Obituaries

Feb 12, 2016

Obituary for Bruce Newell Wheeler

It is an incredibly daunting task to write an obituary for Bruce Wheeler, but here it goes. Bruce Newell Wheeler passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at the age of 68 at his home in Missoula. He was born Dec. 15, 1947, in Lakeview, Michigan, and raised on a potato farm in the thriving...

Feb 12, 2016

Obituary for Debra Kathleen Wiltgen

Debra Kathleen Wiltgen, 59, of Missoula, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at St. Patrick Hospital. She was born Sept. 27, 1956, in Graceville, Minnesota, the daughter of Walter and Edna Parrow. She moved to Anaconda at the age of one where she was reared and educated, graduating from Anaconda High School. She worked...

Feb 12, 2016

Life Story for Henry Dorsman

Feb 9, 2016

Obituary for John Asa Duncan

John Asa Duncan was born on July 29, 1933, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, surrounded by his wife and daughter, and his dear friend Mike Burke also at St. Patrick Hospital. He was the youngest son of Thomas W. and Frances (Feehan) Duncan and...

Feb 9, 2016

Life Story for Shirley Robertson Kimble

Feb 8, 2016

Obituary for Rita Rose Franzen Lundgren

MAXVILLE – Rita Rose Franzen Lundgren, 63, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Missoula of natural causes. She was born Aug. 15, 1952, in Missoula to Walter and Kathrine Franzen. Rita attended schools in Missoula and Barber College. She married Rick Lundgren on April 9, 1983, and lived in Missoula until moving...

Feb 8, 2016

Obituary for James L. Schreckendgust

On February 8, 2016, James L. Schreckendgust left this earth in search of a more heavenly place to harvest timber. Jim was born to Charles and Xavier "Toots" Schreckendgust on August 20, 1934 in a small cabin in Florence, MT. One of six kids, Jim grew up quickly and stepped in to help take...

Feb 8, 2016

Obituary for Helen Virginia Norgaard (Saddler)

Helen Virginia (Saddler) Norgaard died peacefully Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at Bee Hive Assisted Living in Missoula. She was 97. Helen was born in a log cabin on April 14, 1918, the eldest of five daughters born to Clyde and Grace Saddler of Puposki, Minnesota. Her maternal grandparents, Charlie and Catherine Durand, had...

Feb 8, 2016

Life Story for Stanley William Boyes

Feb 7, 2016

Obituary for Ralph Victor Hult

Ralph Victor Hult of Potomac passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, after his long courageous battle with a rare lymphoma, surrounded by family and friends. This bright star was born in Hollywood, California, on Sept. 11, 1954, to Ralph and Virginia (Adams) Hult, the fourth child of seven to be welcomed into this world....

Feb 6, 2016

Obituary for Billie Patricia Shiner

Billie Patricia Shiner, Anaconda, MT passed away on February 6, 2016. She was born Billie Patricia Ward to James and Laura Ward on March 10, 1936 in Anaconda, MT where she would spend all of her younger life and graduate from Anaconda High. She married Rudy W. Shiner on May 5, 1955 and had...

Feb 6, 2016

Obituary for Ruby Langel

Born in Rudyard, Montana to George A. and Anna N. (Lambott) Peebler, she was the eldest of 5 children. Her early years were on the Peebler family farm near Rudyard, where she graduated from High School. She then lived in Kalispell with her parents and siblings. She married Duaine C. Langel in 1945 and continued...

Feb 4, 2016

Obituary for Stefan Aaron Jones

Stefan AAron Jones passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. He was born Nov. 29, 1974, in St. Ignatius. He graduated from Plains High School in 1993. While in high school, he was a member of the football and wrestling teams. After high school he became a certified mechanic. He made Missoula his home, and...

Feb 4, 2016

Obituary for Robert Schuyler Anderson

Robert Schuyler Anderson, known to his friends as Bob, passed away at his Missoula home on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at the young age of 61. Bob was born Oct. 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Lillian and Kingsley Anderson and brother to Edwin, Maureen and William. After graduating from high...

Feb 4, 2016

Obituary for Fadwa F. Haddad

Fadwa Haddad, 91, a long-time resident of Missoula passed away in comfort, surrounded by loving care at her home among family and friends, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, from natural causes. She was born in Jordan on Aug. 20, 1924, and grew up in Sault and Amman, the eldest of five children. She graduated...

Feb 3, 2016

Obituary for Robert Alan "Bob" Hopkins

– Robert Alan "Bob" Hopkins, 67, of Missoula, suffered a stroke and passed away peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, with family at his side. He was born Jan. 16, 1949, in Seattle to Stuart and Eleanore Hopkins. He attended Western Washington State College, and joined the Air Force in 1973, and over the...

Feb 3, 2016

Obituary for Michael Gene Woods

Michael Gene Woods, 61, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at his home in Bonner, MT on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. Mike was born on March 29, 1954, in Hoven, S.D. to Glenn and Rose Woods. He was seventh of their eleven children. Mike moved with his family to Libby, MT in 1962...

Feb 3, 2016

Obituary for Dorothy Viola Long (Lewis)

MISSOULA – Dorothy Viola (Lewis) Long was born to Josephesus and Mamie Lewis in Fairview on Dec. 8, 1931, and passed away in Missoula on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. She met and married Clifford LeRoy Long in 1954 and resided in Missoula. To this union was born three children, Viola Vigil of Missoula,...

Feb 2, 2016

Life Story for Thesta Mae Perry

Feb 2, 2016

Obituary for Loretta M. Evans

– Loretta May Evans, 78, of Missoula, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at St. Patrick Hospital. She was born on June 28, 1937, in Stevensville, Montana to Eugene and Effie Mastel. At some point within the first four months of her life, Loretta moved with her family to Yakima, Washington, living there...