Obituaries
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...
Steven Peterson
Oct 26, 2021
Steven G. Peterson,64, of Seeley Lake, Montana, passed away on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula following a brief illness. Steve was born August 23, 1957 in Gold Beach, Curry County, Oregon to Arlie and Florence Peterson. The family moved to Missoula in the early sixties and Steve graduated from Sentinel High School in 1976. He went...
Richard A. Motta
Oct 26, 2021
Philipsburg - Richard A. Motta, 81, passed away on October 26th, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 at 1:00pm at the Western Montana State Veteran Cemetery, 1911 Tower Street, Missoula. Military Honors will be rendered. The service will be livestreamed below.
Edward J. "Ed" Schlauch
Oct 26, 2021
Edward Joseph Schlauch, 82, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2021, with his wife Carol by his side and in the presence of his family in the days prior. Ed, or “Big Ed” as known to many, was born February 28, 1939, in Glendive, MT, the only son of Louis and Elizabeth Schlauch. Ed was raised in a hardworking blue-collar...
Charlene Irene Meinzen
Oct 25, 2021
Charlene Meinzen, 62, of Missoula passed away Monday, October 25, 2021 at home. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 30, 2021 at Garden City Funeral Home with viewing at 12:00 p.m.. Burial will follow at the New St. Mary’s Cemetery. The family invites attendees to a reception following the committal service in the community room...
Barbara Marie Francetich
Oct 25, 2021
On October 25, 2021 heaven gained an angel. Barbara Marie Francetich (Lee), 68, of Missoula, passed away at her home with her loving husband, Russell, by her side. Born on August 15, 1953 in Brewster, Washington, to Robert “Bob” and Elizabeth “Betty” Rogers, Barbara was the oldest of three brothers (James, Frank, and Bruce). As a young girl she lived...
Linda Lucille Golden
Oct 24, 2021
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Harry Lee Siebert
Oct 24, 2021
Harry Lee Siebert, 89, passed away peacefully at his home in Missoula, Montana on October 24, 2021, after a long illness. Harry was born in Alamota, Kansas on September 19, 1932. In 1949, he graduated in a class of 16 from high school in Sand Fork, West Virginia. From 1952 to 1955 he worked seasonally in the Monongahela National Forest...
Carolyn J. Tompkins
Oct 24, 2021
Carolyn Jean Tompkins, 79, of Missoula passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital. A memorial service will be held by the family at Waypoint Church, 1100 S. Higgins Ave, Missoula MT, Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 3:00pm. Memorials may be directed to Waypoint Church and online condolences can be left at gardencityfh.com. Carolyn Jean Tompkins, daughter of...
Viola Marget Olson
Oct 23, 2021
MISSOULA ~ Viola M. Olson, 95, of Missoula passed away Saturday, October 23, 2021 at The Village Health Care and Rehab in Missoula. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula.
John Christian Heegaard
Oct 22, 2021
John was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Margaret Eckrich of Michigan and John C. Heegaard of Minnesota. He spent time growing up with each parent and graduated from high school in Minneapolis. He studied at St. Olaf before moving to Montana. John lived a somewhat nomadic life, moving around the US, before settling in Montana and calling it home....
John Andrew Shuck
Oct 21, 2021
John “Andy” Shuck of Glendive, Montana, passed away at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Montana October 21st, 2021 at the age of 60. John was born in Dayton, Ohio August 30, 1961 to parents Gordon Russell Shuck Jr. and Olive May Shuck. After growing up on a farm in Winthrop, WA, the family moved to Montana. As the youngest of...
Albert "Dino" Forest
Oct 20, 2021
Albert Dean "Dino" Forest, 58, of Missoula, MT passed away on October 20th, 2021, from complications of Covid-19. He was born in Great Falls, MT on July 17th, 1963 & graduated from Great Falls High School in 1981. He started his 30 year career with Costco Wholesale in Hawaii in 1991, eventually moving to Wenatchee, WA, Billings, MT & finally...
David Tollefsrud
Oct 20, 2021
David Christ Tollefsrud passed away peacefully on October 20th,2021 at Providence St. Patrick Hospital following a battle with kidney disease. He was the first of two sons born to Henry and Ruth Tollefsrud on October 7th 1946 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. While living there, he started a family. As a young man, he received an honorable discharge from the...