Obituaries

Mar 19, 2016

Obituary for Rita C. Sharbono

Rita C. Sharbono, 89, of Missoula, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Community Medical Center, from natural causes. Our mom was born in Milltown on Oct. 2, 1926, at high noon, as the whistle blew at the Bonner Mill. Her parents were Rita and Orville Spring. Mom joined her brothers, Eugene and...

Mar 17, 2016

Life Story for Lucille M. Goller

Mar 17, 2016

Obituary for Dennis L. Meyer

Dennis Lee Meyer of Missoula passed away at home on Thursday, March 17, 2016, after a battle with cancer. He was born on Aug. 10, 1949, to Louis and Marge Meyer in Missoula where he was raised. He attended Catholic grade school and graduated from Sentinel High School. He leaves behind his loving wife...

Mar 17, 2016

Obituary for James Willie Dawkins

James Willie Dawkins, known as Jim or Bill, 72, of Missoula, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016. He was born Nov. 15, 1943, in Swainsboro, Georgia, to Willie and Ouida Dawkins. He married Rosie Reynolds in 1961. They had two kids, Bill and Julie. They later divorced. He joined the Navy in 1961 served...

Mar 17, 2016

Obituary for Kermit "Kert" Wheeler

Kermit (Kert) Loraine Wheeler, age 74, has gone home to join his heavenly father March 17, 2016. Kermit was born in Gravel Point, IL on November 8, 1941 to Lloyd L and Mary Ruth (Banning) Wheeler. Kermit moved to Missoula in 1959 with his parents and three siblings; that summer year he did ranch...

Mar 17, 2016

Obituary for Addison Leigh Smith "Addie" Moser

Addison "Addie" Leigh Smith Moser – Addison passed away in her home surrounded by her siblings and loved family members around 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Addie was born on May 15, 2004 in the early morning at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana to Aaron Moser and Alison Smith-Moser,...

Mar 16, 2016

Obituary for Gregory Stephen Howard

Our beloved Greg passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. He is survived by his loving parents, sister, grandmother, niece and nephew. He succumbed to complications resulting from a spinal cord injury he suffered in 2007. Greg was a kindhearted man with an adventurous spirit. As a young man he explored many of the...

Mar 16, 2016

Obituary for Dee Lane Mahoney

Dee Lane Mahoney passed away March 16, 2016 in her home surrounded by her family. Dee was born July 24, 1935 to Merle and Georgia Ziegler in Kemmerer, Wy. She had fond memories of her childhood with her Grandmother Tanner in Kemmerer. She was an accomplished seamstress, and used her talent to support her...

Mar 16, 2016

Obituary for Susan Lynn Keith

Susan Lynn Keith, 66, of Lolo passed away March 16, 2016, at Community Medical Center in Missoula, MT. She was born on January 25 1950, in Sioux Falls, SD. Susan was the first of Robert and Hallie Keith's four daughters. Following high school graduation and a year of college with a major in Drama,...

Mar 15, 2016

Life Story for Ray E. Tolley

Mar 14, 2016

Obituary for Carol Francis Dritshulas (Drake)

Carol Francis Dritshulas (Drake), 76, of Missoula, passed away Monday, March 14, 2016, at St. Patrick Hospital of natural causes. She was born Nov. 19, 1939, in Great Falls to David F. and Alice M. Chambers. Carol had six siblings (Irene, David, Joseph, Alice, Richard and Janet), and they grew up on the...

Mar 14, 2016

Life Story for Carol Dritshulas

Mar 14, 2016

Life Story for Carol Heidemann

Mar 14, 2016

Life Story for Rose D. Sechrist

Mar 14, 2016

Obituary for David Thomas Ricci

David Thomas Ricci passed peacefully on Monday, March 14, 2016, surrounded by family in his Hot Springs home. He was born on the Jan. 20, 1968, to Daniel "Bucko" and Margaret (Haugen) Ricci. David was baptized and later confirmed at Hope Lutheran Church in Anaconda. He attended Anaconda public schools, where he nurtured a...

Mar 13, 2016

Obituary for Beverly Ann "Bev" Grotbo (McAnally)

Beverly "Bev" Ann (McAnally) Grotbo, age 55 of Missoula, MT, passed away March 13, 2015 at her home in Missoula, Montana surrounded by friends and family members after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer, having never given up along the way. She fought until the very end and and never...

Mar 13, 2016

Obituary for Douglas H. Juhola

Douglas Howard Juhola, 72, of Missoula Montana passed away on March 13th. He was born in Bismark, North Dakota to Ray & Helen Juhola on December 27, 1943. He was raised in Linton, ND where he graduated from Linton High School. He went to North Dakota State University for a year, then enlisted in...

Mar 12, 2016

Obituary for Tamie Kay Furrer

We lost our beloved mother, daughter, sister and friend. Tamie Kay Furrer, 56, of Missoula, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016. She was born in Spokane and moved as a young child to Missoula. She attended Whittier Grade School and Sentinel High School. Tamie had a contagious smile and always was laughing. She...

Mar 11, 2016

Obituary for Catherine Margaret Burns "Cathy" Meister

Catherine Margaret "Cathy" Burns Meister, 75, crossed over Friday, March 11, 2016, at home after a heroically fought battle with cancer. Cathy was born in Fargo, North Dakota, on Oct. 8, 1940, to Robert E. and Marie E. Sherwood Burns. Cathy and her family moved to Missoula when Cathy was 2 years...

Mar 10, 2016

Obituary for Stanley Rockne Slominski

Stan, 85, of Clinton, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016, at St. Patrick Hospital of heart failure. He was born Oct. 18, 1930, in Seattle to Harry and Agnes (Wetsch) Slominski. Throughout his childhood his family operated meat markets within Montana and Washington settling in Missoula in the 1940s. Stan always had a job...