Eva Richter
Jan 24, 2009
HAMILTON - Eva Richter, 81, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Valley View Estates. She was born July 27, 1927 in Zeeland, ND the daughter of Anton and Mary Richter. Eva moved to Hamilton with her family in 1938. She was one of ten children. Eva attended Hamilton schools. She lived most of her life...
Karen Marie Pelc
Jan 18, 2009
HAMILTON - Karen Marie Pelc, 34, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, January 18, 2009 due to injuries sustained in a snowmobiling accident. She was born July 19, 1974 in Carlisle, PA the daughter of William and Natalie (Smith) Pelc. - Karen was raised and educated in the Bitterroot Valley. She attended school in Stevensville and graduated from Stevensville...
Gail "Franke" Korman
Jan 16, 2009
LOLO - Gail M. "Franke" Korman, 69, of Lolo passed away Friday, January 16, 2009 at Community Medical Center in Missoula. She was born December 14, 1939 in Philipsburg, MT the daughter of John M. and Lillian Franke. - Franke was raised and educated in Hamilton. She attended the University of Montana from 1958 until 1962, earning her...
Howard R. Cornelisen
Jan 7, 2009
Howard Cornelisen, 92, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, January 07, 2009 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center from complications of Leukemia. He left the earth 3 days before his 66th wedding anniversary, with his wife Frances by his side. Howard was born in Milbank, SD on September 2, 1916 and graduated from Milbank High School....
Maxine Farrell Wilson
Jan 6, 2009
HAMILTON - Maxine F. Wilson, 91, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at the Bitterroot Valley Living Center. Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Rubin "Cal" Mettler-Chase
Jan 4, 2009
Rubin "Cal" Mettler-Chase, 64 of Hamilton, died Sunday, January 4, 2008 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center in Hamilton. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 8, 2008 at the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton with Military Honors presented by the US Army, Hamilton American Legion and...
Luella J. Strate
Jan 2, 2009
Hamilton - Luella J. Strate, 92 of Hamilton died of natural causes, Friday, January 2, 2009 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice and Palliative Care Center. She was born December 3, 1916 in Darby to the late Allen and Arline Bear Jones. Luella was the eldest of three daughters. She attended high school in Darby and graduated salutatorian...
Patti L. Blodgett
Dec 30, 2008
Patti L. (Usrey) Blodgett Patti L. Blodgett, 65 of Polson, formerly of Hamilton, left this world to be with her Heavenly Father on December 30, 2008 due to a sudden illness. She passed away at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. Patti was born May 13, 1943 in Burns, Oregon where she graduated from High School. She attended Nazarene...
Anna Viola Myklebust
Dec 30, 2008
Anna Viola Myklebust, 81, of Hamilton, formerly of Anaconda, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at the Valley View Estates Nursing Home in Hamilton, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 18, 1927 in Leipzig, ND the youngest of nine living children born to Gottfried and Anna Matilda Ulrich Bader. She was educated at the Willard School...
Dale Thompson
Dec 28, 2008
Dale Evon Thompson, 56, of Grants, New Mexico went home to be with the Lord on December 28th, 2008. She was born on June 08, 1952 to Charles T. Smith and Mavis I. Danel at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Dale attended Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California and graduated in 1970. On October 2, 1976 she...
Gary A. Habeck
Dec 28, 2008
Gary Habeck left this earthly world on December 28, 2008 of the many complications suffered on December 21st when the strap on his tree stand broke. - He was born in Marshfield Wisconsin on April 22, 1953 to Arnold and Margie (Richter) Habeck. His early years were spent on a farm in Unity. Gary graduated from Stratford High...
Edgar Raymond Wessel
Dec 26, 2008
On the 10th of March 1926, Edgar Raymond Wessel was born in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho the last child of Edgar Charles and Carrie Edith Bennett Wessel. He passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, at the age of 82. Ed began school in Cokeville, WY, then moving to Dietrich, ID he finished...
Carolyn M. Theobald
Dec 25, 2008
VICTOR - Carolyn M. Theobald, 61, of Victor passed away Thursday, December 25, 2008 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. She was born December 17, 1947 to Edward and Mary Fitzgerald. Carolyn was raised and educated in Richmond, CA. She retired from Pacific Bell as a Communications Technician. Carolyn moved to Victor in 2001. She is survived by her...
Mildred O. Hughes
Dec 25, 2008
Mildred Louise Oliva Hughes was born Christmas Day in 1917, and died peacefully on Christmas Day in 2008. In those 91 years, she lived a full and wonderful life in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley. Millie and her older sister Dorothy were raised by parents Jim and Leontina "Leona" Oliva. In their childhood, Millie and her sister rode their...
Donald E. Moore
Dec 25, 2008
In Memory of Donald Eugene Moore, 39, son of Don Moore and the late Susan Moore, who passed away in his home on Thursday, December 25, 2008. He was born December 28, 1968 in Cheyenne, WY. - Donald graduated from Hamilton High School in 1987. He then graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in...
Leila Godfrey
Dec 24, 2008
CORVALLIS - Leila Godfrey, 83, of Corvallis passed away in her home on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 after a long illness. She was born October 3, 1925 in Albany, WI. - Leila is survived by 9 children, Walter and wife Dorothy of Silverton, ID, David and wife Cheryl of Thompson Falls, Susan of Darby, Seth and wife Dian...
Raymond J. Erickson
Dec 24, 2008
FLORENCE - RAYMOND J. "RAY" ERICKSON, 68, OF FLORENCE PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2008 AT HIS HOME. HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 3, 1940 TO ELMER AND EILEEN ERICKSON. RAY, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, BOB AND HIS PARENTS LIVED IN CHOTEAU, MT. HE SPENT MANY SUMMERS AT HIS GAANDMOTHER'S RANCH IN HELMVILLE. AS HE GREW OLDER HE WORKED...
Leo Paul Joron
Dec 24, 2008
Leo P. Joron, 83 of Victor, died Wednesday, December 24th at the Marcus Daly Hospital in Hamilton, MT. A memorial reception with Military honors presented by the Marine Corps League - Bitterroot Detachment and the Hamilton American Legion Post 47 was held in December 2008.
Gerald W. Zirbel
Dec 22, 2008
Hamilton - Gerald 'Jerry' Zirbel passed away Dec. 22, 2008 at Marcus Daly Hospice of natural causes. He was born in Wrightstown, Wis. in 1928 to Lawrence Zirbel and Adaline Fredrich Zirbel. Jerry graduated from Wightstown High School in 1946 and began his career in agricultural sales, through the years traveling many states. From 1950 until 1952 he...
Rob Betz
Dec 19, 2008
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Rob Betz, 46, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, due to illness. Rob was born Dec. 21, 1961, in Crosby, N.D., to Russell and Karen Betz. Rob grew up in Hamilton, where he was an all-star athlete for the Hamilton Broncs. After graduating from Hamilton High School in 1981, Rob moved...
