Obituaries

Lydia Dorothy Glenn

Lydia Dorothy Glenn

Nov 20, 2013

Obituary for Lydia Dorothy Glenn

LYDIA DOROTHY GLENN, 93 (one month shy of 94), of Missoula, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 at Country Homes Estates, of natural causes. She was born on Dec. 20, 1919, in Golden Valley, North Dakota, to John and Elizabeth Roth. The family moved to Corvallis MT in 1936. March 4, 1939 she...

George L. Card

George L. Card

Nov 20, 2013

Obituary for George L. Card

George L. Card was 76 when cancer killed him. He died at home. He was born in Lovell, Wyo., to Floyd L. and Faye M. Card. He attended Montana State College in Bozeman, where he earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree in bacteriology. George went on to finish a Ph.D. in microbiology at...

George Gleed Franks Jr.

George Gleed Franks Jr.

Nov 20, 2013

Obituary for George Gleed Franks Jr.

George Gleed Franks Jr., 75, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. He was born in Dillon on April 28, 1938, to George Gleed and Kathryn (Kajin) Franks. George grew up in Lima, graduating from Lima High School. He honorably served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959. He worked on construction crews...

Ethel M. Read

Ethel M. Read

Nov 19, 2013

Obituary for Ethel M. Read

Ethel M. Read, 93, of Missoula went to home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Ethel was born to the late Everett and Ella (Dries) Mitchell in the family home in Missoula on June 11, 1920. Everett's work assignments as a millwright required the family to...

Nora May Stevens

Nora May Stevens

Nov 19, 2013

Obituary for Nora May Stevens

Nora May Stephens passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at Hillside Manor after an 11-month battle with cancer. She was born June 6, 1942, in Missoula to Fred and Molly Brester. Nora attended Hellgate Elementary until third grade and then the family moved to Frenchtown, where she completed grade school and graduated from Frenchtown...

Alma Isabelle Robertson

Alma Isabelle Robertson

Nov 18, 2013

Obituary for Alma Isabelle Robertson

Oscar couldn't bear another birthday without his beautiful bride Alma; she went to join her husband on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. She was born on June 10, 1923, in the Bitterroot Valley, to John and Nellie Newell. Alma met her sweetheart during her junior year and was married shortly after on Aug. 4, 1941....

Aubrey Dunkum

Aubrey Dunkum

Nov 18, 2013

Obituary for Aubrey Dunkum

Aubrey Koefod Dunkum, 91, of Missoula, passed away Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Aubrey was born May 21, 1922, in Minneapolis to Marguerite (Koefod) and Aubrey Robinette Dunkum. He attended public schools while the family lived in South Minneapolis, just a few blocks from beautiful Lake of the Isles. The Depression years were grim, so further...

Gwen G. Norment

Gwen G. Norment

Nov 18, 2013

Obituary for Gwen G. Norment

Gwen G. Norment, 89, died on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, at the Riverside Health Care Center. She was a retired Unity minister who devoted most of her adult life to caring for other people. Gwen was born in Portland, Ore., to parents of Scottish ancestry. For most of her youth she lived in Hollywood,...

Michael Alfred "Mickey Swede" Hansen

Michael Alfred "Mickey Swede" Hansen

Nov 17, 2013

Obituary for Michael Alfred "Mickey Swede" Hansen

Michael Alfred "Mickey" "Swede" Hansen, 73, passed away of natural causes at Community Medical Center on Sun. Nov. 17th. Mickey was born on Jan. 16, 1940 in Missoula to Hubert and Frances Hansen. He was married to Deloris Ione Chole from 1961 – 1971 and is survived by his children: Kelly F....

Howard Carl Johnson

Howard Carl Johnson

Nov 16, 2013

Obituary for Howard Carl Johnson

Howard Carl Johnson, 83, of Bonner, passed away of natural causes Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at the At Home Assisted Living in East Missoula. He was born Nov. 26, 1929, in Missoula to Carl and Ruby Johnson. He lived in the Missoula area for the majority of his life. Growing up, he attended Bonner...

