Obituaries

Ruth Alt

Dec 13, 2008

Obituary for Ruth Alt

MISSOULA - Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated from St. Philips Parish at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December. 20. Rite of committal service will to follow in Valley Cemetery. Reception will be held for family and friends at the VFW Hall in Maxville. Ruth passed away peacefully Saturday, December. 13, 2008, in Missoula. Ruth was...

Walter Sedoff

Dec 13, 2008

Obituary for Walter Sedoff

ALBERTON - Walter Sedoff, was born June 24, 1920, in Detroit, to Russian Immigrants Wasily and Marina Sedoff. Growing up in the Depression years, he later attended the University of Michigan. With the onset of World War II, he enlisted and was stationed in Wisconsin, where, on a fortuitous blind date, he met his most...

Dennis Tripp

Dec 13, 2008

Obituary for Dennis Tripp

LOLO - Dennis M. Tripp, 57, of Lolo, died December. 13, 2008. Memorial services are planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at Garden City Funeral Home, with a reception following at the funeral home. Read Dennis Tripp's Obituary and Guestbook.

Charles Parker

Dec 10, 2008

Obituary for Charles Parker

MISSOULA - Charles D. Parker, husband, father, teacher, river runner, smokejumper, wilderness lover and boat builder passed away peacefully Wednesday, December. 10, 2008. Charles, a fourth generation Montanan, was born in Missoula on August. 22, 1924, at the Thornton Hospital, present site of Missoula Public Library. He was raised by his father, John Ray Parker,...

Elizabeth Larson

Dec 10, 2008

Obituary for Elizabeth Larson

MISSOULA - Our loving daughter and angel, Elizabeth Marie Larson, went to meet our Lord on December. 10, 2008, after a 4 1/2-year battle with neuroblastoma cancer. She was diagnosed in September 2004. Throughout her journey, Elizabeth had endured four surgeries, a bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, followed by monoclonal test drugs to...

Robert Holden

Dec 8, 2008

Obituary for Robert Holden

MISSOULA - Robert P. “Bob” Holden, 56, of Missoula, passed away suddenly Monday, December. 8, 2008, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born January. 25, 1952, in Missoula, a son of Charles and Nora Holden. He was raised and educated in Missoula, graduating from Loyola Sacred Heart High School in 1970. He attended...

Lisa Jones

Dec 6, 2008

Obituary for Lisa Jones

MISSOULA - Beloved wife and mother Lisa Renee Jones, 42, of Missoula, passed away suddenly from injuries suffered in a hiking accident Saturday December. 6, 2008. She was born October. 7, 1966, in Syracuse, Kan. As a young girl, she lived with her family in various Air Force base locations, including Ohio, California and New...

William Johnson

Dec 3, 2008

Obituary for William Johnson

MISSOULA - William Scott Johnson died at The Paxson Home on Wednesday, December. 3, 2008. Bill was born in Missoula on January. 18, 1945, to Valarah Ellen and Roy O. Johnson. A disability resulted from a lack of oxygen at birth. It hindered his ability to communicate but it was apparent to anyone who knew...

Michael Garrison

Dec 2, 2008

Obituary for Michael Garrison

MISSOULA - William Scott Johnson died at The Paxson Home on Wednesday, December. 3, 2008. Bill was born in Missoula on January. 18, 1945, to Valarah Ellen and Roy O. Johnson. A disability resulted from a lack of oxygen at birth. It hindered his ability to communicate but it was apparent to anyone who knew...

Vincent Keiley

Nov 30, 2008

Obituary for Vincent Keiley

MISSOULA - Vincent R. Keiley, age 86, of Missoula, died of natural causes Sunday, November. 30, 2008, at St. Patrick Hospital. Vincent R. Keiley was born October. 17, 1922, in Deer Lodge, to Remy and May Boyle Keiley. He was the youngest of five children; Jack, Anne, Rita, and Joe. He was raised on a...

Byron Dodd

Nov 30, 2008

Obituary for Byron Dodd

MISSOULA - Byron Dodd passed away Sunday, November. 30, 2008, at his home in Hunter’s Glen. He was born on October. 30, 1923, the survivor of twin boys born to Albert and Myrtle (Chilcote) Dodd, then of Granite, Idaho. The family moved to Butler Creek in 1930, and members of the family have lived here...

Everett Burt

Nov 30, 2008

Obituary for Everett Burt

DEER LODGE - Everett Gaines Burt, 84, of Deer Lodge, died Sunday, November. 30, 2008, of natural causes at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. Everett was born in Spokane January. 22, 1924, to Earl and Alta Burt. Everett was raised in the Deer Lodge area with his parents and three brothers. Upon graduation from Powell...

Julie McVay

Nov 29, 2008

Obituary for Julie McVay

Julie McVay died Saturday, November. 29, 2008, at St. Patrick Hospital. Julie was born in Williams, Ariz., in 1938 and spent her early years in the Southwest. She moved to Montana in 1952 and made her home in Missoula for more than 50 years. While in high school, she began working as an elevator operator...

Gregory Smith

Nov 28, 2008

Obituary for Gregory Smith

Gregory Dean Smith MISSOULA - Gregory Dean Smith was taken by angels to rest with his Lord and Savior on Friday, November. 28, 2008. Greg was born in Missoula on April 12, 1968. After a courageous fight at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, he passed away from injuries sustained in an accident. Greg is survived...

Paul Friedrich

Nov 18, 2008

Obituary for Paul Friedrich

FLORENCE - Paul Robert Friedrich, 27, of Florence, passed away Tuesday, November. 18, 2008, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula as a result of an automobile accident. He was born November. 6, 1981, in Glendive. Paul graduated from high school in the Class of 2000 at Dawson County High School in Glendive, then attended the...

David Butler

Oct 23, 2008

Obituary for David Butler

HUSON - David “Dave” Butler passed away Sunday, October. 19, 2008. He was born January. 9, 1930, in Tracy, Minn., to Emil and Rafael Maguire Butler. While growing up during World War II his family moved to many states, including California, Florida and Tennessee, while his father was part of the Manhattan Project, performing construction...

James Berger

Jun 27, 2008

Obituary for James Berger

MISSOULA - James William Berger, 54, of Missoula passed away Friday, June 27, 2008, at Community Medical Center of natural causes. He was born November. 23, 1953, in Butte to Chris and Margaret Berger. He moved to Missoula with his parents and sister in 1959. He was in the Army for two years, then later...

Bob and Sally Mutch

Dec 18, 0004

Bob Mutch

Robert "Bob" Mutch passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 18, 2024, at the Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan, Wyoming. He had moved to Sheridan from Missoula, Montana in November 2023 to be with his sons, Dale and Brian, as his health declined due to congestive heart failure.Bob was born on March 5, 1934, in...