Obituaries

Aaron M. Cook

Aaron M. Cook

Feb 26, 2013

Obituary for Aaron M. Cook

ISSOULA – Aaron Micah Cook was a caring and loving husband, father, brother and uncle. He was born on Nov. 25, 1976, in San Diego, Calif. He went to be with his heavenly father on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Survived by his loving wife, Wendy Cook; his princess daughter, Hailey Cook; sister Cathryn Heath...

Chester "Chet" Shepard

Chester "Chet" Shepard

Feb 26, 2013

Obituary for Chester "Chet" Shepard

MISSOULA – Chester "Chet" Shepard died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, due to cancer. He was 64. These pages are filled with accounts of the lives of the recently departed and, we are assured, they are now singing with the angels in heaven. Maybe Chet made the cut, maybe he didn't. If he didn't –...

Daniel Joseph Trenkle Sr.

Daniel Joseph Trenkle Sr.

Feb 26, 2013

Obituary for Daniel Joseph Trenkle Sr.

HUSON – Daniel J. "Dan" Trenkle Sr., 77, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at his residence in Huson surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was born on Jan. 3, 1936, in Bloomington, Ill., the son of Robert E. and Mary (Martin) Trenkle....

Finn Ward

Finn Ward

Feb 26, 2013

Obituary for Finn Ward

Finn Ward departed this life on February 26, 2013. His indomitable spirit has taken him through an adventurous life; Finn has always been strong & courageous, and now he is at peace. Finn was born on August 20th, 1990 in Missoula Montana and welcomed into the loving arms of his parents, Pam Truty Ward and...

Agnes T. Sharbono

Agnes T. Sharbono

Feb 25, 2013

Obituary for Agnes T. Sharbono

MISSOULA – Agnes T. Sharbono, 79, passed away of natural causes Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center. Agnes was born March 27, 1934, in Miles City to Herman Toennis and Helen Postlewaite. On July 2, 1965, she married Leo Sharbono. They lived the rest of their lives in Missoula, along...

Darinka J. Milodragovich

Darinka J. Milodragovich

Feb 24, 2013

Obituary for Darinka J. Milodragovich

Darinka J. Milodragovich, 90, of Missoula, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Hunters Glen of natural causes. She was born March 1, 1922 in Berane, Montenegro, to Bogdan Milovic and Radosava Milovic. She lived in rural Montenegro with her parents and five siblings as she was growing up, and attended a local...

Rae Bernice Scott

Rae Bernice Scott

Feb 22, 2013

Obituary for Rae Bernice Scott

MISSOULAâ�,��**– Rae Bernice (McMenus) Scott, 93, passed away peacefully at the Village Health Care Center on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, due to natural causes complicated by advanced dementia. Rae was born to Charles and Margaret (Gourley) McMenus in Phillipsburg, Mo., on Oct. 31, 1919. The family soon moved to Montana, and she was always...

Richard William Klein

Richard William Klein

Feb 22, 2013

Obituary for Richard William Klein

MISSOULA – Richard William Klein was born in Hamilton on July 13, 1966, to Douglas and Caryl Klein. He passed away at Community Hospital, Missoula, on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Richard attended school in Hamilton until the family moved to Missoula in 1982. He graduated from Loyola Sacred Heart High School in 1984. Shortly...

Paul E. Gibson

Paul E. Gibson

Feb 20, 2013

Obituary for Paul E. Gibson

EELEY LAKE – Paul E. Gibson, 82, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at his residence in Seeley Lake. He was born on Jan. 10, 1931, at Cut Bank, the son of William Robert and Laura Evelyn (McCoubery) Gibson. He began his education in Cut Bank and completed the eighth grade at Coram....

Rose Piatkowski

Rose Piatkowski

Feb 18, 2013

Obituary for Rose Piatkowski

-Rose Piatkowski, 84, passed away on Mon. Feb. 18, 2013 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula of natural causes. Rose was born Feb. 27, 1928 to George and Anna Evanko in Perth Amboy, NJ where she lived with her four sisters Helen, Mary, Betty and Ann. On Sept. 25, 1948 she married Michael E. Piatkowski...

