Obituaries

Dec 30, 2014

Obituary for Mary L. Decker

Mary Decker, 77, passed away at St. Patrick Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was preceded in death by her parents, Geraldine and William DeSmith; and her sister, Kathy DeSmith. Mary was born in Sodus, New York, to Geraldine and William DeSmith and moved to Colorado as a child....

Dec 30, 2014

Obituary for Elver A. Hehn

Elver Andreas Hehn passed away peacefully at the home of his son Quinton and wife Johnny in Missoula on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Born to Richard and Magdalena (Nusz) Hehn on the family farm on Feb. 9, 1922, Elver grew up in a German-speaking family and community. Elver attended a one-room country school and...

Dec 29, 2014

Obituary for Betty Powell Taylor

Betty Powell Taylor, 90, of Missoula passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, of natural causes. She was born in Provo, Utah, on Jan. 19, 1924, to Alma Joseph and Libby Powell. They lived in Utah, moving to Salt Lake City when she was 5. When she was 14 she...

Dec 28, 2014

Obituary for James F. "Jim" Doyle Jr.

James Francis Doyle Jr., 69, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, at home after a courageous battle with ALS. Jim, known as "Babe" by many close family and friends, was born July 12, 1945, in Helena to Ann and James Doyle Sr. He was the youngest of three boys. His...

Dec 27, 2014

Obituary for Wilber Andrew Megaard

Wilbur Andrew Megaard, 81, passed away at his home in Missoula after a four-year battle with cancer. Wilbur was born April 22, 1933, and was raised in the Belgrade/Bozeman area and attended school in Belgrade. At age 17, his parents signed his release to join the Navy. He served aboard the USS St. Paul...

Dec 27, 2014

Life Story for Rosina S. "Rose" Croonenberghs

Dec 27, 2014

Obituary for Ruth Josephine Brinkerhoff (Hellman)

Ruth Josephine (Hellman) Brinkerhoff passed away Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, peacefully in sleep and in her Missoula home of close to 50 years. She was 85 years old. Ruth spent the last week of her life at home with family around her, reminiscing and celebrating her life during the Christmas season. Her last...

Dec 27, 2014

Obituary for Lila L. Hoerner

– On Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went into the arms of our Lord and savior. She was born in Beulah, North Dakota, on June 5, 1926, to Olga Schrenk and Gustav Binder. She married our dad Raymond Hoerner on Sept. 16, 1946, after he was discharged from the service....

Dec 26, 2014

Obituary for Melvin "Mel" Hendrickson

Mel started his adventure of life Dec. 17, 1923, born in the farmhouse on his family's homestead in the Moiese Valley. After 91 years, he ended this leg of his adventure at Community Medical Center in Missoula on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, surrounded by his loving family. Mel spent his early years whooping it...

Dec 26, 2014

Obituary for Howard I. Jacobson

– Howard I. Jacobson passed away Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at the Hillside Manor in Missoula. Howard was born Feb. 10, 1923, in Soochow, China. His parents, Arthur Clarence and Gladys Shepard Jacobson, were in China as a part of a Methodist mission to teach Western accounting principles to the Chinese. They returned to...

Dec 25, 2014

Life Story for Roger E. Debevc

Dec 24, 2014

Life Story for Frank C. Renfro

Dec 23, 2014

Obituary for Donald E. "Don" Lindsley

Donald Lindsley, 83, of Missoula, died on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. He was born Aug. 7, 1931, to Clyde and Gertrude Lindsley in Witford, North Dakota. Donald and his family moved to Missoula in 1944. A few short years later he met the love of his life, Betty L. Hardt. They were married...

Dec 23, 2014

Obituary for John Thomas "Tom" Giblin Jr.

– John Thomas "Tom" Giblin Jr. passed away at his home in Missoula on Tuesday morning, Dec. 23, 2014, after living life as dedicated as anyone could in 73 years. He was the loving husband of the late Emily Woodward Giblin, with whom he shared 21 years of marriage, and the devoted...

Dec 23, 2014

Obituary for Fonda M. Ditch

Fonda Maxine Slater Ditch passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at her home in Missoula. She was born in Muscatine, Iowa, on Oct. 21, 1931. Fonda is preceded in death by her parents, Lewis Clark Slater and Elsie Drewes Slater; her sister Norma June King and her son Stephen Craig Ditch. She is...

Dec 23, 2014

Obituary for Madeline Waite "Betty" Blankenship

Madeleine "Betty" Blankenship passed away Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, in Missoula. She was born Oct. 3, 1921, and was the eldest of three daughters of Roger and Madeleine Waite in Burlingame, California. She graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco in 1939, and attended Stanford University from the fall of 1939 until...

Dec 22, 2014

Life Story for Mylo M. Knudson

Dec 21, 2014

Obituary for Ellen Fetscher

Ellen Witt Bentley Fetscher died peacefully at her home of natural causes at the age of 97 on Dec. 21, 2014. She was born June 26, 1917, to Grace Witt Bentley and Earnest Bentley, the middle child in a Napa, California, farming family. Of her six siblings, only Peggy Meister survives her. She attended the...

Dec 21, 2014

Obituary for Ellen W. Fetscher

– A memorial and celebration of the life of Ellen W. Fetscher, who died Dec. 21, 2014, will be held at the Missoula Art Museum on Thursday, July 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. Remarks will begin at 6 p.m. Read Ellen Fetscher's Obituary and Guestbook on www.missoulafuneralhomes.com.

Dec 20, 2014

Obituary for Ethan S. Miller

Ethan Scott Miller, 7, of Missoula, passed away Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at Providence Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. He was born Oct. 3, 2007, in Missoula to Scott and Candy Miller. He was in first grade at Hellgate Elementary. Ethan was a spark plug of non-stop action from the moment he woke up...