor plumbing...

May 31, 2017

Obituary for Warren Jeffrey "Jeff" Herman

Warren Jeffrey Herman, 73, a lifelong resident of Missoula, passed away at home on May 31st after a contentious battle with COPD. “Jeff” was born in Missoula in 1943 to Alta and Harold Herman, the third and youngest child, after brother Val and sister Carol. Jeff’s first claim to fame, aside from when...

May 30, 2017

Life Story for Glen Sherman Reeves, Sr.

May 28, 2017

Obituary for Kathleen R Gray

Kathleen (Kathy) R. Gray, 94, passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017, from natural causes at The Springs in Missoula. Kathleen was born on Jan. 28, 1923, in Williston, North Dakota, to Winifred George (Jack) and Elizabeth Kathleen Welch. Kathleen was joined later by sister Janet and brother Bill as the Welch family worked...

May 27, 2017

Obituary for Melvin A Rice

Melvin A. Rice passed away in the arms of his family on Saturday, May 27, 2017, after a brief battle with cancer. He was born in Missoula on Aug. 16, 1927, to John Spencer Rice and Verna McCall Rice. He attended Willard Grade School and Missoula County High School, until joining the U.S. Navy...

May 27, 2017

Obituary for Anita Louise England

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday, May 27, 2017. Anita was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lewistown, on Feb. 22, 1961, to Florence “Lori” Miller and Wayne Dahl. Born and raised in Montana, Anita was the oldest of her blended family of eleven, so...

May 26, 2017

May 26, 2017