Obituaries
Dennis C. Watson
Jul 11, 2020
Montana resident Dennis C. Watson, 76, died July 11, 2020, in Polson, MT Due to the nature of the time, Dennis will have a service for local immediate family members followed by a memorial service in Kansas as travel restrictions lighten. Dennis was born Oct. 11, 1943, in Wichita, Kansas, to Charles (Chuck) Watson and Chelsea Gardner. He and his...
Joan A. Hanger
Jul 11, 2020
Joan A. Hanger, 89, of Missoula passed away on July 11, 2020 at St. Patrick Hospital. A full obituary will follow and services will be announced. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.
Alice Linda Mar Porter "Lindy" James
Jul 5, 2020
Alice Linda Mar Porter “Lindy” James passed away on July 5, 2020 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT, where she was born, on June 10, 1942. Lindy was an ideal mother of two sons and a second mom to many; a loving daughter, sister, wife, aunt, grandmother and mother-in-law and a lifelong musician who played the viola as beautifully...
David Alan Braach
Jul 3, 2020
August 3, 1961 – July 3, 2020 “Friendship isn’t a big thing . . . it’s a million little things”. . . this statement defined David Alan Braach’s life. If you were fortunate enough to be in his circle as family or a friend, you had firsthand experience of the abundance of kind, quiet, helpful ways in which he lived...
Casper "Cap" Veitenheimer
Jun 30, 2020
Casper “Cap” Veitenheimer, 90, of Missoula passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at Valley View Estates in Hamilton. Arrangements are pending at this time and are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home. Casper “Cap” Veitenheimer, was born May 11, 1930, in Glen Ullin, North Dakota, to Leo and Emma (Senn) Veitenheimer. The family moved from Glen Ullin to...
Loretta Thornburg
Jun 30, 2020
Loretta Thornburg, 87, of Missoula/Evaro, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at The Springs. She was born on January 17, 1933, in Williston, North Dakota to James and Bernice Mullins. The family moved and lived in Charlo, Montana and Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Charlo High School as the Valedictorian and was active in many school activities During summers in...
Pauline Mary Lambert (Panther)
Jun 29, 2020
Pauline Mary Lambert 90 of Missoula, passed away on Monday June 29, 2020 at The Springs of Missoula with her daughter at her bedside, of natural causes. She was born April 25, 1930 on the family farm in St. Paul, IA, to Edward and kathryn (Steffensmeir) Panther. The youngest of 10 children she played and worked hard on that farm,...
Michael Gerard McDonald
Jun 23, 2020
Michael Gerard McDonald, 67, of Missoula passed away at home on June 23, 2020. A full obituary will follow. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.
Lew Douglas Foster
Jun 23, 2020
Lew Douglas Foster, 56, of Missoula passed away at home on June 23, 2020. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.
Fern Y. Madsen
Jun 22, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Fern Y. Madsen, 92, 0f Sun City, Arizona, passed away Monday, June 22, 2020 at Community Medical Center in Missoula. Arrangements have been entrusted to Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula.
Elsie Margaret Mangan
Jun 21, 2020
Elsie Margaret (Draper) Mangan 93 of Missoula passed away June 21, 2020 at The Village Senior Residence. She was born May 29, 1927 in Kettering, England to Frederick and Elsie Draper. She was married to Patrick Vern Mangan in 1945 until his death in 2002. Elsie was a member of the English Club, WWII War Brides; she volunteered for the...
Dorian Grunhuvd
Jun 20, 2020
DORIAN JEANNETTE WENDT GRUNHUVD AGE 94 WENT TO BE WITH HER LOVING GOD ON JUNE 20, 2020 SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES AT HER HOME IN SUPERIOR, MONTANA. DORIAN WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1925 TO FRED AND RUBY WENDT IN RACINE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN UNION GROVE, WI WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY 25, 1943....
Mercy Parinio Sampang Keith
Jun 16, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Mercy Parinio Sampang Keith, 46, of Missoula, passed away unexpectedly on June 16, 2020 at St. Patrick Hospital. She was with her husband and loved ones at the time of her passing. She was born on August 21, 1973 in Angeles City, the Philippines, to Teofisto and Corazon Sampang. She spent her childhood in Angeles City with her...
Donna Jean Phoenix
Jun 11, 2020
MISSOIULA ~ Donna Jean (Rardon) Phoenix, 88, of Missoula, passed away peacefully at Providence St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Donna was born in Galena, Illinois and grew up in several locations throughout the Midwest. She was the oldest of three children and had attended Galena High School. She married Charles Eugene Phoenix in 1949 and...
Michael N. Tabish
Jun 11, 2020
Michael N. Tabish passed away on June 11, 2020 after a long fought battle with cancer. Mike was born Nov 11, 1955 in Missoula and spent his entire life here. He worked several jobs in Missoula including 93 Stop N Go, Diamond Bar Meats, Tabish Bros. Distributing, Larry Tabish Conoco, Imperial Meats and Wal-Mart. Mike was an avid outdoorsman and...
Richard L. Stevenson
Jun 10, 2020
MISSOULA ~ Richard Lee Stevenson, 73, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020. At this time, there are no services planned. Arrangements have been entrusted to Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula.
Joan "Jan" Schiedermayer
Jun 8, 2020
MISSOULA – Joan (Jan) Schiedermayer died at home of lung cancer Monday, June 8, 2020, at age 89. She was born May 2, 1931, in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Charles and Rose (Glaudemans) Vanevenhoven. Jan graduated from Kaukauna High School in 1949, and Saint Mary’s School of Nursing in Milwaukee in 1952. Jan worked as a registered nurse for several years...
Joyce L. Dunstan
Jun 7, 2020
Missoula – Joyce L. Dunstan, 91, passed away on June 7, 2020 at St. Patrick Hospital. Arrangements are pending and under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.
James Kent "Jim" Parker
Jun 7, 2020
James (Jim) Kent Parker, of Missoula, MT, passed away peacefully June 7, 2020, with his loving and devoted family by his side. He was born December 31, 1948 in Moscow, Idaho, the son of James Alton ‘Ted’ Parker and Venice Parker. He was the oldest of 3 siblings. On March 30, 1972, he married Carolyn Roberts in the Idaho Falls...
Leone Wieder
Jun 7, 2020
Leone Jane Wieder, 87, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 7, 2020. She was born October 15, 1932, in Shawano, Wisconsin to Lorenzo Huble and Myrtle May Starks. She was the 8th born out of 10 children and the last one living of her siblings/generation. She lived in Wisconsin until she came west, first to Salt Lake,...