Robert "Bob" Berry
Mar 30, 2011
Robert James "Bob" Berry, 80 of Darby passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at his home in Darby. Bob was born October 10, 1930 in Hamilton. He was raised, educated and graduated from Hamilton High School in 1949. Bob worked for the Telephone Company. He worked in the mills in Darby until he was 34 when he became...
Douglas V. Nielsen
Mar 25, 2011
CORVALLIS - Doug V. Nielsen, 76, of Corvallis went home to his Heavenly Father after a courageous battle with Congestive Heart Failure on Friday, March 25, 2011 at his home in Corvallis surrounded by his family and friends. He was born on February 4, 1935 in American Fork, Utah to Max and Leah Nielsen. Doug graduated from Richfield...
Rosemary Melnarik
Mar 25, 2011
After a long and courageous battle with illness, Rosemary Melnarik heard, "Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you." Rosemary was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin to Herman and Sylvia VanDerven on June 22, 1929. She attended Saint Peter and Paul grade school and graduated in the class of '47 from East...
Elizabeth Loucks
Mar 24, 2011
Elizabeth Owensby Loucks, 83, wife of JD Loucks passed away at the Hospice in Hamilton, MT March 24, 2011. Betty, as her friends knew her, was born in Oklahoma. When she was three, her parents packed up her five brothers and sisters and headed for Western Colorado. She graduated from Paonia High School and married JD Loucks in...
Effie Parker Sculley
Mar 23, 2011
HAMILTON - Effie Parker Sculley, 87, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the Discovery Care Centre of natural causes. She was born March 9, 1924 in Hamilton the daughter of Lewis and Oltie Irene Cross. Effie was raised and educated in Kansas. She had to quit school to raise her two brothers and help with...
Ida Wildung
Mar 22, 2011
Ida Luchterhand (Beyer) Wildung Ida was the youngest of Frank and Marie Luchterhand's four daughters. She was born at home August 8th 1923 in the Township of Grant, Shawano County, Wisconsin. She spent her childhood growing up on the family farm and getting into mischief with her sister Renata. She usually said "Natee" thought it up and she...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
