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Carl Edward Tracy

Carl Edward Tracy

Jan 11, 2022

Carl E. Tracy, 76 of Hamilton passed away at his home January 11, 2022.

A military graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, January 24, 2022 at the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery in Missoula.

Donald Gene Wells

Donald Gene Wells

Jan 10, 2022

HAMILTON -  Donald G. Wells, of Hamilton, MT, passed away January 10th at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, he was 76. He was the second son born to John R. and Virginia (Harland) Wells  (1945) in St. Louis, Missouri. He would be joined by five additional brothers and sisters. He graduated from McKinley High School and  was in tech...

Pearl Colleen Bosen

Pearl Colleen Bosen

Jan 10, 2022

Pearl Colleen Bosen of Hamilton Montana passed away on Monday January 10th, 2022, in her home of natural causes. She was 88 years of age. Colleen was born on December 29th, 1933, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was the daughter of Colin Lee Burns and Goldie Edna Larson.

Colleen graduated from Pocatello High School and went on to...

Sunshine R. "Sunny" Hawthorne-Riggin

Sunshine R. "Sunny" Hawthorne-Riggin

Jan 9, 2022

HAMILTON - Sunshine “Sunny” Rose Hawthorne-Riggin, 66, of Hamilton, MT passed peacefully of natural causes in her home on the sunny Sunday morning of January 9, 2022.

Sunny was born January 6, 1956 in Hamilton, MT.  She grew up in many western Montana towns. Sunny loved her childhood and enjoyed the rivers, streams, lakes and sunshine of...

Donald M. Hellickson

Donald M. Hellickson

Jan 8, 2022

HAMILTON - Donald M. Hellickson, 85, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022.  Graveside services with Military Honors will be held Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 3:00 pm at Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.dalyleachchapel.com.

Drake Erlenbach

Drake Erlenbach

Jan 8, 2022

DARBY - Drake Erlenbach, 75, of Darby passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at his home in Darby.  Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Cindy Lou Domnick

Cindy Lou Domnick

Jan 7, 2022

HAMILTON - Cindy Lou Domnick, 76, of Hamilton passed away Friday, January 7, 2022 at the Pioneer Health and Rehab in Dillon.  Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Helen Louise (Nobles)  Gurtner

Helen Louise (Nobles) Gurtner

Jan 1, 2022

Helen Louise Nobles Gurtner died in her Hamilton home 1/1/2022 at age 87 under the care of Bitterroot Hospice and with the loving help from several angels disguised as caregivers.  Helen was the second child of James T and Hazel E. Nobles of Anacortes, Washington.  She attended Whitney Elementary, Columbia Junior High and graduated Salutatorian at Anacortes High School...

Robert Martin Loveall

Robert Martin Loveall

Dec 30, 2021

Robert Martin Loveall, 84 of Stevensville, (Formerly of the Tri-Cities Washington) passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021 at his home in Stevensville.

Arrangements will be announced.

Interment will take place at Sunset Gardens in Richland Washington. under the care of Einan's at Sunset Gardens.

Toni (Williams)  Nuttall

Toni (Williams) Nuttall

Dec 30, 2021

Toni Williams Nuttall was born in Salt Lake City, UT as MaryAnnis Brooks on May 18, 1949, the biological daughter of Floyd Brooks Jr. and Evalyn Moima Grow.

When she was nine years old, she was adopted along with her three siblings by Elizabeth and Charles Williams. In 1968, she married Jimmy Porter. Their son, Michael, was...

Wanda Rae Burkhart

Wanda Rae Burkhart

Dec 22, 2021

HAMILTON - Wanda Rae Burkhart, 85, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at her home of natural causes. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Marilyn Joy Groover

Marilyn Joy Groover

Dec 20, 2021

HAMILTON - Marilyn Joy Groover, 77 of Hamilton, Montana, entered into her eternal resting place on December 20, 2021, at Bitterroot Health Daly Hospital.

Marilyn was born in Barnesville, Georgia, to Samuel B. Miller and Sarah L. Miller. She was a 1962 graduate of Murphy High School, in Mobile, Alabama. Marilyn attended the Seventh Day Adventist Church,...

Elinor Louise Cannard

Elinor Louise Cannard

Dec 19, 2021

CORVALLIS - Elinor L. Cannard, 87, of Corvallis passed away Sunday, December 19, 2021 at her home.  Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.

Shirley Jean Kilgore

Shirley Jean Kilgore

Dec 18, 2021

Shirley Jean Kilgore, age 92, passed away peacefully at home on December 18, 2021.

Shirley (Percival) was born in Beverly, Kansas in 1929.  Her early youth was spent in Salinas, Kansas, and briefly in Denver, Colorado.  In 1940, she and her family moved to Glendale, California.  In 1946, she met “the boy next door” who was an...

Scott Clifford Marine, Sr.

Scott Clifford Marine, Sr.

Dec 17, 2021

DARBY - Scott Clifford Marine Sr. was born March 3, 1949 in Santa Monica, CA to Hazel Dunham and George Marine. He grew up in Potter Valley, CA.  Later they moved to Fernley, NV.  His life was full of adventure.  He played football and showed livestock in high school.  He proudly served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from...

Helen Lucile Thrasher

Helen Lucile Thrasher

Dec 16, 2021

STEVENSVILLE - Helen Thrasher, age 101 and my mother, passed away peacefully at her home, with her beloved dog, Cuddles, by her side, on December 16th, 2021. The following is the obituary she wrote with a few additions from myself.

Helen was born January 2nd, 1920, in Belle Plane, IA, to Christian and Ella Finkbeiner. She and...

Charles Eugene Plocher

Charles Eugene Plocher

Dec 16, 2021

Charles "Gene" Plocher, 81 of Hamilton passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at the Billings Clinic in Billings.

Audrey Alice Hobbs

Audrey Alice Hobbs

Dec 16, 2021

Audrey Alice Hobbs passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her daughters at the age of 84 on December 16, 2021. Audrey's childhood began in 1937 in Missoula, Montana. She was one of three children, a brother Ronald Lee and a sister Myrna Neal. She was raised by her widowed mother Emily Lee, in the event of her...

Susan Kay Morgan

Susan Kay Morgan

Dec 14, 2021

Susan Kay Morgan, 56 of Hamilton passed away December 14, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2022 at the Big Sky Baptist Church in Hamilton.

Betty Jean (Froehlich)  Derita

Betty Jean (Froehlich) Derita

Dec 14, 2021

Betty Jean DeRita, 89 of Darby, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at her home.

Betty Jean was born in the Bitterroot valley in 1932 the daughter of the late Pete and Martha May Hixson Froehlich.  She lived on the West Fork in her early years. Her dad, Pete Froehlich worked in the woods and was a...

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