Obituaries
Lois Jean Dunlap
Aug 22, 2017
Obituary for Lois Jean Dunlap
Lois J. Dunlap, 83, of Missoula, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Born to John and Helen Pozega in Anaconda on July 8, 1934, Lois graduated from Butte High School in 1952, then earned a nursing degree from Carroll College. Lois married William James "Jim" Dunlap...
Albert Lester "Les" Vining
Aug 21, 2017
Obituary for Albert Lester "Les" Vining
Albert Lester “Les” Vining, 96, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Les was born in Billings on Jan. 20, 1921; adopted on March 20, 1922, by his parents Albert Levi Vining and Lillian Winnifred Brown in Flathead County; and raised in Havre and Whitefish, graduating from Whitefish High School...
Jerry L Kinney
Aug 18, 2017
Obituary for Jerry L Kinney
Jerry L. Kinney, 60, passed away August 18, 2017 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, due to injuries sustained in an explosion and fire in a one room cabin where he was living at the time. He was born Oct. 31, 1956 to Donnie and Dorothy Kinney in Missoula, MT. Jerry joined the Army...
Barbara Lang
Aug 18, 2017
Obituary for Barbara Lang
Life released Barbara Barr Lang on Friday morning, Aug. 18, 2017. She died in her apartment at The Springs in Missoula, following years of declining health. Barbara was born on March 2, 1932, in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, a small town 40 miles east of Pittsburgh. She was the older of the two daughters of R. Wallace...
Theodore Ray "T. Ray" Jacobs
Aug 17, 2017
Obituary for Theodore Ray "T. Ray" Jacobs
Theodore Ray Jacobs, known to all as T. Ray, died at his Missoula home on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. This was the family home that he went to after his birth at the Thornton Hospital on Sept. 15, 1940. His wife, daughters and grandsons were with him when he died. Through his...
Paul T Dwight
Aug 17, 2017
Obituary for Paul T Dwight
Paul Thomas Dwight was born on June 16, 1943 in Fargo, North Dakota to Ward and Marie Dwight. He passed away on Thursday August 17, 2017. Paul attended Great Falls High School where he was a 4-year letterman earning athletic letters in basketball, track, cross-country and golf. He then attended the University of Montana...
Louis H Dryden
Aug 16, 2017
Obituary for Louis H Dryden
Louis “Lou” Dryden ,79, passed away August 16, 2017 peacefully at home with his wife Barbara at his side. Lou was born on March 28th 1938 to Gerald and Dorothy Dryden in Grass Valley, Oregon. He spent his growing up years in small towns in the Northwest where his parents were in the ministry....
Marilyn Rose Pickkett
Aug 16, 2017
Obituary for Marilyn Rose Pickkett
— Marilyn Rose Pickett, 15 years old, of Missoula, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. She was born on Dec. 14, 2001, in Missoula to Ralph Pickett and Amy Hout and was cared for at an early age by her sister Kishia “Kameo” Pickett. She is fondly remembered for her beautiful and loving...
Russell Arthur Klingler
Aug 12, 2017
Obituary for Russell Arthur Klingler
Russell Arthur Klingler passed away peacefully on the morning of August 12th, in Missoula, Montana, surrounded by his family. Born November 9, 1930 to Arthur and Nelly Klingler in Savoy, Montana. Russell grew up at the beginning of the Great Depression on a family farm with his parents and four sisters. He was raised...
Bonnie L Mendenhall
Aug 11, 2017
Obituary for Bonnie L Mendenhall
Bonnie Lee Mendenhall (Keller, aka BonBon), 70, of Missoula, MT formally of Donnybrook, ND passed away Fri., Aug. 11, 2017 at her home in Missoula peacefully in her sleep, with her loving dog Ruby by her side and surrounded by everything she loved. She was born May 28, 1947 in Donnybrook, ND to Pete...
Vannessa Ann  (Anderson) Batt
Aug 5, 2017
Obituary for Vannessa Ann (Anderson) Batt
On Saturday August 5th, 2017 this beautiful life and soul was tragically ended. Far too soon. Nessa was born March 17th, 1984 in Missoula. She was the first of 3 children born to Mark and Johnna Batt. She grew up on the Northside, playing at the park, riding bikes and making lifelong friendships....