Obituaries

George Grissom Rev.

George Grissom Rev.

Jan 30, 2009

Obituary for George Grissom Rev.

YAKIMA, Wash. - The Rev. G. Ellwood Grissom passed away peacefully in Yakima, Wash., on Friday, January. 30, 2009. George Ellwood Grissom was born to E.A. and Adelaide Grissom in Lewistown, May 24, 1928. When he was a young child, the family moved to Hamilton and he graduated from high school in Corvallis. He...

Donald Johnston

Donald Johnston

Jan 30, 2009

Obituary for Donald Johnston

MISSOULA - Donald Lee Johnston, 71, of Missoula, passed away, Friday, January. 30, 2009, of natural causes, at St. Patrick hospital. He was born June 26, 1937, in Anaconda, to Joseph and Helen Johnston. He went to school at Whittier Grade School and attended Missoula County High School for two years. He later married Dee...

Doris Andrus

Doris Andrus

Jan 29, 2009

Obituary for Doris Andrus

MISSOULA - Longtime Missoula resident Doris Andrus, 82, died on January. 29, 2009. She was born Doris Elinor Henderson on Feb. 6, 1926, the seventh of eight children to Mark Leo and Geneva Green Henderson. She was raised in Coggon, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Iowa before moving to Browning to work as...

Dolores Taylor

Dolores Taylor

Jan 28, 2009

Obituary for Dolores Taylor

MISSOULA - Dolores “Dee” Taylor, 77, of Missoula, passed away at her home Wednesday, January. 28, 2009. She was born November. 3, 1931, in Missoula, the daughter of Angelina and John Piccinini. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in 1950. Dee married Howard E. Taylor March 10, 1951. She owned Pancey’s Alley for eight years....

Margie Kost

Margie Kost

Jan 28, 2009

Obituary for Margie Kost

MISSOULA - Margie V. Kost, 86, passed away Wednesday, January. 28, 2009, of natural causes. Margie was born to Byron P. Howard and Sarah S. Tippets Howard August. 1, 1922 in Sidney. Being born blind, Margie attended and graduated from the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind in Great Falls in June 1940. She...

L. Edwin Wang

L. Edwin Wang

Jan 28, 2009

Obituary for L. Edwin Wang

MISSOULA - L. Edwin Wang, 89, passed away Wednesday, January. 28, 2009, at his home of natural causes. Ed was born in Medford, Ore., to Laura Madeline Wang and Lorang Edwin Wang. Ed and his baby brother Louis were raised by their mother during the Depression. Ed’s mom supported her kids by operating the...

Allen Dalberg

Allen Dalberg

Jan 27, 2009

Obituary for Allen Dalberg

MISSOULA - Allen Hjalmer Dalberg, 75, passed away Tuesday, January. 27, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born September. 22, 1933 in Deary, Idaho. At five, he moved with his family to Moscow, Idaho. During his school years in Moscow, he became an outstanding athlete, and twice he was selected for boys’ state. During...

Sharon Larson

Sharon Larson

Jan 27, 2009

Obituary for Sharon Larson

MISSOULA - Sharon “Sunny” K. Larson, 65, of Missoula, passed away at home Tuesday, January. 27, 2009, of natural causes. She was born October. 29, 1943, in Angola, Ind. She worked for Skaggs, Osco and CVS. They were like family to her, for which she was always very thankful. In 1996, Sharon carried the Olympic...

Sharon Ailport

Sharon Ailport

Jan 27, 2009

Obituary for Sharon Ailport

CLINTON - Sharon Louise Ailport, 60, of Clinton, passed away at St. Patrick Hospital on Tuesday, January. 27, 2009. Sharon was born April 25, 1948, in Missoula to Tilden and Edna Kesterson. She graduated from Seeley Lake High School in 1966. On November. 24, 1971, she married Tim Ailport and they lived in Clinton. She...

Richard Cardwell

Richard Cardwell

Jan 23, 2009

Obituary for Richard Cardwell

MISSOULA - Richard Allen Cardwell, 69, of Missoula, passed away Friday, January. 23, 2009, at his residence of natural causes. He was born July 6, 1939, in Kokomo, Ind., to Virgil and Hilda Cardwell. Richard grew up on a farm in Indiana with his younger brother, Thomas, and graduated from Windfall High School in Windfall,...

