Floyd G. Lamson
Sep 22, 2013
Floyd G. Lamson, 91, of Hamilton passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at home. Born on August 4, 1922 in Brighton, VT, he is survived by his wife, Marilyn of Hamilton, his son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Janet of Manchester, CT, his son-in-law, Michael Mertins, of Hamilton, two grandsons, and five great-grandchildren. Floyd was predeceased by his...
Janet Pauline Miller
Sep 22, 2013
Janet (Janette) Pauline Miller was born January 13, 1920 on a remote homestead in Garfield County, 50 miles NE of Jordan, MT. Her parents were Richard and Clara Miller of Haxby, MT. The oldest of five children, she grew up in a log home on the Miller homestead. In 1939, Janet married Harvey Keith Glasspoole, a Fort Peck...
Theodore O. "Ted" Maxwell
Sep 22, 2013
CORVALLIS - Theodore O. Maxwell, "Ted", 76, of Corvallis passed away Sunday September 22, 2013 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Center due to complications from multiple strokes. He was born August 29, 1937 in Peoria, Illinois, the oldest son of Okran Graves Maxwell III and Clara Elizabeth Owen. Ted was raised in Illinois and in 1968...
John M. Savochka
Sep 20, 2013
Darby - John M. Savochka, 71, of Darby passed away Friday September 20, 2013 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, from complications of pancreatic cancer. He was born November 14, 1941 in Hamilton, the son of the late John and Ida Ellen Savochka. John graduated from Darby High School and attended the University of Montana. In 1964 John...
Ray Benjamin Petersen
Sep 17, 2013
Ray Benjamin Petersen, 73, of Victor, Montana and San Juan Capistrano, California died on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana. Ray was born on March 7,1940 in Emmett, Idaho to Ray and Margaret (Pitts) Petersen. He was reared in the Klamath Falls, Oregon area and graduated from Klamath Falls High School in 1958....
Jeremy Wilbert Yetter
Sep 16, 2013
Jeremy Wilbert Yetter, 41 passed away Monday, September 16, 2013 at his residence in Ashland, Montana. He was born October 26, 1971 to Jerome "Jerry" and Sandra "Sam" Yetter in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, joining the family which included his elder brother, Matthew. Diagnosed with Juvenile Onset, Type 1, Diabetes at the age of five, he battled the disease most...
Debby Lambert
Sep 15, 2013
Debby Lambert, 55 of Hamilton passed away September 15, 2013 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. She was born August 17, 1958 in Hamilton, MT to Robert "Bob" and Margaret "Marty" Davison. Debby attended Business College at Eastern Montana College. She was preceded in death by her father Bob Davison. Surviving include her husband Al of Hamilton; son,...
Hazel L. Ayers
Sep 14, 2013
Hazel L. Ayers, 87 of Hamilton passed away September 14, 2013 at her home in Hamilton. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Nola Cox Chadwick; her brother, Elmer Chadwick; her sister, Ruby Mauler; and her husband of 63 years, Joseph C. Ayers. Hazel was born April 4, 1926 in Jacksboro, Tennessee where she attended...
Connie Ann Schmitt
Sep 14, 2013
Connie Ann (Childers) Schmitt, 63 of Martell, Nebraska and most recently Hamilton, Montana passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Hamilton, MT. She was born October 14, 1949 in Seward, Nebraska. Daughter of the late Charles and Winnifred (Eppert) Childers. Connie was one of nine children, four brothers and...
Walter Stidger Peckinpaugh
Sep 13, 2013
Walter Stidger Peckinpaugh died September 13, 2013. He was born to Roger Thorpe and Mildred Peckinpaugh in Cleveland, Ohio, October 13, 1915, the second of four boys. His father was a major league baseball player so his early life was spent around such greats as Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson which probably influenced his great love of sports....
Larry Lockhart
Sep 3, 2013
Lawrence (Larry) Everett Lockhart age 73, of Missoula, MT, was born July 15, 1940 in Santa Rosa, California to Everett Lorance and Ethel Lucy Brooks Lockhart. He was the fourth of eight children. - His early childhood was spent swimming in the Trinity River near Weaverville, CA at Lewiston, where the family lived, hunting Black tail Deer, catching...
Stuart Milton Donaldson
Aug 26, 2013
Hamilton - Stuart Milton Donaldson, 69, passed away on August 26, 2013 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center due to complications from a stroke and cancer. Stuart was born in Middlesex England in 1943 to C.F. "Bus" and Catherine Donaldson. Bus started Donaldson Brothers Ready Mix in the Bitterroot Valley; where Stuart and his brother...
Harold F. Stanton
Aug 25, 2013
CONNER - Harold F. Stanton, 78, of Conner passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013 at his home. He was born April 7, 1935 in Hamilton, the son of the late Harold B. and Frances G. Stanton. Harold entered the U.S. Army and was stationed in Frederick, MD where he met his future wife, Jane Blackson. They married in...
Gerald "Jerry" Fiman
Aug 24, 2013
Gerald Frank Fiman, age 75, of Hamilton, MT died Aug. 24, 2013, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was a loving husband and is survived by his wife of 52 years, Karolynn L. Fiman (Weber). Jerry was born in Spokane, WA and was raised in Hamilton, a son of the late Frank and Iola Fiman. A 1956...
Norma May Camp
Aug 19, 2013
Norma May Camp, 100 of Missoula passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, August 19, 2013 at Bee Hive Homes in Missoula. Norma was born February 27, 1913 in Loogootee, Indiana to the late Joseph L. and Ida Jan Crays. The family homesteaded to Broadus, MT several years later, traveling out west in an old Ford Model T...
Patricia R. Zeller
Aug 18, 2013
HAMILTON - Patricia R. Zeller, 81, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013 at her home of natural causes. She was born September 27, 1931 in Shreveport, LA the daughter of John and Merle Hiers. Patricia was raised and educated in Long Beach, CA. After high school she attended Long Beach Business College. Patricia married Ernest Zeller...
Jean Elizabeth Fotland
Aug 18, 2013
Jean Elizabeth Fotland, 94 of Hamilton passed away August 18, 2013 at her home in Hamilton. Jean was born January 14, 1919 in Great Falls, MT to the late Ernest and Vera Dammrose. She graduated from Victor High School and attended the University of Miami in Ohio for a semester. Jean married Ed Reynolds who passed away and...
Bonnie R. Evers
Aug 17, 2013
DARBY - Bonnie R. Evers of Darby passed away after a short battle with cancer on August 17, 2013, at the Marcus Daly Home Care and Hospice. Bonnie was born August 20, 1939 to Clint and Mildred Roberts. Bonnie was a 12 year student of Darby Public Schools as was her mom, both of her children, and 2...
Gregory Mason Potthoff
Aug 15, 2013
HAMILTON - Gregory Mason Potthoff, of Hamilton departed from us on Wednesday, August 15, 2013 to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born June 20, 1947 in St. Paul, MN where he lived most of his life. - Greg fulfilled his life long dream when he moved to the Valley in 2007 where he hunted, fished...
Rex E. Overton
Aug 15, 2013
Rex E. Overton, 95, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the Discovery Care Centre. He was born May 18, 1918 in Nevada, MO the son of Elwood and Alta (Medearis) Overton. Rex was raised and educated in Missouri and Idaho. He loved playing football in high school and eventually the military as well. Rex graduated...
