Arthur Joseph Malcolm
Nov 16, 2013
CONNER - Arthur Joseph Malcolm, 96, of Conner, formerly of Woodland, CA, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2013 at his daughter's home in Conner. He was born March 16, 1917 in Hanford, CA the son of William Thomas and Clara Amelia Malcolm. Art was raised, educated and graduated from high school in Hanford. He enlisted into the US...
Edna May Caffee
Nov 16, 2013
HAMILTON - On Saturday, November 16, 2013, Edna May Garrod Caffee, 83, a true native of the Bitterroot was finally able to be with the love of her life "Sonny" again after more than 40 years apart. Mom was born in Hamilton on July 7, 1930 to Earnest and Margaret "Ruth" Garrod. After graduation from Hamilton High school...
Joseph J. Hockert Iii
Nov 16, 2013
Joseph J. Hockert III, 74 of Darby, passed away November 16, 2013 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center. - He was born January 29, 1939 in St. Cloud, MN to Joseph J. Hockert II and Viva Agnes Hobbs. Joe graduated from Sauk Rapids High School in 1957. He enlisted in the USAF the following year and served...
Catherine Hedditch
Nov 16, 2013
Catherine Hedditch, age 97, of Hamilton, MT died of natural causes on 16 Nov 2013. Catherine was born 21 Oct 1916 in Kankakee, IL. Her parents were Guiseppe Mancuso and Francerca Cieppo Mancuso. Catherine married John W. Hedditch on 9 Apr 1929. John died 6 Apr 2000. Survivors include Kenneth and Nordeane Hedditch of Missoula, David and Roxie...
Marvin E. "Marv" Sperry
Nov 15, 2013
CORVALLIS - Marvin E. "Marv" Sperry, 58, of Corvallis passed away Friday, November 15, 2013 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born March 29, 1955 in Hamilton the son of Orville E. and Lydia (Rall) Sperry. Marv was raised and educated in Corvallis, graduating from Corvallis High School in 1973. After high school, Marv managed Morris...
Thomas V. Mccrimmon
Nov 15, 2013
HAMILTON - Thomas V. McCrimmon, 61, of Hamilton passed away Friday, November 15, 2013 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born October 27, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA the son of Don and Kathryn McCrimmon. - Tom was preceded in death by his parents and 4 brothers. He is survived by his wife, Terry, of Hamilton;...
Nancy E. Puryear
Nov 15, 2013
Nancy Elazan Puryear, 66 of Hamilton passed away November 15, 2013 at her home in Hamilton. Nancy was born in Tacoma, Washington the daughter of late Otis and Helen Chamberlain on 7-7-1947, what a lucky women she is. Following graduation from High School she attended Jr. College where she earned her Associates Degree. She married Jerrold Curtis Puryear....
Sandra Strong
Nov 15, 2013
Sandra Strong, 79 of Hamilton passed away November 15th at the Valley View Estates Nursing Home in Hamilton. Sandra was a remarkable woman. We enjoyed life with an incredible wife and mother and have fond memories of her loving, creative and sharing self, not to the mention the "Momma Bear" she was when anyone messed with her family....
Don Eckhardt, Sr.
Nov 13, 2013
HAMILTON - Donald L. "Don" Eckhardt, Sr., 79, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2013 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born January 6, 1934 in Cherokee, OK the son of Ted and Lena Eckhardt. Don was raised and educated in Las Vegas, NV. After high school he enlisted into the U.S. Navy in 1952...
Mark Roger Herbenick
Nov 11, 2013
HAMILTON - Mark Roger Herbenick, 50, of Hamilton passed away Monday, November 11, 2013 at his home in Hamilton. He was born October 7, 1963 in San Bernadino, CA the son of Thomas and Margaret Herbenick. Mark is survived by his mother, Margaret, of Hamilton. Memorial services will be held on Friday, November 22, 2013 at 7:00 pm...
Daniel Lewis Humphrey
Nov 10, 2013
HAMILTON - Daniel Lewis Humphrey, 57, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013 at his home from a heart attack. He was born November 12, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA the son of Irving Frank and Georgia Lewis (Eaton) Humphrey. Dan was raised and educated in California and graduated from high school in 1973. He married Martha...
Marie Gene Mckee
Nov 10, 2013
Marie Gene (Bartlett) McKee, 88, of Corvallis, Montana passed away November 10, 2013 after a long battle with cancer. She was born July 27, 1925 in Spokane, Washington and raised there. Early on she found what would become a lifelong love for animals, particularly horses and dogs, with a special partiality for German Shepherds. She was a member...
John W. Shoemaker
Nov 10, 2013
John Woodrow Shoemaker, a native of Missoula, Montana, comfortably passed away in his sleep at the age of 96 at the Bee Hive Homes in Missoula on Sunday, Nov 10, 2013. John was born on May 9, 1917 the only child of William and Rose Mathis Shoemaker, both deaf and mute. He lived in a foster home in...
Donald L. Klapwyk
Nov 8, 2013
Donald L. Klapwyk, 82, of Darby passed away Friday, November 8, 2013 at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. He was born September 19, 1931 in St. Patrick's Hospital, in Missoula, the son of the late John and Freida Klapwyk. Don was raised on a ranch in the Missoula area first helping to run a dairy operation and later...
Florence K. Pagenkopf
Nov 8, 2013
Florence K. Pagenkopf, 92 of Hamilton passed away Friday November 8, 2013 at her home. She was born December 20, 1920 in Hamilton, MT to Robert G. Kyle and Florence Parker-Kyle, the youngest of three children. She graduated from Hamilton High School. Florence married Paul O. Pagenkopf. The couple raised three children, Gordon C., Robert R. and Barbara...
Roy "Mr. Rainbow" Thomas
Nov 3, 2013
Roy Thomas "Mr. Rainbow", 76, of Hamilton, went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, Nov. 03, 2013. He was born on Oct. 09, 1937 in Hamilton, MT and felt fortunate to be able to live here again for the past 17 yrs. He married Sheraleen Madsen (Sherrie) of Scobey, MT, on Aug. 06, 1960 and they...
Anna Vee Brandborg
Nov 2, 2013
Hamilton - Last Saturday evening, Nov. 2, Anna Vee Brandborg, 88 years along and proud of it, drifted off from the world of sourdough pancake breakfasts, environmental activists, uppity and accomplished children, cookouts on Tin Cup Flat, 14 dogs and company in the living room, pithy observations, good advice, good bourbon, bad jokes, good cooking, outrageous laughter, the...
Gary R. Greer
Oct 30, 2013
HAMILTON - Gary R. Greer passed away on October 30, 2013. He was born in Ogden, Utah on May 15, 1943 to Ray and Lucille Greer. He served in the military from 1960 - 1963. He worked for many years at Hill Air Force Base. In 1962 he married Charmaine Maltby and had two children, Paula and Wayne....
Carol S. Thomas
Oct 29, 2013
Carol S. Thomas passed at home in the presence of her family on October 29, 2013 at 5:35pm. Carol was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 6,1942 to Dorothy and Robert Tuell. Siblings are Ed, Bobby, Mary, Evelyn, Ralph, Margaret, Pat and Truman . Survived by sisters Margaret George and Pat Bataglia of California. Husband Bill Thomas, daughters...
Phillip O. "Phil" Ballard
Oct 29, 2013
HAMILTON - Phillip O. (Phil) Ballard, 84, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. Phil was third of six children born on October 10, 1929 to Hal and Mildred Ballard in Fairfield, ID. He moved to Bellingham, WA as a baby, attending all twelve years of school there,...
