Obituaries

Nov 28, 2018

Life Story for Gregg M Patrick

Nov 27, 2018

Obituary for Frederick D Froehlich

Fred Froehlich passed away from complications related to advanced Alzheimer’s disease on Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, MT. He was surrounded by tremendous love and compassion during the time of his passing. The eldest of six children, Fred was born in Missoula on July 21, 1932 to Chris and...

Nov 26, 2018

Obituary for William M. "Butch" Talbitzer III

Butch passed away on November 26th 2018 at his home in Arlee, MT surrounded by his loving family and dog Mellie. Butch was born on February 18th 1942 in Stockton, CA to William Morris II and Marie Talbitzer (Voss). Butch was the oldest to 3 other siblings his sister Susan, twin brothers...

Nov 24, 2018

Obituary for Stephen Edward Ployhar

Stephen Edward Ployhar, age 85, passed away Nov. 24, 2018, at the Whitefish Center in Whitefish. Stephen was born Nov. 10, 1933, to Joseph and Mary Ployhar the fourth of nine children at the family farm in Coffee Creek. When Stephen was 16 years old, the family purchased a farm in Potomac and moved...

Nov 24, 2018

Obituary for Jeane M. Bigart

Jeane M. (Hance) Bigart 91 of Missoula passed away Nov. 24, 2018 at Hillside Health and Rehab. She was born in Scranton, PA on December 30, 1926 to Theodore and Dorothy Hance. In February of 1945 she married John N. Bigart, and shortly there after became a christian, all of her children were raised...

Nov 23, 2018

Life Story for James G Mercer

Nov 21, 2018

Life Story for William Cutler

Nov 19, 2018

Obituary for Montana Venne Tolliver-Castor

She Has Her Wings at Last On November 19, 2018, our lord, reclaimed another loved teacher from this earth. Her name, Montana Venne Tolliver-Castor - in her later years. She spent the last 31 years with Gavin Castor. Her companion/husband while she still dealt with hardships of earlier life losses of loved ones. She...

Nov 18, 2018

Obituary for Diane Renee Abrams

DIANE RENEE ABRAMS Diane Renee Abrams, 56, of Missoula, passed away on Sunday November 18th 2018 at St. Patrick Hospital. She was born on August 25th, 1962, in Missoula to Paul and Ann Halttunen. She graduated from Manzano High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the year 1981. While in high school she participated...

Nov 18, 2018

Obituary for Loreli Jane Mowery

Loreli Jane Mowery, 63, of Plains, passed away in the loving arms of her husband on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at St. Patrick Hospital, of complications related to cancer. She was born on November 8, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio to Edwin Elliott and Janice Sanford. She grew up in Ohio and graduated from Sylvania...

Nov 16, 2018

Obituary for Eugene Kroemer

Eugene Kroemer, 71, of Alberton, went peacefully to the Lord in his home Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Gene was born at St. Luke's Methodist Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on June 21, 1947 to Erhard and Alberta. He spent his childhood in Lowden, Iowa with his two brothers, Robert and Howard, along with his two...

Nov 15, 2018

Obituary for Roger Ray Martens

Roger Ray Martens, age 70, of Missoula, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, surrounded by his family. Roger was born in 1948 in Havre, to Jesse Martens and Wanda (VanBuskirk) Martens. Roger spent most of his childhood years in Havre, though the family also lived for brief periods of...

Nov 15, 2018

Obituary for Scott Alan Ridley

Scott Alan Ridley, 51, of Missoula, passed away on Thursday November 15, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Hospital. He was born on March 20, 1967, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula MT, to Noel and Jan Ridley. Scott grew up in Missoula and Deer Lodge MT. After graduating from Powell County High School in 1985...

Nov 15, 2018

Life Story for James Walter Fisher

Nov 14, 2018

Obituary for Ernest Ralph Dewey

Ernest R. Dewey, 67, of Missoula died Wednesday morning, Nov. 14, 2018, near Ovando while participating in one of his favorite activities, elk hunting. Ernie was born Feb. 16, 1951, in Austin, Texas, to Ernest and Helen Dewey. He attended DeVilbiss High School in Toledo, Ohio and graduated from the University of Toledo with...

Nov 13, 2018

Obituary for James A Hamill

James A. Hamill, 72, passed away on November 13th in Missoula, Mt. He was born on Aug. 12th, 1946 to Gene and Doris Hamill. After graduating high school he joined the Navy Sea Bee's and served two tours in Vietnam. On Sep. 2nd, 1967 he married Mary F. Alger in Anaconda, Mt. And had...

Nov 13, 2018

Life Story for Joan R Haueter

Nov 11, 2018

Life Story for John Joseph Hunt

John Joseph Hunt died on November 11, 2018. He was born in Kansas City Missouri to the late Charles E. Hunt and Nora Hunt. John is survived by one son, John Kevin Hunt of Missoula, Montana; one grandson, Jefferson Taylor Edwards of Portland, Oregon; and his wife Madgie M. Hunt of Missoula, Montana....

Nov 11, 2018

Mary Colby McKey, age 88, died Sunday, November 11, 2018 in Missoula, Montana. Born on June 4, 1930, in San Francisco to Ruth Hunter Colby and Henry Vrooman Colby, she grew up in Berkeley, California, and at a family home in Inverness, California, as well as spending many summers in Henryville, Pennsylvania. Mary graduated from the Anna Head School in...

Nov 11, 2018

Obituary for Michael S Watson

Surrounded by his loving family and friends, Michael S. Watson passed away peacefully on Nov. 11, 2018, from complications of esophageal cancer, just one day shy of his 64th birthday. Mike was born on Nov. 12, 1954 in his beloved Missoula to Charles and Madeline Foley Watson. He was the second of two children...