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Stella June Mays
Oct 17, 2014
Stella June Mays was born 83 years ago on November 5, 1930 to Walter Clifford and Mary Emma "Mamie" Brewer. June passed away October 17, 2014 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT. She was born on the Wyoming prairie at the fish hatchery where her father worked at Daniel, WY. She was raised tough and strong and...

Glenn Christ
Oct 15, 2014
Glenn Christ, 62 of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, October 15th at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 21st at the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton. Private family urn placement will take place at a later date.

Leroy A. Mavros
Oct 13, 2014
HAMILTON - LeRoy A. Mavros, 75, of Hamilton passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center from heart disease. He was born November 19, 1938 in Hamilton the son of Tony A. and Mayme M. (Mogus) Mavros. LeRoy was born in the house on Grantsdale Road where he was raised with...
Alberta Thurston Gillespie
Oct 8, 2014
Alberta (Burroughs) Thurston-Gillespie, 70 of Darby passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. She was born June 29, 1944 in Sheridan, Wyoming to John and Birdie Burroughs. They moved to Butte, MT. Alberta was adopted from an orphanage when she was 13 by Sully and Ann Thurston of Radersburg, MT. She...

Imogene Mildred Malloy Dean
Oct 8, 2014
HAMILTON, MT - Imogene Mildred Malloy Dean, 88, of Hamilton, MT passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. She was born April 2, 1926 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Imogene was preceded in death by her first husband of 50 years, Edward L. Malloy; her second husband of 1 A½, Lynn...
Merlynn Mcomber
Oct 1, 2014
Merlynn Brown Reynolds McOmber - Corvallis - "Minnie" was born on January 9, 1954 in Tooele, Utah to Quentin and Nettie Brown. Surrounded by her family, she passed away October l, 2014 at Marcus Daly Hospice Center at the age of 60. As a child her parents moved from Utah to the family ranch East of Corvallis where...

Jill K. Morgan
Oct 1, 2014
CORVALLIS - Jill K. Morgan, 45, of Corvallis passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at her home. She was born August 14, 1969 in Hamilton the daughter of Hugh and Marcella Clyde. Jill was raised and educated in Corvallis, graduating from Corvallis High School. She married Earl L. Morgan, JR. Jill worked at BJ's Restaurant as a waitress...

Roger Rall
Sep 30, 2014
HAMILTON - On Sept. 30th the world lost a wonderful man, Roger Rall, 72, of Hamilton. He died peacefully in the home that he built. Roger was born at home on March 4, 1942 in Chaseley, North Dakota, the 9th of 15 children to the late Samuel and Maggie (Patzer) Rall. Roger's early childhood was spent on a...
John G. Herring
Sep 30, 2014
HAMILTON - John G. (Papa John) Herring, 74, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. He was born October 19, 1939 in Charleston, WV, the son of George T. and Mildred (Shobe) Herring. John received his Bachelors degree from Averett College in Danville, VA. He then earned his...
Justin Bruce Johnson
Sep 30, 2014
HAMILTON - Justin Bruce Johnson was born on November 18, 1988 to Bruce Johnson and Janet (Steele) Johnson in Williston, North Dakota. He joined his sisters, Kristy and Amy, to make the Johnson family complete. When Justin was two, the family moved to Hamilton, Montana. Justin attended Washington, Daly and Grantsdale Elementary Schools, Westview Jr. High and he...
William Hampton Bachman
Sep 25, 2014
William Hampton Bachman, 88, passed away in Hamilton, Montana on Thursday, September 25, 2014 as the result of complications following heart surgery. Born at home in a blizzard on February 4, 1926 in Shamokin, PA, he was the only child of William P. Bachman and Annabelle Todd Bachman. Bill's early years were spent in Williamsport, PA. He had...
Raymond Francis Spang
Sep 24, 2014
Raymond Francis Spang of Stevensville, Montana, passed away on Wednesday, September 24 at the age of 88. His wife Carol and very good friend Patti Tipps were by his side. Ray was born in Eagle Rock, California and joined the US Navy at the age of 17 to serve our country during WWII. During his tour of service...

Judd Lee Mccown
Sep 22, 2014
Judd Lee McCown, 49 of Hamilton passed away Monday, September 22nd in Corvallis. Judd was born August 5, 1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Kermit and Eva McCown. He worked many different jobs to include Computer Tech and as a tool salesman. He married JoAnna Meyer and had three children. They later divorced. Judd loved fishing and the...
Leland "Gene" Ayres
Sep 19, 2014
HAMILTON - January 3, 1932 in a cold and snowy storm, the doctor arrived by a horse drawn sleigh to greet Leland Gene Ayres into Wetonka, South Dakota. Gene was the last child to Rusty and Iva Ayres. He had 2 brothers, Frank Elsworth (Bud) and Ralph William (Rod), and 2 sisters, Frances Elva and Alta Mary (Babe)....

Charles H. "Chuck" Wood
Sep 14, 2014
HAMILTON - Charles H. "Chuck" Wood was born July 22, 1939 in Fayetteville, Arkansas to Ervin R. and Ella D. (Hopper) Wood. Chuck had a horse accident on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 and passed away at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. Chuck married Lynn Waldo in Litchfield Park, AZ on March 20, 1970. Together they moved back to...

Ryan Silsby
Sep 7, 2014
Missoula - Ryan Silsby, 25, of Missoula, MT died in rock climbing accident in the Bitterroot National Forest. Ryan was an avid outdoorsman who loved to rock climb, cycle, hike, fish, woodwork and play guitar and ukelele. He is survived by a large, loving family that grew with every new place that Ryan visited. An open house style...
Donna Mae Whitney
Sep 6, 2014
Donna Mae Whitney, 69, of Corvallis, MT passed away Saturday, Sept 6, 2014 due to complications arising from her recent diagnosis of an aggressive brain cancer. She was born Aug 11, 1945 in Havre, MT to parents Roy A. Berger and Clara Enola Berger. She is survived by her loving partner Daniel Farrow, her son Stephen Whitney III,...
William "Wayne" Burgess
Sep 3, 2014
HAMILTON - William 'Wayne' Burgess, 83, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday 09/03/14 at 10:55 PM at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center due to congestive heart failure. He was born 9/13/30 in Stamp, AL to John Buford and Lillie Burgess. Survivors include his loving wife of 64 years, Verna (Platt) Burgess of Hamilton,...
Michael Leroy Sorenson
Sep 2, 2014
HAMILTON - Michael Leroy Sorenson, 64, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at his home. He was born March 16, 1950 in Minot, ND the son of Norman and Cora (Halvorson) Sorenson. - Michael moved with his family to the Bitterroot valley in 1953 due to the construction of the Garrison Dam. He attended Washington School,...
Tandi Josen Mason
Sep 2, 2014
HAMILTON - Tandi J. Mason, age 15, passed away on September 2nd, 2014. He is the son of Larry and Peggy Mason and little brother to Antara. Tandi was born in Kolkatta, West Bengal, India on March 25, 1999 and came home to his forever family 5 months later through Seattle/Tacoma airport. Tandi had a deep fondness for...
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