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Floyd Anderson Webb

Floyd Anderson Webb

Mar 20, 2011

Floyd Anderson Webb, 79, passed away Sunday March 20, 2011 after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born December 29, 1931 In Edgemere, Idaho, the son of Rowland and Alberta Webb. Floyd spent his working life as an accountant. He spent 20 years as a contracting officer for the Coast Guard and at the time of...

Billy C. Phillips

Billy C. Phillips

Mar 19, 2011

Billy C. Phillips, 66 of Hamilton passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Valley View Estates Nursing Home in Hamilton. He was born June 23, 1944 in Porterville, California to Burl and Marie Phillips. He attended school in California and on July 14, 1962 he married his high school sweetheart, Rita Camp. He was preceded in death by...

Sybil Abineal Hoersting

Sybil Abineal Hoersting

Mar 15, 2011

Sybil AbineaI Hoersting HAMILTON - Sybil A. Hoersting, age 91, of Hamilton, MT passed to a new life free of pain on Mar. 15, 2011. Family, church members, and the staff and residents of Discovery Care Centre cared for her as heart failure in her last days brought Sybil to the end of a wonderful life. Sybil was...

Jerry Lane Leiding

Jerry Lane Leiding

Mar 15, 2011

HAMILTON - Jerry Lane Leiding passed away on March 15, 2011 after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Jerry entered this world on January 30, 1942 at the family home in Hendley, Nebraska. He was the first born child and only son of Junior and Eleanor (Allender) Leiding. His first 15 years were spent attending school in Hendley...

Rodney Hudson

Rodney Hudson

Mar 13, 2011

Rodney Hudson, 55, of Fallon, MT died of cancer, March 13, 2011 at Community Medical Center in Missoula. He was born May 4, 1955 in Auburn, WA to Vergil and Lois Hudson. Rod graduated from high school in 1973 from Middleton, ID. At age 20, Rod moved off the family farm in Middleton, Idaho to Moses Lake, WA...

Cynthia L. "Cindy" Ames

Cynthia L. "Cindy" Ames

Mar 11, 2011

Corvallis - Cindy Ames, 62, of Corvallis passed away at home on Friday, March 11th after a long and inspiring battle with breast cancer. Born May 16th, 1948 Cindy was raised in Portland, Oregon. Her father, Bruce Cox was an avid outdoorsman and Cindy enjoyed camping, fishing and vacationing in nature with her family. She sang in her...

Lillian M. Pearce

Lillian M. Pearce

Mar 6, 2011

HAMILTON - Lillian M. Pearce, 68, of Hamilton passed away March 6, 2011, at Community Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born in Lewistown, Montana on April 30, 1942 the daughter of Bert and Lela Welch. Lillian attended school in Lewistown, Fort Benton and Corvallis. She married Richard Pearce, the love of her life, February 28,...

Silver V. Dehner

Silver V. Dehner

Mar 6, 2011

HAMILTON - Silver Violet Dehner, 95, passed away on Sunday March 6, 2011 at the Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton. Silver was born May 1, 1915 in Quincy, Illinois, to Paul and Ada Dede and, along with her brother Chester, spent a large portion of her life there. Several years after marrying her husband Leon Dehner in 1932,...

Winthrop "Win" Bleecker

Winthrop "Win" Bleecker

Mar 1, 2011

Winthrop Gilman Bleecker, Jr. was born January 9, 1927 in San Diego, CA. He attended Coronado High School and after graduation joined the Navy, serving 2 1/2 years on the Cruiser USS Louisville in the South Pacific during World War II. After his honorable discharge, he returned to California and attended Brooks Institute of photography in Santa Barbara,...

Robert Bud Hansen

Robert Bud Hansen

Feb 22, 2011

Longtime Sula resident, Robert "Bud" Hansen, 67 passed away Tuesday February 22, 2011 at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. He was born March 1943 in South Dakota. Bud was in the Army for three years and then joined the Navy Seabees and retired with 23 years of military service. He was a life member of the VFW and...

