Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County

Jun 7, 2015

Franklin "Don" Westad was born September 19th 1936 in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota and passed away on June 7th 2015 in Meridian Idaho surrounded by his wife, daughter, son-in law and 2 grand-kids. Don was a gentle giant who stood 6'6" tall. He loved and doted on his family, putting their needs above all else. He was hardworking and quite generous....

Jun 6, 2015

Alice Helen Ryan was born September 21, 1920 in Erie, PA to Richard Walter and Frederika Carolina Miller Kissman.  Alice died peacefully in Dillon, Montana on D-Day, June 6, 2015.  She was one of 9 children, all who have preceded her in death.  She married Paul Earnest Schnabel in Erie on September 10, 1943.  Their daughter, Janet (Schuetz) of Dillon,...

Jun 4, 2015

May 28, 2015

Betty Lee Harrison Pierce passed away peacefully May 28th 2015 at Parkview Acres Nursing Home.  Betty was born 05 November 1923 to Pauline and Homer Harrison.  She attended Dillon schools and graduated in 1941 from BCHS.  After high school she worked as a dental assistant for Dr. R.D. Curry and also worked at BCHS as a secretary. In 1945 she...

May 25, 2015

Estelle Blomquist went home to be with her Lord, May 25th, 2015.  She died at Barrett Hospital from complications of a fall.  She was surrounded by her family. Born November 5, 1929 the eldest child of RD and Cora (Berry) Marchesseault, she was raised on a ranch in the Grasshopper Valley.  As a youth during haying season she drove a...

May 12, 2015

C. Larry Bradley, Dillon Montana passed away May 12, 2015 at Kindred Health Care. Larry was born to Clarence and Lena Bradley January 28, 1928 in Pocatello Idaho. He met LaVerne Poole in Pocatello, they married May 13, 1949. Larry served in the Navy, was at the Bikini Island atomic bomb test in 1946.  He worked as a machinist in...

May 3, 2015

Stanley "Jack" Ripley, 76, of Dillon, passed away on May 3rd surrounded by his loving family following complications from surgery in Missoula.  Jack was born in Jamestown, North Dakota on August 4th, 1938 and graduated from high school at the age of 16.  He worked for Al Tescher who took him under his wing on a ranch in The Badlands...

May 2, 2015

Jacqueline Lee Eddie died at home on May 2nd at the age of 80. Jackie was born on September 12,1934 at her aunt's home in Miles City, Mt. She was the oldest daughter of Lloyd "Red" and Evelyn Dodd. She moved numerous times with her parents as they searched for work. Before her family settled in Dillon in 1938 her...

Apr 25, 2015

MELROSE ~ Ann Kearns passed away on April 25th at the age of 90.   She was born in Salmon, Idaho on March 1, 1925 as the second of five children of Jack and Slava Jakovac. Later, she called Melrose, Montana home when she moved to the Kearns Ranch to join her husband Jack. It was here where she raised her...

Apr 25, 2015

DILLON ~ Pedro Rosas Martinez, 50 of Tepic, Nayarit MEXICO died in an accident on a  Ranch SE of Dillon on Saturday, April 25, 2015.   He was born August 19, 1964 in Tepic, Nayarit MEXICO to Ernesto Rosas Garcia & Regina Martinez Uribe.   Pedro had worked on the Erb ranch for the past 7 years and had recently returned from...

Apr 19, 2015

GLEN~ Deanna Lee Reynolds of Glen, MT. passed away Sunday April 19th from cancer.   She was born in Flint, Michigan on April 3, 1958.  Moved to God's Country in 2008. Survived by husband Terry Reynolds; mother Donna Bozung; father Dale Bozung; brother Derrick Bozung and wife sandy;  son Tony Evertts & wife Erica; grandchildren Meadow and Weston, along with several...

Apr 16, 2015

George Fred Needens was born June 29th, 1922, in Hardin, Montana, and died at April 16th, 2015 (age 92 years, 9 months, and 18 days) at the Missouri River Care & Rehabilitation Center in Great Falls, Montana after a progressive battle with dementia. The fifth of eight children born to Jacob Needens & Amalia "Molly" (Müller) Needens--both natives of Gnadentau,...

Apr 4, 2015

Wayve Marie Boyd Wayve Marie Boyd passed away on April 4, 2015.   She was born in 1925 to Theora Mercer Boyd (Nolte) and C. C. Boyd of Twin Bridges.   Wayve's early childhood was spent on a small family ranch on the Big Hole River.  When she was about four, the family relocated to Silver Star.  A few years later, Wayve...

Mar 7, 2015

LEW DRUMMEY BRUNDAGE Lew Drummey Brundage (Col. Retired) of Yakima, WA passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at the age of 95, at Highgate Senior Living with his devoted caregiver Tracy Harris by his side. He was the beloved father of Pamela Derrickson Etheridge and Lew Drummey Derrickson of Naples, FL, and Timothy Brundage of Yakima, WA. He was...

Mar 7, 2015

John T. Nelson "Tom" passed away peacefully at his home in Dillon, Montana on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the age of nearly 89. Tom is survived by his children, Sandee Nelson of Wisdom, Jacqi (Sean) Dickens of Dillon & Teddy (Lee Anne) Nelson of Darrouzett, TX; siblings, Jay of Jackson & Bill of Missoula. Grandchildren, Reba (Scott) Campbell, Shelby,...

Mar 5, 2015

G. Joseph Lane passed away peacefully in Great Falls Montana after complications from surgery March 5th, 2015.  Joe was born in Dillon February 25th, 1934 to George and Mary Lane.  He attended grade school in Dillon and graduated from Beaverhead High School in 1953.  He attended Western Montana College and later transferred to the University of Montana graduating with a...

Feb 22, 2015

Terry Lou Rath, mother, wife, sister,and friend was born June 18 1951 in Deer Lodge Montana.  Her parents June and Ervin Rath were proud of the blue eyed blond haired beauty.  This was the start of a very eventful life.   Early on she learned from older sister Sheryn Kittel and Karen Kester she was not the boss.  Several sisters followed...

Feb 18, 2015

Ada Maud (Brothers) Ingram Ada Maud (Brothers) Ingram passed away February 18, 2015 at her home in Dillon, surrounded by her family. She was 100 yeas old. She was born October 6, 1914, in Marysville, Idaho to Walter and Louise (Chambers) Brothers. She had three sisters and one brother. Her family moved to the Centennial Valley where her parents worked...

Feb 8, 2015

Charles Hutchison Charles Hutchison "Chuck", passed away early morning February 8, 2015 at the Parkview Nursing home due to natural causes.  He was born on February 24, 1929, to Minnie (Kuchler) and James Hutchison in Beaverhead County.  He spent his early childhood in the Dubois/Humphrey Idaho area, and from an early age Chuck was very independent and had his own...

Feb 6, 2015

Karen Elizabeth (Graves) Gordon passed away on February 6, 2015. Karen was born to Fielding and Viola (Nissen) Graves on January 18, 1950, in Dillon, Montana. She had fond memories of spending summers at their cabin in Birch Creek hunting arrowheads, fishing, picking wildflowers and roaming the mountains. Her Mom and Dad passed on a vast wealth of knowledge of...