Obituaries

Sep 21, 2014

Life Story for Eric C. Hanson

Sep 21, 2014

Obituary for Eric Carl. Hanson Sr

Eric Carl Hanson Sr., 66, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital. Eric was born Sept. 5, 1948, in Mount Vernon, New York, to Richard and Elsie Hanson. He served briefly in the U.S. Navy with an honorable discharge. On June 13, 1970, he married Carol Lynn Saltonstall...

Sep 20, 2014

Obituary for Sarajane Savage

Sarajane Savage passed peacefully from this life Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. She was born Jan. 7, 1927, at her grandparents' home in Fox Home, Minnesota, to Augustine and Isadora (Haskins) Anderson. She grew up and attended school in various towns around Montana. She graduated from Missoula County High School in 1945, then from the Modern...

Sep 19, 2014

Obituary for Robert D. "Duke" Speer

Robert D. "Duke" Speer, 65, of Big Arm, passed away at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. He was born in Conrad on Feb. 22, 1949, to Dorothy and Robert David Speer. He graduated from high school in Simms, and served in the Air National Guard for eight years...

Sep 19, 2014

Life Story for George A. Vandergrift Jr.

Sep 19, 2014

Obituary for Betty Sue Hofman

Betty Sue Hofman, 77, of Missoula, passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014 at The Springs of natural causes after a brief illness. She was born on October 9, 1936 in Denver, Colorado to Bernice Louise Bass and Clark W. Brown where she was youngest of five daughters. She was raised in Burien, Washington...

Sep 18, 2014

Obituary for Vera Mayona Scott Dersam

– On a sunny September day, our Mom, Vera Mayona Scott Dersam, told us she was "leaving for heaven." God reunited our elegant mother with our father, Jack Dersam, and her first husband, Al Weller, and all her loved ones in heaven on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Vera was a lovely woman of...

Sep 18, 2014

Obituary for Charles 'Kelly Bumgarner

– Charles Caldin "Kelly" Bumgarner, 73, of Missoula, passed away Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, of natural causes. He was born Aug. 8, 1941, in Rochester, Minnesota, to Ruth and Leslie Bumgarner. He moved with his family to the Bitterroot Valley about 1946. He attended elementary school in Hamilton. He moved to Missoula in 1956....

Sep 17, 2014

Obituary for Derek Joseph Brown

Derek Joseph Brown, 19, was killed in a head-on collision Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Derek lived, loved, worked and played with passion – our hearts find it hard to fathom never seeing him again. Derek sought to live his life with integrity. He kept Christ his focus in all things, and Derek's love for...

Sep 17, 2014

Obituary for Jean Audrey Schriver

Jean Audrey Schriver, 82, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, while in the wonderful care of Riverside Health Care Center. Jean Hazen was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where she attended St. Joseph's Academy, an all-girls Catholic school. The caption for the picture in her "1949 Hour Glass" yearbook captured her well: "Her charming ways,...

Sep 16, 2014

Obituary for Clara LaRoque (Beaudry)

– Clara (Beaudry) LaRoque, 94, of Missoula, died at home Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Survivors include daughters Lena (Sissy) LaRoque, Carol (Jean) LaRoque of Missoula and Joy and Lloyd Scott of Libby; sons John LaRoque of Missoula, Jack and Barb of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; 10 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Viewing will be 5-7 p.m....

Sep 16, 2014

Obituary for Barry M. Williams

Barry Marshall Williams, 67, of Missoula, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born March 1, 1947, in Salt Lake City to Marshall and Della Williams. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Helena, where Barry's three brothers and a sister joined them. Barry was proud to be an Eagle...

Sep 12, 2014

Life Story for Linda J. Cronk

Sep 12, 2014

Obituary for Charles "Chuck" Johnson

Fight on you Knights and go onward to victory." Charles "Chuck" Johnson, the composer of Hellgate High School's school songs and a 40-year music educator in Montana and Washington, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, at the age of 85. He died in hospice care, surrounded by his family who filled his last minutes with...

Sep 11, 2014

Life Story for Carolyn Lois Smith-Stebbins

Sep 10, 2014

Obituary for Douglas Charles Gibbs

Doug Gibbs, 60, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, of natural causes at his home in Frenchtown. He was born Jan. 6, 1954, in Missoula to Charles Roy Gibbs and Ruth (Christensen) Gibbs. Doug attended Lowell Grade School in Missoula then went on to Hellgate High School for a time. He decided to get...

Sep 9, 2014

Obituary for John Cornelius "Moose" Smith

John C. "Moose" Smith, 62, died suddenly Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, at his home in Missoula. He was born Aug. 23, 1952, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to William Charles and Florence Jordan Smith. When John was a teenager, he joined his father at the hunting camp in Pennsylvania. When he walked in and due...

Sep 9, 2014

Obituary for Mary Ann Gray (Scharosch)

Mary Ann (Scharosch) Gray, (74) of Missoula passed away September 9, 2014. She was born in Missoula in 1940, to her beloved parents Frank and Hertha Scharosch. Mary Ann was a passionate person. She loved her family, watching her children and grandchildren play sports, perform in a school plays, band concerts, etc. She...

Sep 8, 2014

Obituary for Norma J. Waddington

The lord has called home Norma Jeanne Jones Waddington, 67, of Missoula, on the early morning of Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. She passed away peacefully with the love of her life by her side. She was born Jan. 23, 1947, in Deer Lodge to Norman "Bud" and Jeanne Jones. She attended grade school in...

Sep 7, 2014

Obituary for Joyce Bethke (Molenda)

Joyce (Molenda) Bethke, 83, passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2014 of natural causes at her home up the Rock Creek. Joyce was born on December 28, 1930, in Glendive to Leo and Jessica Ruth (Kent) Molenda. Joyce was the first child of 16. She graduated from high school in 1948. Joyce had her...