Obituaries
Margaret Jane Wetzel (Moore)
Oct 24, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Margaret Jane Wetzel, 89, of Missoula, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula.
John Angwin
Oct 23, 2020
John Stephen Angwin, 71, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2020 of natural causes. John was born on April 24, 1949 in Fort Benning, Georgia to Keith Angwin and Dorothy Angwin. He grew up in Missoula, Montana and graduated from Loyola High School in 1967. After high school, he attended University of Montana and graduated in 1971 with a degree...
Skip Peacock
Oct 23, 2020
Alvin “Skip” Norman Peacock passed away at Saint Patrick’s Hospital on October 23, 2020 Skip was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Alvin and Esther Peacock on December 22, 1938 where he grew up and attended High School through 1957. Although he was drafted into the Boston Red Sox baseball system out of high school, he opted to go into...
James Dean "Jim" Busch
Oct 23, 2020
James Dean (Jim) Busch, longtime resident of Missoula, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2020 at Edgewood Health Care in Helena. He was born on June 8, 1946, in Deadwood, South Dakota to Clyde Bush Sr. and Vivian (Fabricius) Bush. Jim attended grade and high school in South Dakota and Montana. He graduated at Ft. Benton and then attended Montana...
Pete Poulos
Oct 22, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Peter Sam “Pete” Poulos, 84, of Missoula died Thursday, October 22, 2020. He was born in Missoula April 5, 1936. He lived on East Pine Street in the same house for 70 years, until 2006 when he moved into an apartment/condominium. In 1957, he lived in Seattle, Washington for 1 year. In 1959, he lived in Hollywood, California...
Caiden Graham "Squish" Hedahl
Oct 20, 2020
"Squish," aka Caiden Graham Hedahl, came into this world on October 24, 2016, into the arms of his momma and Daddy (Mia and Travis Hedahl) and his "Boys" (Cohen and Kye.) He met his person Jacki that morning, which is where he received his nickname "Hand me that lil bundle of Squish." And he was, weighing in at just shy...
Kathleen Ann Fleming Holden
Oct 20, 2020
Kathleen Ann (Fleming) Holden, passed away on October 20, 2020 at Edgewood Vista in Missoula. Services are pending and will be announced.
Ronald A. Hertz
Oct 17, 2020
Ronald A. Hertz, 53, of Scottsdale, Arizona, beloved father, husband, son and brother, died on October 17, 2020 from injuries sustained in an ATV accident in Bigfork, Montana. Ron was born in Missoula, Montana on January 27, 1967, the fifth of seven children of Eugene and JoAnn Hertz. He grew up in Missoula, graduating from Hellgate High School in 1985....
Jack R Tuholske
Oct 17, 2020
Three weeks ago, Jack Tuholske put his raft on the Blackfoot River, tied a Purple Haze fly to the end of his leader, and went fishing. His wife Lilly rowed the oars. Though the fish proved uncooperative, it was still a fine day on the river, sunny but not too hot, the water cold and clear, and the canyon’s timbered...
Kenneth Cleon "Ken" Kailey
Oct 16, 2020
Kenneth (Ken) Cleon Kailey, 81 of Missoula, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 peacefully at his home. Ken was born in Englewood, Colorado on March 28, 1939 to Robert and Madolyn Kailey. He grew up in a rural small house along with his two sisters Bobby and Pat. He enjoyed playing football in high school and joined the Navy...
Carol Joyce Israel (Church)
Oct 14, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Caroline Joyce “Carol” Israel, Born December 4, 1931, passed from this world on October 14, 2020. She was 88 years old. Her passion was teaching Genealogy at the Mormon Church and indexing for the library. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and proud of her heritage. In 1948, she married Larry and they...
William Robert "Bill" Burback
Oct 12, 2020
MISSOULA ~ William Robert “Bill” Burback, 87, of Missoula passed away on Monday, October 12, 2020 of natural causes. Bill was born May 29, 1933 in Brush, Colorado to William and Rose (Lapp) Burback. Bill spent his younger years in Colorado. He graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1951. He then attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, where...
Marta Amelia Timmons
Oct 10, 2020
Marta Amelia Timmons passed on Saturday, October 10, 2020 surrounded by her loved ones. She exemplified intelligence, kindness, caring, and generosity and brought those qualities to all roles she filled in life. Born in Detroit to Clayton and Anna Timmons, Marta grew up in Michigan with a backyard that led to a large woods with a river running through it...
Samuel Edwin "Sam" Johnson
Oct 9, 2020
Life-time Missoula resident, retired firefighter Samuel “Sam” Edwin Johnson, aged 71, passed away October 9, 2020 from heart complications surrounded by loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by Robert E Johnson (father) & Bernice Schwab Johnson (mother). Survived by his family - wife Helen Cripe Johnson, sons Craig E Johnson & Glen P Johnson, multiple grandchildren, brother...
William "Bill" Richard Derrick PhD
Oct 8, 2020
William Richard Derrick, PhD, 82, of Missoula, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 8, 2020 in his home with his daughter Deborah at his side. He had been under hospice care for several weeks. Bill was born on May 18, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Marvin A. and Mary C. Derrick. His father worked for the State Department and...
Michael "Mike" Jon McGiboney
Oct 7, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Mike McGiboney, 79, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 7th, with his family at his side. Mike grew up in Roundup and Great Falls, Montana. He was one of three children born to Bud and Floss McGiboney. He and his family later moved to Great Falls, Montana where he attended high school, graduating in 1959 from Great Falls High....
Justina Henkel
Oct 6, 2020
Justina I. Henkel, age 93, of Seeley Lake, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at her home. She was born on March 28, 1927, in Kitzingen, Germany, to Franz and Maria Magdalena Homer Hart. She was a teenager in Hitler’s Youth Army. At the end of World War II, she married Daniel Henkel and she came to America in...
Jeffery Michael "Casey" Roddy
Oct 5, 2020
Jeffery Michael (Casey) Roddy, 54, left his family and friends, October 5, 2020 after a brief illness with cancer, complicated by pneumonia at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, MT, Casey was born March 11, 1966, in Louisville, KY to parents A. Lee Roddy and Martha Gay Studer Roddy. He grew up in Lubbock, TX and was a 1984 graduate of...
Roland E. "Ron" Frey
Oct 5, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Roland E. “Ron” Frey, 91, of Missoula, passed away at 7:00 p.m. Monday, October 5, 2020 at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula due to complications of COVID-19. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula.
Donald Olson
Oct 2, 2020
Donald Eugene Olson, 85, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2020, at Providence St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. He was born in Fort Benton, Montana, on August 1, 1935, to Kermit and Irene Olson, the oldest of five children. Following graduation from Chouteau County High School in 1953 he attended Gonzaga University where he received a B.S. in Civil Engineering....
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