Charles Henry Hawkins

Charles Henry Hawkins

Feb 22, 2011

Conner " Charles Henry Hawkins Jr., 90 of Conner passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Valley View Estates in Hamilton. He was born August 18, 1920 in New Haven, Connecticut to Charles Henry and Marion Gruber Hawkins. Charles was educated in Hartford, CT where he graduated from High School. Following high school he worked for Pratt and...

Carl S. Rasmussen

Carl S. Rasmussen

Feb 18, 2011

HAMILTON - Carl S. Rasmussen, 85, of Hamilton passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. He was born December 1, 1925 in Long Beach, CA the son of Peter and Elsie (Nielsen) Rasmussen. Carl was raised and educated in Long Beach. After high school he enlisted into the US Navy...

Letha Teeple Roper

Letha Teeple Roper

Feb 17, 2011

Letha Teeple Roper, 94 of Hamilton (formerly of Cut Bank) passed away of natural causes, Thursday February 17, 2011 at Valley View Estates Nursing Home in Hamilton. - Letha was born June 15, 1916 in Harlem, MT to the late L.D. and Hattie Smith Teeple. She completed two years of college at Northern Montana College. She married Bill...

Kelly D. Baughman

Kelly D. Baughman

Feb 17, 2011

Kelly D. Baughman, 42 of Stevensville passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 at her residence. She was born May 15, 1968 in Dallas, TX., the daughter of Bill C. and Shirley Ridenour. Kelly was raised in Austin, TX and loved living near and playing on Lake Austin. She graduated from High School and in January 2009 Kelly started...

Donald A. Carruthers

Donald A. Carruthers

Feb 15, 2011

Donald A. Carruthers, 86 of Hamilton passed away February 15, 2011 at his home. Don was born in Pocatello, Idaho June 4, 1924 to the late Clyde and Mable Wilson Carruthers. He was educated in Butte, Montana and completed Business College. On Jan 11, 1943, Don was inducted into the US Marine Corps. He served in the Pacific...

Edward L. "Bud" Owen

Edward L. "Bud" Owen

Feb 7, 2011

VICTOR - Edward L. "Bud" Owen, 75, of Victor passed away Monday, February 7, 2011 at his home. A memorial gathering with a pot-luck reception will be held on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at the Long Branch Saloon beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Victor.

Donna Braun

Donna Braun

Feb 7, 2011

Hamilton - Donna Braun, 76 of Hamilton passed away Monday February 7, 2011 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. She was born July 16, 1934 in Hazen, North Dakota to the late Arthur and Alma Gentz Braun. Donna was one of four children, brothers Frank and Edward and sister Geraldine. Donna cared for many people in...

William Spencer Bates

William Spencer Bates

Feb 1, 2011

William Spencer Bates, 99 of Hamilton died Monday, February 1, 2011 at his home in Hamilton. He was born January 8, 1912 at Hamilton, Montana to Orman J. and Emma Pruett Bates. His mother died when he was 16 months old, so his oldest sister Milly raised him until his other sisters were able to help in his...

Dorothy C. Meyerhofer

Dorothy C. Meyerhofer

Jan 30, 2011

HAMILTON - Dorothy C. Meyerhofer, 89, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, January 30, 2011 at her home. Dottie was born in Simi Valley, California and attended school in Moorpark California. In 1940 she married Earl M. Strong and had two children, Mel and Sandee. Earl and Dottie later followed separate paths, and in May of 1961 she married...

Donald Frank Tunnell

Donald Frank Tunnell

Jan 27, 2011

DARBY - Donald Frank Tunnell, 85, longtime Darby resident passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 at his home. He was born September 1, 1925 in Klamath Falls, OR the son of Frank and Emma (Cauddle) Tunnell. Don was raised and educated in Klamath Falls and Merril, Oregon and Dorris, California, attending Butte Valley High School in Dorris, CA....

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