Larry Claude Branning
Aug 25, 2016
HAMILTON - Larry Claude Branning, 96, passed away on August 25, 2016 at Valley View Estates. He was born in a small log house in Corvallis, Montana on July 25, 1920 to Budd and Dorothy Branning. He lived his entire life in the Bitterroot Valley, including time in Corvallis, Grantsdale, Hamilton and the Hamilton Heights.
Larry's family...
Marilyn Kay Clark
Aug 24, 2016
CORVALLIS - Marilyn Kay Clark, 69, of Corvallis passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Valley View Estates. A Celebration of Life will be held in the Daly-Leach Chapel Community Room on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel.
William Dexter Stephani
Aug 23, 2016
William (Bill) Dexter Stephani, 84, of Victor, Montana passed away on August 23, 2016 at his home. Bill was continuously surrounded by his loving wife Barbara, daughters Roylene (Bruce) Gaul and Roxane White, and grandchildren Becky (Joseph) Byrne, Kristy Gaul, and Donalyn White, and great granddaughter Gracelyn and their extended family. He was also loved by his brother Evon...
Butch Lafreniere
Aug 21, 2016
CORVALLIS – Butch LaFreniere passed away peacefully on August 21, 2016 at the age of 72 with his wife Carol and step-son Tyler with him, from advanced Alzheimer’s.
He was born in Plattsburgh, NY on August 11, 1944 to Carl and Ruth LaFreniere. Butch graduated from Harry L. Johnson High School. After graduation he joined the U.S....
Ralph "Bud" Holmlund
Aug 21, 2016
Ralph Leonard “Bud” Holmlund, 87, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, MT., following a brief illness. He was born in Miles City, MT on April 19, 1929 to the late Ralph Walter and Helen Marie Anderson Holmlund.
He grew up on the homestead of his dad’s parents, Oscar and...
Kenneth "Lance" Dowdy
Aug 17, 2016
Kenneth “Lance” Dowdy, 49, of Stevensville passed away Aug. 17, 2016 due to complications from an extended illness. Lance was born April 26, 1967 in Centralia, Washington to Shirley Stromme Dowdy and Bryan Dilworth. He was later adopted by Nathan Dowdy, who raised him as his own.
Educated in the Darby school systems and graduating in 1986,...
Thomas Edward Fallows
Aug 17, 2016
HAMILTON - Thomas Edward Fallows, 79, of Hamilton, passed away quietly at his home Wednesday, August 17, 2016.
He was born August 6, 1937 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the late John R. and Violet (Sampson) Fallows. He graduated from Mohawk High School in New York where family folklore holds there was no better in all the state...
Fred Huntington
Aug 17, 2016
CORVALLIS – Fred Huntington, 81, of Corvallis passed away at his home in Corvallis on August 17, 2016 due to complications of cancer.
He was a general engineering contractor in Napa, CA for 40 years. Fred is a 50 year member of the Operating Engineers Local 3, the Good Sam Club of Hamilton, MT and a member...
Lyndelle Maude Johnson
Aug 12, 2016
HAMILTON - Lyndelle Maude Johnson died on August 12, 2016 in Hamilton, MT at Valley View Estates. She was 101 years old, born August 4, 1915 in Dillon, MT to Chester Leroy Baldwin (1892-1955) and Ruby Delle (Fulks) Baldwin (1895-1998). She had a brother, Harold Wayne (1917-1976) and two sisters, Florence Bereth (1919-2014) and Wilma Laverne (1924-2010).
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Maia Yasmiene Muscaria Shaw Kretschmer
Aug 10, 2016
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Maia Yasmiene Kretschmer, 29, of Albuquerque, NM passed away August 10, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born May 6, 1987 in Albuquerque the daughter of Ron Shaw and Khephra Kretschmer-Nickerson.
Maia was raised and educated in New Mexico before moving to Hamilton in 2003 and attending the alternative school. ...
Donna Fay Avery
Aug 10, 2016
HAMILTON – Donna Fay Avery, 81, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at the Discovery Care Centre. She was born February 15, 1935 in Stevensville, MT the daughter of Kenneth S and Kathryn (McKinney) Avery.
Donna attended and graduated from Stevensville High School. She then enlisted into the U.S. Navy in 1954, serving during the...
Frederick "Rick" Fuhrman
Aug 7, 2016
Frederick (Rick) E. Fuhrman, 74, of Hamilton, Montana passed away Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana. He was born July 7, 1942 in Menlo Park, California, son of late Frederick E. and Ruth Wiggers Fuhrman.
Rick was raised in Palo Alto, California. He received a full ride scholarship to...
Beverly Ann (Philippi) Ellis
Aug 6, 2016
Beverly Ann Ellis, 83, of Hamilton passed away on August 6 at the Marcus Daly Hospice Center. Beverly (Bev) was born on April 18, 1933 in Havre, Montana to Edward and Ann Philippi.
When Bev was 3 the family moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She grew up in Coeur d’Alene where she met and married James (Jim)...
Thomas J. Peterson
Aug 2, 2016
HAMILTON - Thomas J. Peterson, 69, of Hamilton passed away at his home in the company of his family on August 2, 2016, due to complications from Frontotemporal Dementia from which he had suffered for so many years.
A Hamilton native, Tom was born on November 3, 1946, the son of J. Roland and Lillian Peterson. Tom...
Lucille Marie Stilson Mckinney
Jul 31, 2016
BOZEMAN - Lucille Marie Stilson McKinney peacefully passed away at her home in Bozeman, MT, on Sunday, July 31, 2016. Lucille was diagnosed 48 years ago with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Due to damage caused by radiation treatments, she passed away all too soon at the age of 69.
Lucille was born on November 18, 1946, to Keith and...
Lynda M. Dolan
Jul 30, 2016
LYNDA M. DOLAN
CORVALLIS - Lynda Dolan, age 71 of Corvallis, Montana, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2016, at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Montana.
She was born in Seattle, Washington, on February 20, 1945, the second of five children born to Vance and Margie Roberts. Following high school, Linda attended Western...
Douglas J. "Jim" Johnson
Jul 30, 2016
HAMILTON - Douglas J. “Jim” Johnson, Jr., 62, of Hamilton, passed away Saturday July 30, 2016 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula. He was born April 10, 1954 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Jim lived in several places including Beloit, Janesville, and Greenwood, Wisconsin before his family finally settled in Sparta, Wisconsin. As a child, Jim suffered from Polio and although...
Fred Lee Martin
Jul 28, 2016
VICTOR - Fred Lee Martin, of Victor, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at his home. He was one day shy of his 69th birthday.
Fred was born in Pittsburg, Kansas on July 29, 1947- not long after the Roswell UFO incident in New Mexico. The coincidence remains a mystery. His parents were Clara “Naomi” Gore and...
Mary Stedmond Ledford Mote
Jul 25, 2016
Mary Stedman Ledford Mote went to the arms of her Savior on July 25, 2016 in Falcon, Colorado. She was born November 16, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio to Davis Emmett Ledford and Helen (Palmer) Ledford. She graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended the University of Cincinnati and Texas Tech University, studying geology. She married...
Eunice (Claus) Kelly
Jul 23, 2016
Corvallis - Eunice Claus Kelly, 93 of Corvallis fell Asleep in the arms of Jesus July 23, 2016.
Eunice was born in St. Louis, Missouri September 21, 1922, the daughter of Rev. Herbert and Estelle Claus. She was baptized on 9-24-22 and confirmed on 4-15-35. Eunice spent her early years in suburban St. Louis where her father...
