Obituaries

Mar 5, 2014

Life Story for Selma R. Glassman

Mar 5, 2014

Obituary for Richard Lawrence Bertlin

Richard Lawrence Bertlin, 61, of Missoula, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born on March 17, 1952 in Portland, Oregon. As a young boy, he played baseball and spent many a summer in Tillamook, OR and at the Oregon coast with his mother, Barbara Bertlin, aunt, Emma...

Mar 5, 2014

Obituary for Gene P. Crabb

The angels came for Gene Paul Crabb, 84, on March 5, 2014. He passed away peacefully at the End of Life in Mineral Community Hospital in Superior, MT. He was born Feb. 6, 1930 in Morton, ID to Clarence Delano and Ruth Mae Wilson; the eighth of ten children. He married Joyce Adeline Johansen...

Mar 4, 2014

Obituary for David P. Lowery Sr.

David Perry Lowery Sr., 92, of Missoula, died at home Tuesday, March 4, 2014 of cancer. He is survived by Martha, his wife of 55 years; two sons, David Jr. and Matthew; daughter Ann; daughters-in-law Susan, Katie and Allison; grandchildren Abigail, Bridger and Henry; and step-grandchildren Stephanie, Anthony and Angela. He is also...

Mar 3, 2014

Obituary for Mary Lou Christensen

On Monday, March 3, 2014, with her family by her side, Mary Lou Christensen passed away at Riverside Health Care from advanced Alzheimer's. Mary Lou was born May 1, 1924, in Valier to George and Nell Minty, joining her brother Ed and sister Margaret. She attended grade school in Missoula. In her teens, she...

Mar 2, 2014

Obituary for Michel Jo Colville

Michel Jo Colville, 68, of Missoula, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, after being caught in an avalanche on Feb. 28 that destroyed her home of 23 years. Michel was born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1945 and grew up in Indianapolis, where her parents owned the state's first Harley-Davidson dealership. In 1969, she became the...

Mar 2, 2014

Life Story for Doris Elaine Sullivan

Mar 2, 2014

Obituary for Judy R. McDonald

Judy R. McDonald, the true matriarch of the McDonald family, passed away to begin the next phase of her journey in the early evening of Sunday, March 2, 2014. Lying beside her was her loving husband Pat and her two devoted dachshunds, Otis and EmmyLou. Her three daughters and numerous grandchildren were also by...

Mar 1, 2014

Obituary for Bob Ballou

Bob Ballou (May 21, 1924 – March 1, 2014). The son of missionary parents (Thelma Havens Ballou and Earle H. Ballou), Bob was born in Vermont and raised in China until he was 16. He attended Hotchkiss Preparatory School before entering the Army Air Corps where he served as a navigator on a B-17 bomber....

Feb 26, 2014

Obituary for Elsie Jean Parker Warmoth

Elsie Jean Parker Warmoth was born in Missoula Montana to Roe and Ernest Parker and passed away peacefully at Community Medical Center on February 26, 2014 at 4:51 pm. She had the sun shining on her face and was at peace. Elsie grew up in Rosalia, Washington and graduated from Rosalia High School...

Feb 26, 2014

Obituary for Delmer Jacobson

Delmer Jacobson, 91, passed away Feb. 26, 2014 of natural causes surrounded by his loving family and his four furry friends. Delmer was born May 16, 1922 to Austin and Flossie (Chapman) Jacobson in White Sulphur Springs, Mt. Growing up in the mountains around White Sulphur Springs he attended local schools and graduated from White...

Feb 26, 2014

Life Story for Delmer A. Jacobson

Feb 25, 2014

Life Story for Jean L. Dorshorst

Feb 25, 2014

Obituary for David L. Golden

David L. Golden lived a long, happy and exciting life for 73 years. He traveled the world and found friendship with everyone he met. On Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, he left us to continue his trail. David was born and raised in Missoula, finishing high school and then on to college. He participated in...

Feb 24, 2014

Obituary for Shawna Lee Stubb (Olsen)

Shawna Lee (Olsen) Stubb , 50, of Lolo, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2014 at her home, of sarcoma cancer. She was born on October 12, 1963, in Portland, OR, to Olie and Patricia Olsen. As a young girl her family changed living locations, as her father was in the military. Then...

Feb 24, 2014

Obituary for William Arthur Roehl

William Arthur Roehl, 92, passed away on Feb. 24, 2014. His full obituary was posted in the Missoulian on March 2, 2014. His ashes (along with those of his wife, Marjorie Marie Morford Roehl, who passed on May 10, 2009) will be interred at the Western Montana Veterans Cemetery, 1911 Tower St., at 11...

Feb 23, 2014

Obituary for Cloyde "Bill" Jones

Cloyde "Bill" Jones, 80, of Missoula passed away on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital, of natural causes. Bill was born on July 15, 1933, in Wibaux, where his family ran a farm. When his folks lost the family farm in the Great Depression, they moved to Glendive. After graduating from High...

Feb 23, 2014

Obituary for Mary Katherine Barnes Miller

Mary Katharine Barnes Miller was born Oct. 8, 1913, in Buckhannon, West Virginia, the daughter of Otho Herbert Barnes and Cora Anne Miller Barnes. She passed away peacefully of age related causes while under 24-hour care in her Village Senior Residence apartment in Missoula, on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23, 2014. Mary Katharine was...

Feb 23, 2014

Obituary for Joyce Swingendorf

Our beloved Joyce Swingendorf, of Missoula, passed away unexpectedly at her home on February 22, 2014, at the age of 78. Joyce's numerous friends are a testament to her gregarious, fun loving personality. She was a beam of sunshine who brightened our day with her sparkly blue eyes, broad smile and infectious laugh. Joyce had...

Feb 22, 2014

Obituary for Charles "Charlie" Baumann

Charles "Charlie" Baumann died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, unexpectedly but peacefully in his sleep from an undetected heart condition. Charlie was born in Bogota, Colombia, to Werner and Isabel Baumann on June 13, 1950. Charlie and Linda married in Chicago in 1979 and moved to Eureka, Calif. He began his career with Safeway Stores...