Obituaries

Shannie Byron AnnLee Sanchez

Shannie Byron AnnLee Sanchez

Jan 9, 2015

Life Story for Shannie Byron AnnLee Sanchez

Thomas H. Hayes

Thomas H. Hayes

Jan 7, 2015

Obituary for Thomas H. Hayes

Thomas Harrison Hayes, 78, died of natural causes Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at the Village Health Care Center. Tom was born June 16, 1936, to George and Dagny Hayes in Libby. In 1948, the family moved to Scobey, where Tom graduated from Scobey High School. He attended both the University of Montana in Missoula...

Geraldine Hope Kennedy

Geraldine Hope Kennedy

Jan 7, 2015

Obituary for Geraldine Hope Kennedy

Geraldine (Geri) Kennedy passed away at the Village Health Care Center in Missoula on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at 1:29 a.m. Geri was born Aug. 27, 1923, on the family farm north of Mossville, Illinois, to R. Ray and Claribel Neal. She married Walter B. Kennedy Jr. on June 19, 1943, in Boston, and...

Lloyd V. "Bud" Willumsen

Lloyd V. "Bud" Willumsen

Jan 7, 2015

Obituary for Lloyd V. "Bud" Willumsen

Lloyd "Bud" Willumsen, 89, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at St. Patrick Hospital as the result of a stroke. He was born in Dagmar on Sept. 24, 1925, the son of Christian and Amanda Willumsen. He attended school in Medicine Lake and Sidney. Lloyd married Evelyn Morstad on July 15,...

Pearl V. Hall

Pearl V. Hall

Jan 6, 2015

Obituary for Pearl V. Hall

Pearl Hall, 93, of Missoula passed away January 6, 2015 at her home from natural causes. Pearl was born February 22, 1921 in Locust Gap PA to Henry Felker and Stella Beidler. After graduation from High School, Pearl attended Beauty School. In 1942 Pearl married Robert Hall on Bainbridge Island. They lived in Seattle...

Marsha Lake

Marsha Lake

Jan 6, 2015

Life Story for Marsha Lake

James E. Nichols

James E. Nichols

Jan 6, 2015

Obituary for James E. Nichols

James E. Nichols, 79, of Superior, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at Mineral Community Nursing Home. He was born in Superior on Jan. 13, 1935, to Harry and Marvel Nichols. His family includes 10 children, numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews, two sisters and a brother. A celebration of Jim's life will be later...

Rose Hoyt Roy

Rose Hoyt Roy

Jan 5, 2015

Obituary for Rose Hoyt Roy

– Rose Marie (Hoyt) Roy of Missoula passed away peacefully Jan. 5, 2015. She was born Oct. 9, 1937, in Cut Bank, the fifth of eight children of Bish and Lilly Hoyt. Rose graduated from Browning High School in 1956, where she was homecoming queen as a sophomore. She married Wilson Roy and they...

Ronald Lee Anderson

Ronald Lee Anderson

Jan 4, 2015

Obituary for Ronald Lee Anderson

Ronald L. Anderson, 74, of Missoula passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015. He was born September 5, 1940 in Sydney, MT. to Merle and Andy Anderson. His family moved to Great Falls when Ron was four years old. After one year they moved to Missoula, MT. Ron attended Hawthorne grade school and Missoula...

Delores B. Nichols

Delores B. Nichols

Jan 4, 2015

Obituary for Delores B. Nichols

Delores B. Nichols, 85, of Missoula, was called home into the loving arms of her savior while surrounded by her loving family Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. She was born Oct. 6, 1929, in Kalispell. She married Thomas A. Nichols Nov. 3, 1946, and he preceded her in death. Visitation will be Sunday, Jan. 11,...

Elmer Leon Graham

Elmer Leon Graham

Jan 4, 2015

Obituary for Elmer Leon Graham

Elmer Leon Graham, 86, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at his home in Missoula of natural causes. He was born Feb. 12, 1928, in Darlington, Pennsylvania, to Frank Leslie Graham and Minnie Mae Graham (Hughes). Growing up, Elmer lived and worked on the family dairy. He left the family dairy to...

Arthur Degenhart

Arthur Degenhart

Jan 4, 2015

Life Story for Arthur Degenhart

Bill R. Staggs

Bill R. Staggs

Jan 3, 2015

Life Story for Bill R. Staggs

Carol Ann Jesse

Carol Ann Jesse

Jan 3, 2015

Life Story for Carol Ann Jesse

Lynda Deann Johnson Woirhaye

Lynda Deann Johnson Woirhaye

Jan 2, 2015

Obituary for Lynda Deann Johnson Woirhaye

Lynda was born on Dec. 5, 1957, in Livingston, the second child of Armand and Agnes (Sandsness) Johnson. She started first grade at Hellgate Grade School in Missoula, where she learned first and foremost how to make a friend and to be a friend. Lynda and her friends and classmates were the challenge...

Virginia L. Anderson

Virginia L. Anderson

Jan 2, 2015

Obituary for Virginia L. Anderson

Virginia Leah Bulen Anderson, 85, of Missoula, passed away from natural causes. She was born Sept., 20, 1929, in St. Patrick Hospital and died there Friday, Jan. 2, 2015. She was born to Leon L. Bulen and Edna Virginia Bulen in Missoula. She grew up attending Paxson School and graduated from Missoula County High...

Roybelle Phillips

Roybelle Phillips

Jan 2, 2015

Obituary for Roybelle Phillips

– Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother peacefully went into the arms of her savior Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, in her own home after suffering a a catastrophic stroke Nov. 15, 2014. She was surrounded by her three daughters and grandson along with her beloved companion dog, Bruiser. She was born Jan. 24, 1932, to...

Steven Scott Asper

Steven Scott Asper

Jan 1, 2015

Life Story for Steven Scott Asper

Carole LaPointe

Carole LaPointe

Jan 1, 2015

Life Story for Carole LaPointe

Leland J. Walker

Leland J. Walker

Dec 31, 2014

Obituary for Leland J. Walker

Leland Jasper Walker, loving husband, father and grandfather, true friend to the world, died peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at the age of 91 in Missoula. He and his wife of 67 years, Margaret Noble Walker, moved to Missoula in 2013 after 56 happy years in Great Falls. Lee was born April 18, 1923,...