Obituaries

Jul 31, 2014

Obituary for Harley R. Schwarz

Harley R. Schwarz, 80, of Missoula, Montana, passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital. Harley was born in Fessenden, North Dakota on November 12, 1933 to Ross and Lydia (Neumiller) Schwarz. Harley grew up and attended school in Bozeman, Montana. Harley met the love of his life (Mary Elizabeth Cox)...

Jul 30, 2014

Obituary for Velma Marie Henry

Velma M. Henry, 85, of Frenchtown, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in Missoula at St. Patrick Hospital. She was born Aug. 14, 1928, in Missoula, the daughter of Ruth (Warthen) and Michael Bolog. Her family includes her children, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Fike of Anchorage, Alaska; Mr. Daryl Fike of Seattle; Mrs. Kathie...

Jul 28, 2014

Obituary for Shirley May Bartlett

Shirley May Bartlett age 82 of Missoula passed away on Monday July 28, 2014 at St. Patrick Hospital of natural causes. She was born on July 30, 1932 in Ft. Morgan, Colorado to Ted and Ouida Simmons. As a young girl she lived on a dairy farm with her parents, and sister Donna and...

Jul 28, 2014

Obituary for Emma B B. "Emlie" Jacobson

Emma B. "Emily" B. Newton Jacobson died on Monday, July 28. 2014. She was 93 years old. Emily (as she was known) was born on June 10, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. Emily grew up in Hermosa Beach, California. As an adult during World War II, she worked at various defense factories...

Jul 28, 2014

Obituary for Maxine Verna Houle Doney

Arlee-Maxine Verna Houle Doney, 85, of Arlee passed away at The Pines Assisted Living Center in St. Ignatius on Mon. July 28, 2014 of bone cancer which she courageously fought for two years. Maxine was born April 24, 1929 in Missoula to Louis and Lela (Davis) Houle, the older of two children. She...

Jul 28, 2014

Life Story for Ronald J. Brewer

Jul 27, 2014

Obituary for Helen Mary Brown (Harman)

Helen Mary (Harman) Brown, 86, of Missoula, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, July 27th, of heart disease. She was born in Roundup MT on December 20, 1927, to Charles and Agnes Harman, who operated a dairy farm. She attended the country school at Elso and graduated from Roundup High School in...

Jul 26, 2014

Obituary for Niles Brush

Niles Brush, 39, passed away on July 26, 2014, early in the morning, at home with his loving wife Michelle, parents, and mother-in-law at his side. Niles Everett Brush was born to Ray W. II and Bette Jeanne Brush on November 25, 1974, at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. In 1976, Niles and...

Jul 26, 2014

Obituary for Verna Rae Denton

– The world has lost an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. On Friday, July 25, 2014, Verna Rae Denton lost her battle with cancer at the age of 62 while surrounded by loved ones. Verna will forever be known by every person she came into contact with as a bubbly, vivacious breath...

Jul 26, 2014

Obituary for Doris Louise Hogan

Doris Louise Hogan, 89, of Missoula, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014, at her home. She was born July 25, 1925, in Wheaton, Illinois, the daughter of Barbara (Konsbrook) and Nicholas Kammes. Doris married the love of her life, Larry Hogan, in Chicago in 1946. A career mom, homemaker and caregiver, Doris and Larry...

Jul 26, 2014

Obituary for Emery E. Benson

Emery Emil "Emo" Benson, 79, passed away peacefully after a long battle with Parkinson's. He was born to Bennett and Frieda Benson in Hays before a cowboy upbringing in Deer Lodge. He set sail with the Navy after graduating, serving during the Korean War. He then took up judo and academics until earning fourth-degree...

Jul 24, 2014

Obituary for Mary Craig Wilcox

Mary Craig Wilcox of Missoula passed away of natural causes Thursday, July 24, 2014, at her home in the Rattlesnake. She was 70 years old. Mary was born at St. Patrick Hospital on Nov. 13, 1943, to William and Effa Wilcox. She attended Missoula schools and graduated from Missoula County High School in 1962....

Jul 23, 2014

Obituary for Jack Eugene Pray

Jack Eugene Pray, age 60, of Missoula, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014, in Missoula. Jack was born in Denver, Colorado, on Jan. 12, 1954, to Catherine Jean (Ferguson) Pray and Frank Quincy Pray. He graduated Helena High School and later moved to Clinton, and later moved to Missoula. He is survived by his...

Jul 22, 2014

Obituary for Debora J. Schmardebeck

– Debora J. Schmardebeck, 50, of Missoula, passed away at her home Tuesday, July 22, 2014, after a devastating battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born June 30, 1964, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Glenn and Ann Wickham. On March 19, 1982, she married Stan Schmardebeck. The couple moved to Missoula in 1989. To...

Jul 22, 2014

Obituary for Glenna Sue Huckabee-Ward

Glenna Sue Huckabee-Ward, born May 13, 1953, left her earthly home on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, to take up residence with our Heavenly Father. Glenna was born and spent her childhood in Hayward, California. In 1968 she and her family moved to Missoula where she completed high school and college. While raising her family,...

Jul 21, 2014

Obituary for Glenda Jean Sexton

Glenda Jean Sexton passed away in the early morning hours of July 21, 2014 at her home in Missoula from natural causes. She was 91 years of age. She was born September 17th, 1922 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the daughter of Ralph and Marie Van Reenan, and graduated from Albert Lea, Minnesota high school...

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary for Jack Harman Rupe

– Jack Harman Rupe, of Moiese, passed away from natural causes at 94 years of age on Sunday, July 20, 2014, at The Pines of Mission in St. Ignatius. Jack was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on Sept. 10, 1919, to Beatrice and Harman Rupe and was preceded in death by his parents; brother,...

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary for Duane L. Roy

Duane L. Roy, 66, of Lolo, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Community Medical Center. Memorial Services are scheduled for Friday, August 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Garden City Funeral Home, followed by a reception in the funeral home's community room. Interment with military honors will take place at Plains Cemetery. A...

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary for Virginia Elizabeth Nealy

On June 19, 1922, Mary Catherine Page was born to Jesse James Page and Clara Louella Rauckman Page in Salem, Illinois. Six brothers were there to welcome a baby sister into the world. Her brother Russell was working in the state of Virginia at the time. Upon learning that he finally had a sister,...

Jul 19, 2014

Obituary for Jillian Boalth Delano

Jillian was born Sept. 20, 1933, in Quetta, India (now Pakistan), to Leslie William and Marie Kathleen Boalth, third-generation keepers of the British Raj, governing India. Jillian and her mother were survivors of the Great Quetta earthquake of 1935 while Jillian's father was away on external engineering work. Upon partition of India in 1947,...