Obituaries

William Farrington

William Farrington

Feb 4, 2009

Obituary for William Farrington

MISSOULA - William Ernest Farrington, age 76, of Missoula, died after a six-month battle with cancer at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. He was born April 15, 1932, in Nappanee, Ind., to Lloyd M. and Marie Krauter Farrington. He married Susanne Fried April 12, 1970, on Long Island, N.Y. They resided in Sea Cliff,...

Charles Burmeister

Charles Burmeister

Feb 2, 2009

Obituary for Charles Burmeister

SEELEY LAKE - Charles Fredrick William Burmeister, 83, of Seeley Lake, died of pneumonia Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital, surrounded by family. He was born June 12, 1925, in Woodhaven, Long Island, N.Y., the son of the late John and Anna Burmeister. He was the youngest of three siblings. He graduated from...

Mike Monaco

Mike Monaco

Feb 2, 2009

Obituary for Mike Monaco

MISSOULA - On Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, Mike Monaco gave one last squeeze to his lady’s hand and took his final journey. Mike began his 96-year-life journey September. 26, 1912, in Cantalupo, Italy, born to Antonio Monaco and Loreta DiToro Monaco. In 1929, on his next journey, Mike followed his father’s lead, and at the...

Richard Minson

Richard Minson

Feb 1, 2009

Obituary for Richard Minson

ST. REGIS - Richard A. Minson, 68, of St. Regis, passed away Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born on September. 2, 1940, in Missoula, the son of Louis A. Minson and Theresa C. Minson. He attended Hannah High School in Wyoming. On January. 22, 1961, he married Judith Marie Eixenberger...

Frank Knoll

Frank Knoll

Feb 1, 2009

Obituary for Frank Knoll

MISSOULA - Frank J. Knoll 83, passed away Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital of pneumonia. He was born January. 2, 1926, in Glendive to Joseph and Barbara Knoll. Frank joined the Navy at 17 and served in World War II in the South Pacific Islands with three years on active duty. He...

Brian Simkins

Brian Simkins

Jan 31, 2009

Obituary for Brian Simkins

ST. REGIS - Brian Keith Simkins, 48, of St. Regis, passed away Saturday, January. 31, 2009, at his home in St. Regis following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born June 29, 1960, in Superior to Gene and Gwen Simkins. As a child, Bud grew up with his two brothers and two sisters in...

George Grissom Rev.

George Grissom Rev.

Jan 30, 2009

Obituary for George Grissom Rev.

YAKIMA, Wash. - The Rev. G. Ellwood Grissom passed away peacefully in Yakima, Wash., on Friday, January. 30, 2009. George Ellwood Grissom was born to E.A. and Adelaide Grissom in Lewistown, May 24, 1928. When he was a young child, the family moved to Hamilton and he graduated from high school in Corvallis. He...

Donald Johnston

Donald Johnston

Jan 30, 2009

Obituary for Donald Johnston

MISSOULA - Donald Lee Johnston, 71, of Missoula, passed away, Friday, January. 30, 2009, of natural causes, at St. Patrick hospital. He was born June 26, 1937, in Anaconda, to Joseph and Helen Johnston. He went to school at Whittier Grade School and attended Missoula County High School for two years. He later married Dee...

Doris Andrus

Doris Andrus

Jan 29, 2009

Obituary for Doris Andrus

MISSOULA - Longtime Missoula resident Doris Andrus, 82, died on January. 29, 2009. She was born Doris Elinor Henderson on Feb. 6, 1926, the seventh of eight children to Mark Leo and Geneva Green Henderson. She was raised in Coggon, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Iowa before moving to Browning to work as...

Dolores Taylor

Dolores Taylor

Jan 28, 2009

Obituary for Dolores Taylor

MISSOULA - Dolores “Dee” Taylor, 77, of Missoula, passed away at her home Wednesday, January. 28, 2009. She was born November. 3, 1931, in Missoula, the daughter of Angelina and John Piccinini. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in 1950. Dee married Howard E. Taylor March 10, 1951. She owned Pancey’s Alley for eight years....

