Christine M. Gossage
Jan 26, 2010
HAMILTON - Christine M. K. Gossage, 78, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at Valley View Estates. She was born September 21, 1931 in Union County, NC the daughter of Charlie Reid and Sarah Amelia (Sweatt) Moser. Christine was raised and educated in North Carolina. She enlisted into the US Air Force and was honorably discharged...
Marilyn Diane Weaver
Jan 25, 2010
Darby - Marilyn Diane Weaver, 52 of Darby passed away Monday, January 25th at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. - Marilyn was born to Dale and Marzella Zook on May 2, 1957 in Clarksville, MI. She grew up surrounded by a loving family and community in Lake Odessa, MI where she lived, played and worked with...
Haydee G. Hanchett
Jan 23, 2010
Victor - Haydee Gracia Hanchett, 55 of Victor, MT passed away Saturday January 23, 2010 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital as the result of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Haydee was born September 1, 1954 in Mexico City, Mexico to Gustavo Galindo and Raquel Torres Palacios. Haydee was in the high school Pep Club, and in...
Erma "Win" Rutledge
Jan 21, 2010
HAMILTON - Erma Erwina "Win", "Winnie" Heydt Rutledge, 84, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. She was born July 16, 1925 in Geraldine, MT, the daughter of the late Erwin and Delight (Perrin) Heydt. Win was raised on the family ranch and graduated from Geraldine High School....
Geraldine Scheline
Jan 19, 2010
HAMILTON - Geraldine Scheline, 95, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the Discovery Care Centre. Geraldine was born February 8, 1914 to Lawrence and Hazel (Hall) Clure in Cambridge, ID. She lived in Cambridge until 2001 when she moved to Montana to be nearer her family. On May 25, 1929, Geraldine married George Scheline and...
Sue Ann Wetzsteon
Jan 14, 2010
HAMILTON - Sue A. Wetzsteon, 76, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, January 14th at her home. She was born in El Dorado Springs, MO, August 14th 1933 to Mitchell Stephenson and Zeffie Stephenson Hilgren. She moved to Montana at age 3 and was raised in the Bitterroot Valley. She graduated early, as valedictorian of her class, from Hamilton...
Catherine Helen Heller
Jan 14, 2010
HAMILTON - Catherine Helen Heller, 81, of Hamilton passed away January 14, 2010. She was born September 9, 1928 to Harold and Helen Manor in Arkansaw, WI. Catherine was the eldest of 6 children. She married Edwin Eugene Heller on September 2, 1950 when he returned from Navy duty. They were blessed with 5 children: Steve, Nancy, Mark,...
Hugh Marshall Riley
Jan 12, 2010
Hamilton - Hugh Marshall Riley, 89, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at his home. Hugh was born March 17, 1920 in Charleston, S.C. son of the late Roger Andrew and Rena Lawton Riley. He earned his Bachelors of Science degree in agriculture. On August 6, 1942 he married Sophie Roosenberg. Hugh is survived by his...
Robert Charles Johnson
Jan 7, 2010
HAMILTON - Robert Charles Johnson, 84, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, January 7, 2010 at Valley View Estates. He was born Oct 8, 1925 in Missoula to Clara Marie and Charles Hans Johnson. Robert was a Missoula boy with adventures as a newspaper boy, a prankster, a Merchant Marine, an Army man, an Alaskan hunter and trapper, a...
Phyllis Mae Zirbel
Jan 6, 2010
Hamilton - Phyllis Mae Zirbel, 81 of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at her home. She was born June 4, 1928 in Wrightstown, Wisconsin to the late Joseph and Constance Geniesse Berger. She earned a Bachelors Degree in Primary Education from the College of St. Katherine's in St. Paul, Minnesota. Phyllis married Gerald Wayne Zirbel on...
Bernard "Chuck" Hofmann
Jan 5, 2010
Bernard C. (Chuck) Hofmann Jr. - 77, passed away quietly in his sleep at the Veteran's Home in Columbia Falls, Montana on January 5, 2010. He was born August 15, 1932 in Yuma, Arizona. Chuck proudly served his country as a U.S. Marine in the Korean War. He was awarded the Purple Heart after being shot during battle...
Robert Roland Boulay
Jan 5, 2010
CORVALLIS - Robert Roland Boulay, 76, of Corvallis passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at his home from heart failure. He was born September 3, 1933 in Berlin, NH the son of George and Rose Anna (Guimond) Boulay. Bob was raised and educated in Berlin. He left school in the 8th grade to help support his mother. Bob...
Kevin Russell Bay
Jan 3, 2010
CORVALLIS - Kevin Russell Bay passed away January 3, 2010 at home. He will be remembered as a "Big Guy" with an even bigger heart. Kevin was born April 21, 1966 to Howard and Janet (Marsh) Bay. He very much enjoyed hiking, cooking, golf, music, a game of pool and/or darts from time to time, all of which...
Raymond "Thane" Davis
Jan 2, 2010
Raymond "Thane" Davis was born September 17, 1973. He was given freedom from his earthly cares on January 2, 2010. Thane had a great love of the outdoors. Whether it was camping, hiking or fishing you could find him there enjoying Montana's big sky country. One of his favorite places in the summer was jumping off the Corvallis...
Delbert Ronald Hopper
Jan 1, 2010
STEVENSVILLE, MT - Delbert was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, to Jefferson Hendrickson and Wilma Cole Hendrickson. He moved to Canon City, Colorado where he grew up, attended school, worked and married his high school sweetheart, D'Ann N. Noller on July 19, 1948. His jobs included construction of grain elevators, general construction and communications for Mountain Bell Telephone, later...
Michael E. Steger
Dec 29, 2009
CLIFTON, NJ - Michael E. Steger, 49, of Clifton, NJ passed away Tuesday, December 29 in New Jersey. He was born December 5, 1960 in Covina, CA. - Mike grew up in Las Vegas, NV where he enjoyed motorcycles in the desert, riding with his friends. After high school he joined the US Marine Corps and served at...
Marcella Mccurry Johnston
Dec 27, 2009
Stevensville - Marcella M. Johnston, 93, of Stevensville passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009 at the Bitterroot Valley Living Center. She was born May 6, 1916 in Ringling, MT the daughter of Thomas and Minnie (Huntsinger) McCurry. Marcella was raised and educated in Ringling and graduated high school in White Sulphur Springs. She married John C. Johnston in...
Eva Bessenyey
Dec 27, 2009
HAMILTON - Eva Barcza Bessenyey - born December 19, 1924 in Szentmartonkata, Hungary. Daughter of Eva (Koos) and Lajos Barcza, educated in Budapest and moved to Lausanne, Switzerland in 1943 prior to the German invasion of Hungary. She studied languages and while there completed an interpreter's program. She met her husband, Francis Bessenyey, in Lausanne that same year....
Caroline Stella Duncan
Dec 27, 2009
CAROLINE STELLA DUNCAN HAMILTON - Caroline Duncan passed away at Valley View Estates Health Care Center in Hamilton, MT. on Sunday, December 27, 2009. She was born on July 9 1911 in Winnipeg, Canada to John Biedron and Antonina (Leus) Biedron. The family moved to a farm in Manitoba, Canada, and later immigrated to the United States when...
Helen C. Marsh
Dec 25, 2009
CORVALLIS - Helen Coleman Marsh, 96, of Corvallis entered into rest December 25, 2009 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. She was born June 21, 1913 in Belt the daughter of E.W. and Lillian (Anderson) Coleman. Helen first lived on a homestead in the Tiger Butte area near Belt, and then moved into town where she went...
