Obituaries
Mike Mading
Jun 26, 2022
Mike Mading passed away from complications of a stroke in Missoula, MT on June 26, 2022. He was born April 3rd, 1954 in the same Missoula hospital where he would pass 68 years later. Mike came from a long line of athletes on both sides of his family. One of his highlights as a young athlete came at the age...
Matthew Collins "Matt" Robinson
Jun 25, 2022
Matthew Collins Robinson, 46, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at his residence in Missoula, Montana. Matt was born January 09, 1976, in Butte, Montana, the second son of Donald and Michele Robinson. Growing up his family enjoyed going on fishing trips and exploring the outdoors. After graduating high school Matt went on to college at the University...
Cleopha "Cle" Mary Gabster
Jun 25, 2022
Cleopha Mary Gabster, “Cle,” 102, of Missoula, Montana, passed away of natural causes, with family at bedside, early on Saturday, June 25, 2022. She was born August 25, 1919 in Millvale, Pennsylvania, to Frank and Margret Koeberlein. As a young girl she lived with two sisters, one brother and a dog named Bouncer. As an academically talented student, Cle was...
Richard Nickelson
Jun 24, 2022
Richard John Nickelson, 73, passed away on June 24th at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert AZ from complications of esophageal cancer. He was born August 5th, 1948 in Bozeman, MT to Huston R. “Nick” Nickelson and Eleonore B. (McLees) Nickelson. As a young boy he lived on a ranch in Lemmon SD. The family also lived in other places...
Dan Merle Schmidt
Jun 24, 2022
Dan M Schmidt On Friday, June 24th, 2022, Dan passed away unexpectedly in his home. Dan will always be remembered for his contagious laugh & playful childish humor. Dan was born July 8, 1969 in Miles City, MT, to Ervin and MaryLu Schmidt. He was a triplet and the youngest of 5 children. Dan was raised in Missoula, where he...
John "Jack" David Thompson
Jun 24, 2022
There is a reason Montanans call our home Big Sky Country. The beauty and grandeur leave few words worthy of adequate description. And so it is with John D. (Jack) Thompson, a third generation Montanan (born to Art and Gertrude Thompson), a great and beloved man from the tiny hamlet of Gold Creek, Montana. John D. (Jack) Thompson was born...
Earl James LaRoque
Jun 23, 2022
Earl James LaRoque, 85, of Lincoln, Montana passed away on Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born January 7th, 1937 in Poplar, MT to Albert J. and Victoria (Foster) LaRoque. At the young age of 13, he started working and never quit. He worked many different jobs, including the oil rigs in North Dakota...
Robert Vincent Vasecka
Jun 21, 2022
Robert Vasecka passed away June 21, 2022 in Butte after a struggle with dementia for several years. Bob was born May 27, 1934 in Mahnomen, Mn. The third child of Charles and Pauline (Mumm) Vasecka. As an infant he moved with his family to eastern Montana, gradually moving westward until settling in Frenchtown where he attended local schools. He served...
Vernita J. Leake
Jun 21, 2022
Vernita Jane Leake, 91, of Missoula, Montana, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula following a brief illness. Vernita was born January 23, 1931 in Portsmouth, Iowa, the youngest child of Clair and Orpha Galiher. At the age of 18, she married Ralph Leake and to their union four...
Dr. William Bernard "Bill" Bekemeyer
Jun 19, 2022
Dr. William Bernard Bekemeyer of Missoula, MT, passed away Sunday, June 19 at his home from pancreatic cancer. Bill was born to William B. (Pete) and Martha Mae Bekemeyer in Memphis, Tennessee on June 1, 1952. Bill was exceedingly grateful for a second set of parents as his childless aunt Lois and uncle Bill lived across the street with maternal...
Deidre Anne White
Jun 18, 2022
Deirdre Anne White Deirdre Anne (Dede) White, of Missoula, went to be with her Lord the morning of June 18th, 2022, after a short but courageous battle with cancer. She was born on August 6, 1945, to Clarence and Rosemary Lilly, in San Antonio, Texas. The oldest of three children, and being a military family, she grew up in in...
Carol Jean Schlauch (Allen)
Jun 17, 2022
Carol Jean Schlauch, 83, passed away on June 17, 2022, in Missoula, MT with her family by her side while courageously battling cancer. Carol Jean Allen was born December 8, 1938, in Deadwood, SD, the only daughter of Cyril and Esther Allen. The family moved to Glendive, MT in her early years, and she graduated from Dawson County High School...
Frank T. McCormick
Jun 17, 2022
Fr. Frank T. McCormick Fr. Frank T. McCormick, 81, of Missoula, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022, at his residence in Missoula. Father Frank Mccormick was born in Butte, to two Butte natives, James McCormick, and Margaret Coburn. He attended Saint Joseph grade school, the sisters of charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary were great teachers, He said. He graduated...
Annette Pierce
Jun 16, 2022
Annette Schillinger Pierce departed from life much as she lived it, always questioning, challenging and willing to take a risk. On March 8, 1958, Annette blessed Anna and Kenneth Schillinger, going home to Vida as number five, with two more siblings to come in ensuing years. Early memories of Annette in Vida include her climbing the TV antenna as a...
Braden Brugh
Jun 16, 2022
Braden Robert Brugh was a large presence in his short life. His fun-loving personality, big heart and goofy smile was contagious. Braden was born on October 30, 2001, in Missoula, Montana to Brandie Renee and Robert Brugh. He came into this world with his twin sister Catlin and his big sister Briana who always kept a watchful eye over him....
Helen Marie "Marie" Boyd
Jun 16, 2022
Helen Marie Gilmore Boyd passed away at 98 in Missoula, MT, June 16, 2022. Marie was born in Highland, KS in 1924 to William Byron Gilmore and Helen Elizabeth Naugle Gilmore. Marie grew up on a farm and attended Highland schools, graduating from Highland High School in 1942. She earned an associate degree at Highland Jr. College in 1944 prior...
Ret. ARMY 1SGT. Dwaine F. Selk
Jun 14, 2022
Where do you begin describing the life and times of a man who lived almost 93 years? It is difficult to put into a few words and lines all of the obstacles overcome, the accomplishments gained, the places seen, the friends lost and the lives touched. Born in Canada. A naturalized American citizen. An American soldier. A father. A grandfather....
Thomas Matthew Ryan
Jun 13, 2022
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Thomas "Tom" Matthew Ryan. He passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on June 13, 2022, at the age of 73 years. Tom was born on April 24, 1949, to Francis and Dorothy Ryan in Missoula, Montana. He graduated from Loyola High School in 1967...
Thomas Anthony "Tom" Devlin
Jun 13, 2022
MISSOULA ~ Thomas Anthony Devlin, 88, peacefully passed away Monday, June 13, 2022. Born in Sherbrooke, North Dakota to James and Elizabeth (Larkin) Devlin. Tom spent most of his childhood on the family farm with his seven siblings. After graduating from North Dakota State School of Science, Tom landed a position with IBM as a Customer Service Engineer, which he...
Lisa Thompson
Jun 12, 2022
Lisa (Eliza Cobbs) Thompson, 78, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Edgewood Memory Care in Missoula. Although dementia robbed her of her wonderful mind, she accomplished much in a life fully lived. Born in Callands, Virginia, Lisa was one of seven children in the Cobbs family, who worked a tobacco farm there. She played half-court high school and college...
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