Obituaries
David A. Hakes
Feb 12, 2022
David Allen Hakes, 78, of Missoula, passed away on February 12, 2022 at Community Medical Center surrounded by family. He was born June 19, 1943 in Decatur, Indiana to Harold and June Hakes. At age 16, he joined the Army Rangers, earned his GED, and was stationed in Hawaii and Japan. After the military, he met his wife of 56...
Steven McLaverty
Feb 11, 2022
Steven McLaverty, 67, long time resident of Missoula, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022, at his residence in Missoula. Steve was born December 13, 1954, in Germany, the fourth child of Dr. Bernard and Marie McLaverty. After moving around a bit with his dad in the Army, the family settled in Missoula. Steve excelled as a basketball player and football...
Rosemary Ann Beason
Feb 11, 2022
Rosemary Ann (Buckley) Beason, 84, passed away from interstitial lung disease at her Missoula home surrounded by family, February 11. She was born in Lenexa, Kansas in 1937, where she had a wonderful childhood. She graduated from Saint Joesph High School in Shawnee Mission in 1955. Rosemary met Joe Beason in 1959, when they both worked for Travelers Insurance Company....
Robert G. "Bob" Bricker
Feb 10, 2022
Robert “Bob” Gale Bricker, 91, of Missoula, Montana, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Grizzly Peak in Missoula, Montana. Sweet Old Bob (S.O.B) as he was affectionally known was born in Akron, Colorado, November 01, 1930, to Shelby E. and Fosta B. Bricker. Following his high school graduation Bob joined the Marine Corps...
Betty Rose Ward
Feb 10, 2022
Betty was often described as beautiful and spry with a keenly witty sense of humor. She was a proud, "amazing woman" and enjoyed narrating humorous, sometimes heartfelt stories to those she loved and admired, accompanied by laughter, a good cup of coffee and a one of her favorites from a long list of deserts. Betty was a close confidant and...
Patricia Ann "Patti" Herbert
Feb 9, 2022
Patricia “Patti” Ann Herbert was born on September 28,1957 to Jim and Donna Hadley in Baker, Montana. Patti moved to Seeley Lake in the mid 1970’s and worked at Barney’s where she met her best friend, Jeannie Paxton. Patti, married Les Herbert Jr. on November 14, 1986. When they moved to Missoula, Patti worked at Ruby’s Reserve Street Inn. In...
Jared Stewart Dahle
Feb 8, 2022
Jared Stewart Dahle, 53 of Missoula passed away in a tragic accident Tuesday, February 8, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 18, 2022 at the St. Francis Catholic Church (420 W Pine St. Missoula, MT 59802). Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery (641 Turner St. Missoula, MT 59802)....
Nancy N. Erickson
Feb 7, 2022
Nancy N. Erickson passed away peacefully on February 7 in the Pattee Canyon home that she loved for 51 years. With her were her two daughters, Chris and Terrell, her husband Ron, and in spirit her granddaughter Avery, who is in Africa. Born in Ohio in 1935, Nancy grew up in the 1940s on her parents’ cattle ranch and in...
Billie Irene Hamma
Feb 7, 2022
Billie Hamma, 94 of Missoula Montana passed away Monday, February 7, 2022 at St Patrick’s Hospital, Missoula, Montana. Billie Irene Jones (Orphey, White, Hamma) was born April 3, 1927, the oldest daughter of Jesse Frank and Ethel Jones. She had two older brothers Jessie and Alva, and two younger sisters Clarcy and Diane. She lived most of her life in...
Gary Wolff
Feb 6, 2022
One of the best storytellers' own story ended February 6, 2022. Gary Wolff was a master storyteller, always keeping his audience on the edge of their seats wondering if it was real or if the punch line was just around the corner. His family and friends would always look forward to his next big story. He had a great sense...
Charles Lee "Chuck" Webber Jr.
Feb 5, 2022
Charles “Chuck” Lee Webber Jr. was born September 30, 1921 to Charles Lee Webber and Alice Elida Webber (Nee Smith) in Summit, New Jersey and Died February 5, 2022 at 100 years, 4 months and 6 days, in Missoula, Montana. As a teenager, he was an outstanding track and cross- country runner in New York City. In 1942, he enlisted...
Grace E. Olson
Feb 3, 2022
Grace Eileen Olson Missoula - With profound sadness we announce the passing of Grace Eileen Olson on Thursday, Feb 3, 2022 at the young age of 75. Grace was born Nov. 13, 1946 to Bud and Freida MacDonald in Wolf Point, MT. She was the first of five children. Growing up on the N.E. rural plains, she helped her parents...
James Joseph "Jim" Walrath
Feb 2, 2022
James “Jim” Walrath, 70, of Deer Lodge passed away Wednesday, February, 2, 2022 at St. Patrick Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
John F. Gunterman
Feb 2, 2022
John F. Gunterman was born January 21, 1948 in Calexico, California to Margaret Appleton Gunterman and Frederick James Gunterman. He grew up a cowboy on his father’s ranches. After college at the University of California, Davis, and completing ROTC, John was commissioned into the U.S. Army. Then he and his college sweetheart, Denise S. Brenner, were married. They were blessed...
Glenn D. Cook
Jan 31, 2022
Glenn Dean Cook, 93, passed away Monday, January 31, at St. Pat’s Hospital. Glenn died of a broken heart and other medical complications after losing Dede, his wife of 70 years, who passed 10 days earlier. Glenn was born in Yakima, Washington, June 14, 1928, to Charles Deo and Ruth (Wickwire) Cook. He was second of three children. Glenn spent...
Bradley Meinhold
Jan 30, 2022
Bradley Meinhold was born September 11th,1949 in Oakland, California at Oaknol Military Hospital to Donnalynn and Alfred Meinhold. His early years were spent moving around the United States, as his father was in the Marines. Their family eventually settled in Washington State in 1957. The Meinhold kids (Dad’s siblings) fondly remember being raised playing cribbage, whist, and bridge with their...
Muriel Annette Parmeter
Jan 29, 2022
Muriel (Tottie) Parmeter, 86, of Missoula passed away at BeeHive Homes on January 29, 2022, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. Tottie was born September 9, 1935, in Gillingham, County of Kent. Her childhood town was Cardiff, South Wales, although she remembered moving around Britain to escape World War II bombings, attending ten different schools before she was 11 years...
Robert Mathew Clegg
Jan 28, 2022
On January 5, 1930, the world forever changed for the better. Robert Mathew Clegg was born to Mathew Simpson Clegg and Lillian Marie Clegg. Robert, or Bob as he became known, grew up with his older sister, Doris, on Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. His father, Mathew, who himself had left home at 15 years old, provided a comfortable...
David Robert Lester
Jan 26, 2022
David Robert Lester, 81, passed away at St. Patrick Hospital on January 26, 2022. David was born on December 29, 1940 to Osburne and Jane (Piatt) Lester in Butte, MT where David also spent much of his childhood. David graduated high school in Great Falls, MT and attended the University of Montana and Montana State University. David met his wife...
Jeremy John Brown
Jan 26, 2022
Jeremy John Brown died unexpectedly in Kansas on January 26 at age 42. He was born July 20, 1979, to Charlie Brown and Renee (Brown) Ernst in Helena. He grew up in Missoula and immediately joined the Army upon graduation from high school. His final duty station was at Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kansas. Jeremy and his wife, Britni, were...
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