Obituaries

Sep 7, 2023

 

Missoula – Hank Erickson, 76, passed away on September 7th, 2023. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.

Sep 7, 2023

James Edward Randall, 79, of Missoula passed away in his home on Thursday, September 7, 2023, surrounded by his family. James was born on August 4, 1944, to Edward Joseph Randall and Reba Elizabeth Wehunt in Terre Haute, IN.

He joined the US Army in 1962 directly out of high school. He was an excellent sharpshooter throughout his service and...

Sep 6, 2023

 

Missoula, MT - Kathie Foote, 82, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2023, in Missoula, MT. She was born on May 15, 1941, in Cleveland, OH, to Deba and Adger Johnson.

 

Kathie was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. If you knew Kathie, consider yourself blessed…. she spread love and light to all who crossed her path, and...

Sep 4, 2023

Kathryn Bond Lobdell died at St. Patrick Hospital surrounded by family.  She will be missed dearly by the many who loved her.

She was born on November 1, 1925, in Milltown, Montana to Frank Hunter Bond and Eva Louise Bond (née LaLonde). She was baptized and received First Communion and Confirmation at St Ann Catholic Church in Bonner. Kathryn attended...

Sep 3, 2023

 

Mary Joan Hoppe, or Mary Jo as everyone knew her, joined her husband in heaven on September 3, 2023. She was born on September 12, 1936, in Danville, Illinois, to Joseph Hosch and Mary Slifer Hosch. She was the oldest of two children and graduated from the Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1954 with plans...

Sep 2, 2023

Alfred Johnson passed away September 2, 2023.

Sep 1, 2023

Aug 31, 2023

Debra LuAnne Long passed away on a beautiful September evening in her sleep at home in Missoula, Montana. She was 69, the daughter of Howard “Jack” Long and Joanne G. Long, and the sister of Terri Long McGillis. Born on August 14, 1953, Debra was the first of two children and a lifelong resident of the greater Missoula area.

Once a...

Aug 29, 2023

 

Cheryl Ann Orbe, 72, passed away on August 29, 2023 due to heart failure after a long illness.  Her final moments were spent peacefully in her home with her loving husband.

Known for her infectious smile and fun loving, outgoing personality, Cherry will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Cherry’s family asks that she be remembered for...

Aug 21, 2023

 

Lee Atwater Morgan Ballard, born April 2, 1924, died peacefully in Missoula on August 21, 2023. Her body has been sent to a temporary resting place: a freezer at MSU (years ago she decided to donate her body to the WWAMI program to be used in an anatomy class).

Lee was born in Concord, Massachusetts to Reginald Atwater Morgan...

Aug 21, 2023

Henry Alan Schwabenland, 63, of Anaconda passed away Monday, August 21, 2023 at St. Patrick Hospital.  

Aug 18, 2023

 

Janet Christina peacefully left our Father’s world on August 18, 2023. She loved it’s rocks and trees and skies and seas. She was raised in the mountains and spent her adult life on the prairie, but Montana’s high places were her favorite.

Janet was born on April 13, 1934 to Richard and Agnes Christina (Vlach) Johnson in Missoula. She...

Aug 17, 2023

Cheryl Russell of Florence, Montana went to her Lord and Savior on August 17, 2023. She was born Cheryl Anderson in Malta, Montana May 3, 1954 to Byron “Swede” and Betty Jo Anderson. Cheryl was quite young when her Dad started working for the Milwaukee Railroad in Harlowton, Montana as a trolley lineman. A short time later he transferred to...

Aug 15, 2023

 

Dorothy "May" Nelson

Dorothy May Nelson, 86, of Philipsburg, passed away August 15, 2023 at the St. Patrick Hospital of natural

causes.

She was born on March 30, 1937, in Missoula to Lawrence and Pearl Shaubut. As a young girl she lived

with her family in the Bonita area. She had many great adventures there with her sister and...

Aug 15, 2023

 

Rodney Lee Hochhalter

 

Rodney (Rod) L. Hochhalter, 84, of Missoula, MT passed away on August 15th, 2023, at home with his family by his side. He was born in Missoula, MT on December 20th, 1938, to the late Emil and Melinda Hochhalter. He is predeceased by his only brother, Gene Hochhalter. He is survived by his spouse, Michele...

Aug 14, 2023

8/14/23 - David Arthur Holy, 86, passed away at 8:14pm surrounded by his family.  David was born October 28th, 1936, to LaVerne G. Holy and Fredaine D. (Springer) Holy in La Crosse, WI.  David grew up building houses with his father.  After a tobogganing accident in his early twenties landed him in the hospital with a broken back, David met...

Aug 14, 2023

Peach Jenne

 

Peach (Luellva Lavern Wilison) Jenne passed away peacefully at community hospital late Monday night (8-14-23) at the age of 86. Peach was born in Missoula on 12/6/36 to Vern K. and Louise (Powell) Willison, in the home that her father built on Stoddard Street. She had two younger brothers who are both deceased, Alfred Willison and Eugene Willison....

Aug 13, 2023

Charlie, age 81, passed away in Missoula after a brief illness. 

He was born in Spokane to Frances and Barclay Goodsell. An only child, he was doted upon by his mother and grandmother. He attended Hutton Elementary, Lewis & Clark High School, WSU in Pullman, and served in the Army. He worked for KOP Cabinet Shop for the next 20+...

Aug 9, 2023

Janet Lee Fitzgerald, 67, of Missoula, Montana, passed away on August 09, 2023.

Aug 8, 2023

 

Matthew Thomas Quist 

Matthew Thomas Quist, 27, passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2023, in Missoula, Montana. 

Matthew was born April 6, 1996, in Kalispell, to John and Mary Ann Quist.  Known for his boundless energy and sense of adventure, Matthew spent his childhood exploring the woods around his home in Woods Bay, climbing the tallest trees, sledding down the...