Obituaries

Jan 29, 2014

Life Story for Janet G Seliski

Jan 29, 2014

Obituary for Kathleen Marie Gilder

Kathleen Marie Gilder, 76, of Missoula passed away on Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital. She was born Kathleen Marie Keefe, June 1, 1937, to Arthur and Helen Keefe in Deer Lodge. Kathleen spent her earliest years living in Gold Creek, later moving with her family to Missoula as a young child....

Jan 28, 2014

Obituary for Bruce Takeshi Burk

Bruce Takeshi Burk, 53, died at his home in Lolo, Montana, January 28th, due to complications from lifelong muscular dystrophy. He had lived in Lolo for the past 30 years, where he founded and served as editor-publisher of a community newspaper, The Lolo Peak News. Bruce was born in Kalispell on April 7, 1960,...

Jan 28, 2014

Obituary for Vincent aka David "Vince or Vinnie" Bertoglio

Vincent David Bertoglio, 31, of Missoula, passed away at his home Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Vincent was born in Missoula on April 8, 1982, to Bruce Bertoglio and Eileen (Pickens-Bertoglio) Rutherford. As a boy, student and young man, Vincent participated and excelled in baseball, football, wrestling and track and field....

Jan 27, 2014

Obituary for Rodger Earl Thompson

Bonner-Rodger Earl Thompson, 52, passed away at his home on Mon. Jan. 27th. He was born in Wichita, KS to Ann and Virgil Thompson. His father passed away in 1988. He had two children Beau and Aubrey Thompson who live in Great Falls. His mother Ann Thompson of Missoula. His brother Dan Thompson lives...

Jan 25, 2014

Obituary for Irene Elizabeth Mosier

Irene Elizabeth Mosier 93, passed away at Riverside Health Care Center on Saturday, January 25, 2014. Irene was born January 31, 1920, in Bristol, RI, to Louis and Freda Gallo. Irene joined her brother Ralph in the Gallo family. When she was five years old her grandmother became ill and was brought to Irene's...

Jan 25, 2014

Obituary for Donald L. "Skilly" Skillicorn

– Donald L. "Skilly" Skillicorn, 94, of Skilliville, passed away Jan. 25, 2014, of natural causes in Missoula. He was born April 19, 1919, in Ovando to Robert and Myrtle Skillicorn. Skilly began work for the ACM logging camps in the Blackfoot Valley at the young age of 12 peeling potatoes. He then...

Jan 25, 2014

Obituary for Enid Davis Avery

Enid Davis Avery, 102, passed away Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at her home in Missoula. She was born on Nov. 16, 1911, to Ester Mabel Miller Davis and Phillip Daniel "Bud" Davis II on their homestead east of Judith Gap. Her childhood nickname was "Happy". She attended Dillon Elementary School, one-room schoolhouses near the...

Jan 25, 2014

Obituary for Ronald James Hay

Ronald James Hay, 64, passed away at home in Piltzville on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, of brain cancer. Ron was born in Missoula on May 17, 1949, to Clarence and Kay Hay. The family moved to Piltzville when Ron was 9. He attended Bonner Elementary School, and was actively involved in Scouting. He later...

Jan 24, 2014

Obituary for Michael Zarbolias

Michael Zarbolias, 66, passed away at his home in Missoula from pancreatic cancer on Jan. 24, 2014. From 1975, Mike owned and operated his wrecking yard just south of Missoula specializing in mid-'50s Chevys, Pontiacs and Olds, helping customers all over Montana, Canada and five other continents to restore their cars. Michael is survived by...

Jan 24, 2014

Obituary for Bertha Ann Miller

– Bertha Ann Miller, 84, of Missoula, passed peacefully into the presence of our Lord on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital after a brief illness. She was born March 31, 1929, in Mandan, N.D., to Jacob and Julia Schlosser. She grew up on the family farm. After high school, she attended...

Jan 24, 2014

Life Story for Michael John Zarbolias

Jan 23, 2014

Obituary for Lois Adler

Lois Adler, 86 of Missoula, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2014 of natural causes. She was born in Emerald, WI on January 12, 1928, to Richard and Wilhelmina (Gillis) Kamm. She graduated from the College of St. Benedict, St Joseph, MN in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Upon Graduation she taught school...

Jan 23, 2014

Obituary for Elizabeth A Burns

Elizabeth Ann Burns, 88, of Missoula, passed away on January 23, 2014 peacefully in her sleep. Elizabeth was born on February 7, 1925 in her parent's car near Dillion, MT. She grew up on a farm in Whitehall, MT with her parents Eric and Ida Klockare, her brother Bertil and sister Olive. As a...

Jan 23, 2014

Obituary for Elsie Rock

– Longtime Mineral County resident Elsie Rock passed away Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in South Jordan, Utah. She was 96 years old. Elsie was born in Calgary, Alberta, on Sept. 27, 1917, to William and Carrie Spence. At age 6, Elsie's family moved to various places in Idaho. Elsie graduated from high school in Athol,...

Jan 23, 2014

Obituary for Martha A. Brien

Martha A. Brien, born to Emma and Jacob Baier on a wheat farm near Pheasanton, N.D., on Feb. 13, 1923, the second of seven siblings, passed to the loving arms of her heavenly Father on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Martha moved to Montana at the age of 4, settling in the Bitterroot Valley. She...

Jan 23, 2014

Obituary for Edna Mae Anthony

Edna Mae Anthony of Missoula and Nine Mile passed away from chronic heart failure on Jan. 23, 2014. Edna was born on 4/21/1934 to Amos and Mary Foose in Carlisle PA. Her mother passed away when Edna was five and her sister Anna was seven years old. Amos remarried to Ida and to this...

Jan 23, 2014

Obituary for Frank Joseph Boyd (Francis)

Frank (Francis) Joseph Boyd December 29, 1921- January 23, 2014 Frank was born in Clontarf, Minnesota, on December 29, 1921, to Henry Boyd and Rose Sticka. While still quite young, his family moved from Minnesota to the Highline of Montana. Frank was raised in Havre. It was in kindergarten in Havre that Frank...

Jan 20, 2014

Obituary for Kathleen M. Richie

Kathy Richie, 68, of Victor, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, after an extended illness. She was born on Nov. 28, 1945, in Missoula to Valentine and Harriet Loesch. Kathy was a third-generation native of Montana. Primarily living in the Bitterroot Valley, she became an accomplished horsewoman alongside her...

Jan 19, 2014

Life Story for Darrel H. Visser