Obituaries

Jun 3, 2014

Obituary for Carol D. Anderson

Beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, sister & aunt, Carol Denise Anderson, passed away at her home on June 3, 2014. Carol was born in Kalispell, MT on May 21, 1939 to Elmer Scott Buck and Mary Opal Buck. Carol's father died when she was 3 years old. Carol's mother Opal married Louis Moos in June...

Jun 3, 2014

Obituary for Irene Elizabeth LaFollette (Jones)

Irene Elizabeth (Jones) LaFollette, age 87, of Missoula, Montana, passed away Tuesday, June 3, at 3:56 p.m. Irene was born in McKenzie County, North Dakota, on June 20, 1926, to Frank W. Jones and Lillie Clara (Sundeen) Jones. She was the fourth of eight children. After completing high school in 1943, Irene took...

Jun 2, 2014

Obituary for Dorothy L. Bronken

– Dorothy Lucille Bronken passed away Monday, June 2, 2014, in Missoula. Born in Dunkirk on April 16, 1923, she was the seventh of 12 children of John A. McKechnie and Emma Anderson. Dorothy grew up in Dunkirk and Shelby. She graduated from Shelby High School in 1941, and the next day went to...

Jun 1, 2014

Obituary for Cora Bartlett

You probably saw Mom and her son Carl on their bright red scooters, with their American flags waving, riding all over Missoula. Before their scooters they had walked all over town including to Walmart on Hwy 93 and back to their home in the Rattlesnake. They also loved to walk through Greenough Park. When Mom...

Jun 1, 2014

Obituary for Joseph B. Henry

The strains of music that made life worth living have given way to the strains of the body that made living hard, and Joseph Henry has passed from this world. The Music Director Emeritus of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and its conductor for nearly a quarter century died peacefully at Providence St. Patrick Hospital...

Jun 1, 2014

Obituary for Joseph Zeitz

Joseph was born Dec. 8, 1920, in Portage Wisconsin, to Clement and Estelle Zeitz and died Sunday, June 1, 2014, in Missoula at the age of 93. Joe served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was reactivated for the Korean Conflict, achieving the rank of staff sergeant. He was awarded the...

May 31, 2014

Obituary for Josie Ruth Evine Patrick

Josie Ruth Evine Golberg Patrick passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014, at The Springs of Missoula at the age of 96 with family at her side. She was born Dec. 28, 1917, to Carrie Mathison and Adolph Golberg on the family farm north of Rudyard. She attended both country and town school in...

May 31, 2014

Obituary for Katherine Carol Daugherty

Katherine Carol Daugherty, 71, of Clinton, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital of complications associated with lung cancer. She was born Sept. 28, 1942, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Elmer and Katherine Burke. She was the youngest of six children. As a young girl she lived with her family and...

May 31, 2014

Life Story for Ann Reeves

May 31, 2014

Obituary for Bonnie J. Duncan

Bonnie Jean Cox, 80, passed Saturday, May 31, 2014. She was born on Sept. 21, 1933, in Portland, Oregon, to Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Cox. Bonnie was born during the Great Depression. Her father had made several business trips to Kalispell from Portland, and in 1939 he decided to relocate the family to...

May 31, 2014

Obituary for Stanley "Stan" Sanders

- Stanley "Stan" Sanders, 71, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away May 31, 2014 after a long illness peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Stan was born April 6, 1943 to John and Ethel Sanders in Missoula, MT. Stan graduated from Missoula County High School and attended the University. He...

May 31, 2014

Obituary for Thomas R. "Dick" Shugrue

Thomas R. "Dick" Shugrue, died Saturday, May 31, 2014, due to metastatic lung disease. He was born in Santa Monica, California, to the late Thomas Augustine and Mary LaJune (Taylor) Shugrue. Thomas attended Venice Elementary and High School until he was 17 years old when he left and enlisted into the U.S. Navy....

May 28, 2014

Obituary for Doris B. Nichols

– Our beloved, Doris B. Nichols, 75, of Missoula, went home Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at 4 a.m. She was born on Oct. 25, 1938, in Missoula. Doris was a lifelong Member of the Missoula Alliance Church and was employed 31 years at CMC. She took great loving care of her family, friends, church...

May 28, 2014

Life Story for Victor "Vic" Bruski

May 28, 2014

Obituary for Mark John Jakobson

Mark John Jakobson, born May 4, 1923, 91, of Missoula passed away May 28, 2014. A memorial service will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 202 Brooks Street in Missoula on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Donations in Mark's name may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church ( 202...

May 27, 2014

Obituary for Emma Jean Lane

– Emma Jean (Sides) Lane, age 87, was born December 18, 1926 in Walla Walla, WA to Sarah and Pearl Sides and left this world on May 27, 2014. Emma Jean spent her childhood near the Keystone drainage outside Superior, MT. As a young girl she worked side by side farming with her father....

May 27, 2014

Obituary for Patricia Ruth Kamera

Patricia Ruth Kamera passed peacefully at home surrounded by family on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Pat was born in Missoula on February 17, 1934 and lived her entire life in Missoula devoted to her 3 girls, grandchildren, great grandchildren, parents and siblings. Pat took pride working in her flower gardens and teaching Ceramics at...

May 27, 2014

Obituary for Jack Lane

Jack Rodney Lane, age 86, was born December 6, 1927 in Wallace, ID to Thomas W. and Ethel Lane and departed this world on May 27, 2014. Jack was raised around Wallace. An adventurous lad, he shipped off to Alaska at age 12 to work in a cannery. He joined the Army at age 17...

May 25, 2014

Life Story for Linda L. Torman

May 25, 2014

Life Story for Doris Mae Baldwin