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John Robert Prowse

John Robert Prowse

Nov 27, 2012

CORVALLIS - John Robert Prowse, 80, of Corvallis passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. He was born October 3, 1932 in Bingham Canyon, UT. Bob was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Korean War. He married Marjorie Crump on September 24, 1952 in Riverton,...

Jane E. Mears

Jane E. Mears

Nov 26, 2012

Jane E. Mears, 88 of Hamilton passed away Monday, November 26th at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center in Hamilton. She was from May 2, 1924 in Brockton hospital, Brockton, Mass to William and Gladys Waite Kuplast. She graduated from Brockton High School in 1942. During her school years she enjoyed being in camp fire girls, rainbow girls,...

Evelyn Marie Leete

Evelyn Marie Leete

Nov 21, 2012

Evelyn Marie Leete of Hamilton passed away at her home on November 21, 2012, with her family by her side. Born June 4th, 1919 in New York City, New York to Frederick and Mary Schilling, the family moved to Pleasantville, New York where she remained until her early adult years. During a visit with family members in upstate...

June M. Cooper

June M. Cooper

Nov 20, 2012

June M. Cooper, 86, of Missoula went home to the loving arms of her Savior Jesus Christ Tuesday, November 20, 2012. She was born July 6, 1926 in Colorado Springs, Colorado the daughter of the late Vern and Ethel McCauley. - June spent her younger years in Grass Valley, CA and later moved to the Black Forest of...

William "Bill" Bowland

William "Bill" Bowland

Nov 18, 2012

William J. 'Bill" Bowland born October 2,1926 in Tekemah, Nebraska, to Yard and Stella (McNear) Bowland passed on November 18th of natural causes. Bill lived in the Bitterroot Valley for 46 years. Bill grew up on the family farm in Eastern Nebraska. As many did, Bill quit school in the 10th grade to help work the farm; he...

Curtis Dean Faber

Curtis Dean Faber

Nov 17, 2012

HAMILTON - Curtis Dean Faber, 42, of Hamilton passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2012, from heart and diabetic complications. Curtis was born May 19, 1970 at St. Louis Park Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota to Dean Thomas Faber and Betty Lou (Miller) Faber. The family moved to Murdo, South Dakota in 1973 where Curtis went to...

Marguerite Ethel Hunt

Marguerite Ethel Hunt

Nov 13, 2012

Marguerite Ethel Hunt, 94, of Hamilton, peacefully passed away at her home Tuesday November 13, 2012. She was born June 23, 1918 in Placerville, Colorado to Martin and Ethel Ault Buker Faucett. She was raised in Placerville and graduated from High School in Steamboat Springs Colorado. The family then moved to Chloride, Arizona, a mining town. There she...

Elmore Henry "Elmer" Tintzman

Elmore Henry "Elmer" Tintzman

Nov 11, 2012

CORVALLIS - Elmore [Elmer] Henry Tintzman, 83, of Corvallis passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Marcus Daly Hospital of a blood infection. He was born June 18, 1929 at New Leipzig, North Dakota to Henry and Pauline Dietz Tintzman, the oldest of four children. At the age of six, Elmer came with his family to Montana and...

Marguerite Lucile "Marla" Simpson

Marguerite Lucile "Marla" Simpson

Nov 11, 2012

HAMILTON - Marguerite Lucile "Marla" Simpson, 89, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. She was born in Parkston, SD on November 27, 1922 to Elmer Mowry and Bernice Morrison Mowry and was raised by her grand-parents, Lester Mowry and Alice Dunwoody Mowry. Marla married Elmer W. Bernhard...

Eva Marie Mortensen

Eva Marie Mortensen

Nov 9, 2012

HAMILTON - Eva Marie Mortensen, 99, of Hamilton passed away Friday, November 9, 2012 at her home of natural causes. It was 99 years ago, that Eva Nelson Mortensen's mother went into labor climbing out of a sled on a homestead near Medicine Lake, Montana. Little Eva was born in a snow bank. It would set the stage...

