Obituaries

Feb 5, 2017

Obituary for Mitchell J Hines

– On Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, Mitch Hines of Huson, passed away at his cabin in Haugan, near Lookout Pass ski area. He was born on May 13, 1965 at Hill AFB, Utah to Mickey and Gerry Hines. After being an "Air Force Brat" for ten years, he was glad to be settled in...

Feb 4, 2017

Obituary for William "Bill" Wells

Bill Wells, 89, of Missoula, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 in Missoula surrounded by his wife and children. He was born on February 13, 1927, in New Berlin, New York, to Jay and Jennie Wells. He grew up on the family dairy farm, and from a young age spent his time exploring the...

Feb 3, 2017

Obituary for Dana J Baumgardner

Dana J. Baumgardner, 58, passed away on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 at St. Patrick Hospital. Dana was born on Nov. 7, 1958 to Jim and Dolly Baumgardner in Missoula. Dana was the second of three children. Dana grew up in Missoula and graduated from Sentinel High School in 1977. Dana worked for Albertson's and...

Feb 3, 2017

Obituary for Larry K Israel

Larry Keith Israel passed away Feb. 3, 2017 at St. Patrick Hospital. H was born April 15, 1929 in Molt Montana to James Lewis Israel and Erma McClure. He and his only brother Jim Israel were raised in Molt and Broadview and grew up on a wheat farm. He attended high school in Billings....

Feb 2, 2017

Obituary for George "Bob" Boyce

George Robert “Bob” Boyce, 81, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at The Village Senior Residence of heart failure. He was born on April 6, 1935 in Del Norte, Colorado, to Kelly and Hazel Boyce. He grew up on a potato farm in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. It was...

Feb 2, 2017

Obituary for Roger Lee Vander Zand

Roger Lee VanderZand, 76, of Missoula, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at St. Patrick Hospital of natural causes. He was born on April 28, 1940, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to John and Marion VanderZand. He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his three brothers. He served as a pressman in...

Feb 2, 2017

Obituary for Ramona June Pruitt

Missoula-Ramona “June” Kornec Pruitt, 81, born on June 2, 1935 passed away at home on Feb. 2, 2017 after a long illness. Cremation is under the care of Garden City Funeral Home & Crematory

Feb 1, 2017

Obituary for Dorothy L Schmertz

Dorothy Louise Schmertz, 80, passed away at her Florence home on February 1, 2017. Dorothy was born on December 3, 1936 in El Monte, CA to Leo and Olga Klein. Services will be held on Friday, February 10, 2017 at 1:00 pm at Garden City Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Carlton Cemetery in...

Feb 1, 2017

Jan 30, 2017

Obituary for Patricia Bryson-Gates

Patti Bryson-Gates, 58, of Missoula passed away on Monday, January 30th at home, from complications of stomach cancer. She was born on February 12th, 1958 in Longview, Washington to Harry and Bertha Bryson. Patti traveled with her family around the northwestern states before settling in Stevensville, Montana. She stayed in the Bitterroot valley, completing her...

Jan 30, 2017

Obituary for James "Jim" Patten

– James Bruce Patten, 1929-2017 Jim was born on Nov. 14, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Lyal and Winifred Patten and spent his childhood there. After graduation from high school, he attended college at the University of Iowa where he met his first wife Janne Tyler. A summer job out west during college made...

Jan 29, 2017

Obituary for Jack L Cather

– Jack Lloyd Cather, 86, of Lolo returned to our Heavenly Father on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was born in San Pedro, California, in December 1930 to Paul Cather and Reinetta Edgley. His family moved to the Nampa, Idaho, area where he was raised. He joined the Air National...

Jan 29, 2017

Life Story for Mervin R. Connour

Jan 29, 2017

Obituary for Dale Bond

Dale Bond, of Missoula (formerly of Brockway), passed into eternal life on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at the age of 82. Dale was born on March 28, 1934, in Circle, Montana, to Verl and Agnes Bond. Dale was the fourth child of five, and due to the severe economic times of the Great Depression, Dale’s...

Jan 29, 2017

Obituary for Denise F Lutes

Denise Lutes, 87, passed away on Jan. 29, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Frenchtown MT. She was born to Amos and Katherine Felt on Feb 15, 1929 in Anaconda, Montana. She was educated at the local schools and went to college at the University of Montana. She married Claude Roney (dec’d) and had...

Jan 29, 2017

Obituary for Barbara A Storrs

Barbara Storrs of Lolo passed away on Sunday Jan 29th at Village Heath Care, due to complications from a stroke. She was born Dec. 27, 1937 in Edgerton, Wyoming to Wren and Leona Lollar. She was preceeded in death by her parents and brother Fred Lollar. Survivors are son James (Kay) of Tucson, AZ;...

Jan 27, 2017

Obituary for Hazel L Johnson

– Hazel Lucille Johnson, 88, of Missoula and Helena, passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, following a brief illness. She was born on June 25, 1928, to Herman and Leona Johnson in Fairfield. She was raised on the family homestead, and attended schools in Fairfield, graduating from Fairfield High School. She went on...

Jan 25, 2017

Obituary for Barbara Jean Maus

– Barbara Jean Maus of Frenchtown passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. She born May 24, 1953, in Valier, to George and Frances Gillette; the only girl in a house full of boys. She was raised and attended schools in Missoula and Plains, and graduated from the University of Montana. She worked for more...

Jan 25, 2017

Obituary for Julie Ann Haugland Beckel

Julie Beckel, 66, of Missoula, took her last breath on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 with her husband Michael by her side. She was born on Feb. 9, 1950 to Adolph and Vernis Haugland in Sparta, Wisconsin. She loved Wisconsin, specifically the Green Bay Packers, and UW. She had nursing in her soul, and...

Jan 25, 2017

Obituary for Mary Ann Anderson

Mary Ann (Melvin) Anderson, 61, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, of natural causes. She was born October 31, 1955 in Butte to Edward and Virginia Melvin. Mary was fifth in a large family of eight children, and attended Whitehall Elementary and Hellgate High School. She worked briefly as a telephone operator...