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...
David Bruce Howard
Apr 28, 2016
David Bruce Howard, 58 of Corvallis passed away April 28th, 2016 at Valley View Estates Nursing Home in Hamilton.
David was born November 2, 1957 in Vallejo, California the son of Arthur and Marjorie Howard. He attended schools in California and Hamilton, MT. He also attended Trapper Creek Job Corps. David was active in Ravalli County Search...
Sandee Skelton
Apr 27, 2016
HAMILTON - On April 27th 2016, Sandee Skelton found peace after a long struggle from the effects of a stroke. She was born in Ventura California August 23rd 1942. While attending school at Camarillo High she met Ron Skelton and they married. Moving to Pueblo Colorado they had their 1st son Randy Skelton, and later moving to Hamilton Montana...
Everett Jimmy "Mud" Matteson
Apr 26, 2016
HAMILTON - Everett Jimmy “Mud” Matteson, 76, went to be with Jesus, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. He was born Dec. 9, 1939 to the late Everett and Genevieve Matteson at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. He was raised in the Bitterroot Valley graduating from Darby High School in 1958. He married Norma Knez in 1960 and together they created their...
John Patrick Winn
Apr 24, 2016
John Patrick Winn, 82, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2016. He was born December 18, 1933 in San Francisco, CA, the son of John Stirling Winn and Ellen Marie Bothwell.
John was raised in Daly City by loving aunts and uncles while his father served in WWII. At the age of 17, John joined...
Marjorie Patricia (Donovan) Jensen
Apr 22, 2016
Marjorie Patricia Jensen, 89, went to Heaven to be with her Father on April 22, 2016.
Marge was born in Cherokee, Iowa on St. Patty's Day, March 17th, 1927 to Douglas and Ethyl Davis Donovan and an older sister, Dorothy.
At the age of 23, Marge met her first husband, Joseph Meredith, on a Greyhound...
