Colin K. "Morrie" Finks
Jul 6, 2012
CONNER - Colin K. "Morrie" Finks, 43, of Conner passed away Friday, July 6, 2012 near his home from heart disease. He was born August 26, 1968 in Toledo, OH the son of Ida Evelyn Compton and Walden Benjamin Finks. Morrie attended Darby High School and Trapper Creek High School where he obtained his welding certificate. He married...
Jack Allen Golden
Jul 3, 2012
Jack Allen Golden, 80, of Hamilton, Montana passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at the Discovery Care Center with his family at his side. He was born February 11, 1932 in Anaconda, Montana, the son of James Golden and Helen Vaughn. In his early years, Jack attended school in Anaconda, Montana. After graduating from Anaconda High School, he...
Elsie Crowder Bays
Jul 1, 2012
Elsie Crowder Bays, 102 of Hamilton, passed away Sunday July 1, 2012 at the Discovery Care Center in Hamilton. She was born on June 19, 1910 near Big Sandy, Montana to Ora B. and Alice (Dyer) Crowder. She married Leslie (Bud) Price on February 17, 1927 in Cove, Oregon. They were later divorced and she married George W....
Joseph Warren Tredik
Jun 30, 2012
Joseph Warren Tredik, age 87, passed from this life Saturday, June 30, at his home in Hamilton. He had battled a prolonged illness with severe complications. His family was at his side. Joe was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, April 23, 1925, the son of Joseph and Pauline (Bennett) Tredik. Soon after his graduation from Abraham Clark High...
Carol D. Leach
Jun 28, 2012
Carol Delores Leach, 69 of Hamilton passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Hamilton. Carol was born on August 26, 1942 in Waterloo, Iowa the daughter of Elroy and Alice Floberg Shelstad. She moved with her parents to Shelby, Montana, where she started school. The family later moved to...
Joseph Farley
Jun 28, 2012
Joseph Farley, 97, died in Hamilton MT on June 28, 2012, at home with his family. Joe was born in 1914 in Rochester NY to Joseph Allen and Rachel Wheeler Farley. He spent summers in Endeavor, Pennsylvania at his grandfather's mill town where he learned his love of hunting and fishing. He graduated from The Hill School in...
James Paul Dannenbrock
Jun 25, 2012
James Paul Dannenbrock, 60 of Hamilton passed away Monday at his home in Hamilton. He was born March 16, 1952 at the Marcus Daly Hospital in Hamilton, Montana the son of Lon and Ellen Dannenbrock. His father was a local rancher and real estate broker. Jim grew up near Corvallis and in Missoula. He attended Target Range School...
Ray Lorenz
Jun 24, 2012
Few lives are so richly invested: Ray Lorenz passed away June 24,2012, at his home on the Lorenz Spur Ranch, North of Hamilton. Ray was born August 16, 1923 in Anaconda, MT, and raised in Opportunity, MT, being the fifth child of Raphael and Leona Madison Lorenz. He joined the Navy at 17, before the onset of WWII,...
Joyce Rathbun Spadone
Jun 19, 2012
Joyce Rathbun Spadone Joyce Spadone, 82, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at home in her sleep. She was born August 13, 1929 in Hartford, CT the daughter of Charles and Beatrice Rathbun. Joyce was raised in Hartford, CT, and spent her summers by the seashore. She graduated Laselle Junior College and Boston University with a...
Adelbert E. Reynolds
Jun 13, 2012
Adelbert E. Reynolds, 84 of Hamilton passed away June 13, 2012 at his home of natural causes. He was born February 24, 1928 in Victor, Montana, the son of the late Lewis Harrison Reynolds and Ida Winnifred (Hecht) Reynolds. Del was raised in Victor. His grandparents moved from Springfield, Illinois area to Hazney, Montana in 1896 to raise...
Nancy Jean Hobbs
Jun 12, 2012
Nancy J. Hobbs, 74 of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska; her parents were Irene and William Schneider. Nancy was an X-ray tech and dental tech before she met the love of her life (on a blind date) Doyle. She married Doyle Hobbs on April...
Farrell Duncan "Bud" Elldrege
Jun 9, 2012
VICTOR - Farrell Duncan "Bud" Elldrege, 80, of Victor passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012 at his home. He was born July 20, 1931 in Claremont, CA the son of Lawrence Van De Veere Elldrege and Hazel Mary Duncan Elldrege. - Bud married Elizabeth Jane Shaffer and they remained together for 58 years. He worked in logging and...
Joan B. Koelling
Jun 9, 2012
CORVALLIS - Joan B. Koelling, 79, of Corvallis passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Valley View Estates. She was born Sept. 26, 1932 in Chicago, ILL the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Berthold) Markl. Joan graduated from high school in 1950. She married George L. Koelling on March 13, 1973 in Chicago. Joan was a department manager...
Bettie "Marie" Paddock
Jun 9, 2012
HAMILTON - Bettie "Marie" Paddock, 80, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012 at her home. She was born March 30, 1932 in Conner, MT the daughter of Richard and Betty Shook. - Her earliest memories are of the Vance Claim and building of the West Fork Dam. Marie went to Overwich School and graduated from Darby...
Larry R. Niezgodzki
Jun 6, 2012
CORVALLIS - Larry Niezgodzki slipped away peacefully early June 7, 2012. Lawrence Raymond Niezgodzki was born on November 17, 1947 in Inglewood, California, the first born son to Louis and Margaret Niezgodzki. He graduated from Gardena High School and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Larry proudly served as a radioman on the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, completing three tours...
Edward C. Stanley
Jun 4, 2012
SULA - Edward C. Stanley, 79, of Sula passed away Monday, June 4, 2012 at his home of natural causes. He was born May 16, 1933 in Crown Point, NY the son of John Sr. and Sophia Stanilka. After high school Ed served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict until his honorable discharge in 1956....
Georgie Elda Wickberg
Jun 3, 2012
Georgie Elda Ross Mathews Wickberg, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed into Life Eternal on June 3, 2012 at the age of 85. - Mom was born in Chester, Montana on December 20, 1926, the seventh child of George and Martha Ross. She attended school in Chester throughout her early years. She was blessed with a large family...
"Jerry" Anthony Cabral
Jun 1, 2012
Hamilton - "Jerry" Anthony Cabral, 63, of Hamilton passed away Friday June 1, 2012 at Marcus Daly Hospice. He was born August 30, 1948 in Oakland, California, the son of the late Anthony and Elisabeth Cabral. Jerry was raised in Richmond, California and graduated from Richmond High School in 1966. He did many things during his life, including...
Virginia Dora Madeen
May 27, 2012
Virginia Dora (Wanderer) Madeen went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 27th at 6:00 PM at the age of 96, at Valley View Estates in Hamilton, as her little body just plain wore out. She was born August 18th, 1915 on the family ranch in Clancy, Montana of Ralph Matthew Wanderer and Gladys Virginia...
Dorothy Dickerson
May 23, 2012
STEVENSVILLE - Dorothy Dickerson, age 94, of Stevensville died at her residence on May 23, 2012. She was born in Creston, Iowa to Fielden and Pearl Chandler on March 14, 1918. While living and working in Minnesota, she met George Dickerson. They were married on May 25, 1935. They moved to the Bitterroot valley and settled in Stevensville...
