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Charles "Chuck" Ridder
May 4, 2023
Charles "Chuck" Ridder, 78 of Darby passed away Thursday, May 4, 2023 at Bitterroot Health Daly Hospital in Hamilton.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 1:00 P.M. at St. Philip of Benizi Catholic Mission in Darby.
A full obituary will be posted in the future.
Antonio Molina
Apr 30, 2023
Antonio (Tony) Molina Jr. of Hamilton, Montana passed away Sunday April 30, 2023. The “Tony Molina Jr. Memorial Fund” has been established at the Hamilton Trails West Bank.
Donations will support a project at the Hamilton Whittecar Rifle and Pistol Range which Tony so loved.
Carolin Lee (Gazaway) Canen
Apr 30, 2023
HAMILTON - Carolin Lee (Gazaway) Canen was born to Floyd and Corinne Gazaway on August 2, 1944, in Madera, CA. Just 99 days after her husband of 57 years entered heaven, she entered the Lord Jesus’s arms peacefully in her sleep on April 30, 2023, at Aaron’s Place in Corvallis, MT.
Carolin was the middle of three...
Michael John Golden
Apr 29, 2023
MISSOULA - Michael John Golden, 63, of Missoula passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023 at his home of natural causes. A Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 11:00 am at St. Francis Catholic Church in Hamilton with burial to follow at Riverview Cemetery. Condolences may be left for the family at www.dalyleachchapel.com.
Harry Eugene Meverden
Apr 27, 2023
STEVENSVILLE - Harry E. Meverden, 87, of Stevensville passed away Thursday, April 27, 2023 at Bitterroot Health Daly Hospital of natural causes. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Gregory Mark Garvin
Apr 26, 2023
HAMILTON - Gregory M. Garvin, 55, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at Bitterroot Health Daly Hospital. He will be laid to rest at Riverview Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Frank Walter Luxem, Sr.
Apr 24, 2023
Frank Walter Luxem, Sr. 92 of Corvallis passed away Monday, April 24, 2023 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.
A memorial service is being planned to take place on Frank's birthday in June.
Robin Kathleen Kidder
Apr 23, 2023
DARBY - Robin Kathleen Kidder, age 70 of Darby, passed away in the comforts of her home. Arrangements are un the care of Daly-Leach Chapel.
John Threewitz Boatwright
Apr 23, 2023
John Threewitz Boatwright, age 89, passed away on April 23, 2023 of natural causes in Hamilton, Montana.
John was born in Faribault, Minnesota on February 22, 1934 to Mabel Mary Boatwright nee Johnson and John Threewitz Boatwright.
John attended Illinois College, then transferred to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He met Barbara Jane Sibley while in...
Lloyd "Buzz" L. Greenup Jr.
Apr 22, 2023
Lloyd "Buzz" Greenup Jr, age 77, passed away at his home in Hamilton, Montana on April 22, 2023. Buzz was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 12, 1946, and was the son of Ruth and Lloyd "Grumpy" Greenup Sr. They moved to Missoula Montana in the late 1940's, and later to Hamilton. He had 3 younger sisters: Ruth...
Norman Henry Courchesne
Apr 22, 2023
Norman Courchesne, 85 years old, passed away on 4/22/2023 at his place in Hamilton, MT. Norman was born on May 17, 1937 in Fahler, Alberta, the son of Alphonse ‘Cush’ Courchesne and Juliette Courchesne. Norman grew up on a farm near Fahler the eldest of 3 children- his sister Pauline and brother Raymond. His parents at different times owned...
Steve G. Brawley
Apr 20, 2023
Steve Brawley, Corvallis, died April 20 at home with loved ones near. We opened the door to let his spirit roam free to the mountains he loved. He was born in Shattuck, Oklahoma, April 19, 1955 to Glyn and Freda Brawley.
He was a hard-knockin’ kind of kid, riding horseback on the Cimarron River, playing cowboys and...

Shirley D. Harper
Apr 19, 2023
FLORENCE - Shirley D. Harper, 88, of Florence passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at her home of natural causes. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Yvonne Marie (Still) Olson
Apr 19, 2023
HAMILTON - Yvonne M. Olson, 92, passed away Wednesday April 19, 2023, at Beehive Homes in Hamilton, MT. She was born September 15, 1930, in Beach, ND. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Alice Still and her two brothers, Eugene and Duane Still.
Yvonne grew up on a wheat farm north of Beach...
Wallace N. "Wally" Weber
Apr 17, 2023
CORVALLIS - Wallace (Wally) Neil Weber, 88 of Corvallis passed away on Monday April 17th, 2023. Wally was actively making his rounds on the ranch just days before encountering medical complications. He was born in Wheatland, Wyoming to Albert and Vera (Brazell) Weber and began his love of agriculture on their family dryland grain and livestock farm. Thru the...
Michael L. "Mike" La Salle
Apr 10, 2023
Michael Louis La Salle, aged 76, a resident of Hamilton, Montana, passed away peacefully on April 10 from a heart attack.
La Salle born December 14, 1946, in Bozeman, Montana, to Conrad (Connie) Arthur and Vivian (Vinnie) Ruth La Salle. The family subsequently moved to Hamilton, MT where brother Richard La Salle arrived in 1948. Conrad, a...
Robin "Rene" Wolff
Apr 10, 2023
HAMILTON - Robin "Rene" Wolff, 61, of Hamilton passed away Monday, April 10, 2023 at her home of natural causes. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Bette J. Bedey
Apr 10, 2023
Bette Jean Bedey, 87, of Hamilton passed away in her sleep on April 10, 2023, while receiving hospice care at the BeeHive Homes. She had been independent and active until only a few months before her death when the toll of age finally caught up with her. On that day when she met the Lord, He undoubtedly greeted her...

Glenn Thomas Donlea
Apr 10, 2023
HAMILTON - Glenn T. Donlea, 70, of Hamilton passed away Monday, April 10, 2023 at his home of natural causes. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
John M. Fuller
Apr 7, 2023
DARBY - John M. Fuller, 59, of Darby passed away Friday, April 7, 2023 at his home of natural causes. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
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