Obituaries
Shirley May Bartlett
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...
Emma B B. "Emlie" Jacobson
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...
Helen Mary Brown (Harman)
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...
Doris Louise Hogan
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...
Verna Rae Denton
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...
Niles Brush
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...
Emery E. Benson
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...
Mary Craig Wilcox
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....
Jack Eugene Pray
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...
Debora J. Schmardebeck
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...
Glenna Sue Huckabee-Ward
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,...
Glenda Jean Sexton
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...
Duane L. Roy
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...
Jack Harman Rupe
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,...
Virginia Elizabeth Nealy
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,...
Corrine O. Supplee
Jul 19, 2014
Obituary for Corrine O. Supplee
Corrine Supplee lived a long, full and glamorous life. Born March 8, 1924, in Sioux City, Iowa, Corrine was the "middle sister," flanked by older sister Elaine and younger sister Shirley. Propped on her Dad's shoulders at age 3, she was awed by the sight of Charles Lindbergh during a parade to celebrate the...
Donald A. Chamberlain
Jul 19, 2014
Obituary for Donald A. Chamberlain
Donald A. Chamberlain, 91, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Hunter's Glen in July 19, 2014. He was born April 14, 1923 in Pontiac, Michigan to Roy Cleve and Mable Irene (Linderman) Chamberlain. At the age of 7, Don's family moved from Waterford, MI to the farm in Davisburg, MI. Don received his...
Jillian Boalth Delano
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,...
Lorita Mae Anderson
Jul 18, 2014
Obituary for Lorita Mae Anderson
Thriving in the harshest conditions, producing the most delicate of blooms, and protected by the hardest thorns, the wild rose defines strength, beauty and fortitude. It is therefore fitting that Lorita's name means "wild rose" as she epitomized all those qualities. Fiercely independent, yet tender of spirit and generous in deed, she gave freely...
Eunice Grace Peterson
Jul 17, 2014
Obituary for Eunice Grace Peterson
Eunice Grace Peterson, 94, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, of Missoula, passed away on Thursday July 17, 2014 at her home of natural causes. Eunice was born on June 27, 1920 in Morristown, SD to Crawford and Hazel Wattenberger. She attended grade school in Morristown and graduated from High School in McIntosh...