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Adelaide Lois Grindle

Adelaide Lois Grindle

Dec 5, 2014

HAMILTON - Adelaide Lois Grindle, 92, of Hamilton passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 at St. Patrick Hospital. She will be laid to rest with her husband at the Western Montana Veterans Cemetery in Missoula.

Sylvia Lunceford Stewart

Sylvia Lunceford Stewart

Nov 27, 2014

Sylvia was born October 30, 1927 near Bossburg, WA and entered into rest November 27, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center in Hamilton. She was the daughter of Frank R. and Myrtle Lockhart Lunceford. She was the youngest of four children her siblings were, Thelma I. Rohlf, Frances L. Johnson and Eugene W. Lunceford. She was...

Helen D. Tousignant

Helen D. Tousignant

Nov 27, 2014

HAMILTON - Helen D. Tousignant, 90, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. Memorial services will be held in the spring.

Ronald B. Hallock

Ronald B. Hallock

Nov 26, 2014

Ronald "Ron" Bates Hallock, 69, of Corvallis, MT passed away Wednesday, November 26th, 2014. He was born May 6, 1945 in Valentine, Nebraska. Ron is the son of Graydon and Marjorie Hallock. He graduated as Valedictorian of his high school in 1969 in Winner, SD. His family moved to Montana in 1969. He graduated from the University of...

Derry Kempf

Derry Kempf

Nov 25, 2014

Derry Kempf, 81 of Darby Passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at his home in Darby. He was born April 23, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to R.J and Thiel Kempf. He was raised in Milwaukee where he attended Nathan Hale High School and received many state championships as a violinist. After high school he joined the Air Force...

James Alfred "Jim" Patterson

James Alfred "Jim" Patterson

Nov 23, 2014

CORVALLIS - James Alfred "Jim" Patterson, 80, passed away of natural causes at his home in Corvallis on Sunday, Nov. 23. He was born Dec. 24, 1933 in Florence, MT, the son of A.J. and Dora Patterson. Jim lived and worked in the Bitterroot Valley virtually all his life. He graduated from Hamilton High School before serving in...

Frances M. Metcalf

Frances M. Metcalf

Nov 23, 2014

HAMILTON - Frances M. Metcalf, 88, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, November 23, 2014 in Missoula of natural causes. Mom was 1 month short of her 89th birthday. She was born in Baker, MT on December 26, 1925. Mom moved to the Bitterroot in 1939 with her family and called the Bitterroot her home. She did spend 3...

Stetson James Nielson

Stetson James Nielson

Nov 18, 2014

HAMILTON - Stetson James Nielson, 21, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at his home of natural causes. He was born in American Fork, UT on January 20, 1993 the son of Jesse Nielson and Crystal Howcroft-Nielson. Stetson was raised and educated in Darby. He worked miscellaneous jobs including cutting fire wood and helping people when...

Bobbie A. Holst

Bobbie A. Holst

Nov 17, 2014

CORVALLIS - Bobbie A. Holst, 83, of Corvallis passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Wilhelm "Willy" Burgdorfer

Wilhelm "Willy" Burgdorfer

Nov 17, 2014

Dr. Wilhelm/Willy/Burgdorfer Ph.D., Honorary M.D. Hamilton - Dr. Wilhelm (Willy) Burgdorfer, 89, of Hamilton passed away at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice on Monday, November 17, 2014. He was born June 27, 1925 in Basel, Switzerland where he was raised, the son of Karl and Else Burgdorfer. He received his undergraduate and PhD degrees in Zoology, Parasitology and...

T.G. "Jerry" Keeley

T.G. "Jerry" Keeley

Nov 14, 2014

Trevelyn Gerald "Jerry" Keeley, 96 of Billings (formerly of Hamilton) took his "final flight west" on Friday, November 14, 2014. Jerry was born August 13, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Ernest Wesley and Myrtle Viola Shane Keeley. His family moved to Long Beach, CA in 1923 where Jerry was educated. He started flying planes in...

Alona A. Frank

Alona A. Frank

Nov 12, 2014

HAMILTON - Alona A. Frank, 84, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. No formal services are planned. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Anita Catherine Spinetta Dianda

Anita Catherine Spinetta Dianda

Nov 10, 2014

Anita Spinetta Dianda, 92, of Darby, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Hamilton. She was born on November 28, 1921 in San Francisco, the daughter of the late Lorenzo and Caterina Bavoso of Italy. At age five she went back to Italy with her parents, returning to California...

Steven Lee Mears

Steven Lee Mears

Nov 7, 2014

LCpl Steven "Steve" Lee Mears Feb. 29, 1949 Nov 7, 2014 - - - - Steve came into this world in Santa Monica, CA as a leap year baby and never failed to use that to the best of his advantage. He grew up in Hawthorne, CA. and spent many happy hours in Pomona at his Great-grandmother's poultry...

Charles Craig Anderson

Charles Craig Anderson

Nov 2, 2014

VICTOR - Charles C. Anderson, 57, of Victor passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014 at his home of natural causes. He was born September 3, 1957 in Missoula the son of Clinton and Betty Anderson. Charles is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Michael C. and Krista Anderson of Missoula and 3 grandchildren. No formal services will be...

Steven Allen Abbey

Steven Allen Abbey

Oct 30, 2014

Steven Allen Abbey (Orr), 61, of Hamilton, MT, joined our Father in Heaven following complications from pneumonia Oct. 30, 2014 at St Patrick Hospital in Missoula. In his final days, Steve was surrounded by the love and comfort of his survivors, mother, Patricia Orr, father, Bob Orr and his wife, Myrna Orr, sister, Diane and her husband, John...

Bea Stuart

Bea Stuart

Oct 27, 2014

Hamilton " Beatrice (Bea) Stuart passed away Monday October 27, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Hospice. She was born December 10, 1922 in Ramsey, New Jersey Bea was raised in Ramsey, after graduating from high school in 1941; she attended Newark College of Engineering. Bea then went to work as an engineering technician at Wright Aeornautical during the...

Judith Ann Hoge

Judith Ann Hoge

Oct 20, 2014

Judith Ann McCurry Hoge 71, of Corvallis passed away October 20, 2014 at Community Medical Center due to complications from pneumonia. Thank you to the most wonderful nurses ever, your kindness was second to none. Judy was born August 24, 1943 in Morris, Illinois life really began when at 16 she had her son, Scott... what a journey....

Howard B. Rapp Jr.

Howard B. Rapp Jr.

Oct 18, 2014

HAMILTON- Howard B. Rapp, Jr. passed away October 18 at his home in Hamilton. He is survived by six adult children: Chuck Rapp (and wife, Vicky) of Raleigh, NC; Patricia Colwell of Ashland, OR; Steve Rapp (and wife, Sherrie) of Walla Walla, WA; Andrea Suttell (and husband, Steve) of Eureka, CA; Dave Rapp (and wife, Marci Greenberg) of...

Wayne Robert Rose

Wayne Robert Rose

Oct 17, 2014

HAMILTON - Wayne Robert Rose, Hamilton, passed away to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, October 17th at Community Medical Center. He was born to Alvie and Irene Rose on August 9, 1944 in Hamilton, Montana. Wayne attended Corvallis Public School and graduated with the class of 1962. After attending Montana State University studying to be...

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