Bernice Callantine

Bernice Callantine

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Bernice Callantine

MISSOULA - Bernice L. Callantine of Missoula passed away January. 22, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital. Bernice was born in Boise, Idaho, on September. 21, 1920, to Leva and Clinton Hardtla. Her early years were lived on the family ranch located between Silver and Georgetown lakes, west of Anaconda. There were no schools close by...

Nicholas Ferguson

Nicholas Ferguson

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Nicholas Ferguson

CORVALLIS - Nicholas Allen Ferguson, 18, of Corvallis, passed away Thursday, January. 22, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born July 26, 1990, in Riverside, Calif., the son of Debbie Thacker Wise and Timothy Ferguson Sr. He came to Montana in 1999, and graduated from Corvallis High School. His family includes his mother, Debbie...

Johan Larsen

Johan Larsen

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Johan Larsen

MISSOULA - Johan Eunice Brown Larsen passed away Thursday, January. 22, 2009. She was 85 years old. Eunice was born in Williston, N.D., November. 10, 1923, to Park and Stella Messler Brown, the third of seven children. She married Milford Larsen Feb. 22, 1953. They welcomed their children, Jim, Leah and Linda. Eunice moved with...

Betty Deschamps

Betty Deschamps

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Betty Deschamps

MISSOULA - Betty Amelia Hanscome Deschamps, one of four daughters of Charles Melville and Olga Hanscome moved on to her next adventure on January. 22, 2009, from St. Patrick Hospital. Betty was born in Nicolet, Minn. on March 24, 1918. Upon graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1940, she entered the military service as...

Alice Hegge

Alice Hegge

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Alice Hegge

MISSOULA - Alice Jeanette Hegge, 96, of Missoula, passed away on Thursday, January. 22, 2009, at Community Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Hamilton, on March 28, 1912, to Louis and Gertrude Stout. She worked various jobs as a youth to assist her large family as was customary in the early...

Mavis Pearce

Mavis Pearce

Jan 22, 2009

Obituary for Mavis Pearce

MISSOULA - Mavis Eileen Pearce, 82, of Missoula, passed away Thursday, January. 22, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital of cancer. Mavis was born July 7, 1926, in Birmingham, England, to Joseph and Laura Whitehouse. During World War II, Mavis was an operator with the Birmingham Telephone Exchange. She also had an exciting career as a...

Timothy Haggerty

Timothy Haggerty

Jan 21, 2009

Obituary for Timothy Haggerty

MISSOULA - Timothy Sean Haggerty, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, January. 21, 2009. He was born in Long Beach, Calif., on December. 23, 1975. He later moved to Missoula and worked at Big Sky Lawn and Tree. He and the owner, Dan Feild, developed a special father-son bond. His survivors include his wife Deshanna McClure...

Joshua Gardanier

Joshua Gardanier

Jan 21, 2009

Obituary for Joshua Gardanier

MISSOULA - Joshua Albert Gardanier, infant son of Jeff and Tiffany Gardanier, went to his heavenly home Wednesday, January. 21, 2009. A private burial service was held Friday, January. 23, at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. In addition to his parents, Joshua is survived by his two brothers, Andrew and Jake, and his sister, Ashley. Sunset Memorial...

Albert Amaya

Albert Amaya

Jan 21, 2009

Obituary for Albert Amaya

MISSOULA - Our brother, Albert Roger Amaya of Anaconda, passed away January. 21, 2009, at the Village Health Center in Missoula. Albert was born March 31, 1933, to Nora May Lande Amaya Vargas and Frank Amaya of Anaconda. Albert never had a formal education like most people because he was developmentally challenged, but you would...

Robert Schipf

Robert Schipf

Jan 21, 2009

Obituary for Robert Schipf

Robert George Schipf, 85, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, January. 21, 2009. He was born April 12, 1923, in MountVernon, N.Y., the son of Henry Schipf, a New York City fireman, and Anna Staker Schipf. He was raised and educated in and around New York City and graduated from Cathedral Boys High School in 1941....