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Debby Lambert

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Christopher Martin Chandler

Christopher Martin Chandler

Aug 13, 2013

Christopher Martin Chandler, 39 of Corvallis died Tuesday, August 13th at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. He was born in Madera, California in 1973. He went to be with the Lord and his angels that always watched over him. Even though he was a special needs young man, he brightened up everything and everyone he met....

Linda Massa

Linda Massa

Aug 11, 2013

HAMILTON - Linda Massa, 65, of Hamilton died peacefully at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center after a year and a half battle with colon cancer surrounded by her family. Linda was the picture of courage and strength, never complaining or feeling bitter about this disease. Linda was born in Ekalaka, Montana to parents William and...

Frank Murabito

Frank Murabito

Aug 11, 2013

Frank Murabito, 79, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Valley View Estates Health Care Center with his loving wife by his side. Frank was born in Lawrence, Mass. on Feb 10, 1934 to Annie (Dube) and Joseph Murabito. He served in the U.S. Navy aboard the Battleship Missouri before marrying the love of his life...

Donna Mae Hosko

Donna Mae Hosko

Aug 8, 2013

Hamilton - Donna Mae Hosko, 89 of Hamilton passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 at the Discovery Care Center in Hamilton. Donna was born March 20, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Richard and Mabel Clark. Donna was raised in Indiana with her sisters, Betty and Doris who she was very close to and loved dearly. She...

Mary Louise Dailey

Mary Louise Dailey

Aug 4, 2013

Mary Louise Dailey, 95 of Victor passed away August 4th at her home. She was born July 21, 1918 in Evanston, Wyoming the 4th of 7 daughters born to Charles and Iola J. Helm Gordon. She attended South High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Floyd Joseph Dailey on May 29, 1939 in Salt Lake City,...

Robert D. Stauter

Robert D. Stauter

Aug 3, 2013

Robert D. Stauter, 85 of Hamilton passed away August 3, 2013 at his home. Arrangements will be announced at a later date. Urn placement will take place in Oklahoma.

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