Obituaries

Jun 10, 2014

Obituary for Melvin A. Beedle

My loving father, Melvin A. Beedle, 71, of Missoula, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014, by going off the Clark Fork River embankment in theTaco John's parking lot in Missoula. He was born on March 21, 1943, in Forsyth to Lloyd and Doris Beedle. He was raised on a countryside horse ranch with his...

Jun 10, 2014

Obituary for Verlene "Dolly" Stewart

– Our beloved and cherished Verlene "Dolly" Stewart, 74, of Frenchtown, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, June 10 2014. Verlene was born Dec., 12, 1939, in Ceylon, Minnesota. She attended school in Estherville, Iowa, then moved to Montana. She married the love of her life James Donald Stewart in 1957 and later had two...

Jun 8, 2014

Obituary for Helen Menter

Helen Menter, 89, of Missoula passed away Sunday, June 8, 2014 at her home. She was born on June 3, 1925 in Couer d'Alene, Idaho to David and Anna Carrier. The family moved to Spokane, WA, where she attended grade and High School. Helen married Albert Effler in 1944, and he preceded her in death...

Jun 7, 2014

Obituary for Elizabeth "Betty" Precht

Elizabeth "Betty" Precht, 83, of Missoula, died Saturday, June 7, 2014. She was born Elizabeth Davis Sullivan on Dec. 22, 1930, in New York City to Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan and Sylvia Weinstein. In 1937 her father, a newspaperman, was transferred to Los Angeles where Betty for the first time lived in a house,...

Jun 7, 2014

Life Story for Katherine "Kay" Cordell

Jun 7, 2014

Obituary for Monty L. Mickens

Monty L. Mickens passed away Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Missoula. He was born on Nov. 9, 1968. Monty loved fishing, camping, and the great outdoors. He spent many years working as a cook at the M&M in Butte. He is survived by his mother Darlene Haaglund of Florence; his father Gordon Mickens (Roxie)...

Jun 6, 2014

Obituary for Betty Jean Peressini

Betty Jean Peressini, 76, passed away Friday, June 6, 2014, at her home, under the care of her loving family with assistance from the wonderful hospice caregivers. She was born Jan. 7, 1938, at St. Patrick Hospital to Herbert and Lillian Schatz. Betty Jean graduated from Missoula County High School in 1956. She met...

Jun 6, 2014

Life Story for Victoria A "Vickie" Wickman

Jun 6, 2014

Obituary for Bruce Norman Thisted

Bruce Norman Thisted, 87, of Missoula, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014. Bruce was born on March 23, 1927, in Great Falls, Montana, to Fred and Claudia Thisted. The family ranched near Birch Creek outside of Browning, and then the Raynesford area. After the drought of the 1930s the family moved permanently to...

Jun 6, 2014

Obituary for Daniel A. Wysk

Daniel A. Wysk, 52, of Missoula, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014, at his home in his wife's arms with his son at his side. Daniel was born Aug. 26, 1961, in Glendive to parents Betty Peterson and Richard Wysk. He graduated high school in 1979. In 1998, at Thanksgiving he met the...

Jun 5, 2014

Obituary for Lois J. Owen

– Lois Owen passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, June 5, 2014. Lois was born in Forsyth to Guy L . and Blanche H. Hough on Nov. 15, 1933. Lois graduated from Forsyth High School. She married Cecil R. Owen on Nov. 28, 1954, in Forsyth. Lois and Cecil enjoyed 55 years of...

Jun 5, 2014

Life Story for Frank Leo Orazem

Jun 5, 2014

Obituary for Carol Johnson

After a mighty struggle with physical challenges and a long, passionate embrace of life's joys, Carol Johnson died at home at age 72 on Thursday, June 5, 2014, with her brother David standing beside her. She was born in Cando, North Dakota, on March 21, 1942, to Harry and Bertina Johnson, with two (overly) protective...

Jun 4, 2014

Obituary for Marjorie Monson

Marjorie L. Monson, 95, of Missoula, formerly of St. Paul, Minnesota, died peacefully of natural causes Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at The Springs of Missoula. Marge was preceded in death by parents Barney and Alma Meese, husband Wilmar Monson, brother Kurt Meese and sister Retha Smith. Marge was an avid quilter and crafter, active in...

Jun 4, 2014

Life Story for Nancy L. Peterson

Jun 4, 2014

Obituary for Shirley Janelle Rupe

SHIRLEY "JANELLE" WOODALL RUPE MacLELLAN Shirley, born September 2, 1934 in Plainview, Texas to Wagner and Sarah Linton Woodall, died June 4, 2014 at Riverside Health Care Facility in Missoula, Montana due to congestive heart failure. She married Harold Rupe at age 16, in 1951. When they divorced after many years, she married Gilbert...

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 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 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...