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Wade Evans

Wade Evans

Dec 1, 2018

VICTOR - Wade Evans of Victor, MT passed away at his home on December 1, 2018 at the age of 69 from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He was born Wade Patrick Evans on September 2, 1949 in Chico, California to Art and Louise Evans.

Wade was raised on a farm in the fields of the Sacramento Valley (that...

Robert Leroy Jones

Robert Leroy Jones

Nov 28, 2018

Robert LeRoy Jones of Hamilton passed away on Wednesday, November 28th in his home at the age of 78 years old.  He was born February 8th, 1940 to the late Martin Jones and Katherine (Parpolia) Jones. He was raised in Hamilton on the Bitterroot Stock Farm with his sister Judy (Jones) Spores and brother Donald Jones.  Bob joined the...

Wallace L. Atkinson

Wallace L. Atkinson

Nov 26, 2018

Wallace L. Atkinson, 91 of Hamilton passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.

Interment will take place at Hillcrest Cemetery in Deer Lodge, Montana at a later date.

Edna Mae (Christman)  Mccarty

Edna Mae (Christman) Mccarty

Nov 25, 2018

HAMILTON – Edna Mae Christman McCarty, 87, of Hamilton, passed away from complications of pancreatic cancer on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, at her home surrounded by family.

She was born September 26, 1931, in Great Falls, Montana, in the shadow of the Big Stack.  She was the youngest of six children of John and Emma (Trautman) Christman...

Carol Ann (Gordon)  Waite

Carol Ann (Gordon) Waite

Nov 25, 2018

Carol Ann Gordon Waite was born and raised in Lewistown, Montana.  She graduated from Fergus High School and shortly thereafter married Ron Gerdrum.  She and Ron lived on a ranch near Grass Range and had three daughters (Julie, Angela, and Jill).  She had a huge garden in which she and her daughters spent countless hours together.  In addition to...

Kay Diane Mccawley

Kay Diane Mccawley

Nov 24, 2018

Kay McCawley, 62 of Hamilton, passed away on November 24, 2018 in Hamilton.  Kay was born Kay Diane Sandstrom to Jack and Carla Jensen Sandstrom on August 28, 1956 in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Kay ran several antique shops in Hamilton, starting in 1998.  She was a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles 1693...

Alan Charles Massey

Alan Charles Massey

Nov 22, 2018

Alan Charles Massey, age 72, of Corvallis (formerly of Douglasville, Georgia) passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Massey was born June 7, 1946. He was the son of the late Charles Warren and Bernice Jones Massey. Alan retired from Bellsouth/AT&T after 45 years. He started as lineman...

Elizabeth "Louise" Zacha

Elizabeth "Louise" Zacha

Nov 22, 2018

Elizabeth “Louise” Zacha, 83 of Hamilton, passed away Thanksgiving morning, November 22, 2018 at the Marcus Daly Hospice Center in Hamilton.  Elizabeth was born February 8, 1935 to John and Charlotte Zacha at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT.

Louise was a true Montana native farm girl.  She grew up in Corvallis, MT and always stated that...

Donna Chickedantz Fitzpatrick

Donna Chickedantz Fitzpatrick

Nov 21, 2018

An obituary is not available at this time for Donna Chickedantz Fitzpatrick. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Crystal Ann Esberg

Crystal Ann Esberg

Nov 18, 2018

VICTOR - Crystal Ann Esberg, 57, of Victor passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018 at her home.  Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2018 from 1:00 until 2:00 pm at the Daly-Leach Chapel.  A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday at 2:00 pm in the funeral home community room.  Condolences may be left for the...

Adeline Dolly Beesley

Adeline Dolly Beesley

Nov 17, 2018

Adeline (Dolly) Beesley, 93, of Richmond, California passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018 in Montana. She was born January 19, 1925 in Sacramento, California.

Dolly was raised in the Bay Area where she met Dean Beesley while attending Richmond High. She and Dean married shortly after and had two children, Dennis Dean and Donna Rose.

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Wayne G. Jones

Wayne G. Jones

Nov 17, 2018

Wayne Gyd Jones, 82, passed away on November 17, 2018 at Marcus Daly Palliative and Hospice Care in Hamilton, Montana. Born December 14, 1935, to Walt and Freda Jones, Wayne was one of 10 brothers and sisters born and raised in Missoula, Montana. He attended Franklin School and Hellgate High School, and in 1954, enlisted in the United States...

Bertha B. (Brenneman)  Hochstetler

Bertha B. (Brenneman) Hochstetler

Nov 14, 2018

Bertha Brenneman Hochstetler, 89 passed away peacefully and went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Beehive Homes, Hamilton surrounded by her family.  Bertha was born in Tofield, Alberta; she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Mary (Kauffman) Brenneman.  Bertha lived in the Tofield area until the age of 13.  At that...

Angela Renee Rutledge

Angela Renee Rutledge

Nov 13, 2018

MISSOULA – Angela Renee Rutledge, 42, of Missoula passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018.  She was born at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho on August 25, 1976 the daughter of Judith Gail and Ernest David Rutledge, Jr.

Angela was raised and educated in Henderson, NV and then attended the University of Montana.  Her greatest...

Melvin "Mel" C. Williamson

Melvin "Mel" C. Williamson

Nov 12, 2018

Melvin "Mel" C. Williamson past away peacefully at home on November 12, 2018 with his daughter by his side. Mel was born in Stevensville MT. on September 19, 1925 to Frank and Mary (Hughes) Williamson.

On January 18, 1944 at the age of 20 Mel reported to active duty during World War II with the United States...

Earl Leonard Harding

Earl Leonard Harding

Nov 6, 2018

Leonard Harding, 78, of Corvallis, Montana passed away on November 6, 2018 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.

He was born Earl Leonard Harding on November 29, 1939 in Hamilton, Montana to Earl Luke and Geneva Muir Harding.  Leonard was raised in Hamilton attending 1st-8th grade.  He went on to graduate from Mount Ellis Academy just...

Frank M. Laurence

Frank M. Laurence

Nov 5, 2018

Frank M. Laurence, aged 75, died peacefully in his sleep on November 5, 2018 in Hamilton, Montana, where he lived the last fifteen years. Frank was born on Christmas Eve, 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Withrow High School, was a graduate of Yale University, received his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Phd in English from...

Dorothy Mae Allen

Dorothy Mae Allen

Nov 5, 2018

HAMILTON – Dorothy Mae Allen, 86, of Hamilton passed away Monday, November 6, 2018 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital.  She was born December 3, 1931 in Anaconda, MT the only child of Carl and Helen (Dudack) Harris.

Dorothy attended school in Anaconda and graduated from high school in the spring of 1949.  On December 24, 1949 she...

Cleo (Rainville)  Seaman

Cleo (Rainville) Seaman

Nov 4, 2018

Cleo R. Seaman , 94, of Missoula passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018 at home, in the company of loved ones. She was born January 14, 1924 in Deer Lodge, MT to Hector E. Rainville and Margaret Sestrich Rainville.

Cleo was raised in Deer Lodge, MT attending St. Mary's Academy and graduating from Powell County High School...

Mary Frances "Fran" Bennett

Mary Frances "Fran" Bennett

Nov 1, 2018

Mary Frances (Fran) Bennett, 86 of Hamilton passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula.  She was born August 12, 1932 in Green County, TN to Harry James Blazer and Mary Aileen (Carlisle) Blazer.  She was raised and educated in Tennessee (except for a move to Cleveland, OH during the war years).

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