Obituaries

Robert Johnston

Nov 1, 2024

Robert Johnston, 84, of Missoula passed away Friday, November 1, 2024 at St. Patrick Hospital. A Celebration of Life service will be announced soon. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com.

Robert Thomas Johnston, son of Ellsworth and Majorie (Mattson) Johnston, was born September 2, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Robert was united in marriage with Veronica Johnston. He lived in Minneapolis...

Harry Brewer

Nov 1, 2024

     Missoula - Harry C Brewer, 68 years young, passed away Friday, November 1st at home. His loving wife was holding his hand, and his older brother (Dennis) and lifelong friend Tommy Talarico were also there beside him helping him gain his wings. The love these three have for Dad is a love you can only dream of. Dad...

Eileen McCarty

Oct 31, 2024

Eileen Ann (Stoner) McCarty passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on October 31, 2024. She was born on March 26, 1936 to Ray and Harriet (Carroll) Stoner. Eileen was raised on the family farm southeast of Outlook, Montana with her older brothers Vernon and Gaylen. She started working on the farm at a young age, planting potatoes...

Sandra Wilde

Oct 31, 2024

Sandra “Sandy” Boelter Wilde, 69, of Huson, MT, passed away in Missoula, MT, on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at St. Patrick Hospital.

Sandy was born on June 23, 1955, in Butte, MT. She attended Butte Public Schools, graduating from Butte High School in 1973. After graduation, Sandy attended Montana Tech for two years.

On December 18, 1982, Sandy and Wayne Wilde were...

Michael Badzioch Jr.

Oct 29, 2024

Michael "Mike" John Badzioch, the "Polish Prince of Pork", 69, of Missoula, passed away peacefully on the night of Tuesday, October 29, 2024, surrounded by his adoring family who loved him so much.

On November 8, 1954, Mike was the third child born to Michael and Alma Badzioch in Chicago, IL. Mike grew up in and around Chicago,...

Bonnie Wilson

Oct 29, 2024

With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Bonnie Kathryn Loso Wilson, who has left this earth to be with those who have gone before her. Words cannot fully express the profound impact Bonnie had on the lives of everyone who knew her. She lived life on her own terms, always with a smile on her face,...

Luanne Hintz

Oct 29, 2024

Luanne Hintz, 70, passed away peacefully on October 29, 2024 after a long illness, Her husband, Jay, and her son, Danny (Blowers), were with her until her last breath. Luanne was deeply loved by her family and many close friends. Her family was the center of her world. We will miss her generous spirit, her kind heart, and her infectious...

Cherryl Kohler

Oct 27, 2024

Cherryl Ruth Kohler, 96, of Missoula, passed away peacefully in her home on the evening of October 27, 2024. The second to the youngest in a family of 10 children, Cherryl was born in Missoula on December 9, 1927. Some of her greatest memories with the family was when they lived in a wall tent all summer while her mom...

Tina Snell

Oct 23, 2024

Tina Marrie Tucker, age 62, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on June 16, 1962, in Fort Belknap, Montana, to William Henry Tucker and Lucille Candace Tucker. Tina was deeply connected to her Native roots and spent over three decades traveling the pow-wow circuit, a tradition that became even more...

Gary Flatow

Oct 22, 2024

Gary passed away at his home in Missoula on October 22, 2024 at the age of 82.

Gary was born August 12, 1942 in Helena, Montana and graduated from Helena High School in 1960. He attended the University of Montana from 1960 to 1966 and served in the Montana Army National Guard for 36 years. In 1967 he joined the First...

John Wittkopp

Oct 22, 2024

John David Wittkopp, 74, of Missoula, passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, surrounded by love. 

Leona Hestekind

Oct 22, 2024

Leona Lee Hestekind (Lee), 84, passed away on October 22, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 3, 1940 in Powell, Wyoming, the daughter of Laura and Leon Banks. Lee harbored a passion for crafts evident in her elaborate miniature dollhouses and she enjoyed a good crossword puzzle. She also enjoyed foreign travel with her husband and...

David Fortner

Oct 21, 2024

David Richard Fortner, 47, of Huson, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2004, at his home.

He was born on January 24, 1977, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Richard and Bernadette Fortner. He was the last to join his siblings Susan, Ellen, Mike and Patrick.

In 1997 he moved to Missoula to go to college. He loved Montana and made this his home....

Kelvin Snyder

Oct 18, 2024

Dr Kelvin “Kel” Snyder was born in Maryland October 16, 1952, and died in Missoula, Montana, October 18, 2024, two days after his 72nd birthday. 

 Kel grew up in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania, the only child of Kenneth and Mildred Gartland Snyder. He graduated from Beaver High School and Vanderbilt University and then served two years in the U.S. Navy....

Bruce Lytle

Oct 18, 2024

Bruce Wayne Lytle, born on May 12, 1958, in Fort Eustis, VA, passed away on October 18, 2024, at the age of 66 in Drummond, MT.

Bruce, an avid outdoorsman who loved fishing, snorkeling, and being in the forest, worked as a Network Analyst in the Medical Manufacturing field. He found joy in his job since it involved foreign travel. While...

Kenneth Jonas

Oct 18, 2024

Kenneth “Ken” Allen Jonas, 62, of Florence, MT, passed away on October 18, 2024, with family by his side. 

Ken’s life was one of love, loss, and resilience. Born in Juneau, Alaska, in 1961, he spent his childhood in Anchorage before moving to Montana in 1976. In 1980, he met Donna Schroeder, the woman who captured his heart. Their joy was...

Susan Hogan

Oct 17, 2024

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Susan Elizabeth Hogan (Rich). Our beloved mother, Nana and friend, passed away October 17, 2024, at 60 years old. Susan gained her angel wings peacefully at her home in Missoula, Montana.

Susan was born December 10, 1963, to Leslie and William Rich in Missoula, where she would forever call...

Darrel D. Johnson

Oct 16, 2024

Darrel D. Johnson died October 16th 2024 at home with family by his side at age 91.

He was born August 25th 1933 in Burlington Junction, Missouri to Herman and Etta (Parish) Johnson. His mother moved him from Quitman, Missouri to Council Bluff, Iowa where he was raised with two half brothers Donald and Dennis Dannat and one half sister Lolita...

Jamie Phillips

Oct 16, 2024

Jamie Catherine (Scoville) Phillips died on October 16th, 2024 in her hometown of Missoula, Montana, after a long illness. She was born in Great Falls, Montana on November 15th, 1962, and raised by James and Jacqueline Scoville of Missoula. She shared her childhood home with her brother Jimmy, and together they spent many days at the family cabin on Flathead...

Harlan Erickson

Oct 15, 2024