Obituaries

Janet F. Monsos

Janet F. Monsos

Nov 27, 2013

Obituary for Janet F. Monsos

Janet F. Monsos, 84, of Missoula, formerly of Great Falls, passed away Sunday Nov. 24, 2013, at her home in Missoula. Memorial services have been planned for Saturday, Dec. 21, in Great Falls at the First Congregational Church, 3900 Ninth Ave. S. A full obituary will follow. Arrangements are under the care of Garden...

Robert Munson

Robert Munson

Nov 27, 2013

Obituary for Robert Munson

Robert Munson, 75, of Lolo, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 at St. Patrick Hospital, of natural causes. Bob was a longtime real estate broker, land developer and active timber consultant. He was a proud native Montanan and loved hunting, fishing and especially gardening. He was born on Sept. 3, 1938, in Conrad, to...

Ruth Elaine Anderson

Ruth Elaine Anderson

Nov 26, 2013

Obituary for Ruth Elaine Anderson

Ruth Elaine Anderson, 84, passed away from natural causes Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at Hillside Manor. She was born Sept. 18, 1929, in Minneapolis to Waldmar and Sophie Nygren. She grew up in the city alongside her older brothers, Vernon and Ralph, and her baby brother Bruce. Ruth lived and worked in Minneapolis until...

Del W. Cumley

Del W. Cumley

Nov 26, 2013

Obituary for Del W. Cumley

Del W. Cumley of Missoula, Montana, passed away peacefully at his home Tuesday, November 26th, 2013. Born in 1927 at the family homestead near Rye Creek, Del was raised in Darby, Montana by Arthur and Louise Cumley. He was the middle of five siblings. Del served in the Army Air Corp from 1945-1948 in...

David "Dangerous Dave" Petersen

David "Dangerous Dave" Petersen

Nov 25, 2013

Obituary for David "Dangerous Dave" Petersen

David Petersen, "Dangerous Dave" 74, formerly of Frenchtown, passed away in Missoula on November 25th, 2013. David was born on March 20th, 1939 in Newton, UT to Shirley Reese and Vance Petersen. He was the second of eight children; 7 boys and one girl. He graduated from Utah State University with a B.S....

Nhia Houa Vang

Nhia Houa Vang

Nov 25, 2013

Obituary for Nhia Houa Vang

Former Lt. Nhia Houa Vang, a loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away in Missoula on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. He served in the United States' secret guerrilla war in Laos under the command of former Gen. Vang Pao. Nhia Houa Vang came to the U.S. with his family as a refugee in February...

Gloria Wilson

Gloria Wilson

Nov 25, 2013

Obituary for Gloria Wilson

Gloria Wilson passed away Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at the Village Health Care Center with her family at her bedside. She was 84. She was born Gloria Alzada Wikoff to Charles and Georgie Wikoff in Three Forks on March 4, 1929. Following the Milwaukee Railroad, her family moved to Alberton, where she grew up. She...

Laura Gena Tolina Ottes Graff

Laura Gena Tolina Ottes Graff

Nov 25, 2013

Obituary for Laura Gena Tolina Ottes Graff

Our sweet Norwegian mom died of natural causes on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at The Springs. She arrived in this world, the second surviving daughter of Renie (Stenerson) and Theobald Ottes, in Marion, N.D., on Feb. 8, 1914, and left us, albeit reluctantly, so many years later at age 99! Being born...

Ralph L. Huseby

Ralph L. Huseby

Nov 25, 2013

Obituary for Ralph L. Huseby

Ralph L. Huseby, 70, died peacefully Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was a dedicated evangelical Christian and since his retirement eight years ago he has been a deacon at Lolo Community Church. Ralph had a servant's heart, was an inspiring Christian, a gentle man and a hard worker. Ralph loved...

Russ "Bogie" Bogar

Russ "Bogie" Bogar

Nov 24, 2013

Obituary for Russ "Bogie" Bogar

Russ "Bogie" Bogar died as he lived on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. We should all be so lucky. Those who knew him loved him, but not as much as he loved those he knew. And those who knew him are the luckiest people alive. He was a western Montana boy through and through, notwithstanding...

