Obituaries

Apr 17, 2016

Obituary for Alfred A. Geesey

Al Geesey was born August 25, 1923 in Fairview, Montana and died April 17, 2016. He was 92 years young. Al grew up on a beet farm. He left home when he was 16 with a couple of neighbor boys. They stopped in Townsend, Montana where Al was able to get work harvesting grain....

Apr 17, 2016

Obituary for Charles Van Pelt

Charles Van Pelt crossed over into the Abha Paradise early morning on Sunday, April 17, 2016. Chuck--as he liked to be known--was an outstanding figure in the history of the Baha'i faith. He was the first person in the Kingdom who had the background of his family of origin in the Christianity of the...

Apr 17, 2016

Obituary for James Otis Walling

On Sunday, April 17, 2016, James Otis Walling safely slid across the home plate into the arms of Jesus. Jim was born in New Florence, Missouri, on Nov. 24, 1931, to parents James Cleo and Dorothy Francis (Knouse) Walling. They eventually moved to and settled in Montana where his father owned and operated a...

Apr 16, 2016

Life Story for Rebecca Perry

Apr 16, 2016

Life Story for Carol L. Fisher

Apr 15, 2016

Life Story for Shirley K. Petersen

Apr 15, 2016

Life Story for Ann V. Williams

Apr 15, 2016

Obituary for Shirley Kay Pettersen

Shirley Kay Pettersen, 81, of Missoula, passed on Friday, April 15, 2016, at St. Patrick Hospital from pulmonary arterial hypertension. She was born Oct. 7, 1934, in Lansing, Michigan, to Henry and Fern Schultz. She attended grade and high school in Lansing and some college at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Shirley got...

Apr 14, 2016

Life Story for John William Shaw

Apr 13, 2016

Obituary for Herbert D. "Jim" Ritchey

Herbert D. "Jim" Ritchey, 86, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016, of natural causes. Jim was born Jan. 3, 1930, in Perry County, Pennsylvania, to Eldie and Bessie Ritchey. As a young boy he worked with his father on the family dairy farm. Jim married Jean Kauffman on April 14, 1951,...

Apr 13, 2016

Life Story for Daniel Barth

Apr 12, 2016

Obituary for Kathleen Kobold Skelton

Kathleen Kobold Skelton was born September 2, 1924 to Elmer "Slim" and Rose Kobold in Sheridan, WY She was the oldest of 6 siblings raised on a ranch near Kirby, MT, now Rosebud Battlefield State Park. Kathleen attended Big Bend School in Kirby, she attended high schools in Cheyenne, WY, Hardin and Billings, MT....

Apr 12, 2016

Obituary for Charles Joseph "Chuck" Jonkel

On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, Dr. Chuck Jonkel died of natural causes in Missoula. Chuck was born Charles Joseph Jonkel on July 16, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, into the poverty that characterized America during the Great Depression. He often retold the story of his mother, Ruby, bringing him home, a tiny premature baby...

Apr 12, 2016

Obituary for Sherry ann Goodman Ruttenbur

Sherry Ann Goodman Ruttenbur, 73, loving wife, mother and dear friend, died of complications from strokes in Missoula, on Monday, April 11, 2016. She was born in Missoula on June 10, 1942, the daughter of Jack W. Goodman and Lee Goodman. Her mother died when Sherry was 9 years old. Her father married...

Apr 11, 2016

Obituary for Donald Clyde Olson

Donald Clyde Olson, 80, of Missoula, passed away Monday, April 11, 2016, at Florence Hagan's "Home Again Elder Care," of natural causes. He was born Jan. 26, 1936, in Missoula to Henry (Hank) and Elizabeth Olson. As a young boy, Don enjoyed playing with his puppies at the Trout Creek farm. After moving to...

Apr 10, 2016

Obituary for Mary Ellen Weyermann

Mary Ellen Weyermann left us Sunday, April 10, 2016. She was born on March 21, 1944, in Lewistown to Charles and Betty Foster. She was raised on a cattle ranch with a true appreciation for the seasons of life, and experienced education in a two-room country schoolhouse in Brooks. She went to high school...

Apr 9, 2016

Obituary for Marion Jean Leifer (Perchbacher)

Marion Jean Leifer (née Perschbacher) passed away peacefully in her sleep the evening of Saturday, April 9, 2016, in an assisted living center in Missoula. Marion was born on Jan. 30, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, daughter of Carl and Edna Perschbacher. She grew up in Milwaukee and Wauwatosa where she was very active...

Apr 9, 2016

Life Story for Marion Leifer

Apr 9, 2016

Life Story for Bonnie Graham

Apr 9, 2016

Obituary for Bonnie Edith Minthorn Graham

On another beautiful day on Miller Creek, April 9, 2016, Bonnie Edith Minthorn Graham passed from this life as she rested in her bed. Her home and surroundings just outside Missoula had been her most cherished of places, though love of the forest of her childhood never waned. Bonnie was born at Half...