Edith "Smitty" Murphy
May 17, 2012
GREAT FALLS - Edith "Smitty" Murphy, 84, of Great Falls, Montana, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice Center in Hamilton, Mt. She was born September 15, 1927 in Bearden, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Floyd and Betrice Smith. She met and married Claude "Chuck" Murphy on July 12, 1946. She had a...
Donna Faye King
May 15, 2012
YUMA, AZ - Donna Faye King, age 87, passed away in her sleep at her home in Yuma, Arizona, on May 15, 2012. Donna was born at Rocklake, ND, May 30, 1924. She graduated from Minot High School in North Dakota. Donna spent the next few years moving with her family to Montana and during the height of...
Robert "Bob" Weber
May 14, 2012
Robert E. Weber, age 64, died on May 14, 2012. He was born in Hastings, NE on August 12, 1947 to Lester and Shirley Weber. He attended high school in Jackson, WY where he played football and played in a band. He also met his wife, Ginny, whom he married on June 22, 1966. After high school, Bob...
Marilyn Sue Stock
May 14, 2012
Marilyn "Sue" Stock passed away peacefully on May 14, 2012. She had just celebrated Mother's Day with her children, Randy and Nancy. Sue was born Marilyn Sue Seccombe on July 18, 1930 to William and Hazel Seccombe in Canton, Ohio She spent her entire early life in Canton and graduated from McKinley High School in 1948. She attended...
Florence E. Hyatt
May 8, 2012
The Bitterroot Valley lost an incredible woman on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Florence Hyatt passed away surrounded by her loving family in the home her son, David Hyatt, built for Florence and husband, Dean. Florence was born on February 16, 1929 in Darby, Montana, to Lewis and Inez (Matteson) Leavens the second of twelve children. As a fourteen...
Viola A. Bridge
Apr 30, 2012
Viola A. Bridge, 90, passed into the presence of God on Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Discovery Care Centre. Viola (Vi) was born November 13, 1921 in Lemmon, SD., to Joseph and Ida Lundberg. She graduated from Lemmon High School in 1939. On Jan 2, 1940, she married her sweetheart, Lloyd C. Bridge. She enjoyed raising their...
Adelord H. Dame
Apr 22, 2012
TUSCON, AZ - Adelord (Shorty) Dame, 94, of Tucson, AZ passed away April 22, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center of congestive heart disease. He was born September 17, 1917 in Benson, Sask. Canada, the son of Cyril and Eva Marie Dame. Adelord grew on up on the family farm and attended a small...
Cyril K. "Cy" Richard
Apr 20, 2012
VICTOR - Cyril Kirk Richard, 61, of Victor, Montana passed away Friday evening in his home. He was born May 23, 1950 in Chicago to Benjamin and Shirley Richard. Cyril "Cy" was raised in Chicago, and his family began traveling to Big Timber in summers with Cy's grandfather, the Late Cyril Kenneth Richard, who was the minister of...
Esther Emma Popenhagen
Apr 19, 2012
Hamilton - Esther Popenhagen, 87, of Hamilton died April 19, 2012 at Marcus Daly Hospital. She was born December 25, 1924 in Romona, South Dakota, daughter of Leopold and Erna Beyer. Bob and Esther moved to Hamilton in 1987. Her life in Hamilton was spent enjoying her family, friends, and beautiful yard and flowers gardens. They were members...
Jerry N. Skinner
Apr 12, 2012
Jerry Noah Skinner passed away April 12, 2012. He was born in Fort Myers, Florida, July 16, 1935 to Lelia and Noah Skinner. He grew up in Fort Myers and married Ginger Horne in 1955. They had 4 children Glenn (Tina), Wes (Rita) both of Montana and Terri Skinner and Tina Silcox of Fort Myers. He is also...
Raymond "Buzz" Ramsey
Apr 9, 2012
HAMILTON - Raymond J. "Buzz" Ramsey, 84, of Hamilton passed away Monday, April 9, 2012. He was born July 17, 1927 in Napa, CA to Raymond R. and Georgia Lillian Ramsey. He grew up in Yountville and graduated from Napa High School in 1945. He was honorably discharged from the United States Navy in 1952. Buzz worked for...
Lorena Patzer Wood
Apr 5, 2012
HAMILTON - Lorena Patzer Wood, 82, of Hamilton died Thursday, April 5, 2012 of natural causes. Lorena was the youngest of nine children born to Ed and Eva Bender Patzer. She was born in Harvey, North Dakota on November 14, 1929. When she was three years old, the family moved to Grantsdale, Montana. The family then moved to...
Edwin Mcelroy
Apr 2, 2012
HAMILTON - Edwin McElroy, a longtime resident of Hamilton, MT went home to be with his Lord on Monday, April 2, 2012. He was born to Melville and Ruth McElroy in Fowler, CA on May 26, 1926. He was one of six children. Ed graduated from Clovis High School, Clovis, CA in 1944. He grew up during the...
Christopher O. Holman
Apr 2, 2012
Christopher O. Holman of Hamilton went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, April 2, 2012, at his place of residence. He was born on March 9th, 1939 in Wellesly, Mass. the son of the late Lester O. Holman and Jean Holman Simpson. Chris was raised in Wellesley where he graduated from High School...
Elizabeth Virginia Hardy
Apr 1, 2012
Elizabeth Virginia Hardy, 91, of Corvallis passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care center. She was born November 6, 1920 in Norton Kansas to Martin and Elizabeth Mitchell. She was raised on a wheat farm in Kansas, growing up during the Dust Bowl and the Depression. After graduating from high school...
Denise Louise Gaytko
Mar 29, 2012
Denise Gaytko, 56 of Hamilton passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice Care Center with her husband, John, at her side. Denise fought a valiant fight with pancreatic cancer for nearly 1 A½ years with John as her loving caregiver. Denise was born March 26, 1956 in Youngstown, Ohio, the daughter of Angelo and...
Betty Jean Lykins
Mar 27, 2012
HAMILTON - Betty Jean Lykins, 84, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. She was born September 1, 1927 in Butte, MT the daughter of John and Vera (Ling) Allen. Betty was raised and educated in Salmon, ID. She married Guy W. Lykins, Sr. on April 17, 1946 in Salmon. They...
Herb Dyer Cleveland
Mar 23, 2012
Herb Dyer Cleveland left us March 23, 2012, to the company of his son Steve, his parents, the late Lyle and Lillian Cleveland, his sister Lila and his dear nephew Doug. Herb was born on February 2, 1937 at the family home on Hamilton's west side. He grew up in the sheltering company of his older siblings exploring...
Ada M. Powell
Mar 20, 2012
Heaven opened up and welcomed another angel home. Ada Powell, a long time Bitterooter, passed away on Tuesday March 20, 2012 at the Rocky Mountain Care Center in Helena surrounded by family and friends. Genealogy and history were among her favorite passions in life. Ada wrote many published books about Hamilton and the Marcus Daly Mansion. Through her...
Lynn Charles Pasichnyk
Mar 20, 2012
HAMILTON - Lynn Charles Pasichnyk (62) of Hamilton, Montana, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. An avid bicyclist and outdoorsman, Lynn spent his final moments doing something he loved. Lynn was born on November 16, 1949 to Berniece and John Pasichnyk in Lansing, Michigan. Lynn was raised in Holt, Michigan, graduated...
