Obituaries

Jan 5, 2023

HAMILTON - Danielle Michelle Diaz, 30 of Hamilton, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023 in the comforts of her home with her loving family at her side. A funeral service will be held Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., in the Daly-Leach Chapel. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery, in Hamilton, MT. Condolences may be left for the...

Jan 5, 2023

Richard Thomas (Tom) Crane passed away at his home on Thursday January 5th  at the age of 70.

Tom was born to Robert and Naomi Crane on March 22nd, 1952 in Palo Alto, California.  Tom grew up in California and earned his bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of California Davis, where he met his future...

Jan 5, 2023

HAMILTON - Beth Carr Nagel was born on a ranch on the banks of the Little Missouri River in the Badlands of North Dakota, many miles from the nearest town. Beth was an accomplished cowgirl, riding horseback by herself to country school in first grade and breaking her own pony in third grade.  After high school, Beth graduated beauty...

Jan 3, 2023

ARLEE - Julie Ann (Wineteer) Hitchcock, of Arlee, passed away from a long battle with COPD on January 3, 2023, at the age of 74.

Julie was born to Robert Wineteer and Arloene (Biltoft) Wineteer in Chadron, Nebraska on July 25, 1948. She is survived by her husband, Albert Louis Hitchcock; daughter, Lisa (Hitchcock) Kunze and husband,...

Jan 3, 2023

JD Rufus Loucks, 98, died Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at The Hamilton Assisted Living in Hamilton Montana from complications of Parkinson’s. He was born March 1, 1924 in Cedaredge Colorado to Rufus and Viva (Pyle) Loucks. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.

JD was raised learning to work hard on the family’s ranch in...

Jan 2, 2023

MALTA – Darlene Fay Flesche, 77, of Malta passed away peacefully on Monday January 2nd, 2023 at her son’s home in Hamilton, Montana.

Born July 16th, 1945, Mom spent her entire life in Malta, working many different jobs. She worked at the local Gambles Store and Ezzie’s Wholesale for many years, while waitressing and bartending at Stine’s...

Jan 1, 2023

CORVALLIS - Clyde William Tucker, 83, went to be with his savior, Jesus Christ, on the morning of January 1, 2023, surrounded by family and friends at his home in Corvallis, Montana. Clyde was born on February 9, 1939, to Ferd Tucker and June (Gibson) Tucker in Missoula, Montana. He was raised in Victor, Montana at the homestead at...

Dec 30, 2022

Joann Bessie Hudspeth Engbrecht passed away on December 30th, 2022 of natural causes. Joann was born to John D. Hudspeth and Elsie E. Pennick Hudspeth on July 7th 1933 in Marceline, MO. She met the love of her life, Oscar Clarence Engbrecht, on a blind date at a Navy ship dance and the two were wed shortly thereafter in...

Dec 28, 2022

CORVALLIS - Richard Frank Miller, 78 of Rich Miller Properties, in Corvallis, passed away December 27, 2022 at his home. He was born June 8, 1944, in San Pedro, California, the son of Richard Narrel Miller and Esther Kathleen Whittey.

He was raised in Venice, California & moved as a teen to the Manhattan Hermosa Beach area....

Dec 27, 2022

Sally Joan Evans went to be with Jesus on 12/27/22. Sally was born in Big Springs, Nebraska to Joe and Leita Chloupek in 1932.  She moved to Careywood, Idaho in 1947 with her Dad, Mother and younger brother Danny where they bought a small farm.  They all worked hard, that’s the way of farm life.

Sally met...

Dec 23, 2022

HAMILTON - Georgina Aldaz, 64, of Hamilton passed away Friday, December 23, 2022 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Dec 23, 2022

CORVALLIS - After a long struggle with health issues, Della May (McGregor) Erickson, 75 of Corvallis, Montana, peacefully passed away on December 23, 2022. Della was born in Hamilton, Montana, on May 8, 1947, to Delroy “Pickles” and Belle (Allen) McGregor.

She grew up on the family ranch on Sleeping Child Creek with her brother, Elmer, and...

Dec 22, 2022

DARBY - James P. "Jim" McDonald, age 80 of Darby, passed away December 22, 2022. Arrangements are under the care of Daly-Leach Chapel.

Dec 19, 2022

HAMILTON - Sharon "Shari" T. Givens, age 84 of Hamilton, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022 at her home of natural causes. Services will be held Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 4:30 pm in the chapel at Sapphire Lutheran Homes in Hamilton.  Arrangements are under the care of Daly-Leach Chapel.

Dec 18, 2022

HAMILTON - Dorothy Marie Langevin, (Mom to her girls, and Marie to most who knew her) passed away Sunday, December 18, 2022, in the comforts of her home. Mom was born on February 24th, 1939, in Butte, Montana, to her loving parents Dorothy and Walter Erickson.

She was a graduate of Butte High school and until her...

Dec 10, 2022

Krista Louise Kanenwisher

March 12, 1946 – December 10, 2022

Krista Louise (Jones) Kanenwisher returned to our Heavenly Father on the Saturday evening, 10 December 2022.  She is remembered by her husband of 57 years, Kenneth Arthur Kanenwisher, her seven children, 26 Grandchildren, and 11 Great-Grandchildren.  Krista was the second of seven children of Dorothy...

Dec 9, 2022

Eugene Henry Wilhelm, 91, of Corvallis, MT passed away with his family by his side, on December 9, 2022 from a short and courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was born November10, 1931 in Upland, CA to Henry Samuel and Ava Bigley Wilhelm.  He had two older sisters, Barbara and Joyce.  He attended primary school in Pomona, CA and...

Dec 8, 2022

HAMILTON - Sherry Ann Muir, 72, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022 at Bitterroot Health Daly Hospital.  Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Dec 7, 2022

VICTOR - Jerry Pappas, 95, of Victor, MT passed away on December 7, 2022, after a brief and brave battle with dementia.

He was born on March 8, 1927, in Modena, Pennsylvania to Michael and Irene Alexiou Pappas. He was the sixth of ten children and the apple of his mother’s eye.  His family originated from the...

Dec 6, 2022

HAMILTON - Virgil Mark Tye, 78, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday Dec 6, 2022 at St. Patrick Hospital.  He was born May 15, 1944 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Mark was raised in the state of Washington. After graduating from high school he joined the Washington National Guard where he served for 6 years,

achieving the...