Obituaries

Dec 28, 2024

Geraldine Doris Maercklein, known to family as Mitzi, passed away on Dec. 28th in Missoula at the age of 86. She was born in Helena in 1938, and lived in Boulder, MT in childhood. As a young woman she completed her nurse training at St Patrick Hospital in Missoula and worked as a nurse serving her community. She married an...

Dec 26, 2024

My son Nate lost the battle with demons but won the war with Eternal Peace.

Nathan Julius Owens passed away at the age of 43 on December 26, 2024, in Missoula, MT. He was born in Ogden, UT, on March 24, 1981 to Vern Lars Owens and Kathy Joan Blasko Owens. He was a baptized member of the Church of Jesus...

Dec 25, 2024

Henry "Red" Barringer, from Missoula, passed away on December 25, 2024. He was 92 years old.

Born in Hardin, Arkansas where his father was a sharecropper, Red's large family eventually settled in Yakima, Washington. After high school, Red worked at Boeing for a time fashioning jigs used in the construction of B-52 bombers. He then joined the Air Force, serving as...

Dec 24, 2024

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dennis Ray Serviss on December 24th, 2024 in his home. He was born March 5th, 1948 to Mathius H. Serviss and Edith May Serviss. His whole life was lived in Missoula. On June 21st, 1969 he married his high school sweetheart Judith Kay Allen. They had two children: Matthew Shawn Serviss...

Dec 23, 2024

Mary Kay Gordon was born on May 31, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan to William R. Gordon and Virginia Leahy Gordon. Her family soon after moved to the Los Angeles area where she grew up. Her father was a veteran, a salesman and entrepreneur, while her mother was the Secretary/Administrative Assistant to the Wayne County Michigan Medical Society, a position which...

Dec 23, 2024

Ione Inabnit passed away on December 23, 2024, in Missoula, Montana. Like her husband before her, Ione passed away surrounded by the love and concern of her family. All who knew Ione will recall that she was not one to keep you guessing as to her wishes. In her final months, she expressed her readiness to reunite with her husband...

Dec 22, 2024

Mark Hale Anderson, 86, of Missoula passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024 surrounded by his loving family at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. He parted this world peacefully, after a kiss from his loving wife of 67 years.

Mark was born in Helena on September 1, 1938 and raised by his parents Harold and Marion Anderson in Havre, Montana. During...

Dec 21, 2024

Bonnie Jean Pepe, 85 of Missoula, passed away at her home on Saturday, Dec. 21 2024. 

Bonnie was born and raised in Missoula MT. She lived most of her adult life in Fresno CA where she raised a family and created a successful business. She returned to Missoula in her retirement years and enjoyed the second chapter of her life.

Bonnie was...

Dec 20, 2024

It is difficult to sum up Dad's life in a few paragraphs, so here are more than a few. George Jr was the 7th of 9 children born to George and Theresa Thomas. He was born at St. Patrick's Hospital 1/18/1942 and he was very proud to be from Missoula Montana.

He went to grade school at Jefferson and Franklin and...

Dec 20, 2024

Jesus welcomed Marietta Fachner, age 95, to her heavenly home with Him on December 20, 2024. They are both rejoicing! She had been waiting for that moment for several years, and she finally experienced it!

Marietta was born in Culbertson, Montana, to Virgil and Stella Albert and joined her older brother and only sibling, Elston. When she was quite young, the...

Dec 18, 2024

Rita Kaye (Weyrauch) O’Neil, age 72, passed away on December 18, 2024, in Missoula, Montana surrounded by family and the compassionate staff at St. Patrick’s Hospital.

Rita was born on April 11, 1952, in Devils Lake, North Dakota to Walace “Sonny” and Verniece (Hanson) Weyrauch. She grew up in Ray, North Dakota on a farm with her family. She graduated from...

Dec 18, 2024

Charlene M. Frojen, 82, of Missoula, Montana, passed away on December 18, 2024. A full obituary will be posted soon.

Dec 17, 2024

Joshua A. Felker, 45, of Missoula, Montana, passed away at home on December 17, 2024, after a long struggle with illness.

Josh was born in Prosser, Washington, on January 7, 1979, to Dennis Felker and Lory Kearney. He moved to Missoula, where he attended the University of Montana.

This crucifix was crafted by one of the most extraordinary minds many of us...

Dec 17, 2024

Steven Temple, 72, of Superior passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at his home surrounded by loved ones. A service will be held in Superior at St. Mary Queen of Heaven church, 1pm on January 4,2025. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com.

Steven Donald Temple, son of Donald and Alice (Hinderhan) Temple, was born February 17, 1952 in Alton, Illinois....

Dec 17, 2024

Dec 15, 2024

Dale Lee Garberding, 80, of Missoula passed away Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 1:14 a.m. in the kind and compassionate care of the St. Patrick Hospital’s team. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2024 at Garden City Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow,...

Dec 14, 2024

Stormie Lynn Dalen, 42, of Missoula, passed away at home on Saturday December 14, 2024. The family will hold a celebration of her life at a later date.

A full obituary will be available soon. 

Dec 12, 2024

Robert “Bob” Rieker (Missoula, MT) left this world peacefully the morning of December 12, 2024 with his beloved wife of 74 years, Evelyne, nearby.

 Born March 25, 1930 on a farm near Elgin, North Dakota to Rudolph and Louisa Rieker (Bader), Bob was one of 13 brothers and sisters to call America home their whole life. With frugal beginnings, Bob had...

Dec 12, 2024

Betty L. Blakney Micknak of Missoula passed away on December 12th of natural causes.

She was born in June of 1933 in Coeur d’Alene to Leonard and Evelyn Blakney. The family moved from Bayview to Pinehurst as her father worked for Bunker Hill Mining and Zinc Plant. Betty’s mother owned and operated Evelyn’s Dress Shop in Smelterville in the 1950s. Betty...

Dec 12, 2024

Cora Kathleen Baldwin, 97, of Missoula, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 12, 2024, by natural causes. Born on November 21, 1927, in Big Timber, Montana, to Christopher and Josie Boe, Cora lived a long and full life rooted in family and resilience.

Cora's early years were spent on the Boe family homestead, where she developed her enduring love for nature...