Obituaries

Mar 11, 2014

Obituary for Eujania Brown "Janie" Wallace

Eujania "Janie" Brown Wallace, born Sept. 23, 1951, in Shelby, passed away unexpectedly about March 11, 2014. Janie was raised most of her childhood in Shelby until her family moved to Billings in 1967. One year later, she moved with her family to Missoula, where she graduated in 1969 from Sentinel High School....

Mar 10, 2014

Obituary for Peter A. Maxwell

Peter Anton Maxwell was born Aug. 11, 1986, in Corvallis, Ore., to Anne and Bruce Maxwell. Within an hour of his birth, his 4-year-old brother Tyler crawled up on the bed to hold his new baby brother and our family was complete. Peter immediately filled our lives with joy and excitement. He smiled at...

Mar 10, 2014

Obituary for J. Harold Bell

Harold was the oldest son born to James H. And Treva R. Bell, on April 9, 1927, in Payette, Idaho. He grew up in Idaho doing odd jobs until he enlisted in the Navy and was honorably discharged in 1949. On July 24, 1949, he married H. Joanne Smith. He drove log truck for...

Mar 10, 2014

Obituary for Melodee Elaine Drake

Melodee Elaine Drake, 56, passed away at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula on March 10, 2014. Melodee was born on April 14, 1957 in Missoula, Montana the second of three daughters born to Bud and Jackie Buss. She attended area schools, graduating from Sentinel High School in 1975 and attending college at the University...

Mar 9, 2014

Obituary for Laura Labuff

Laura Andersen LaBuff was born Aug. 8, 1917, in Dillon. She passed away of natural causes Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Missoula. Laura was born to immigrant parents Laura Hansen Andersen and Clarence Andersen, both originally from Denmark. She grew up on a homestead ranch on Grasshopper Creek near Dillon. She attended business school in...

Mar 9, 2014

Obituary for Judith Lee Gabelhausen

Judith Lee Gabelhausen 66 of Hamilton Montana passed away peacefully on March 9th 2014 at 7:01 am in Missoula Montana at St. Patrick Hospital. Judy was born in Burlington Iowa on August 24th 1947. She went to high school at Moline High in Moline, Illinois graduating in 1965. She married Jack Gabelhausen in May...

Mar 9, 2014

Obituary for Betty June Stacy

Betty June Stacy passed away quietly Sunday, March 9, 2014, due to natural causes. She was born June 17, 1924, in Placid Lake to Irvine P. and Elta Sperry. She was married to Jack A. Stacy for 54 years. Jack preceded her in death in 1994. As a couple they enjoyed fishing, camping, bowling,...

Mar 9, 2014

Obituary for Dorothy Barmeyer

Dorothy Van Siclen Dayton Barmeyer of Missoula died at home Sunday, March 9, 2014. Dorothy was born in Bayside, Queens Borough, New York. She attended Friends Academy on Long Island and later was graduated from Smith College with majors in English and art history. She first met her husband-to-be, George Henry Barmeyer, as a child...

Mar 9, 2014

Obituary for Thomas Allan Daigle

Thomas Allan Daigle, 60, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014. Tom was born Oct. 1, 1953, in Butte. He resided in Missoula for approximately 56 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Isabelle Daigle. Tom is survived by three brothers, five sisters and several nieces and nephews. A private gathering...

Mar 8, 2014

Obituary for Jade Lynae Davis

Jade Lynae Davis, 33, of Missoula, passed peacefully of natural causes Saturday, March 8, 2014, at her home after struggling many years with significant health problems. Jade was born March 6, 1981, in Eugene, Ore., to Robyn and William "Bill" Davis. Her younger years were spent in Oregon. She enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, camping...

Mar 7, 2014

Obituary for Ronald D. "Pete" Kelly

When the doctor told Pete Kelly's family that he would die during the night, Pete emphatically responded, "The hell I will." And so he gave his family and dear friends from First Presbyterian Church the chance to share their love for him, to pray and to sing for him, with Pete providing the...

Mar 6, 2014

Life Story for Lucy M. Boylan

Mar 5, 2014

Obituary for Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Cohen

Betsy Cohen, a hard-driving journalist, gifted equestrian and friend-maker extraordinaire, embodied the candle that burns twice as brightly but burns half as long. Just 49, she died of metastatic breast cancer Monday, March 3, 2014, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. No one has embraced life as fully and joyfully as Betsy or...

Mar 5, 2014

Obituary for Garth W. Mathews

Garth G. Mathews, 54, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2014, of natural causes. He was born in Lima, Ohio, on Aug. 30, 1959, to James and Margaret Mathews. Garth graduated from Perry High School and began a plumbing career in Ohio. He worked for many years at the Honda engine plant in...

Mar 5, 2014

Life Story for Selma R. Glassman

Mar 5, 2014

Obituary for Richard Lawrence Bertlin

Richard Lawrence Bertlin, 61, of Missoula, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born on March 17, 1952 in Portland, Oregon. As a young boy, he played baseball and spent many a summer in Tillamook, OR and at the Oregon coast with his mother, Barbara Bertlin, aunt, Emma...

Mar 5, 2014

Obituary for Gene P. Crabb

The angels came for Gene Paul Crabb, 84, on March 5, 2014. He passed away peacefully at the End of Life in Mineral Community Hospital in Superior, MT. He was born Feb. 6, 1930 in Morton, ID to Clarence Delano and Ruth Mae Wilson; the eighth of ten children. He married Joyce Adeline Johansen...

Mar 4, 2014

Obituary for David P. Lowery Sr.

David Perry Lowery Sr., 92, of Missoula, died at home Tuesday, March 4, 2014 of cancer. He is survived by Martha, his wife of 55 years; two sons, David Jr. and Matthew; daughter Ann; daughters-in-law Susan, Katie and Allison; grandchildren Abigail, Bridger and Henry; and step-grandchildren Stephanie, Anthony and Angela. He is also...

Mar 3, 2014

Obituary for Mary Lou Christensen

On Monday, March 3, 2014, with her family by her side, Mary Lou Christensen passed away at Riverside Health Care from advanced Alzheimer's. Mary Lou was born May 1, 1924, in Valier to George and Nell Minty, joining her brother Ed and sister Margaret. She attended grade school in Missoula. In her teens, she...

Mar 2, 2014

Obituary for Michel Jo Colville

Michel Jo Colville, 68, of Missoula, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, after being caught in an avalanche on Feb. 28 that destroyed her home of 23 years. Michel was born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1945 and grew up in Indianapolis, where her parents owned the state's first Harley-Davidson dealership. In 1969, she became the...