Obituaries
Stuart Blankinship
Nov 11, 2021
Stuart Gerald Blankinship was born January 19, 1935 to Marion (McLellan) and Hubert Blankinship in San Diego, CA. He passed away peacefully in his sleep November 11, 2021. It was fitting Stuart passed away on Veteran’s Day as his service for his country was important to him. He joined the Navy at age 17 and actively served in the Korean...
William Earl Sandau
Nov 11, 2021
William Earl Sandau, 71, of Missoula passed away on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital of respiratory failure and Covid pneumonia. Bill was born September 3, 1950 in Missoula to Rudolph and Fern Sandau. He grew up on Dixon Street with his brothers Mylo, Donny, Floyd and Lee. As a young boy, Bill was educated in Missoula Public...
Ramona S. Clark
Nov 9, 2021
Ramona Sylvia Clark, 91 of Missoula Montana, passed away peacefully on Tuesday November 9th of natural causes while at home with her husband. Ramona was born in Butte Montana on April 17th 1930 to Ernest and Lena Egger. She went to grade school and high school in Butte. She was raised by both her parents until the untimely death of...
Cindy Sprague
Nov 8, 2021
Cindy Sprague, 65, of Frenchtown passed away Monday, November 8, 2021. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com. Cynthia Denise Sprague, daughter of Norman and Barbara (Fullmare) Peterson, was born July 3, 1956 in Torrance, California. She graduated high school in Torrance, California. Cindy worked as a Flexible Benefits Specialist for Allegiance Benefit Plan Management for most of her working...
John Daniel Price II
Nov 8, 2021
Our rock, John Daniel Price II, age 68, logged his final run & reunited with his son, Dustin & all those that passed before him on November 8, 2021. With family by his side, his Lord & Savior Jesus Christ welcomed him with open arms due to complications following his long, hard-fought & courageous battle against COVID-19. “You can hang...
Ernest Eric Franke
Nov 7, 2021
CELEBRATION OF LIFE ERNEST ERIC FRANKE Friday, November 12, 2021 6:00 PM Thompson Falls, Christian Church 306 Church Street, Thompson Falls, Montana A piece of history passed on November 7, 2021, when Krazy Ernie, Ernie Franke went to be with his Sweet Mary. Ernest Eric Franke was born June 28, 1937, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Walter Earnest Franke and Mary...
William James "Bill" Applegate
Nov 7, 2021
Bill Applegate, 83, of Missoula passed away of natural causes (NOT COVID RELATED), Sunday, November 7th, 2021 in his home. He was born on April 26th, 1938 in Butte, MT to James and Louise Applegate. Bill had an extensive railroad career beginning with The Milwaukee Road in Deer Lodge, MT and retiring from Montana Rail Link in 1989. When he...
Alan Edward Kelley
Nov 6, 2021
On November 6, 2021, Alan Edward Kelley, 80, peacefully, with family at his side, took off on his last and forever fishing trip. He was born at Chicago, IL, February 6, 1941, the son of Harold Ferguson and Gladys Bernice (Peterson) Kelley. Alan succumbed to a long struggle with rheumatoid arthritis and finally myelofibrosis. Alan’s childhood was in Elmhurst, IL....
Monte Lee Williams
Nov 6, 2021
Monte Lee Williams, 70, of Missoula passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com. Monte Lee Williams, son of Robert and Faye (Duvall) Williams, was born July 16, 1951 in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated from Lubbock High School in...
Ronald Earl Hood
Nov 4, 2021
Ronald Earl Hood, 66, of Superior Montana, passed away on Thursday, November 4th, 2021. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.
Shane Schipporeit
Nov 4, 2021
Richard “Shane” Schippporeit R. Shane Schipporeit, 52, of Florence passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 at Community Medical Center following a short illness. He was born May 26,1969 in Missoula to Richard H. “Dick” Schipporeit and Alice Fay Schipporeit. While growing up, Shane attended Missoula County Public Schools. He played football for the Sentinel Spartans, graduated in 1987 and went...
Marshall Odell
Nov 3, 2021
John “Marshall” Odell, 78, of Missoula, passed away on November 3rd, 2021, at St. Patrick Hospital. Marshall was born on October 29, 1943, AD, in Lemmon, South Dakota, to John & Evelyn Odell. He grew up Lemmon and graduated from Thunderhawk High School in 1960. Marshall moved to Montana in 1967 and was in the National Guard from 1960 to...
Robert Anthony Derlatka Jr.
Nov 3, 2021
“Nine Mile Bob” Robert Anthony Derlatka Jr., 69 of the Nine Mile Valley, passed on to be with his Lord in Heaven on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born on April 4, 1952, in Toledo to Robert and Martha Derlatka Sr. As a young man, he loved roller skating, playing hockey and swimming. At 15,...
Helen Mae Evans
Nov 1, 2021
Helen Mae Evans, 85, of Missoula Montana, passed away on Monday, November 1st, 2021. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.
John Kay "Jack" McDermott
Nov 1, 2021
John Kay McDermott (Jack) passed away November 1, 2021 at St Patrick’s Hospital, Missoula, Montana of cancer. John was born on a cold January day in 1936 in Rock Lake North Dakota to Elechia and Charles McDermott. Through his life he expressed appreciation for his childhood in a small town where children could find adventures riding ponies, swimming in the...
Marilyn Jacobson Easter
Oct 31, 2021
Marilyn Ione Jacobson (White) Easter Passed on peacefully at home with her children on October 31st 2021. Marilyn was born to Jake and Rose Jacobson in Billings Montana July 11th 1934, creating excitement from the very beginning. She was the youngest of 4 kids and the only girl in the family. Growing up in Hamilton Montana in a home filled...
Stuart William Swenson
Oct 31, 2021
Stuart William Swenson, Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather, passed away quietly Sunday, October 31, 2021. He was just shy of his 85th Birthday. Stu was born on December 23, 1936, to Everett and Ruth Swenson in Kalispell, MT. He graduated from Flathead High School and attended and graduated from the University of Montana. He moved to Libby, MT shortly...
Vickie Jean Murphy
Oct 30, 2021
Vickie, age 70, went home to be with our Lord and Savior Saturday, October 30, 2021, peacefully in her home surrounded by family after a long battle of illnesses. She was born May 26, 1951, in Parkersburg, West Virginia to her late beloved mother Dorothy “Winans” Boso and James Boso. Vickie moved to Missoula, Montana with her family to begin...
Richard Steven Peeso
Oct 30, 2021
Richard Peeso, 74, of Superior passed away Saturday, October 30, 2021 at home. There will be no services per Richard’s request. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com. Richard Steven Peeso, son of Fred and Clara Peeso, was born February 22, 1947 in Lincoln, Montana. He graduated from Whitefish High School. He worked for US Forestry Service for couple years...
Linda Marie Klein
Oct 30, 2021
Linda Marie Klein, 60, of Frenchtown Montana passed away on October 30, 2021, in her sleep while at home. Linda was born in Seward, Alaska to Read Kent and Carolyn Vollintine on December 9, 1960. She married Mike Klein on June 7, 1992, in Anchor Point, Alaska. Linda started working in hospitality as a teenager and continued in the same...
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