Obituaries

May 11, 2014

Life Story for Mary Moore

May 11, 2014

Life Story for Grace E. Johns

May 9, 2014

Obituary for Leroy H. Westcott

Leroy H. Westcott, 72, of Potomac, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014, at home after a two-year courageous battle with cancer. He was born April 11, 1942, in Everett, Washington, to Beverly (Boswell) and Leroy Westcott Sr. He grew up on the family farm in Snohomish, Washington. He attended Central School and later Snohomish...

May 7, 2014

Obituary for Richard C. Krumm

Richard Childers Krumm, 76, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Hillside Manor of complications following two years of treatment for Merkel cell cancer. Richard was born Feb. 16, 1938, to Wilbert and Margaret Krumm in Washington, D.C. In 1943, his family moved to Missoula, where his father served as the meteorologist-in-charge of the U.S....

May 7, 2014

Obituary for Earl Bilbrey

Earl Bilbrey, 78, of Yuma, Arizona and Missoula, Montana, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Having a number of illnesses, he was under the care of St. Patrick Hospital and Rocky Mountain Hospice, and passed away from cardiac complications. Born in Yuma, Arizona in 1935 to Grace and Emmet Bilbrey, Earl grew up in...

May 6, 2014

Obituary for Sandra Hyer Southwick

Sandra Hyer Southwick, 66, of Missoula, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Community Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 9, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on South Avenue. Cremation and Burial Society of the Rockies assisted the family Read Sandra Southwick's Obituary and Guestbook...

May 6, 2014

Obituary for Alex G. Polakow

Alex G. Polakow, 99, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Riverside Health Care Center. He was born Feb. 22, 1915, in Krakow, Poland, to Gregor and Paulina Polakow. On Nov. 3, 1946, he married Hedy Hafner. Alex came to the United States with his wife and two sons in 1950. His wife passed away...

May 6, 2014

Life Story for Robert B. Crane

May 6, 2014

Obituary for Edward Alexander Duncan

Edward Alexander Duncan, 86, of Missoula, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Lighthouse Assisted Living, of natural causes. He was born on February 17, 1928, in Jacksonville, Florida to Edward and Anna Duncan and grew up as a Protestant Christian. He attended Robert E. Lee High School where he played violin in...

May 5, 2014

Life Story for Perry Infield

May 4, 2014

Obituary for Dona L. Felstet

Dona L. Felstet passed away Sunday, May 4, 2014, at Village Health Care Center in Missoula. Dona was born Nov. 9, 1937, in Missoula to parents Joseph N. and Evelyn H. Boyer. She lived in the Frenchtown Valley all her life, attending Frenchtown schools and graduating from Frenchtown High School in 1955 as Salutatorian....

May 3, 2014

Obituary for Mavis M. Hanson

In the loving care of her family, the staff at Bee Hive Homes, and Hospice of Missoula, Mavis Hanson passed peacefully of natural causes on May 3, 2014. Born June 20, 1926, in Havre, MT, she was reared in the small Hi-Line farming town of Kremlin, west of Havre, where her parents grew wheat...

May 1, 2014

Life Story for Keith A. McDaniel

Apr 30, 2014

Obituary for Justin Matthew Fatz

Justin Matthew Fatz, 43, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Justin was born in Great Falls and received his formal education at Carter Elementary, Fort Benton Junior High and C.M. Russell High School in Great Falls. In 1993, he attended the Cornish College of Arts in Seattle. His love of acting took...

Apr 29, 2014

Obituary for Robert D. "Bob" Beach

– Having fought the good fight and having finished his work, Robert "Bob" Beach has passed from this realm, leaving a legacy of service to his family, his community, and his country. His friendship was enduring; his generosities were large; and his life was an inspiration. The man whose name became synonymous with...

Apr 28, 2014

Obituary for Printer Bowler

– Printer Bowler hitched a ride on a prairie wind, in the palm of the Great Spirit on Monday, April 28, 2014. Printer died at home with his darlin' Kim. He was lifted by the love of his two sons, Barley and Liam; brother Burl and many more family and friends. A memorial gathering and...

Apr 28, 2014

Obituary for Alberta Ruth Hanlan

Alberta Ruth Hanlan (Bertie), 83, of Missoula passed away April 28, 2014 at her home. Once upon a time a little girl was born May 17, 1930 in Gillette, Wyoming to Edward and Edith Hanlan. Her name was Alberta Ruth Hanlan (Bert). She had 3 brothers, Floyd, Ray and Everett along with one sister...

Apr 27, 2014

Obituary for Gerald Trainer

Gerald Wayne Trainor, 53, of Plains, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2014, at St. Luke Community Hospital in his new home town of Ronan due to medical complications. He was born on May 3, 1960, in Butte to John and Thelma Trainor. Born and raised in Butte, he graduated from Butte High in 1978....

Apr 26, 2014

Obituary for Mary L. McCabe

Mary Lucille Bolkovatz McCabe passed away at the age of 97 at Beehive Assisted living in Missoula on April 26, 2014. Mary was born the third of ten children to George and Catherine (Zunic) Bolkovatz on June 20, 1916 in Anaconda, Montana. Mary was the quiet one in an out going family: her parents,...

Apr 26, 2014

Obituary for Steven Kurt Gratzer

Kurt was born in Missoula, Montana at St. Patrick Hospital on 10 May 1963, the son of George "Sonny" Gratzer and Janet Norman Lee. Kurt died 26 April 2014 at Community Medical Center when resuscitation efforts failed. The military first induced Kurt's interest as a very young boy by riding in a jeep in...