Obituaries
Kathleen Ann Fleming Holden
Oct 20, 2020
Kathleen Ann (Fleming) Holden, passed away on October 20, 2020 at Edgewood Vista in Missoula. Services are pending and will be announced.
Ronald A. Hertz
Oct 17, 2020
Ronald A. Hertz, 53, of Scottsdale, Arizona, beloved father, husband, son and brother, died on October 17, 2020 from injuries sustained in an ATV accident in Bigfork, Montana. Ron was born in Missoula, Montana on January 27, 1967, the fifth of seven children of Eugene and JoAnn Hertz. He grew up in Missoula, graduating from Hellgate High School in 1985....
Jack R Tuholske
Oct 17, 2020
Three weeks ago, Jack Tuholske put his raft on the Blackfoot River, tied a Purple Haze fly to the end of his leader, and went fishing. His wife Lilly rowed the oars. Though the fish proved uncooperative, it was still a fine day on the river, sunny but not too hot, the water cold and clear, and the canyon’s timbered...
Kenneth Cleon "Ken" Kailey
Oct 16, 2020
Kenneth (Ken) Cleon Kailey, 81 of Missoula, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 peacefully at his home. Ken was born in Englewood, Colorado on March 28, 1939 to Robert and Madolyn Kailey. He grew up in a rural small house along with his two sisters Bobby and Pat. He enjoyed playing football in high school and joined the Navy...
Carol Joyce Israel (Church)
Oct 14, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Caroline Joyce “Carol” Israel, Born December 4, 1931, passed from this world on October 14, 2020. She was 88 years old. Her passion was teaching Genealogy at the Mormon Church and indexing for the library. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and proud of her heritage. In 1948, she married Larry and they...
William Robert "Bill" Burback
Oct 12, 2020
MISSOULA ~ William Robert “Bill” Burback, 87, of Missoula passed away on Monday, October 12, 2020 of natural causes. Bill was born May 29, 1933 in Brush, Colorado to William and Rose (Lapp) Burback. Bill spent his younger years in Colorado. He graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1951. He then attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, where...
Marta Amelia Timmons
Oct 10, 2020
Marta Amelia Timmons passed on Saturday, October 10, 2020 surrounded by her loved ones. She exemplified intelligence, kindness, caring, and generosity and brought those qualities to all roles she filled in life. Born in Detroit to Clayton and Anna Timmons, Marta grew up in Michigan with a backyard that led to a large woods with a river running through it...
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...
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