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Fred R. Keilbart
May 11, 2023
Fred Richard Keilbart, age 63, was taken from us after a short, difficult illness, the evening of May 11, 2023 in Salt Lake City, UT. Fred was born in 1959 to Jean Nielsen and Ronald Keilbart in Redding, California, the third of seven children. Fred loved being outdoors and especially enjoyed hunting and fishing, later garnering the nickname of...
Marcella Jane Lockhart
May 9, 2023
HAMILTON - Marcella Jane Lockhart, 88, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at Bitterroot Health Daly Hospital. Graveside services will be held Friday, May 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm at the Corvallis Cemetery. Condolences may be left for the family at www.dalyleachchapel.com.
Shirley Mae Brown
May 8, 2023
CORVALLIS - Shirley Mae Brown, of Hamilton, went to meet her Savior on May 8, 2023. She was 95 years old. She was born in Corvallis, Montana, the daughter of Gomer and Helen Lockridge. She was the devoted wife to her husband Bill to whom she was married for 64 years, and mother to four children. They met and...
Edwin F. Holmquist
May 7, 2023
Edwin Francis Holmquist, 88, passed away Sunday, 7 May 2023, from natural causes at his home in Hamilton, Montana, with his wife Lucille and his daughter Sally at his side.
“Sonny,” as he was known early in life, was born 2 May 1935 in Great Falls, Montana, to Dora Laverdure and Edwin Leonard Holmquist. He attended schools...
Peggy S. Ratcheson
May 6, 2023
HAMILTON – Peggy S. Ratcheson, 80, of Hamilton, MT passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023, at her home after surviving a 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born Feb. 6th, 1943, in St. Louis, MO.
Peggy was raised in Clayton, MO and graduated from Clayton High School in 1961. She attended Miami University in Oxford Ohio...
Josephine R. Marcelino
May 6, 2023
HAMILTON - Josephine R. Marcelino, 82, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023 at her home of natural causes. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
Lynwood "Lynn" Gordon
May 6, 2023
Lynn Gordon was born on January 6, 1936 to James Arthur Gordon and Wilma Sims Gordon. Lynn was born at the family home in Hamilton, Mississippi. He joined 2 brothers, Condon and Ray and a sister, Willene. Another brother, Jimmy, joined the family a few years later. Lynn’s mother Wilma passed away in 1940 and his father remarried Viola...
Francis "Fran" E. Sherman
May 5, 2023
Hamilton - Francis E. "Fran" Sherman, 89, of Hamilton passed away Friday, May 5, 2023 at his home of natural causes. A memorial service for Fran and Birdie Sherman will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 10:00 am at St. Francis Catholic Church in Hamilton.
Lucinda "Cindy" Lillian Clare
May 5, 2023
VICTOR - Lucinda "Cindy" Clare, 62 of Victor, passed away Friday, May 5, 2023 at home with her family at her side. arrangements are under the care of Daly-Leach Chapel.
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...
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