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Laura Lynn Gemmell
Jun 11, 2016
HAMILTON – Laura Bujok Gemmell, 51 of Hamilton passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at her home. She was born January 24, 1965 in Dillon the daughter of Richard and Sylvia Bujok.
Laura was raised and educated in Dillon and graduated from Beaverhead County High School in 1983. She then served in the Montana Army National Guard...
Joseph Richter
Jun 8, 2016
HAMILTON - Joseph Richter, 87, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at the Discovery Care Centre. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. at St. Francis Catholic Church with a reception following in the Parish Life Center. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Victor Loyce Kearns
Jun 4, 2016
Houston, TX - Victor Loyce Kearns passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 4, 2016. Vic was born November 9, 1930. He enlisted in the United States Air Force at 17 and served 22 years receiving numerous medals and awards.
Vic enjoyed golfing, hunting, fishing, visiting with other vets and was a gourmet cook.
Vic is...
Jane B. Banner
May 31, 2016
Hamilton – Jane B. Banner, 81 of Hamilton passed away peacefully, Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at her home.
Jane was born November 30, 1934 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania the daughter of the late David and Julia Briggs Baker Jr. She attended Friends Academy (A Quaker School) and graduated from High School in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Jane...
Diana Lynn Matson
May 29, 2016
Hamilton - Diana Lynn Matson, 58, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT. Diana was born April 25, 1958 in Virginia Beach, VA to James S. Cooley and Roberta (Price) Cooley.
Diana has lived in several states as her father was in the Navy. She graduated...
Billie Lee Miles
May 22, 2016
Billie Lee Miles passed away on May 22, 2016.
Billie resided in Hamilton, Montana and previously in Severn, Maryland. He was born in Unionville, Missouri and grew up in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. He attended High School in Hamilton and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Montana in Missoula. He met...
Eileen (Weinberg) Toulouse
May 21, 2016
Eileen Weinberg Toulouse, 64, born on August 31, 1951 in New York City, passed away peacefully in her beautiful Montana home on May 21, 2016. She fought a courageous battle with severe health issues. She was an adored Daughter, Mother and Gammy. It is a tragic loss and she will never be forgotten.
Eileen was a most...

Lynda L. Price
May 15, 2016
Lynda (Karlin) Price, 69 of Hamilton passed away in her home on Sunday, May 15th due to cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother and grandson, Cody W. Mason.
Lynda was born Dec. 24th 1946 in Spokane, WA. Her family moved to Moses Lake, WA where years later she met and eventually married William...
John Knox Mcpheron
May 12, 2016
HAMILTON - With a peaceful smile, John Knox McPheron, 92, of Hamilton, joined his beloved wife Jean on May 12, 2016. Dad spent the month before he passed in the company of his three children and several grandchildren and great grands. We kids took Dad to Yellowstone for one last family road trip and he thoroughly enjoyed the company...

William Edward Ballenger
May 12, 2016
HAMILTON - William E. Ballenger, 68, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at his home. No services are planned at this time. Interment will take place at the Western Montana Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Pauline "Polly" (Reum) Sanders
May 11, 2016
Pauline (Polly) Elizabeth Sanders completed her earthly journey May 11, 2016, and left to be with her Savior whom she loved and served. Born in Troy County, Michigan on June 14, 1923, Polly moved to the Bitterroot in 1974; and with her husband Marshall built a log home on the Skalkaho. She worked for the county for...
Dorothy Marie Lorbiecke
May 9, 2016
HAMILTON – Dorothy Marie Lorbiecke, 93, of Hamilton passed away Monday, May 09, 2016 at her home. She was born March 12, 1923 in Bellflower, CA the daughter of Tom and Carrie (Hoffman) Buie.
Dorothy grew up on a chicken ranch in the middle of Bellflower. She met the love of her life, Ollie Lorbiecke, in a...
John B. Halstead
May 7, 2016
John B. Halstead, 87, of Hamilton Montana passed away May 7th, 2016 at the Marcus Daly Hospice Center.
He was born on January 16, 1929 in South Charleston, West Virginia to Charles B and Edith Halstead. John graduated from South Charleston High School and married Nancy Dillon, his high school sweetheart, also from South Charleston in July...

Stephen H. Franco
May 5, 2016
VICTOR - Stephen H. Franco, 81, of Victor passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016 at his home. Graveside services will be held on Friday, May 20, 2016 at 1:00 pm at Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Elvira E. O'Shea
May 4, 2016
HAMILTON - Elvira E. O'Shea, 96, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Bee Hive Homes in Hamilton. She was born December 8, 1919 in Hamburg, Germany. Elvira is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Tyrone and Randi O'Shea of Hamilton. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 11:00 am at St. Francis...
Margaret D. Kummerfeldt
May 1, 2016
Hamilton - Margaret Kummerfeldt was born August 28, 1922 in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. Her father, Arthur Blayney Percival was a pioneer settler and the first Chief Game Ranger for the Kenya Game Department.
Blayney Percival and his wife Winifred (Jack), were parents of four children, Donald Thomas (Punch) the eldest, followed by James, Margaret and Peter...
Diane S. Olbricht
May 1, 2016
HAMILTON - On Sunday, May 1st, Diane S. Olbricht went to her Savior, Jesus Christ, where she is no doubt laughing, joking and loving her eternal home. No more aches and pains!
Diane was born June 18, 1951 in Fargo, ND. She worked at Marcus Daly Hospital for twenty years.
Diane is survived by her...
Robert L. Roy
May 1, 2016
HAMILTON - Robert L. Roy, 86, of Hamilton, Montana, died Sunday, May 1, 2016 at home surround by his loving family. He was born December 8, 1929, in Glasgow, Montana, the third of five sons and two daughters of Francis Peter and Caroline Josephine Dascher Roy. On August 8, 1950, he married Ramona Tanner, who survives. Bob graduated from...
Darrell Edward Clark
Apr 30, 2016
In Loving Memory from a Grateful Family
Darrell Edward Clark, 85, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Saturday April 30th at his home in Stevensville Montana. He fought hard but lost the fight to heart failure and cancer. A memorial service will be held midsummer in LaGrande Oregon where his ashes will be released in...
Dolores Huggans
Apr 28, 2016
CONNER - Dolores Huggans, 93, of Conner, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016. She was preceded in death by her husband, John. Dolores was born October, 4 1922, in Butte, Mt., one of seven children born to Dennis and Mary Harrington. Dolores moved to the Bitterroot at a young age. She attended the old Curlew School and Victor High...
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