Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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...
Charles Richard "Dick" Vandeveer
Feb 11, 2013
Obituary for Charles Richard "Dick" Vandeveer
MISSOULA – Charles Richard "Dick" Vandeveer, 80, went to the arms of God on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Hillside Manor of natural causes. Dick was the only son of Mancil and Alyce Louise (McArthur) Vandeveer, born in Kalispell on Aug. 24, 1932. Dick spent his childhood living in many different places around...
Mary Opal Barta (Johnson)
Feb 10, 2013
Obituary for Mary Opal Barta (Johnson)
MISSOULA – Mary Opal (Johnson) Barta, 88, passed away Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Missoula. She was born May 22, 1924, in Missoula to Lola M. (McKnight) Johnson and Palmer J. Johnson. Mary served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1944 to 1946 as a storekeeper second class. Later,...
Joyce C. Lookebill
Feb 10, 2013
Obituary for Joyce C. Lookebill
DRUMMOND – Joyce C. Lookebill, 78, of Drummond, passed away Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Hunters Glen. She was born Nov. 2, 1934, in Spokane, the daughter of Etta and Donald Hyer. She married Thomas Lookebill on Sept. 29, 1956, and the couple raised their family in the Spokane area. She was preceded in...
Edwin "Mac-A-Dew" Brester
Feb 10, 2013
Obituary for Edwin "Mac-A-Dew" Brester
MISSOULA – Ed "Mac-A-Dew" Brester, 80, of Missoula, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, due to complications of cancer. Ed was born at home on April 2, 1932, the youngest of 14 children to Conrad and Katherine Brester in Scottsbluff, Neb. Ed was raised in the Grass Valley area of Frenchtown, where he...
Kim Haines
Feb 9, 2013
Obituary for Kim Haines
MISSOULA – There will be a Memorial Service to celebrate Kim Haines' life on Sunday, March 10 at 1 p.m. at the Seeley-Swan High School. In lieu of flowers, a fund has been established at First Valley Bank entitled "The Kim Haines Memorial Fund" for contributions toward a scholarship in Kim's memory. Contributions can be...
Margaret M. Kohlhase
Feb 8, 2013
Obituary for Margaret M. Kohlhase
MISSOULA – Margaret M. "Miggy" Kohlhase, a longtime Missoula and Stevensville resident, passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 8, 2013, at the Riverside Health Care Center in Missoula. Miggy was blessed during her years at Riverside living under the care of the loving and compassionate staff. The family will be forever grateful to this fine...
Gertrude M. Ford
Feb 6, 2013
Obituary for Gertrude M. Ford
MISSOULA – Gertrude M. Ford, 88, of Missoula, passed away in the arms of her daughter and son-in-law on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at her home at the Springs of Missoula. She was born in Ryegate on Nov. 28, 1924, to Peter and Minna Harms. She grew up on the dryland farm her parents...
Joan A. Myers
Feb 5, 2013
Obituary for Joan A. Myers
MISSOULAâ�,��**– On Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, Joan A. Myers quietly departed this earth to be welcomed into the arms of the Father. She was born in Mundelein, Ill., on Dec. 2, 1933, to William and Zelma Knedler. They moved to Billings and she graduated from Billings Senior. She married Donald Myers on Nov. 14,...
Daniel Eder
Feb 4, 2013
Obituary for Daniel Eder
Daniel Lee Eder, 61, of Missoula, Montana passed away peacefully at his home, overlooking the river, Monday, February 4, 2013, with his family by his side after losing his battle to pancreatic cancer. Dan was a native of Missoula as he was born here on November 18, 1951, to Ervin and Eva Eder of Missoula....
Jay Evan Harris
Feb 3, 2013
Obituary for Jay Evan Harris
MISSOULA – Jay Evan Harris, 52, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in Missoula of complications from a brain injury he sustained in a recent motorcycle accident. He was born on June 11, 1960, in Harlowton to Everett and Dorothy Harris. As a young boy, he lived with his family in Harlowton and...
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