Juanita Elizabeth Barr

Juanita Elizabeth Barr

Nov 3, 2012

Juanita Elizabeth Constance Lopez Barr, 67 of Hamilton passed away Saturday, November 3rd at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center in Hamilton. She was born Jan 27, 1945 in Trinidad, Colorado to the late Elfido H. Lopez Jr. and Juanita Winona Adams Lopez. She graduated from High School in Kit Carson, Colorado in 1962. She married Dick Engle...

Dolores Golden

Dolores Golden

Nov 3, 2012

Dolores Golden, 91, of Hamilton, Montana passed away Friday, November 3, 2012 with her family at her side. She was born August 4, 1921 in San Luis, Colorado to Vincent and Lucia Vigil. In his early years, Dolores attended Sisters of Mercy School in San Luis, Colorado with her five sisters. After graduating she took nurses training in...

James Alex Tanasse

James Alex Tanasse

Nov 2, 2012

James Alex (Jim) Tanasse, 70, of Corvallis passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at his home of natural causes. He was born June 9, 1942 in Yakima, WA the son of Alex Joseph and Golda Molly (Pierce) Tanasse. - Jim graduated from Highline High School, the class of 1961, in Burien, WA before attending college. Jim was a...

Lera Anine Johnson

Lera Anine Johnson

Nov 1, 2012

HAMILTON - Lera Anine Johnson, 95, of Hamilton passed away peacefully in her sleep, November 1, 2012 at Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton, MT. She was born to Edson Alonzo Martinell and Mette Simonsen Martinell on October 21, 1917 at Edgerton, Alberta, Canada. As a small child she moved with her family to Victor, MT and graduated from...

Marianne Kroetz Nims

Marianne Kroetz Nims

Oct 31, 2012

HAMILTON - Marianne Kroetz Nims, 76, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. She was born March 23, 1936 in Goeppingen, Germany the daughter of Fritz and Theresia Kroetz. Marianne was raised and educated in Germany. She came to the United States in 1956 and settled in Colorado....

Dorman Carl Mann

Dorman Carl Mann

Oct 31, 2012

Dorman Carl Mann, 90 of Corvallis passed away at his home Wednesday, October 31st. He is survived by his wife, Mickey; children, Pamela, Debra, Joseph and David; numerous grand and great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 5th at the Ft. Harrison Montana State Veterans Cemetery in Helena.

Julia Prescott Ekstrand

Julia Prescott Ekstrand

Oct 30, 2012

Julia Prescott Ekstrand, 98 of Missoula passed away Tuesday, October 30th at the Discovery Care Center in Hamilton. A memorial service will be planned for later this year and announced prior to the service.

Laura H. Lawrence

Laura H. Lawrence

Oct 29, 2012

Laura H. (Olsen) Lawrence, 89, of Hamilton, passed away of natural causes on October 29, 2012 at Discovery Care Center. She was born in Vincent, Iowa on September 14th, 1923 to Lewis and Hattie (Wickerink) Olsen. She was the 3rd oldest of 11 children. She married Kenneth J. Lawrence in Detroit, Michigan on June 7th, 1947. They moved...

Rex E. Hendrickson

Rex E. Hendrickson

Oct 27, 2012

Rex E. Hendrickson, 76, of Victor died Saturday morning October 27, 2012. He was born in Hamilton on April 17, 1936 to Maxine Cunningham and Donald Hendrickson, and raised by his grandparents Claude Henry Cunningham and Florence Faye Johnson. He graduated from Hamilton High School in 1955 and then enlisted in the Marine Corp where he served in...

Donald Lee Kechely

Donald Lee Kechely

Oct 26, 2012

HAMILTON - Donald Lee Kechely, 80, of Hamilton passed away Friday, October 26, 2012 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born September 15, 1932 in Berkeley, CA the son of Lynn and Ethel Kechely. Don achieved the rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. He enlisted into the US Navy in May of...

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