Obituaries

May 20, 2009

Obituary for Rose Kerr

MISSOULA - Rosie (Rose) Kerr was born to Fred and Katherina (Katie) Maier in Vananda, Rosebud County, on March 4, 1918. On May 20, 2009, after a few years of struggles with health issues, Rose left us. Rose is survived by her children Betty (Wilfred) Kucera, Shirley Dolloff and Warren (Irena) Oie; grandchildren Gwen, Cynthia...

Apr 30, 2009

Obituary for Alice High

MISSOULA - Alice L. High, 92, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009, at her home in Missoula of natural causes. She was born March 7, 1917, at her home in Stevensville to Albert F. and Eva A. Heath. She graduated from Stevensville High School in 1935. She attended St. Patrick School of Nursing and graduated...

Feb 19, 2009

Obituary for Rachel Price

MISSOULA - Rachel B. Price passed away Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at the Country Home Estate Assisted Living. She passed quietly in her sleep. She was born July 6, 1912, in a log house north of Whitehall, the daughter of Nellie Livingston and Byron M. Bowman. She attended grade school in Whitehall until 1924 when...

Feb 18, 2009

Obituary for Bodley Vacura

MISSOULA - Bodley B. Vacura, 97, passed away at his daughter’s home on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. Bodley was born on January. 21, 1912, in Camas Prairie to Annie and Louis Vacura. Bodley graduated from Plains High School. Bodley would marry Helen Wells in 1936 and they spent 56 wonderful years together dancing, playing bridge...

Feb 18, 2009

Obituary for Dennis Ruana Sr.

MISSOULA - Dennis R. Ruana Sr., 73, of Missoula, passed away at his home Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. He was born March 25, 1935, in New Leipzig, N.D., the son of Helmi and Rudolph Ruana. He attended high school in Missoula. On July 3, 1954, Denny married Joyce Richardson. Denny worked at Bonner Mill...

Feb 17, 2009

Obituary for Cecil Owen

MISSOULA - Cecil Robert Owen, 85, of Missoula, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital after a lengthy illness. Cecil was born May 14, 1923, in Terry, to William and Lucy Owen. The family moved to Polson where Cecil spent his school years, graduating from Polson High School in 1941. After graduation,...

Feb 16, 2009

Obituary for Theodore Susen

MISSOULA - Theodore C. “Rod” Susen died peacefully at home in the presence of his wife Jamie and seven children, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Rod was born May 6, 1924, in Chicago, to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Albert Susen. He was a graduate of Fountain Valley Prep School in Colorado Springs, Colo., and a 1948...

Feb 16, 2009

Obituary for Gene Ellis

MISSOULA - Gene Allen Ellis, 45, passed away Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at his home of natural causes. Allen was born September. 2, 1963, in Missoula, to Gene and Sheila Ellis. The first of their three children, he spent his childhood years bouncing around the northside of Missoula. The epilepsy that would eventually claim his...

Feb 16, 2009

Obituary for James Hensel MISSOULA - James Andrew Hensel left us to go to happier hunting grounds Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. He was born in Missoula to Andrew and Gloria Hensel on May 29, 1946. He was the second of four children. Jim grew up in Missoula, and shared many unforgettable adventures with his friends and his crow, Maynard. He...

Feb 16, 2009

Obituary for George Welch

SEELEY LAKE - George O. Welch, 82, of Seeley Lake, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at the St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. George went to be with his wife Betty, whom he has missed dearly since her passing in 1991. He was born July 23, 1926, in Menoken, N.D., to parents Robert and Cecelia Welch....

Feb 15, 2009

Obituary for Franklin Asbury

MISSOULA - Franklin Benton Asbury, 76, better known as Ben to those who loved him, was born Feb. 11, 1933, to Elmo Franklin and Esther Kathleen Asbury in Ismay. Ben graduated from Hamilton High school in 1953. He bounced around several jobs and a business while helping his wife, Ida, run the apartment house on...

Feb 15, 2009

Obituary for Beryl Righter

MISSOULA - Beryl Gable Righter passed away Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, with her son at her side. She was born October. 11, 1920, at Columbia, Penn., to Albert R. and Mabel Hull Gable. She was the baby of the family and had an older brother Charles and sister Florence, both of whom are de-ceased. Her...

Feb 14, 2009

Obituary for Sharon Auerbach

CLINTON - The exuberant light of our lives was extinguished on Valentine’s Day, 2009, when Sharon Lynn Auerbach, 64, died at her home surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Always thoughtful, Sharon used this day when love is expressed, to release her family and friends from their pain of watching...

Feb 11, 2009

Obituary for Ruby Wicks

HUSON - Ruby Wicks passed away Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, as the result of a fall at her home in the Ninemile area. She was born May 18, 1927, in Valparaiso, Neb., to John and Grace Lehman. At the age of 14, she moved to Montana with her family. They settled in the Three Mile...

Feb 11, 2009

Obituary for Noah Mitchell

MISSOULA - Noah Feurhie Mitchell, infant son of Terry and Paje Mitchell, was born and died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, at Community Medical Center. I am a mother in sorrow. I don’t know what to write about my son, except the loss of him has shattered my world, and the loss of the right words...

Feb 9, 2009

Obituary for Kim Cuc Nei

MISSOULA - Kim Cuc Nei passed away Feb. 9, 2009, in Missoula, after a 29-year battle with cancer. She was born April 7, 1940, in Hanoi, Vietnam, to Thu Van Trinh and Thin Thi Nguyen. Kim married Lanny “Mel” Nei on June 21, 1972 in Saigon. She was the last survivor of her family...

Feb 9, 2009

Obituary for Robbin Randle

MISSOULA - Robbin Lorrayne Randle moved to Polson in 2006, to be near family but an accident intervened, placing her in St. Patrick Hospital and she was relocated to Village Health Care and later the Beehive in Missoula. At each, she loved and was loved by all and for whose efforts her family is very...

Feb 9, 2009

Obituary for Kevin Murphy

MISSOULA - Kevin Patrick Murphy died Monday, Feb. 9, 2009, due to diabetic complications. He was born June 7, 1961, in Missoula to Sylvester and Mae Murphy. Kevin has left us for Hot Rod Heaven in a ride not so stylish, but still made it look good nonetheless. Kevin was a giant dwarfed only the...

Feb 8, 2009

Obituary for Homer Sickels

MISSOULA - Homer D. Sickels, 92, of Missoula, passed away Sunday Feb. 8, 2009, at St. Patrick Hospital after a brief illness. He was born near Wolf Point, November. 28, 1916 to Guy and Verga Sickels. Homer was raised on a farm in the Wolf Point area where he worked as a farm and ranch...

Feb 7, 2009

Obituary for Bill Burkhardt

MISSOULA - Bill Burkhardt, 78, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, of natural causes after an extended illness in the assisted living setting in Missoula that became his home over the last several years. He was born, January. 3, 1931, and raised in Liberty, Mo., the youngest of eight children born to Carl Alonzo and Haidee...