Stephen David Sickles

Stephen David Sickles

Nov 22, 2013

Obituary for Stephen David Sickles

Steve was 85 when he left this world in his favorite recliner at his home on Friday , November 22, 2013. He was born on July 17, 1928 in Jackson Ohio to William and Grace Sickles. He grew up in the Springfield Ohio area and later moved to Medina Ohio where he meet Edith....

Vermae Johnson MacDonald

Vermae Johnson MacDonald

Nov 22, 2013

Obituary for Vermae Johnson MacDonald

Vermae MacDonald, 83, of Missoula, passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, of natural causes. Vermae was born in Plentywood to Orval and Matilda "Tilly" Johnson on July 21, 1930, her sister Mercedine was there to greet her. Orval was in the construction business, which meant traveling to follow the work. Vermae lived...

Vermae Johnson MacDonald

Vermae Johnson MacDonald

Nov 22, 2013

Obituary for Vermae Johnson MacDonald

Vermae J. MacDonald, 83, of Missoula, passed away peacefully Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, of natural causes. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, 217 Tremont St., with a reception to follow. Vermae will join her husband and lifelong partner, Jack, in the...

Virginia Joy Van "Ginny Powell" Horn

Virginia Joy Van "Ginny Powell" Horn

Nov 21, 2013

Obituary for Virginia Joy Van "Ginny Powell" Horn

My love came into this world Jan. 28, 1956, born in Harlowton. Her folks lived in White Sulphur Springs at that time. Her parents had to drive through typical a late January middle-of-Montana blizzard to get to the hospital about 60 miles from home. Her father worked road construction and the...

Poul Frederick Bodholt

Poul Frederick Bodholt

Nov 21, 2013

Obituary for Poul Frederick Bodholt

Poul Frederick Bodholt journeyed to his Maker on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at home in the presence of his parents after fighting bile duct cancer. Poul was born in 1972 and raised in the hills of New Hampshire, where he enjoyed a childhood roaming the forests and streams in the summer and skiing and...

Lydia Dorothy Glenn

Lydia Dorothy Glenn

Nov 20, 2013

Obituary for Lydia Dorothy Glenn

LYDIA DOROTHY GLENN, 93 (one month shy of 94), of Missoula, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 at Country Homes Estates, of natural causes. She was born on Dec. 20, 1919, in Golden Valley, North Dakota, to John and Elizabeth Roth. The family moved to Corvallis MT in 1936. March 4, 1939 she...

George L. Card

George L. Card

Nov 20, 2013

Obituary for George L. Card

George L. Card was 76 when cancer killed him. He died at home. He was born in Lovell, Wyo., to Floyd L. and Faye M. Card. He attended Montana State College in Bozeman, where he earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree in bacteriology. George went on to finish a Ph.D. in microbiology at...

George Gleed Franks Jr.

George Gleed Franks Jr.

Nov 20, 2013

Obituary for George Gleed Franks Jr.

George Gleed Franks Jr., 75, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. He was born in Dillon on April 28, 1938, to George Gleed and Kathryn (Kajin) Franks. George grew up in Lima, graduating from Lima High School. He honorably served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959. He worked on construction crews...

Ethel M. Read

Ethel M. Read

Nov 19, 2013

Obituary for Ethel M. Read

Ethel M. Read, 93, of Missoula went to home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Ethel was born to the late Everett and Ella (Dries) Mitchell in the family home in Missoula on June 11, 1920. Everett's work assignments as a millwright required the family to...

Nora May Stevens

Nora May Stevens

Nov 19, 2013

Obituary for Nora May Stevens

Nora May Stephens passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at Hillside Manor after an 11-month battle with cancer. She was born June 6, 1942, in Missoula to Fred and Molly Brester. Nora attended Hellgate Elementary until third grade and then the family moved to Frenchtown, where she completed grade school and graduated from Frenchtown...

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