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William L. Hart
Sep 4, 2021
William (Liam) Louis Hart, 13, of Victor, unexpectedly passed away at Children’s Hospital, Kalispell September 04, 2021. He was born September 04, 2008 in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina to the luckiest parents alive.
William grew up living the life of an Army brat for his first 5 years travelling from North Carolina to Georgia and to Colorado...
Ramona Jan Tanner Roy
Sep 3, 2021
HAMILTON – Ramona Jan Tanner Roy, 89, of Hamilton, Montana, died Friday, September 3, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 8, 1932, in Pocatello, Idaho, the second of two daughters and two sons of Horatio Jens and Doris Louise Hansen-Massie Tanner. On August 8, 1950, she married Robert Lee Roy. They were later sealed in...
Michael R. Garlick
Sep 3, 2021
Michael “Mike” Ronald Garlick, 65 of Darby passed away Friday, September 3, 2021 at his home following a fight with cancer.
Mike was born in Monroe, Michigan on June 7, 1956 to Ronald D. and Alwilda L. Garlick. Mike loved chasing waves, fishing and peaceful starry nights of Montana.
He was preceded in death by...
Austin Tuttle Keithley
Aug 29, 2021
Hamilton - Austin Keithley was born in La Jolla, CA, and grew up in Chula Vista, CA, moving to Bishop, CA. When he was ready for college, he moved to Boulder, CO. He studied general subjects for two years but returned home to help his father manage the Best Western Motel that his dad, Ralph, had purchased, in 1961. ...
Jerry Wayne Conder
Aug 22, 2021
Jerry Wayne Conder, 71 of Hamilton passed away August 22, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.
Jerry was born February 25, 1950 in Bloomington, Illinois the son of the late Oval and Helen Conder. He graduated from Bloomington High School. He was inducted into the US Army and served in the Vietnam War. Following his...
Fern Irene Leonardi
Aug 21, 2021
HAMILTON - Fern Irene Leonardi went quietly on August 21, 2021, in Hamilton, MT, at age 90. Not surprising for one of the most reserved and quiet woman many have known. She represents the last of her generation: the last of her Ross family and quite possibly the final remaining member of Corvallis High School’s class of 1949.
...Verle "Nannette" Duncan
Aug 20, 2021
VICTOR – Verle “Nannette” Duncan, 75, of Victor passed away Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. She was born August 7, 1946 in Rhinelander, WI the daughter of Robert Owen Durbin and Ruth Marsha Durbin.
Nannette moved to Missoula in 1954. She attended Lowell Elementary School and both Hellgate and Sentinel High Schools. Nannette...
Lilith Iris Norton
Aug 19, 2021
Lilith Iris Norton, infant daughter of Andrew and Tori Norton, was born and passed away August 19, 2021. Interment took place at Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton.
Roy Lee Cooper
Aug 18, 2021
Roy Lee Cooper, of Corvallis, MT, passed away August 18, 2021, he was 95 years old.
Roy was born October 31, 1925, in Sherman, Texas. His family moved to Lakeside, California in 1926. He graduated Grossmont H.S., in El Cajon, CA, in 1943 where he was a track “star”, breaking the school record for 120-yard low hurdles...
Donald Palmer Thorson
Aug 15, 2021
Donald Palmer Thorson, 78 of Corvallis passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021 at his home in Corvallis.
Don was born May 2, 1943 in Hamilton, MT to the late Alvin and Edith Thorson. He attended and graduated from Corvallis High School and University of Montana.
Don married Linda L. Jessen on June 17, 1972.
...Randy L. Jacobson
Aug 15, 2021
Randy Jacobson, September 17th, 1954 - August 15th, 2021.
Randy is survived by his loving wife Brenda who cared for him selflessly in his last years. He was also survived by his three children who loved him dearly; Michelle (Todd), Casey (Suzy), and Jesse (Greg); his nine grandchildren Kade, Olivia, Holden, Christian, Ethan, Kody, Layla, Miles and...
William Thomas Frankenberger
Aug 14, 2021
STEVENSVILLE - Dr. William Thomas Frankenberger, Jr. (Bill) age 69 of Stevensville, MT passed away suddenly on August 14, 2021 at his home with his wife by his side. Bill was born in Topeka, KS on April 3, 1952, the oldest son of William Sr, and Norma Frankenberger. He grew up in Topeka where he shared many boyhood adventures...
Phyllis Irene (Tuenge) Smith
Aug 13, 2021
Phyllis Irene (Tuenge) Smith, 92 of Corvallis passed away Friday, August 13, 2021 at her home in Corvallis.
Private family services will be held.
Gary "Clark" Adams
Aug 12, 2021
Hamilton - Clark spent his life as a master carpenter and started his career in Denver working on large projects for Ebasco Construction and Flatiron Structures. In 1981 Clark moved west to California, to Marin County where his first job was with George Lucas at "the ranch". Clark built the TEC building and the foley pits for sound effects....
Max Herman Blodgett
Aug 11, 2021
Max Herman Blodgett
(December 27, 1928 - August 11, 2021).
He was born in Hamilton, Montana. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He excelled in athletics and was an accomplished boxer.
He married Delores and raised two sons, Max and Robin, and a daughter Maxine. Max became an educator...
Joann Joyce (Francis) Everett
Aug 9, 2021
JoAnn J. Everett (Francis)
1928 – 2021 (age 92)
JoAnn was born in Spokane, WA Oct. 23, 1928, but spent her first 14 years on the Twin Creeks Ranch in the Big Hole, near Wisdom, Montana.
She was most at home riding her “flying red horse” Princess, swimming in the frigid creeks and...
Phyllis Fae Ward
Aug 7, 2021
Phyllis Fae Ward, 95, of Hamilton passed away of natural causes on August 7, 2021 at home surrounded by her family. She was born May 27, 1926 in Herman, Minnesota. She was the daughter of the late George and Clarice Kreidler and was raised on a small farm in the prairies of west central Minnesota during the depression years....
Verna Marie (Howerton) Molenda
Aug 6, 2021
Verna Marie Molenda went home to Our Lord on Friday, August 6, 2021 at 76 years young. She was born on May 21, 1945 and the first few years of her life have two versions that brought her to be a young mother at 16. She married young which added a beloved son to our lives as well as...
Mary Ann (Pollard) Humphreys
Aug 3, 2021
HAMILTON - Mary Ann Humphreys, Our BELOVED Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister is reunited with those who have gone before. Mary Ann was born to James and Myrtle Pollard in Foley, MN on July 26, 1938. They moved to Montana while she was a young girl, where she spent the rest of her life, primarily in Hamilton. She is survived...
Lenny K. Hinman
Aug 2, 2021
HAMILTON -Lifelong resident of the Bitterroot Valley, Lenny K. Hinman passed away peacefully this week with his family by his side.
Lenny was born and raised in Victor, where he was an accomplished athlete and had just started working for the Forest Service before being drafted into the Vietnam War. He served his country as a heavy...
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