Obituaries

Thelma M. Baker

Thelma M. Baker

Jan 8, 2025

MISSOULA ~ Thelma Marguerite (Bell) Baker, 92, of Missoula passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Thelma was born October 15, 1932, in Helena, Montana. She spent her early years in Three Forks before moving to Missoula. She attended Roosevelt Grade School and graduated from Missoula County High School, and St. Patrick’s School of Nursing. Thelma was employed as a nurse...

Virginia Nettleton

Virginia Nettleton

Oct 30, 2024

Our Lord has a new beautiful angel in Heaven. Although our hearts are broken, we find comfort knowing she is at peace and once again with members of her family already in Heaven.

Virginia M Nettleton passed on October 30, 2024 in Bremerton, WA at the age of 94. She was born in Olden, MO to James and Virgie Lawson.

Virginia (Jenny)...

Laurie Jo Hoehn

Laurie Jo Hoehn

Feb 3, 2025

NAMPA, IDAHO ~ Laurie Jo Hoehn, 63, of Nampa, Idaho, passed away Monday, February 3, 2025 at her home.

Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory in Missoula.

Jack E. Buchanan

Jack E. Buchanan

Feb 1, 2025

MISSOULA ~ Jack Edmund Buchanan Jr., 66, of Missoula, passed away on Saturday, February 1st, 2025 at St. Patrick Hospital, surrounded by family and friends, after a hard-fought battle with cancer.

Jack was born May 1st, 1958, in Lakewood, Ohio to Marilyn and Jack Buchanan. He grew up playing football, baseball, and enjoyed many sports. He went to the Episcopal Academy,...

Esther H Frey

Esther H Frey

Jan 27, 2025

MISSOULA ~ Esther H. Frey, 93, of Missoula, passed away Monday January 27, 2025 at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula.

Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory in Missoula.

D. June Hackman

D. June Hackman

Jan 21, 2025

MISSOULA ~ D. June Hackman, 95, of Missoula, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at her home.

Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory in Missoula.

Diana Orlene Neumiller

Diana Orlene Neumiller

Jan 14, 2025

MISSOULA ~ Diana Orlene Neumiller, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at home after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was surrounded by her family.

She was born August 23, 1940 in St. Ignatius, MT to Orville and Catherine Slenes. She is a member of the Confederated Salish and KootenaiTribes. She moved to Anaconda...

Caryl Louise Klein

Caryl Louise Klein

Jan 10, 2025

ROSEVILLE, CA ~ Caryl Louise Klein, 86, formerly of Missoula, passed away Friday, January 10, 2025 in Roseville, California.

Caryl was born in Spokane, Washington to Cary and Louise Heth on November 21, 1938. She attended the University of Idaho where she met the love of her life, Douglas Klein, on a blind date, and later married on August 29, 1959.

A...

William Edward Brown

William Edward Brown

Jan 8, 2025

Bill Brown passed away at home Wednesday, January 8, 2025, of natural causes at the age of 100 years.

 Born September 8, 1924, on a farm near Belfry Montana, Bill was the second of 5 children to Matt and Hazel Brown. He attended Bostic Country School, Belfry Elementary and High Schools, and graduated from Bridger High School in 1942. He then...

Brandy Lynn Cochrell

Brandy Lynn Cochrell

Jan 1, 2025

MISSOULA ~ Brandy Lynn Cochrell, 38, of Missoula, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at home with her loving mother Anita Fenlon and father George Milford.

She is survived by her mother and father; three children, Trenton, Shaylen and Hunter; one brother, Jeffery Houghes and multiple friends and family members.

Her hobbies were fishing, hunting and camping with her mother and father....

Pamela B Nybo

Pamela B Nybo

Dec 28, 2024

MISSOULA ~ Pamela Babcock Nybo, 79, of Missoula, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2024 at Community Medical Center in Missoula of natural causes.

Pam was born July 28, 1945 in Missoula to Dr. Daniel W. and June Babcock. As a young girl, she rode horses with her friends and was a thespian at Sentinel High School. She attended the University of...

Delores Renz

Delores Renz

Dec 24, 2024

MISSOULA ~ Delores Renz went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024.

She was born July 18, 1935 in Beulah, North Dakota and lived on a farm with her parents and 5 sisters. 

While working in a café in Beulah, she met her husband. They were married in 1955 and moved to Missoula,...

Betty Jean Norton

Betty Jean Norton

Dec 20, 2024

VICTOR ~ October 10, 1938 may have seemed like a normal, mundane day to many. Sure, there was some exciting headlines: The Yankees beat the Cubs and won their 7th World Series, Merrill got a Hole-in-One, and German troops advanced and occupied the Sudeten Region of Czechoslovakia. In Wibaux, MT, however, one of the greatest events of the century was...

Clifford Duane Quale

Clifford Duane Quale

Dec 8, 2024

MISSOULA ~ Clifford Duane Quale, 79, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2024 at his home.

Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory in Missoula.

Wilma Mae Meacham

Wilma Mae Meacham

Dec 7, 2024

MISSOULA ~ Wilma Mae Meacham, 93, of Missoula, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2024 at Mountain Pine Assisted Living in Stevensville.

Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory in Missoula.

Hans Robert Zuuring

Hans Robert Zuuring

Dec 1, 2024

MISSOULA ~ Dr. Hans Robert Zuuring passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday December 1, 2024 at the age of 82, surrounded by his loving wife and sons. Hans was Born on August 21, 1942 in The Hague, Netherlands to John and Giovanna (Haarlem) Zuuring, and immigrated to Canada in 1953. Hans earned a Bachelor of Science degree in...

Doris Ann Graybeal

Doris Ann Graybeal

Nov 10, 2024

MISSOULA ~ Doris Ann Graybeal, 75, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2024 at Village Health and Rehabilitation in Missoula.

Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory in Missoula.

Willis M. Wittig, Jr.

Willis M. Wittig, Jr.

Nov 5, 2024

KALISPELL ~ On November 5, 2024, Willis M. Wittig Jr. made his final journey to be with his beloved wife, Dorothy, and the Lord.

 Willis, lovingly known as “Bill,” “Dad,” and “Poppa,” was born on July 15, 1935, in Bismarck, ND, not far from the Capitol building.

 He had many adventures in his life. He spent much of his youth working on...

James Willis "Jim" Denny

James Willis "Jim" Denny

Nov 4, 2024

MISSOULA ~ Jim Denny, Supreme Giver of hugs, has passed on.  He is now hugging his wife Marilyn, son Jimmy, and others who have gone before him (he's probably wreaking havoc with his big Sister Mert!).

He is survived by a legion of those whose lives he touched.

Per his wishes, there will be no formal services at this time.

An open Celebration...

Michael Fleming

Michael Fleming

Oct 29, 2024

Michael George Fleming, 96, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in his home in Missoula, MT. He passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.

Mike was born to Grover and Jeanette Fleming on February 22, 1928, in Livingston, MT. Known in his younger years and to old friends as “Mickey”, he and his brothers and friends roamed South 6th Street and...

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