Obituaries

Jul 24, 2014

Obituary for Mary Craig Wilcox

Mary Craig Wilcox of Missoula passed away of natural causes Thursday, July 24, 2014, at her home in the Rattlesnake. She was 70 years old. Mary was born at St. Patrick Hospital on Nov. 13, 1943, to William and Effa Wilcox. She attended Missoula schools and graduated from Missoula County High School in 1962....

Jul 23, 2014

Obituary for Jack Eugene Pray

Jack Eugene Pray, age 60, of Missoula, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014, in Missoula. Jack was born in Denver, Colorado, on Jan. 12, 1954, to Catherine Jean (Ferguson) Pray and Frank Quincy Pray. He graduated Helena High School and later moved to Clinton, and later moved to Missoula. He is survived by his...

Jul 22, 2014

Obituary for Debora J. Schmardebeck

– Debora J. Schmardebeck, 50, of Missoula, passed away at her home Tuesday, July 22, 2014, after a devastating battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born June 30, 1964, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Glenn and Ann Wickham. On March 19, 1982, she married Stan Schmardebeck. The couple moved to Missoula in 1989. To...

Jul 22, 2014

Obituary for Glenna Sue Huckabee-Ward

Glenna Sue Huckabee-Ward, born May 13, 1953, left her earthly home on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, to take up residence with our Heavenly Father. Glenna was born and spent her childhood in Hayward, California. In 1968 she and her family moved to Missoula where she completed high school and college. While raising her family,...

Jul 21, 2014

Obituary for Glenda Jean Sexton

Glenda Jean Sexton passed away in the early morning hours of July 21, 2014 at her home in Missoula from natural causes. She was 91 years of age. She was born September 17th, 1922 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the daughter of Ralph and Marie Van Reenan, and graduated from Albert Lea, Minnesota high school...

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary for Duane L. Roy

Duane L. Roy, 66, of Lolo, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Community Medical Center. Memorial Services are scheduled for Friday, August 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Garden City Funeral Home, followed by a reception in the funeral home's community room. Interment with military honors will take place at Plains Cemetery. A...

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary for Jack Harman Rupe

– Jack Harman Rupe, of Moiese, passed away from natural causes at 94 years of age on Sunday, July 20, 2014, at The Pines of Mission in St. Ignatius. Jack was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on Sept. 10, 1919, to Beatrice and Harman Rupe and was preceded in death by his parents; brother,...

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary for Virginia Elizabeth Nealy

On June 19, 1922, Mary Catherine Page was born to Jesse James Page and Clara Louella Rauckman Page in Salem, Illinois. Six brothers were there to welcome a baby sister into the world. Her brother Russell was working in the state of Virginia at the time. Upon learning that he finally had a sister,...

Jul 19, 2014

Obituary for Corrine O. Supplee

Corrine Supplee lived a long, full and glamorous life. Born March 8, 1924, in Sioux City, Iowa, Corrine was the "middle sister," flanked by older sister Elaine and younger sister Shirley. Propped on her Dad's shoulders at age 3, she was awed by the sight of Charles Lindbergh during a parade to celebrate the...

Jul 19, 2014

Obituary for Donald A. Chamberlain

Donald A. Chamberlain, 91, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Hunter's Glen in July 19, 2014. He was born April 14, 1923 in Pontiac, Michigan to Roy Cleve and Mable Irene (Linderman) Chamberlain. At the age of 7, Don's family moved from Waterford, MI to the farm in Davisburg, MI. Don received his...

Jul 19, 2014

Obituary for Jillian Boalth Delano

Jillian was born Sept. 20, 1933, in Quetta, India (now Pakistan), to Leslie William and Marie Kathleen Boalth, third-generation keepers of the British Raj, governing India. Jillian and her mother were survivors of the Great Quetta earthquake of 1935 while Jillian's father was away on external engineering work. Upon partition of India in 1947,...

Jul 18, 2014

Obituary for Lorita Mae Anderson

Thriving in the harshest conditions, producing the most delicate of blooms, and protected by the hardest thorns, the wild rose defines strength, beauty and fortitude. It is therefore fitting that Lorita's name means "wild rose" as she epitomized all those qualities. Fiercely independent, yet tender of spirit and generous in deed, she gave freely...

Jul 17, 2014

Obituary for Eunice Grace Peterson

Eunice Grace Peterson, 94, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, of Missoula, passed away on Thursday July 17, 2014 at her home of natural causes. Eunice was born on June 27, 1920 in Morristown, SD to Crawford and Hazel Wattenberger. She attended grade school in Morristown and graduated from High School in McIntosh...

Jul 17, 2014

Obituary for Derrick Richard Franchuk

Derrick Richard Franchuk Derrick Franchuk left this world we know on July 17, 2014. His parents, Galen and Tammie Franchuk along with his older sister Kayley Franchuk, welcomed him into their lives on April 6, 1988. He was a treasure from this day forward. Derrick attended Frenchtown public schools, but his knowledge came from...

Jul 16, 2014

Obituary for Elfriend Deininger Prison

Elfriede Prison, our loving mother, wife, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2014, to joyously join her parents, sisters and son. Elfriede was born July 22, 1921, in Manheim, Germany, to Heinrich Albert Deininger and Lina Katharina Gehrig. She was the youngest of seven girls. She married Horst Prison. Elfriede was kind...

Jul 14, 2014

Obituary for Lloyd E. Eickert

Lloyd Earl Eickert, 88, of Missoula/ Stevensville, passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Village Nursing Home after a brief battle with cancer. He was born on November 15, 1925 in Chadwick, Illinois to Julius and Hazel Eickert. He was raised and educated in Chadwick with his 9 brother and sisters until...

Jul 13, 2014

Obituary for Devin Wayne Leonardi

On July 13, 2014, beloved son, brother, partner and friend, Devin Wayne Leonardi, took his life in Missoula at the age of 33. Devin lived a life of great poetry. He was born April 16, 1981, in Evanston, Illinois. An accomplished artist, Devin explored repressed issues of American history and politics. His paintings reprocessed...

Jul 13, 2014

Life Story for Debra J. Kluesner

Jul 12, 2014

Life Story for John Henry Moss

Jul 11, 2014

Obituary for Shanna M. Frey

A memorial service for Shanna M. Frey is scheduled for Thursday, June 4, at 2 p.m. at the Garden City Funeral Home with a reception to follow. Shanna, the daughter of Chuck and Barbara Frey, passed away on July 11, 2014, in Missoula at the age of 51. Read Shanna Frey's Obituary and Guestbook...