Obituaries
Opal Yvonne Mehus
Apr 1, 2021
Opal Yvonne Mehus, 92, of Missoula passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at home of natural causes. Her home for the past 19 years was Grizzly Peak Retirement Home. Opal was born on July 5, 1928, in Williston, North Dakota to Silas and Otelia Hillstead. As a young girl she lived on a farm outside of Williston. She was...
Richard Allen Koepplin
Mar 30, 2021
Richard "Dick" Allen Koepplin, 73, passed away from natural causes on March 30, 2021 at his home at Seeley Lake. Dick was born in Missoula on July 23, 1947 to Wilhelm and June Koepplin. From an early age he loved working in the fields with his dad. His mom loved to tell how Dick ran away from home thirteen times...
Laura Evelyn Howell
Mar 25, 2021
Laura Evelyn Howell, 93, of Frenchtown, died Thursday March 25, 2021 at her residence. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Crematory is in care of arrangements.
Shirley G. Fehr Jones
Mar 20, 2021
Shirley G. Jones was born on August 29, 1927 in Missoula, Montana the fifth of six children to Carl and Lidia (Goessele) Fehr and passed away on March 21, 2021. Shirley married Hubert Risley in San Diego in 1944 and they had one daughter Jennifer. In 1948 she married Elmer Jones in Missoula and shortly after, when he was called...
Eileen Childers
Mar 20, 2021
Eileen Marie Childers, age 70, of Missoula, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Providence St. Patrick's Hospital. Eileen was born on August 27, 1950, in Lewistown, MT to Arthur and Kathleen Wichman. She was the eldest of 11 kids and attended the Wild Rose one-room schoolhouse in Moore, MT. She graduated from Moore High School in 1968 then...
Philip A. Englert
Mar 19, 2021
Philip A. Englert, 87, of Missoula, passed away at home Friday, March 19, 2021, surrounded by his family. He was born on February 12, 1934, in Fort Benton, Montana, to Philip M. Englert and Irene R. Savoie Englert. The family moved to Geraldine, Montana, and then settled in Harlowton, Montana. Phil graduated from Harlowton High School and then entered and...
Charles "Chuck" Drinville
Mar 17, 2021
Our Lord tapped our beloved Charles on the shoulder on Wednesday, March 17th, the evening of Saint Patrick’s Day, and called him Home to His Heart, after long illnesses. Charles Roger Drinville was born in Missoula on May 27, 1939 to Alice Alberta (Simmert) of Missoula and George Thomas Drinville of Kendall, MT (near Lewistown). He and his older brother...
Ethel Ernestine Petty
Mar 17, 2021
Missoula – Ethel Ernestine Petty, 96, of Missoula died Wednesday March 17, 2021 at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery is in care of arrangements.
Clara P Buchholtz
Mar 12, 2021
Missoula – Clara P. Buchholtz, 93, of Missoula died Friday March 12, 2021 at her residence. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory is in care of arrangements.
Betty Lee Hanel
Mar 2, 2021
Missoula – Betty Lee Hanel, 96 Our loving mother has died March 2, 2021 of natural causes at the Auberge Assisted Living. She was born October 14, 1924 in Denver, Colorado. She married George (Dutch) Hanel in San Diego, California in 1942 on board the USS McCowan before Dad was deployed in WWII. She worked as a secretary until returning...
Gerald "Jerry" R. Nichols Jr.
Mar 1, 2021
Gerald “Jerry” Roger Nichols, Jr., 68, of Missoula passed away March 1, 2021 in a tragic motorcycle accident. Jerry was born on March 14, 1952 in Missoula, MT to Gerald Nichols, Sr. and Wilma Jean “Billie” Nichols. The oldest of five children, he grew up in East Missoula with siblings Jim, Jolene, Jeannie and Jay. After several years, he moved...
Dianne Lynn Walker Hoff
Feb 24, 2021
Dianne Lynn Walker Hoff passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Dianne was born in Rolla, Missouri on October 14, 1958 to Nila and Willis Walker. The Walker family moved frequently during Dianne’s childhood, as her father’s job took them to various states, eventually settling permanently in Billings, Montana. At sixteen Dianne moved to Missoula, MT,...
Joseph Edwin Spencer
Feb 24, 2021
Missoula – Joseph Edwin Spencer, 51, died Wednesday February 24, 2021 at his residence. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday June 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm at 520 Iowa Ave. in Missoula. Sunset Memorial Funeral and Crematory is in care of arrangements.
Leslie C Williams
Feb 24, 2021
Leslie C. Williams went to Heaven Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Saint Pat’s Hospital in Missoula. Les was born May 12, 1952 and lived in Stevensville. Les was a farm/ranch worker and would work at Costello Ranch (during high school years in the summers and full time after high school) here in Stevensville as a farm laborer. He also worked...
Debra Ann Magstadt
Feb 23, 2021
Seeley Lake – Debra Ann Magstadt, 68, of Seeley Lake died Tuesday February 23, 2021 at her residence. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery is in care of arrangements.
Zachary Glen "Zach" Harshbarger
Feb 14, 2021
MISSOULA ~ Zachary Glen "Zach" Harshbarger, 30, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021 at his home. Arrangements are under the care of Sunset Funeral Home in Missoula.
Gloria Eileen Doty
Feb 11, 2021
Missoula – Gloria Eileen Doty, 89, of Missoula died Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Edgewood Vista. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory is in care of arrangements.
Mignon "Kay" Kathleen Johnson
Feb 8, 2021
The service will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints with Bishop Winward presiding. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the care of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
Robert F. "Bob" Rheinschmidt
Feb 8, 2021
Missoula – Robert F. “Bob” Rheinschmidt, 97, of Missoula died Monday February 8, 2021 at his residence. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery is in care of arrangements.
David Felipe Alarcon Calderon
Feb 5, 2021
Missoula – David Felipe Alarcon – Calderon, 24, of Missoula died Friday February 5, 2021 in Missoula. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory is in care of arrangements.
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