Obituaries
Samuel Edwin "Sam" Johnson
Oct 9, 2020
Life-time Missoula resident, retired firefighter Samuel “Sam” Edwin Johnson, aged 71, passed away October 9, 2020 from heart complications surrounded by loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by Robert E Johnson (father) & Bernice Schwab Johnson (mother). Survived by his family - wife Helen Cripe Johnson, sons Craig E Johnson & Glen P Johnson, multiple grandchildren, brother...
William "Bill" Richard Derrick PhD
Oct 8, 2020
William Richard Derrick, PhD, 82, of Missoula, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 8, 2020 in his home with his daughter Deborah at his side. He had been under hospice care for several weeks. Bill was born on May 18, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Marvin A. and Mary C. Derrick. His father worked for the State Department and...
Michael "Mike" Jon McGiboney
Oct 7, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Mike McGiboney, 79, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 7th, with his family at his side. Mike grew up in Roundup and Great Falls, Montana. He was one of three children born to Bud and Floss McGiboney. He and his family later moved to Great Falls, Montana where he attended high school, graduating in 1959 from Great Falls High....
Justina Henkel
Oct 6, 2020
Justina I. Henkel, age 93, of Seeley Lake, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at her home. She was born on March 28, 1927, in Kitzingen, Germany, to Franz and Maria Magdalena Homer Hart. She was a teenager in Hitler’s Youth Army. At the end of World War II, she married Daniel Henkel and she came to America in...
Jeffery Michael "Casey" Roddy
Oct 5, 2020
Jeffery Michael (Casey) Roddy, 54, left his family and friends, October 5, 2020 after a brief illness with cancer, complicated by pneumonia at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, MT, Casey was born March 11, 1966, in Louisville, KY to parents A. Lee Roddy and Martha Gay Studer Roddy. He grew up in Lubbock, TX and was a 1984 graduate of...
Roland E. "Ron" Frey
Oct 5, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Roland E. “Ron” Frey, 91, of Missoula, passed away at 7:00 p.m. Monday, October 5, 2020 at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula due to complications of COVID-19. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula.
Donald Olson
Oct 2, 2020
Donald Eugene Olson, 85, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2020, at Providence St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. He was born in Fort Benton, Montana, on August 1, 1935, to Kermit and Irene Olson, the oldest of five children. Following graduation from Chouteau County High School in 1953 he attended Gonzaga University where he received a B.S. in Civil Engineering....
James "Jim" Arthur Flansburg
Oct 1, 2020
James Arthur Flansburg, 82, of Missoula, passed away on October 1, 2020 surrounded by family. Jim was born on June 7, 1938 in Havre to John and Emma (Faechner) Flansburg. He attended grade school in Box Elder and high school in Stevensville, prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy at age 17. Jim proudly served aboard the USS Lofberg, a...
Teresa Granier
Sep 28, 2020
Teresa Granier, age 94, of Missoula, passed away of natural causes on Monday, September 28, 2020, at Grizzly Peak of Missoula. Teresa was born on November 15, 1925, and raised in Walkerville “Butte” Montana. She attended St. Lawrence Grade School and Butte High. After high school, Teresa worked at a music store for six years and then at Miners Bank...
Winthrop "Will" Dada Jr.
Sep 27, 2020
Winthrop W. Dada Jr. “Will”, 70, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Saint Patrick’s Hospital, after a difficult struggle with cancer. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home. He was born on August 13, 1950 in Richmond, CA to Winthrop and Ruth Dada. Upon coming to Missoula for college in 1969, he fell in love...
Donald Baumgartner
Sep 25, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Donald Baumgartner, 63, of Missoula, passed away Friday, September, 25, 2020 at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Missoula.
Shirley Frances Maloney
Sep 24, 2020
MISSOULA ~ On September 24, 2020, the angels came an escorted Shirley to be with her Lord where she was greeted by her husband and mother. Shirley was born on March 31, 1936 to Charles and Frances Adamaitis in Chicago, Illinois. She was originally named Charlene but the nurse at the hospital did not hear the name correctly and this...
Thomas Lance Lapke
Sep 24, 2020
POLSON ~ Thomas Lance Lapke, 72, of Polson, Mt. passed away of a torn aorta on Thursday September 24, 2020. His funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2020 in Ft. Shaw at St. Anne's, followed by a military burial with military honors in Sun River at the cemetery. A procession will go to the Lions Club in Simms...
Anne "Marie" Hebnes
Sep 23, 2020
One of Missoula’s finest souls passed on Wednesday, Sept. 23, after a courageous fight against cancer. Anne “Marie” Hebnes was born in Big Timber on Jan. 2, 1959. Her family lived in Reedpoint, where they welcomed Marie’s brother, Bob, before moving to Philipsburg in 1963. Marie participated in the band and drill team and often played piano at the Philipsburg...
Marguerite Elizabeth ""Tommie"" Jakobson (Thomsen)
Sep 21, 2020
Marguerite “Tommie” Elizabeth Jakobson June 19, 1922 – September 21, 2020 Marguerite “Tommie” Elizabeth Jakobson was born on June 19, 1922 in Flat River, Missouri to Fred and Marie Thomsen, the second child and the first daughter of three children in the family. She attended Flat River High School, where she played saxophone in the Flat River High School Band,...
Diana Lynn Ross
Sep 21, 2020
Diana Lynn Ross, 71, of Missoula, passed away on Monday September 21st, 2020 at St. Patrick's Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on May 29th, 1949 in Spokane, WA, to Herman and Pauline Schwartz. On June 2nd, 1967, she married the love of her life, David Ross in Missoula, MT. She started working at Missoula Textiles...
Mary Jane Rohrs
Sep 19, 2020
Mary Jane Rohrs, 103, of Missoula passed away Saturday, September 19, 2020 at home. A Catholic Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 25, 2020 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Missoula. A rosary will be held prior beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Burial will be held at a later date...
Della Louise Ringle Bozman
Sep 12, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Della Louise Ringle was born July 28, 1926 in Loma Linda, CA to Harvey Edward Ringle and Griselda Rapson Ringle, a Salvation Army couple. Her first residence was in San Bernadino, CA. Her first residence was in San Bernadino, CA. until the age of four. The family then moved to their orange grove property, outside of Riverside, CA....
Curtis Schoening
Sep 12, 2020
Curtis Clyde Schoening, age 69, of Missoula, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020, while fishing with his youngest granddaughter at Frenchtown Pond. Curt was born, September 29th, 1950, in Renville, MN, to Dallas and Lorraine Schoening. At the young age of 2, the family headed West to Montana. Curt spent his childhood in Missoula, Frenchtown, and the family eventually...
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