Marie Catherine Matte

Marie Catherine Matte

Feb 17, 2013

Obituary for Marie Catherine Matte

ISSOULA – Marie Catherine Matte died as she lived: with quiet dignity, patience, good-humor and love for her family and friends. Marie was 87 years old when she died on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis presented in the early 1960s. Her first reactions were anger, frustration and disappointment, but she gradually...

Pat Wallace

Pat Wallace

Feb 17, 2013

Obituary for Pat Wallace

ISSOULA – Pat Wallace was born in Great Falls on April 25, 1926. Her name was Alvira, but, as the oldest of the four Kinney girls, she was always called the name her dad picked for a boy. After graduating from Great Falls High, she studied music at Augustana College and received her B.A. at...

Robert Blackburn Tidball

Robert Blackburn Tidball

Feb 17, 2013

Obituary for Robert Blackburn Tidball

MISSOULA – Robert "Bob" Tidball, 104, passed away in Missoula on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, following a short illness. He was born Feb. 9, 1909, by the light of a kerosene lamp in Gig Harbor, Wash., with no doctor in attendance. He was the second child and first son of Denver and Jennie Close...

Charles V. Peterson

Charles V. Peterson

Feb 16, 2013

Obituary for Charles V. Peterson

CLINTON – Charles Victor Peterson, 78, beloved father, brother and mountain man, passed away peacefully of natural causes at his home on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. He was surrounded by family. Charlie was the second child born to Victor and Ethel Peterson in Missoula, on Sept. 7, 1934. He had four siblings, Judy, Sandy,...

Dennis James Bressler

Dennis James Bressler

Feb 16, 2013

Obituary for Dennis James Bressler

Dennis James Bressler, 64, of Missoula, MT passed away peacefully in his sleep at home, February 16, 2013. Dennis was born May 17, 1948 to James Edward Bressler and Joan Marie Hogan in Inglewood, CA. Dennis was a lifelong music lover and as a teenager played in the marching band, orchestra and swing band...

William Lucier

William Lucier

Feb 15, 2013

Obituary for William Lucier

On the early morning of February 15th, dad finished the final leg of his race. He ran that race with courage, for he knew the prize ahead; eternal life with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who, beside him through the race, encouraged him to finish strong, and finish strong, he did. What a celebration...

Florence L. Karl

Florence L. Karl

Feb 14, 2013

Obituary for Florence L. Karl

MISSOULA – Florence L. Karl of Missoula, 93, passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, of natural causes at Village Health Care, surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 1, 1919, in Bellevue, Pa., to Roy and Jessie Penfield. She worked many years in the Avonworth School District in Pennsylvania. In 1944, she married...

Nicole Marie "Nikki" Pummill-Lynn

Nicole Marie "Nikki" Pummill-Lynn

Feb 12, 2013

Obituary for Nicole Marie "Nikki" Pummill-Lynn

MISSOULA – Nicole Marie "Nikki" Pummill-Lynn, 29, of Missoula, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at home. She was born and raised in Missoula and attended Russell Elementary, Meadow Hill Middle School and graduated from Sentinel High School in 2001. After high school, she went to college in Bozeman (Missoula, Havre and Great Falls)...

Elmer, Joseph "Joe" Ness Jr.

Elmer, Joseph "Joe" Ness Jr.

Feb 12, 2013

Obituary for Elmer, Joseph "Joe" Ness Jr.

RLEE – Elmer Joseph "Joe" Ness Jr., 83, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Hillside Manor in Missoula. He was born on Oct. 16, 1929, in Wenatchee, Wash., the son of Elmer Joseph and Celestial (Noffsniger) Ness. He attended schools in Washington and Charlo, including Charlo High School where he...

Betty V. Baldwin

Betty V. Baldwin

Feb 12, 2013

Obituary for Betty V. Baldwin

MISSOULA – Betty V. Baldwin of Missoula passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. She was born June 14, 1921, in Nampa, Idaho, to Lucy and Howard Snell. She graduated from Nampa High School and the College of Idaho. Betty married her husband, John R. Baldwin in 1943. They were married 55 years. Following...