Joseph Robert "Bob" Hauck

Joseph Robert "Bob" Hauck

Nov 16, 2013

Obituary for Joseph Robert "Bob" Hauck

Joseph Robert "Bob" Hauck died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at home from natural causes at the age of 89. Bob was born at his home on Orange Street on March 16, 1942, to Joseph H. and Elizabeth (Eckert) Hauck. He attended St. Anthony Grade School and Missoula County High School, graduating in 1942....

Brenda Marie Jackson

Brenda Marie Jackson

Nov 15, 2013

Obituary for Brenda Marie Jackson

– Brenda Marie Jackson, 57, passed away Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at her Missoula home. She was born Jan. 10, 1956, in Upland, Calif., to Paul and Bernice Evans. Brenda's greatest joy in life was being a mother and grandmother. Brenda is survived by her children, Nicolas Andrews, Erin Andrews and Trent Jackson; her...

Jean B. Schell

Jean B. Schell

Nov 15, 2013

Obituary for Jean B. Schell

Jean B. Schell, 91, of Missoula, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2013 at St Patrick Hospital. She was born June 18, 1922 in Ripley, New York to Walter and Florence Burgess. She attended Orlando Business School in Florida and began a lifelong career in the banking industry. She was a teller, general teller...

Donald W. Viktora

Donald W. Viktora

Nov 14, 2013

Obituary for Donald W. Viktora

Donald W. Viktora, 75, of Missoula, passed away of natural causes on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at St. Patrick Hospital. Don was born on April 21, 1938, to Charlie and Erna Viktora and raised in the Ovando-Helmville area. Don worked at the Anaconda Lumber Mill in Bonner and then owned and drove logging and...

Darlene K. Clark

Darlene K. Clark

Nov 14, 2013

Obituary for Darlene K. Clark

Darlene K. Clark, 76, passed away peacefully Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at St. Patrick Hospital after a long battle with heart disease. She was born Aug. 25, 1937, in Spokane to Neil and Christine Meyer. She met and married Forrest Clark in Livingston on April 7, 1954. Her main passion was gourmet cooking, ceramics,...

Cheryl Marie Maclay (O'Hern)

Cheryl Marie Maclay (O'Hern)

Nov 14, 2013

Obituary for Cheryl Marie Maclay (O'Hern)

Cheryl Marie (O'Hern) Maclay passed away in Missoula on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, of brain cancer. She was at home with her family. Cheryl went from her husband's loving arms into the arms of the Lord. Cheryl was born in Butte on Dec. 25, 1943, to Pat and Kitty O'Hern. She attended St....

Grace Frey Brooks

Grace Frey Brooks

Nov 13, 2013

Obituary for Grace Frey Brooks

Missoula-Grace Frey Brooks, 92, died peacefully on Wed., Nov. 13, 2013 at Riverside Health Care. Grace was predeceased by her husband and partner, Russell and her son Leonard. Those who knew Grace remember well her devotion to caring for her family, her solid work ethic, and her love for creating beautiful things from her...

June Ruth DeGolier

June Ruth DeGolier

Nov 12, 2013

Obituary for June Ruth DeGolier

June Ruth DeGolier passed away Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Missoula. She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Ruth Kinsley; brothers, Allen and Don Kinsley (Louise); sister, Dorothy McGlennon (Eddie); daughter, Barbara Holtz; son-in-law, Jon Smith; grandson, Rocky Holtz; and great-granddaughter, Sadie Holtz. She is survived by her daughters, Shirley Smith,...

John J. Breidenbach

John J. Breidenbach

Nov 12, 2013

Obituary for John J. Breidenbach

John Joseph Breidenbach Feb. 17, 1924–Nov. 12, 2013. John was the eighth child born to John Bernard and Barbara (Grossman) Breidenbach in Augusta, MT. He graduated high school in Helena, served in the Army from 1943-46, and married Joan Dufner Sep. 3, 1949. They had 11 children before divorcing in 1981. John married Inez...

Delmer Dean Zuehisdorf

Delmer Dean Zuehisdorf

Nov 11, 2013

Obituary for Delmer Dean Zuehisdorf

Delmer Dean Zuehlsdorf, 71, of Florence, passed away on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, at his home in Florence of natural causes. He was born on April 24, 1942, in Sidney to Alfred A. and Elsie A. (Buechle) Zuehlsdorf. He graduated from Sentinel High School and also attend some postsecondary schooling. He enrolled in the...