Obituaries

Delroy Kramer

Delroy Kramer

Dec 18, 2019

Delroy “Del” Kenneth Kramer passed away 12/18/19 at 78 years old. Del was born in 1941 to Nina and Roy Kramer in Dickinson, ND. Del attended area schools until he enlisted in the Navy. After leaving the Navy, Del resided in Montana. It was during this time, Del had started his career as a truck driver. He hauled a lot...

Kathy Maradeo

Kathy Maradeo

Dec 17, 2019

Kathy (Dore) Maradeo, 65, of Seeley Lake, passed away on Tuesday, December 17th, one day short of her 66th birthday. She passed away peacefully at home attended to by her husband as was her wish. She was on home hospice care due to her long battle with MS. She was born in Chicago on December 18th, 1953 to Maurice and...

Terry Provow

Terry Provow

Dec 13, 2019

Terry Provow, 78, of Lolo passed away peacefully on Friday, December 13, 2019. Arrangements are under Garden City Funeral Home.

Beverly Janet Himber

Beverly Janet Himber

Dec 12, 2019

MISSOULA — Beverly Janet Himber, 86, of Missoula passed away peacefully at her home in Missoula, of natural causes. She was born on Feb. 1, 1933, in Cohasset, Minnesota, to Ernerst Oberg and Lola Moore. As a young girl she grew up on the lakes of Minnesota where she met and married the love of her life. On Jan. 12,...

Daniel Ryan

Daniel Ryan

Dec 12, 2019

Daniel Leo Ryan was born December 16, 1946 at St. Patrick's Hospital. He died there December 12 of small cell lung cancer. His family farmed and ranched west of Missoula, on both sides of North Reserve and up over the North Hills. Prior to the I-90 Interstate, his parents, Francis and Dorothy (Wheeler), had their home where Bretz RV now...

Allen J. Fetscher

Allen J. Fetscher

Dec 11, 2019

Allen Fetscher died in the early morning of December 11, 2019 after living defiantly with Parkinson’s Disease for 25 years. He was born March 8, 1945 in San Francisco, but moved as a toddler with his parents, Albert W. Fetscher and Ellen Bentley Fetscher, and sister Lynn back to his father’s original home of western Montana. The family soon settled...

Pauline Jean Rompel

Pauline Jean Rompel

Dec 11, 2019

LOLO — Pauline Jean Rompel, 88, of Lolo died on Dec 11 at her residence. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.

Margaret Jones

Margaret Jones

Dec 5, 2019

Margaret Jones, 92, of Missoula passed away peacefully at home on December 5, 2019. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.

Margaret Jones

Margaret Jones

Dec 5, 2019

MISSOULA — Margaret Jones, 92, of Missoula died peacefully at home on Dec. 5. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.

Fred Nelson

Fred Nelson

Dec 5, 2019

Fred Nelson, 91, longtime Montana music educator and Missoula resident, died Thursday (Dec. 5) at Libby, Montana. Fred was born November 28, 1928 at Kalispell, Montana to Raymond Nelson and Martha O’Brien Nelson; he and his sister Evelyn attended grade school at Kalispell. At the time of their mother’s death in 1940, the family moved to Polson and then to...

Marjorie "Midge" Elander

Marjorie "Midge" Elander

Dec 5, 2019

MISSOULA — Marjorie “Midge” Elander, 91, of Missoula died Dec. 5, 2019 at Community Medical Center. A happy hour party is being planned and will be announced in a full obituary. Garden City Funeral Home is assisting with the cremation arrangements.

Pamela Lynn Hoppe

Pamela Lynn Hoppe

Dec 4, 2019

Pamela Hoppe ' February 2, 1959 – December 4, 2019 "If you loved me, meet me in heaven." -Pam Hoppe Pam Hoppe was the best mom, daughter, grammy, sister, friend, and preschool teacher ever. She always had a smile on her face. She loved Jesus, children, practical jokes, and her family. She had an undaunted faith in God and truly...

Russ Plummer

Russ Plummer

Dec 4, 2019

MISSOULA — Russ Plummer, 51, of Missoula died Dec. 4 at St. Patrick Hospital. Cremation is planned. Garden City Funeral Home is assisting with these arrangements.

Donald J. Shaughnessy

Donald J. Shaughnessy

Dec 4, 2019

Donald Joseph Shaughnessy, Sr., 87, of Missoula, MT passed peacefully to the Lord on December 4, 2019 with his loving wife of 63 years, Mary, at his side. Born in 1932 in Chicago, Illinois to Margaret and Emmett Shaughnessy, Don’s formative years were spent singing with Chicago’s Paulist Choir, under the directorship of Fr. Eugene O’Malley. He graduated from Saint...

Minnie Frances Chelico Fragnito

Minnie Frances Chelico Fragnito

Dec 2, 2019

Minnie Frances Chellico Fragnito passed away peacefully Monday morning, 2 Dec. 2019 in her daughter’s (Josi Fragnito-Lira) home, Merced California. Minnie was born in Nashwauk, Minnesota, to Italian immigrants, Vincenzo Louis Celico and Josephine Luzzi. Minnie was number 6 of 9 children whom all preceded her in death, Tomasina Mary “Daisy” Chellico (Joseph) Simone from Nashwauk, MN. ; Louis James...

Joseph P. "Joe" Rosetti Jr.

Joseph P. "Joe" Rosetti Jr.

Dec 1, 2019

Joseph Paul Rosetti Jr., 78 of Missoula, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at St. Patrick's Hospital from the Cancer. Joe was born May 15, 1941 in Butte, to Joseph & Alice Rosetti. He was an avid basketball player at Butte High. After high school he attended Montana State University. He completed his plumbers and pipe fitters apprenticeship before...

Kathy D. Johnson

Kathy D. Johnson

Dec 1, 2019

Kathy Diane Johnson, 70, of Frenchtown passed away at her home Sunday, December 1, 2019. She was born on October 18, 1949 to Robert and Madge Larson of Missoula, MT. She married Ernest William Johnson on February 9, 1978 in Kuai, Hawaii. The couple lived in Frenchtown, MT where they raised their four children and together ran family businesses. Her...

Victor Hangas

Victor Hangas

Nov 30, 2019

MISSOULA — With his loving family by his side, Victor Neil Hangas passed away peacefully at St. Patrick hospital on Nov. 30, 2019. Vic was the first of seven children born to Jack and Emma Hangas on May 30, 1937 in Lewistown. Weighing only four pounds at birth, it was necessary for Vic to develop toughness and stubbornness to survive...

Emma B. Lommasson

Emma B. Lommasson

Nov 30, 2019

Emma B. Lommasson 1911-2019 Born on December 10, 1911, Emma Lommasson was the first of three daughters born to Filomena and Giovanni (James G.) Bravo. Emma and her two younger sisters, Jennie and Lena, were raised in Sand Coulee, Montana. Her father was an engineer at the Anaconda Copper Smelter in Great Falls. Emma’s first language was Italian, the language...

John William Smith

John William Smith

Nov 29, 2019

John William Smith, 88, of Missoula passed away on November 29, 2019. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.