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Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County
Donald Darling
March 2, 2023
Dr. Donald Frederick Darling passed away peacefully on March 2, 2023, at Barrett Hospitalin Dillon. Don was born on October 27, 1936, in Winona, Minnesota, to Frank Frederick andLaura Alice (Thompson) Darling.Don was born during the end of the depression and his early life was very happy. His fatherwas a fireman and was injured on the job, which eventually led...
Antone Staley
February 27, 2023
Our loving husband, father, grandfather and friend, Antone “Tony” Roy Staley passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Monday, February 27, 2023.Tony was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Roy Staley and Mildred Rose Jackson on September 19, 1937. He was raised with his five siblings, Bill, Ward, Mary, Carl, and Betsy, in Mud Lake, Idaho. His siblings were...
LaVon Brillhart
February 21, 2023
LaVon Dale Brillhart passed away peacefully on February 21, 2023, surrounded by his family.LaVon was born April 18, 1936, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Mary Lucille and Bernard Otis. Hegraduated from the University of Toledo with a Bachelors in Education followed by a Masters inEducation and an Education Specialist degree. LaVon spent 36 years as a special educationteacher. While...
Gary Marchesseau
February 17, 2023
Gary Brent Marchesseau passed away peacefully on Friday, February 17, 2023 at his home in Dillon, Mont. He was 66 years old.Gary was born in Dillon on February 3, 1957 to Erwin “Bud” and Afton (Koontz) Marchesseau. He was the second of three children and attended school in Dillon, later graduating from Beaverhead County High School.He married the love of...
Gerald Hawkins
February 6, 2023
Jerry Hawkins, 92, of Dillon, died peacefully at home on Monday, February 6, 2023, from congestive heart failure. It might speak to his toughness and spirit to mention that, just eight months before his death, he went on a tandem skydiving adventure with one of his granddaughters and said it was one of the best days of his life. The...
Dorothy Stout
February 2, 2023
Dorothy Davies Stout left this world unexpectedly February 2nd surrounded by her family. Dorothy was born June 5, 1935 in Columbus, Ohio to Russell and Anita Davies and joined older brothers, Jim and Rusty. Growing up, she lived with her family in Cincinnati, Ohio; Birmingham and Detroit, Michigan; and Toronto, Canada following her father’s work with the SS Kresge Company....
Shirley Carpenter
January 28, 2023
Shirley Jaydine Carpenter, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully on January 28th, 2023, at the age of 86 in Dillon, Montana. Shirley was born on October 23rd, 1936, in Ronan, Montana to Jesse and Kathryn Fifield. She grew up in a boisterous family of 9 children and had loving relationships with all her siblings. Though...
Paul Fuglestad
January 26, 2023
Paul Emmett Fuglestad of Dillon, Montana, passed away suddenly at his home on January 26, 2023, from a heart attack. He was born in Hardin MT on December 11, 1943, to Emmett “Ole” & Ethel (McCarthy) Fuglestad, then raised in Lewistown, Montana. Paul was an avid member of the Masons and Shriners, and for many years headed up the Shriners...
Shirley Cote
December 26, 2022
Shirley Cote passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Dec 26, 2022, after battling Pulmonary Fibrosis of the lung. Shirley was born in Alder, MT to Raymond Louis Cote & Ruth Lilian Bettum on Dec 22, 1940. In 1945 her family moved to Dillon where Shirley and her brother Raymond and sister Darlene attended all their schooling.In 1955, Shirley married...
Douglas Hubbard
December 3, 2022
Douglas Lee Hubbard, better known as Doug to his family and friends, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2022. Born on June 6, 1946 to Bill and Gloriann Hubbard, he lived in Dillon during his childhood. After his father remarried Iris Hubbard, Doug was the only boy in a blended family with nine sisters. He spent his early years riding...
Bonnie McNinch
December 2, 2022
Bonnie Jean (Harkness) McNinch was born in Dillon, Montana, on January 30, 1927 to Ernest B. and Ruth Kent Harkness. Bonnie grew up on the family ranch up Big Sheep Creek west of Dell, Montana, working with sheep and cattle. When Bonnie started the sixth grade, she moved to Dillon to live with her grandparents. Going home to the ranch...
Mary Kamigaki
November 30, 2022
Mary K. Kamigaki, 91, of Dillon, Montana passed away Wednesday November 30, 2022 at Barrett Hospital. Mary was born July 26, 1931 in Las Animas, Colorado to Matsuzo and Yone Miyagishima Endo, where she lived until the family moved to California. In May, 1942, Mary and her family were relocated to Poston Internment Camp in Arizona, where they stayed until...
Thomas Oostmeyer
November 28, 2022
Thomas D. Oostmeyer was born on April 13th, 1937 in Muskegon, MI and passed away on November 28th, 2022 in Dillon, MT after a long battle with COPD. He joined the Navy at the age of 17 after embellishing his age. Following his stint in the Military, he worked as an over the road truck driver for many years then...
Loudon Ruegsegger
November 27, 2022
Loudon Ruegsegger, born to R. John and Delma Ruegsegger, died Nov. 27, 2022, in Dillon, Montana. He was 80. Loudon was born in Malad City, Idaho in 1942 and later moved to Dillon with his family. He attended school in Dillon and graduated from Beaverhead High School. He served a service mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Susan Keough
November 15, 2022
Susan Laird Keough passed away November 15th in her home. Susan was born 12-16-46 in Zeigenhain Germany to Mike and Emma Proulx. She was the oldest of 8 children and lived in Dillon until she moved to Bozeman in 1966 and then Pennsylvania in 1969. She lived there with her then husband Chris Laird and their 3 sons until 2001...
