Ronald Ray Holmquist
May 7, 2020
Ronald R. Holmquist, 82 of Hamilton passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020 at his home in Hamilton.
Ron was born October 10, 1937 in Osceola, Wisconsin to the late Chester and Margaret Schnell Holmquist. He honorably served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956 to 1960 at the rank of Airman First Class. He was a general...
Peggy Jo (Paul) Smith
May 6, 2020
Peggy J Paul Smith, age 85 passed away in the early morning of May 6, 2020 from natural causes at the Discovery Care Center in Hamilton, MT.
She was born on March 1, 1935 in Butte, MT to Joseph A Paul and Isabelle Crane Paul. A true Butte girl with Manx heritage, she attended school in Butte...
Alice E. (Poyer) Mcguire
Apr 30, 2020
Alice E. Poyer McGuire, 81 of Hamilton, Montana passed away April 30, 2020 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, MT.
Alice was born April 29, 1939 in Whitney Point, New York. Alice was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She was a gracious and loving friend. She will be greatly missed by all who knew...
Carl J. Swanson
Apr 30, 2020
CORVALLIS- On April 30, 2020, Carl J. Swanson, 100 years old, passed away in his home at 1771 Mountain View Orchards, Corvallis Montana.
Carl lived a long and productive life on the original farm of his parents, Charlie and Emma Swanson.
Carl's father Charlie came to the Bitterroot Valley in1910. He purchased orchard tract land...
Dale Edward Dye
Apr 29, 2020
Retired Ravalli County Sheriff, Dale E. Dye, age 82, passed away on April 29, 2020, from an accident at home. Dale was preceded in death by his daughter Linda Dye-Howe, his granddaughter Tara Rae Bryant, his parents, Archie and Esther Dye; his siblings Jerry Dye, Ted Dye, and Betty Jean (Dye) Stahl, his brothers-in-law Daryl Stahl and Phil Pohlman....
Adele Ruth Branch
Apr 29, 2020
VICTOR - Adele Ruth Christopherson Branch, age 88, died peacefully early Wednesday morning, April 29, 2020 at West Hills Assisted Living. She was born July 17, 1931, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Edward and Amy Christopherson.
Adele’s artistic eye, gentle nature, quiet strength, and appreciation of the simple gift of another day made a lasting impression on everyone...
Helen J. Adams
Apr 27, 2020
Helen Jane Adams
Helen was born 100 years ago In Oilfields, California, to Scottish immigrants Robert Brown Dunsmuir and Jean Bowie Caldwell Dunsmuir. She grew up in Coalinga, California, and married her sweetheart Ivan Adams there in 1938. They were married for 70 years before his passing in 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Leola G. Dean
Apr 18, 2020
HAMILTON – Leola G. Dean, 89, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Bee Hive Homes in Hamilton with her daughter by her side. She was born December 7, 1930 in Hoquiam, Wa the daughter of George and Rosella Meyer.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Dean; and her daughter, Jacquelyn Dean. ...
Judith Ann Barrett
Apr 16, 2020
Judith Ann Barrett (Judy), 82 years of age, passed away peacefully at her home in Lolo, Montana on April 16, 2020. She was born on February 22, 1938 in Logansport, Indiana to Earl and Leone Jackson. At the age of 7 years old, Judy was struck with polio, but fully recovered. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Lafayette,...
Larry Francis Pyle
Apr 12, 2020
Lawrence Francis Pyle, 90, of Corvallis passed away Easter Sunday, April 12th, 2020 at the Timber Creek Village Assisted Living Home in Columbia Falls. He was born May 17th, 1929 in Green Tree, PA.
Larry grew up in a large and loving family in Berwyn, PA. He joined the Air Force when he was 21. While stationed...
Kay Tipton
Apr 12, 2020
Kay Tipton passed away peacefully at age 82 on Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 with her daughter by her side in Corvallis, MT.
Kay was born July 18, 1937 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Ed and Emily Baker. Kay married Glenn Tipton on December 21, 1956. Together they had two children, Ricky and Glenna. She worked at...
Althea Rae Hathaway
Apr 11, 2020
Hamilton – Althea Simpson Hathaway, 73 of Hamilton, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2020.
Better known as Thea, she was born November 22, 1946 in Iowa to Quentin and Rachel Simpson. They resided in North Dakota for four years when her parents divorced.
Her mother returned to Iowa with Thea and her brother, Jim, where...
Joan N. Greenwood
Apr 8, 2020
Joan Nadine Frank Greenwood died Wednesday, April 8, 2020 in Layton, Utah. She passed peacefully into her next estate surrounded by family.
Joan was born July 28, 1924 in Larned, Kansas. She graduated from Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana in 1942 and attended college at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
In 1938, Joan moved...
Alice Elaine Muir
Apr 8, 2020
Corvallis - Alice Nielsen Muir passed away April 8, 2020, at her home at the age of 88. Alice was born in Jackson, Minnesota, to Walter and Anna Nielsen. Baptized and confirmed and married at the Union State Line Lutheran Church, in Petersburg, MN. She attended grade school in Petersburg and then went on to High School in Jackson,...
Herman William Gabriel Iii
Apr 7, 2020
HAMILTON — H. William “Bill” Gabriel III, a resident of Florence, passed away on April 7, 2020 after a long life spent in wild places.
Bill began studying birds as a Boy Scout and went on to win a Virginia Academy of Science scholarship in 1952 to Virginia Tech where he earned a BS in forest &...
Charles "Charlie" Wilson
Apr 7, 2020
Charles Hayden Wilson, 92, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2020 at the Bee Hive Homes in Hamilton, Montana. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on April 25, 1927.
Charles was preceded in death by his wife, Rosemary, his parents, George and Crystal Wilson, brother, George, sisters, Betty and Dorothy, and daughter Cecelia Succetti.
Charles...
Mary L. (Alberti) Smith
Apr 6, 2020
Mary L. Smith
May 13, 1934 – April 6, 2020
On Monday April 6, 2020 Mary L. Smith 85, of Hamilton passed away and entered into heaven. She was born May 13, 1934 along with her identical twin sister Margaret Aliberti in Portland Maine to the late Rocco and Lucy (Paolino) Aliberti. She was the...
Thomas Gregory Hardy, Sr.
Apr 4, 2020
CORVALLIS - Thomas Gregory Hardy, Sr., of Corvallis, Mont., died on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Community Hospital in Missoula.
Tom was born in San Jose, California in 1936 to McVal Smith Hardy and Roberta Mary Mangum. His early childhood was spent in Watsonville and Arcadia, Calif., while his high school years were in Waverly, Penn.
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Jesse James Nielson
Apr 4, 2020
STEVENSVILLE – Jesse James Nielson, 47, of Stevensville passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020 from cancer. He was born February 26, 1973 in American Fork, UT the son of Bud and Renee Nielson.
Jesse attended high school in Utah. He married Brandie Nielson on June 2, 2012 in Darby. Jesse worked as an autobody technician for many...
Marzita Mae Sundet
Apr 2, 2020
Marzita (Loomis) Sundet died peacefully in her Darby Montana home at 7:15 PM April 2, 2020 from complications associated with a stroke.
She was born during the depression in Great Falls, Montana. She shared an impoverished childhood with 6 siblings. She is survived by 3: Harold Dean Loomis from Deer Lodge, MT; Alta Miller from Dewey, MT;...
