Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County

June 7, 2020

Rhett Allen Murphy passed away at the hospital in Sheridan on June 7, 2020. He was born to Graham Allen and Melissa Elaine Hutchinson Murphy on February 15, 2020. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, June 12, 2020 at 1 PM at 3 Rivers Family Church in Sheridan followed by graveside services at the Twin Bridges Cemetery.

May 29, 2020

Barbara Helen Gould peacefully passed away May 29 at the Golden Age Manor in Amery Wisconsin at the age of 91. Barbara the only child of Helen and Ell Moore grew up on Whidbey Island, Washington. Barb married Phil Funk and they had two children Phil “Skip” and Barbara “Bobbi” they later divorced. Barb moved to Montana and married Walt...

May 29, 2020

Carolyn E. Tucker 1937 - 2020 Carolyn held many titles throughout her life. She was a cowgirl through and through. She spent summers bucking hay and winters feeding cows. She worked for the Forest Service and Battlefield. She slung drinks at Fettys. She drove the school bus for 25 years from Wisdom to Dillon - one of the longest routes...

May 23, 2020

June Williams Jones passed away peacefully in Dillon, Montana, on May 23, 2020. On the 10th of June she would have celebrated her 101st birthday. She was born on June 10, 1919, in Malad City, Idaho to Arthur Thompson Williams and Nora Harrison Williams. She was the fifth child of a family of ten children. Her home was filled with...

May 19, 2020

Virginia Mae (Piazzola) Schleicher passed away May 19, 2020 at the Legacy Assisted Living. She was born in Butte, MT to Pete and Agnes Piazzola on March 23, 1926. The first years of her life were spent growing up at the Wise River ranger station where her father was forest ranger. She often reminisced about those years with great excitement....

May 2, 2020

Rhea Williams Taylor was born April 4, 1922 at home in Cedarville, Idaho to Rolland Burbank Williams and Annie Sophia Jorgensen. She passed away on May 2, 2020 at 98 years of age in Dillon, Montana. She went to school with and married Keith Packer Taylor – June 28, 1940 in the Logan Utah Temple. They were blessed with two...

April 27, 2020

On April 27, 2020, Phyllis J. Wetzsteon, devoted wife of the late Herald (Hal) Wetzsteon and mother of four children, took her last breath on earth and her first one in heaven. She was born to Ernie and Ellen Simmons on November 30, 1943, in Hamilton, Montana. She was raised in the home her grandfather built and attended school in...

April 22, 2020

Harold Lee Weeks, 87 of Quartzsite, Arizona passed away on April 22, 2020. He was born on July 21, 1932 to Ray and Ruby Weeks in Cortez, Colorado. He will be laid to rest with full military honors on Saturday, June 5th at 1 PM followed by a potluck reception.

April 22, 2020

On April 22, 2020, Dillon, Montana lost the compassionate, charismatic, generous Barry John Briggs. He was the loving husband and life-long best friend of Mary Anne Jensen Briggs for 34 years. He was also the beloved father of two children; Tim Briggs of Seattle, Washington, daughter Laura Briggs of Dillon, Montana, and soon to be father-in-law to Bennett Chomski. He...

March 31, 2020

George Robert Mongar, 81, Dillon Montana went to meet his loving wives on March 31, 2020 of natural causes. George was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana on March 7th, 1939 to George and Ida Fay Mongar. He has one brother, David Mongar, that he charished through out his life. He graduated from high school. He was married to Wanda...

March 23, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Marilyn Harrison, 86-year-old Dillon resident who passed away March 23, 2020 at Barrett Hospital in Dillon will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, July 31st at the Mountain View Cemetery in Dillon, MT. with Dale Stewart officiating. Donations in Marilyn’s memory may be made to the Dillon Public Library. Marilyn Jean Harrison was born on October...

March 12, 2020

Robert Leonard Harrison, 79 of Dillon, Montana passed away at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare on March 12, 2020. He was born on November 6, 1940 to Ernest and Oneta Harrison in St. Joseph, Missouri. Bob is survived by his daughter, Tricia Huddleston (Keith Dvorznak) of Dillon, granddaughters; Taelor (Kolby) Rimer and McKenzie Huddleston and great grandchildren; Luke Rimer and new...

March 4, 2020

March 2, 2020

David Owen Speich was born on May 18,1946 in Scotia, Nebraska. He passed away at age 73 after a short illness on March 2, 2020 in Helena, MT. At the time of death, he resided in the West Mont Caldwell House group home in Helena. David and his parents moved to Cut Bank, MT in 1948 where his father taught...

February 29, 2020

Quintin Dick Stephen-Hassard passed away on February 29, 2020, in Dillon, Montana, of brain cancer. He was 80. He was born on April 5, 1939, in La Jolla, California, to Quintin Maxwell and Elisabeth (Richardson) Stephen-Hassard. The family name was Stephens until 1929 when it was changed to Stephen-Hassard to comply with the will of a grand uncle. Dick himself...

February 29, 2020

There is a commemoration of the life of Al Hinton and Shirley Harr scheduled for Thursday, March 5th at 1 PM with a graveside service for Al with military honors following at Mountain View Cemetery at 2 PM. Albert Earl Hinton was born August 5, 1930 in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from Central High School in 1947 as the youngest...

February 28, 2020

Camille Marriott Foster passed away at her home in Lima, MT on February 28, 2020. Camille was born on May 17, 1941 to John Emery and Helen Wilcox Marriott in Tremonton, Utah. Camille attended grade school in Garland Utah and graduated from Bear River High School in 1959. In high school she played on the girls’ softball team and was...

February 23, 2020

Robert Eric Anderson Robert Eric Anderson of Polaris, Montana passed away February 23, 2020 at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. He was born April 10, 1939 in San Francisco, California, to R.E. and Rosalie Anderson. They preceded him in death. Robert, better known as Bob, had a colorful childhood, traveling with his parents in the west and having many educational adventures. He...

February 19, 2020

Earl Gladwyn Barnes (93) passed away at Barrett Memorial Hospital February 19, 2020 surrounded by his family. Earl was born October 3, 1926 in Huntington Beach, California, to Lowry Thomas and Lizzie Barnes. During his early life, the family moved between Yorba Linda, California and Crossville, Tennessee working the oil fields of California and helping family clear the land, working...

February 17, 2020

Russell Ruud Russ passed away peacefully on Monday February 17, 2020, in Polaris. He worked at Maverick Ski Hill for many years. He was the bottom lift operator responsible for keeping the lift running safely. He was known by many as he helped load three generations of skiers onto the lift. He served our country in the United States Army....