Obituaries
Ralph L. Huseby
Nov 25, 2013
Obituary for Ralph L. Huseby
Ralph L. Huseby, 70, died peacefully Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was a dedicated evangelical Christian and since his retirement eight years ago he has been a deacon at Lolo Community Church. Ralph had a servant's heart, was an inspiring Christian, a gentle man and a hard worker. Ralph loved...
Laura Gena Tolina Ottes Graff
Nov 25, 2013
Obituary for Laura Gena Tolina Ottes Graff
Our sweet Norwegian mom died of natural causes on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at The Springs. She arrived in this world, the second surviving daughter of Renie (Stenerson) and Theobald Ottes, in Marion, N.D., on Feb. 8, 1914, and left us, albeit reluctantly, so many years later at age 99! Being born...
David "Dangerous Dave" Petersen
Nov 25, 2013
Obituary for David "Dangerous Dave" Petersen
David Petersen, "Dangerous Dave" 74, formerly of Frenchtown, passed away in Missoula on November 25th, 2013. David was born on March 20th, 1939 in Newton, UT to Shirley Reese and Vance Petersen. He was the second of eight children; 7 boys and one girl. He graduated from Utah State University with a B.S....
Nhia Houa Vang
Nov 25, 2013
Obituary for Nhia Houa Vang
Former Lt. Nhia Houa Vang, a loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away in Missoula on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. He served in the United States' secret guerrilla war in Laos under the command of former Gen. Vang Pao. Nhia Houa Vang came to the U.S. with his family as a refugee in February...
Gloria Wilson
Nov 25, 2013
Obituary for Gloria Wilson
Gloria Wilson passed away Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at the Village Health Care Center with her family at her bedside. She was 84. She was born Gloria Alzada Wikoff to Charles and Georgie Wikoff in Three Forks on March 4, 1929. Following the Milwaukee Railroad, her family moved to Alberton, where she grew up. She...
Russ "Bogie" Bogar
Nov 24, 2013
Obituary for Russ "Bogie" Bogar
Russ "Bogie" Bogar died as he lived on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. We should all be so lucky. Those who knew him loved him, but not as much as he loved those he knew. And those who knew him are the luckiest people alive. He was a western Montana boy through and through, notwithstanding...
Stephen David Sickles
Nov 22, 2013
Obituary for Stephen David Sickles
Steve was 85 when he left this world in his favorite recliner at his home on Friday , November 22, 2013. He was born on July 17, 1928 in Jackson Ohio to William and Grace Sickles. He grew up in the Springfield Ohio area and later moved to Medina Ohio where he meet Edith....
Vermae Johnson MacDonald
Nov 22, 2013
Obituary for Vermae Johnson MacDonald
Vermae MacDonald, 83, of Missoula, passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, of natural causes. Vermae was born in Plentywood to Orval and Matilda "Tilly" Johnson on July 21, 1930, her sister Mercedine was there to greet her. Orval was in the construction business, which meant traveling to follow the work. Vermae lived...
Vermae Johnson MacDonald
Nov 22, 2013
Obituary for Vermae Johnson MacDonald
Vermae J. MacDonald, 83, of Missoula, passed away peacefully Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, of natural causes. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, 217 Tremont St., with a reception to follow. Vermae will join her husband and lifelong partner, Jack, in the...
Poul Frederick Bodholt
Nov 21, 2013
Obituary for Poul Frederick Bodholt
Poul Frederick Bodholt journeyed to his Maker on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at home in the presence of his parents after fighting bile duct cancer. Poul was born in 1972 and raised in the hills of New Hampshire, where he enjoyed a childhood roaming the forests and streams in the summer and skiing and...
Virginia Joy Van "Ginny Powell" Horn
Nov 21, 2013
Obituary for Virginia Joy Van "Ginny Powell" Horn
My love came into this world Jan. 28, 1956, born in Harlowton. Her folks lived in White Sulphur Springs at that time. Her parents had to drive through typical a late January middle-of-Montana blizzard to get to the hospital about 60 miles from home. Her father worked road construction and the...
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
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