Obituaries

Sep 28, 2014

Life Story for James W. Powell

Sep 26, 2014

Obituary for Daniel John Walsh

Daniel John Walsh left this world Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, doing one of the things he loved most in life – riding his motorcycle. Danny, the only son of John and Shirley Walsh, was born April 16, 1959, in Butte. He attended Butte schools and then joined the U.S. Navy. His father's guidance and...

Sep 24, 2014

Obituary for Frank Merritt Wallis

Frank Merritt Wallis, 88, of Missoula, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at St. Patrick's Hospital. He was born on December 29, 1925, in Philadelphia, PA, to John and Florence Kelly Wallis. In 1944 Frank entered the U.S. Army Air Corp and was immediately stationed in England. He completed 35 missions as a...

Sep 24, 2014

Obituary for Robert J. "Smitty Bob" Smith

Robert J. "Smitty" "Bob" Smith, 90, of Missoula, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born Dec. 5, 1923, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Ernest Dick Smith and Louise Susan Dries. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1940 to 1945. Bob was married...

Sep 23, 2014

Obituary for Jeff P. Geneau

On Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, Jeff "Cowboy" Geneau, a 42-year-old Lolo resident with a Big Ol' Texas heart, rode his painted horse into the pearly gates of heaven. Without a doubt, he was greeted by Anthony and Lucy Geneau, his grandparents who loved and raised him and helped him become the man he was....

Sep 22, 2014

Life Story for Thomas John Griggin

Sep 22, 2014

Life Story for Thomas John Griffin

Sep 22, 2014

Life Story for Glen H. Roberts

Sep 21, 2014

Obituary for Mark Lyons

Mark Lyons, 66, of Missoula, passed away peacefully at home Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 21, 1948, in Alpena, Michigan, to Fred and Rita Lyons. While growing up in Alpena, he discovered his true passion for fishing and the outdoors. He spent numerous days on the rivers...

Sep 21, 2014

Life Story for Mary Jane Smith

Sep 21, 2014

Life Story for Eric C. Hanson

Sep 21, 2014

Life Story for Mary Jane Smith

Sep 21, 2014

Obituary for David Asch

– David J. Asch, 85, of Florence, passed away Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at Community Medical Center in Missoula due to a stoke. David was born March 15, 1929, to Nathan and Elizabeth (Ingwersen) Asch in New Milford, Connecticut. He attended boarding schools from an early age. On Oct. 3, 1946, he enlisted in the...

Sep 21, 2014

Obituary for Eric Carl. Hanson Sr

Eric Carl Hanson Sr., 66, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital. Eric was born Sept. 5, 1948, in Mount Vernon, New York, to Richard and Elsie Hanson. He served briefly in the U.S. Navy with an honorable discharge. On June 13, 1970, he married Carol Lynn Saltonstall...

Sep 21, 2014

Obituary for Lucinda Hightower

– Lucinda Hightower, 80, of Missoula, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at Kathy's Place in Florence of natural causes. She was born Nov. 7, 1933, at home outside of Polson to Tulla Spencer Wright and Mary Wright. Born during the Great Depression, she was raised on a...

Sep 20, 2014

Obituary for Sarajane Savage

Sarajane Savage passed peacefully from this life Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. She was born Jan. 7, 1927, at her grandparents' home in Fox Home, Minnesota, to Augustine and Isadora (Haskins) Anderson. She grew up and attended school in various towns around Montana. She graduated from Missoula County High School in 1945, then from the Modern...

Sep 19, 2014

Obituary for Betty Sue Hofman

Betty Sue Hofman, 77, of Missoula, passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014 at The Springs of natural causes after a brief illness. She was born on October 9, 1936 in Denver, Colorado to Bernice Louise Bass and Clark W. Brown where she was youngest of five daughters. She was raised in Burien, Washington...

Sep 19, 2014

Obituary for Robert D. "Duke" Speer

Robert D. "Duke" Speer, 65, of Big Arm, passed away at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. He was born in Conrad on Feb. 22, 1949, to Dorothy and Robert David Speer. He graduated from high school in Simms, and served in the Air National Guard for eight years...

Sep 19, 2014

Life Story for George A. Vandergrift Jr.

Sep 18, 2014

Obituary for Charles 'Kelly Bumgarner

– Charles Caldin "Kelly" Bumgarner, 73, of Missoula, passed away Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, of natural causes. He was born Aug. 8, 1941, in Rochester, Minnesota, to Ruth and Leslie Bumgarner. He moved with his family to the Bitterroot Valley about 1946. He attended elementary school in Hamilton. He moved to Missoula in 1956....