Margie Kost

Margie Kost

Jan 28, 2009

Obituary for Margie Kost

MISSOULA - Margie V. Kost, 86, passed away Wednesday, January. 28, 2009, of natural causes. Margie was born to Byron P. Howard and Sarah S. Tippets Howard August. 1, 1922 in Sidney. Being born blind, Margie attended and graduated from the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind in Great Falls in June 1940. She...

L. Edwin Wang

L. Edwin Wang

Jan 28, 2009

Obituary for L. Edwin Wang

MISSOULA - L. Edwin Wang, 89, passed away Wednesday, January. 28, 2009, at his home of natural causes. Ed was born in Medford, Ore., to Laura Madeline Wang and Lorang Edwin Wang. Ed and his baby brother Louis were raised by their mother during the Depression. Ed’s mom supported her kids by operating the...

Allen Dalberg

Allen Dalberg

Jan 27, 2009

Obituary for Allen Dalberg

MISSOULA - Allen Hjalmer Dalberg, 75, passed away Tuesday, January. 27, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born September. 22, 1933 in Deary, Idaho. At five, he moved with his family to Moscow, Idaho. During his school years in Moscow, he became an outstanding athlete, and twice he was selected for boys’ state. During...

Sharon Larson

Sharon Larson

Jan 27, 2009

Obituary for Sharon Larson

MISSOULA - Sharon “Sunny” K. Larson, 65, of Missoula, passed away at home Tuesday, January. 27, 2009, of natural causes. She was born October. 29, 1943, in Angola, Ind. She worked for Skaggs, Osco and CVS. They were like family to her, for which she was always very thankful. In 1996, Sharon carried the Olympic...

Sharon Ailport

Sharon Ailport

Jan 27, 2009

Obituary for Sharon Ailport

CLINTON - Sharon Louise Ailport, 60, of Clinton, passed away at St. Patrick Hospital on Tuesday, January. 27, 2009. Sharon was born April 25, 1948, in Missoula to Tilden and Edna Kesterson. She graduated from Seeley Lake High School in 1966. On November. 24, 1971, she married Tim Ailport and they lived in Clinton. She...

Richard Cardwell

Richard Cardwell

Jan 23, 2009

Obituary for Richard Cardwell

MISSOULA - Richard Allen Cardwell, 69, of Missoula, passed away Friday, January. 23, 2009, at his residence of natural causes. He was born July 6, 1939, in Kokomo, Ind., to Virgil and Hilda Cardwell. Richard grew up on a farm in Indiana with his younger brother, Thomas, and graduated from Windfall High School in Windfall,...

Bernice Callantine

Bernice Callantine

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Bernice Callantine

MISSOULA - Bernice L. Callantine of Missoula passed away January. 22, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital. Bernice was born in Boise, Idaho, on September. 21, 1920, to Leva and Clinton Hardtla. Her early years were lived on the family ranch located between Silver and Georgetown lakes, west of Anaconda. There were no schools close by...

Nicholas Ferguson

Nicholas Ferguson

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Nicholas Ferguson

CORVALLIS - Nicholas Allen Ferguson, 18, of Corvallis, passed away Thursday, January. 22, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born July 26, 1990, in Riverside, Calif., the son of Debbie Thacker Wise and Timothy Ferguson Sr. He came to Montana in 1999, and graduated from Corvallis High School. His family includes his mother, Debbie...

Johan Larsen

Johan Larsen

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Johan Larsen

MISSOULA - Johan Eunice Brown Larsen passed away Thursday, January. 22, 2009. She was 85 years old. Eunice was born in Williston, N.D., November. 10, 1923, to Park and Stella Messler Brown, the third of seven children. She married Milford Larsen Feb. 22, 1953. They welcomed their children, Jim, Leah and Linda. Eunice moved with...

Betty Deschamps

Betty Deschamps

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Betty Deschamps

MISSOULA - Betty Amelia Hanscome Deschamps, one of four daughters of Charles Melville and Olga Hanscome moved on to her next adventure on January. 22, 2009, from St. Patrick Hospital. Betty was born in Nicolet, Minn. on March 24, 1918. Upon graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1940, she entered the military service as...

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