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Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County
F Kerns
December 6, 2021
FRANCES CASEY KERNS 22 February, 1937 – 6 December, 2021 Casey, as she preferred to be known, was born Doris Frances Casey in rural Marion County, in the Ozarks of Arkansas. At the age of two, spinal meningitis resulted in lifelong blindness. She attended Oklahoma School for the Blind, then Centenary College in Shreveport and University of Colorado, where she...
LaVerne Bradley
December 4, 2021
LaVerne Poole Bradley, age 92 left this Earth to be united with her Lord and Savior on December 4, 2021. LaVerne was strong, resilient, brilliant, beautiful inside and out, poised, loving, steadfast, and an overall incredible model of a woman of integrity who put God and her family above all else. Her wisdom and loving presence will be dearly missed....
Evalina Shippee
November 26, 2021
Evalina Shippee November 4, 1937 – November 26, 2021 Evalina “Willie” Shippee, passed away peacefully in Dillon, MT on November 26, 2021. Evalina was born in Aurora, Missouri on November 4, 1937 to Herbert and Jewell Glen Williams. After completing high school, she moved to St. Louis to attend nurse’s training at Missouri Baptist Hospital. She met a handsome x-ray...
Michael Mayer
November 24, 2021
Michael John Mayer Michael John (Mike) Mayer, 65 passed away peacefully on November 24, 2021, in Missoula, MT with his beloved wife Susan by his side. Mike was born February 8, 1956, at Fort Bragg, NC to Anna Jeanne Knox of Dell, MT, and Dee Leslie Mayer of Ogden, UT while Dee was in training in the US Army. As...
John Newlon
November 20, 2021
John Andrew Newlon, 72 of Dillon, Montana passed away peacefully at home Saturday, November 20th 2021. John was born August 13, 1949 to John E. (Jack) and Josephine (Pearl) Newlon in Moorhead, Minnesota. Prior to Joining the Navy as a Signalman, John attended school in Deer Lodge, MT. John married Lenat Studzinski in Casper, WY on August 14, 1981. He...
Carol Zeier
November 18, 2021
Memorial services for Carol will be held on December 3rd at 2 PM at Dokken-Nelson Funeral Home in Bozeman.
Ann Simonsen
November 13, 2021
It is with great sadness the family of Ann Minnie Passmore Simonsen announce her passing on November 13, 2021. She was born in Butte Montana to John (Jack) Passmore and Dora Rody Passmore of the Centennial Valley. She grew up in the Centennial Valley on the Passmore homestead with her brother John attending the valley one room school. She attended...
Walter Manula
November 8, 2021
Walter James Manula left earthly life early Monday morning November 8, 2021 in Dillon Montana surrounded by loved ones. Born February 4, 1953 to Walter Jacob and Lila Mae Manula, Jay was the only boy and the youngest of four children. Being the baby and the only boy allowed him to get away with murder. He spent his younger years...
G. Lee Corkish
November 8, 2021
Gary (Lee) “Taco” Corkish, age 81 of Dillon, passed away peacefully on November 8th, 2021 after his health deteriorated due to dementia. Lee was born in Missoula to Robert and Ann Corkish. Growing up in Anaconda, he graduated from Anaconda High School and joined the army for 4 years. Forever the entrepreneur, Lee was always seeking new business opportunities. Lee’s...
Shirley Harkness
November 6, 2021
Shirley Jean Harkness, “Jean” 91 of Lima, Montana passed away on November 6th, 2021 at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare. She was born July 3rd, 1930 in Butte, Montana to Malcolm Shearer and Wilma Olmstead. She was raised by her paternal grandparents, James and Bertha Shearer. Jean and Bernard lived up Big sheep Creek on the family ranch. She was very...
James Lane
November 5, 2021
James Martin Lane, 80, of Dillon, MT passed away on November 5, 2021 with his wife Susie by his side. Jim was born on July 5, 1941 in Pomona, California, the oldest of 3 children, to James Marx Lane and Iva Lane. Jim was a graduate of Citrus College in Glendora, California with a degree in automotive repair. He served...
Kenneth Hildreth
October 30, 2021
Kenneth “Kenny” Hildreth, of Dillon Montana, passed away October 30, 2021 at the Barrett Hospital & Health Care in Dillon Montana. Kenny was born July 2, 1935 in Dodgeville Wisconsin to Benjamin and Garnetta (James) Hildreth. He spent much of his life in Wisconsin being a part of the Local 139 Engineers Union as a heavy equipment operator. He loved...
Jack Bell
October 29, 2021
Jackie T. Bell, 65 of Lima, Montana passed away at Pioneer Care and Rehabilitation Center on October 29, 2021. He was born in Scotia, California on June 9, 1956 to Melvin and Lola (Mathis) Bell. There is a military graveside service scheduled for Wednesday, November 3rd at 1 PM at the Lima Cemetery.
John Schuyler
October 26, 2021
JOHN B. SCHUYLER, JR. On Tuesday, October 26th , 2021 John B. Schuyler, JR, loving husband, and father of two children, passed away at the age of 84. John was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has lived in San Francisco, Sedona and Prescott, Arizona. He graduated from Culver Military Academy, Princeton University, and the University of Michigan Law School. He...
Nettie Welborn
October 21, 2021
Nettie H. (Felton)Welborn Born, January 2, 1928, to Montana Pioneers, at Bears Paw, in Rural Blaine County , and entered into rest October 21, 2021, in Bozeman Montana. During her lifetime, she lived in Havre, Pompey’s Pillar, Terry, Nibbe, Sheridan, Dell, Lima and finally retiring to Dillon. She was all things Montana, and prideful of the fact that she was...
Alice Bengeyfield
October 20, 2021
Alice Stricker Bengeyfield Alice Bengeyfield 66, died suddenly at home October 20, 2021. Alice was born in Quick, West Virginia April 28, 1955, to Harry and Nell-Jean Stricker and was the oldest of two children. Alice grew up in Quick and attended Herbert Hoover High School in Charleston, West Virginia, and was always very proud of her West Virginia heritage....
Joan McDougal
October 19, 2021
Passed away Peacefully on October 19th at the Legacy. Joan Mae Swartzlow McDougal was born in Columbia, Missouri on April 6, 1930 to Carl Swartzlow and Ruby Johnson Swartzlow. She spent her early childhood in Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, where her father was a park naturalist. At the beginning of World War II, she and her mother moved...
Helen Smith
October 16, 2021
Helen Lydia Smith 88 of Dillon passed away at home October 16, 2021 after a stroke. Not Covid. She was preceded in death by her parents Arthur and Lydia (Levanen) Johnson, brother Dale Johnson, sister Ann Patterson and daughter Kathy Skipper. Helen was born in Arthyde MN on October 20, 1932 to Arthur and Lydia Johnson. She was the oldest...
L. Frazier
October 9, 2021
Lyle Duane Frazier 1935-2021 Lyle “Duane” Frazier age 86, passed peacefully on Saturday, October 9th, with loved ones present, an incredible amount of caring support from the Pioneer Care and Rehabilitation staff, Hospice and with many loving thoughts/prayers from residents throughout the entire Beaverhead County. Duane was born August 8th, 1935 in Mammoth Hot Springs, WY., which is actually inside...
Nathan Scott
October 2, 2021
Nathan Edwin Scott April 22, 1997 - October 2, 2021 Nathan Edwin Scott was born in Walnut Creek, CA and raised in the East Bay of Northern California on the edge of the San Joaquin Valley and the California Delta. As a youth, Nathan found his niche in music and the outdoors. He played percussion instruments in his high school...
