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Doris E. "Tootsie" Englund
Jul 10, 2016
HAMILTON - Doris Evelyn Englund, 93, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton.
Tootsie was born in the plains of Cascade County, Montana in October of 1922. Her father, Martin Roseburg and mother, Elma Roseburg had brought older sister Helen and brother Buster into the world a few years before,...
Teresa "Terry" Erickson
Jul 8, 2016
Teresa (Terry) Ellen Erickson of 146 Deer Haven Drive Hamilton, MT was born in Missoula on March 26th 1943. She suffered a stroke on the evening of July 7th 2016, and passed away peacefully early the following morning at Marcus Day Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
She was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Shaughnessy of DeSmet. There...

Tiffani Leigh Skaw Cook
Jul 7, 2016
MISSOULA - Tiffani Leigh Skaw Cook, 39, of Missoula passed away July 7, 2016. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the Daly-Leach Chapel with a reception following in the funeral home's community room.

John Wasem
Jul 7, 2016
HAMILTON – John Wasem, 96, of Hamilton, passed away July 7, 2016 at Discovery Care Center in Hamilton. John was born Nov. 15, 1919 in New York to Pierre and Helene Wasem. He attended school in New York City, secretly married Leota Hamlin of Rye, New Hampshire in 1940 and moved to San Diego, California shortly after. He had completed...

Alice Cope (Mayer) Seese
Jul 6, 2016
Alice Cope Seese, formerly of Darby MT passed away Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 at the Aaron Care Home in Corvallis, succumbing to pneumonia. She was born October 6th, 1922 in Canfield, Ohio, the daughter of the late Fred and Blanche Mayer.
Alice was raised in Canfield but later moved to Columbiana where she graduated high...
Paul Ricard
Jul 4, 2016
Conner, MT – Paul Victor Ricard, 68 of Conner passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 at his home in Conner.
Paul was born May 14, 1948 in Saco, Maine the son of Raymond and Jeanette Turgeon Ricard. He graduated from Sanford High School in 1966. He then attended the Maine Merchant Marine Academy and later graduated from...
Adina K. (Kusler) Chaney
Jul 4, 2016
Hamilton - Adina K. Chaney, of Hamilton, passed away at the age of 105 on Monday, July 4, 2016 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Rick Ingraham.
Adina was born August 25, 1910, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Kusler in Fredonia, North Dakota. She married Frank P. Chaney in February 1944 in...
Mary Christine (Rettinger) Sander-Lewis
Jul 1, 2016
Mary C. Sander-Lewis, 87, of Hamilton MT passed away Friday, Jul 1, 2016 at the Discovery Care Centre. She was born Nov 15, 1928 to the late Frank & Mary (Jung) Rettinger on the family farm SE of New England, ND. Mary married Howard Sander (deceased) on Feb 6, 1946 and built a new life on a farm near...
William Stephen Mills
Jun 29, 2016
William Stephen "Steve" Mills, 93, long time resident of Hamilton, peacefully passed away June 29 at the Hillside Manor in Missoula, of natural causes. He enjoyed a long and exceptional life. A proud American, he was a bomber pilot, firefighter, homebuilder and Montana rancher.
Steve was born in Riverside, California on February 7, 1923, the son of...

William Stephen Mills
Jun 29, 2016
Hamilton - William Stephen Mills, 93 of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, June 29th at the Hillside Manor in Missoula.
A full obituary will be published in the coming days.
Christine Elaine Cochell-Kay
Jun 29, 2016
HAMILTON – Christine Elaine Cochell-Kay, 57, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2016 from Breast Cancer in the loving care of her daughter, son and grandchildren. She was born March 15, 1959 in Oregon City, OR the daughter of Ronald and Lorene Cochell.
With no formal education Christine had successful careers as a nurse, seamstress, cake...
Donna Louise (Muffley) Strong
Jun 26, 2016
Donna Louise Strong passed away from lung cancer June 26th, 2016 at her home in Hamilton, Montana, surrounded by her loving husband and children. Donna was born May 7th, in Superior, Nebraska, to Mark and Marie (Buresh) Muffley. Donna moved to Plains, Montana, from Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1977 and then to Hamilton in 1984, where she lived the remainder...
Randolph "Randy" H. Colston
Jun 22, 2016
CORVALLIS – Randolph “Randy” H. Colston, 69, of Corvallis passed away June 22, 2016. His life ended the way he loved to spend it, fixing fence and tending his cows on the ranch he ran with his wife, Rande. Randy was born September 28, 1946 in Cornelia, GA to his father, James Hamilton Colston and his mother, Violet Garrison. ...
Violet Rennaker Nelson
Jun 18, 2016
Violet Valentine Rennaker Nelson, 92, of Hamilton, passed away of natural causes on June 18, 2016.
Violet was born February 14, 1924 in Stevensville, MT to Henry Squires and Grace Burch Squires. She grew up in the Bitterroot Valley, attending Charlos Heights Elementary and Darby High School. Her family settled in the Bitterroot Valley in the 1870’s....
William E. Koerner
Jun 15, 2016
PINESDALE - William Emil Koerner, 87, of Pinesdale peacefully graduated from this life, surrounded by loved ones, on Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 at 3:15 pm under the compassionate care of the Marcus Daly Hospice Center.
He was born on April 27, 1929 in Crandon, Wisconsin as the youngest son of the late Eugene Karl Koerner and Barbara...
Frances T. Wagenmann
Jun 12, 2016
DARBY – Frances T. Wagenmann, Darby resident since 1995, passed to her Eternal Reward on Sunday, June 12, 2016. Frances was born August 12, 1918 to Nicholas and Eva Scharosch on a small farmstead just north of Richardton, North Dakota. She had 3 brothers; John (deceased), Frank of Hazen, N.D. and Albert of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Frances...

John E. Lesley
Jun 12, 2016
CORVALLIS - John E. Lesley, 81, of Corvallis passed away Sunday, June 12, 2016 at his home. Interment will take place in California. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Henry J. "Hank" Hoeft
Jun 11, 2016
CORVALLIS, MT - A wonderful heart has stopped. Henry John Heoft, Jr took his hand from his loving wife Hilde of 47 years and joined hands with his Lord on June 11, 2016. Henry (Hank) was born on January 17, 1940 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the ninth child of ten to the late Henry John Hoeft, Sr. and Hattie...

Henry J. Hoeft, Jr.
Jun 11, 2016
CORVALLIS, MT - A wonderful heart has stopped. Henry John Hoeft, Jr took his hand from his loving wife Hilde of 47 years and joined hands with his Lord on June 11, 2016. Henry (Hank) was born on January 17, 1940 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the ninth child of ten to the late Henry John Hoeft, Sr. and Hattie...

James Franklin Whitehead, Jr.
Jun 11, 2016
HAMILTON - James Franklin Whitehead, Jr., 64, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at his home. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
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