Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Helena, Montana
And the Surrounding Areas
Karyn Follis Cheatham
Jan 30, 2024
On her birthday, January 30th, 2024, Karyn Follis Cheatham, of Helena, MT passed away peacefully at home after a 2 year battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family. She was 81 years old.
Karyn was born in Oberlin, Ohio to Benjamin Follis and Elizabeth Blackburn as an only child. She attended college at Ohio State University,...
Andrea Elizabeth Strowd
Jan 30, 2024
Andrea Elizabeth Strowd, 74, of Helena, MT, died after a very short illness. She was born on December 3, 1949 in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Faribault, MN with her parents and siblings. She married Roger Mott in 1973 and moved to Florida, living in the Keys, Naples, and Tallahassee; she worked largely in social services. Andy and...
Ricky Lynn Nyhart
Jan 29, 2024
Ricky Nyhart, 74, of White Sulphur Springs, MT passed away on January 29, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Thomas Howard Cheetham, Sr
Jan 29, 2024
Thomas Cheetham, Sr, 78, of East Helena, Montana passed away on January 29, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Lalia Mae Covey
Jan 29, 2024
Lalia Mae Covey (Jeter), 91 of Helena, MT passed away on January 29, 2024 of respiratory
failure due to congestive heart failure.
Lalia was born July 12,1932 in Bozeman, MT to Margaret and Henry Jeter. Lalia's father passed
away when she was 2 years old. Her mother, Margaret later married Merle Chandler.
...Carlos "Chuck" Cecil Lopes
Jan 28, 2024
Carlos Lopes age 90 passed away Jan 28,2024. He was born in Shanghai and lived in the Portuguese colony of Macao until he was sent to be educated at the Maris Brothers college in Australia. After graduation he joined the Australia Army. When discharged from there, he moved to New Zealand and became an air traffic controller. A traveling...
Kim Russell Martinson
Jan 24, 2024
My Dad, through his Daughter's Eyes When my brother and I were younger, my dad loved to plug in an episode of The Waltons as we cozied up in the evenings with a bowl of ice cream and raspberries. My brother and I used to take turns taking cheap shots at the show however we could – calling it...
Gary Dean Foster
Jan 24, 2024
Gary Dean Foster passed away January 24, 2024 at home in Helena.
He was born to George and Esteline Foster in Falls City, Nebraska in 1939, an enrolled member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
His family moved to California where he was raised and met his wife Rita. They moved to Montana...
Richard Herbert Wilson
Jan 22, 2024
Richard Wilson, 81, of Butte, Montana passed away on January 22, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Ruth Alene Halsema
Jan 20, 2024
Ruth Alene Halsema of Helena, MT died with family present on January 20, 2024. She was 93 years old.
In 1930, Ruth was born to Otis and Minnie Peden in Lafayette, IN. She graduated from Jefferson High School and later married Martin Miller. Together they had four children. Ruth worked as a nurse aide at St. Elizabeth...
Betty Brosten
Jan 19, 2024
Betty Lou (Erickson) Brosten, age 93, died on January 19, 2024 at the home of her son in the presence of Barry, daughter-in-law Nancy and granddaughter Claire.
Betty was born on September 12, 1930 in Bowman, ND, to Clarence and Evelyn Erickson. Her family included brothers Ray, Herb and Jim and sister Ginger. She graduated from the...
Donna Marlene Klein
Jan 19, 2024
Donna Marlene Klein (Taylor), of Helena, Montana passed away in her home on January 19, 2024, after an extended illness. She was 85 years old.
Donna was born on June 13, 1938, in Boise, Idaho to Theodore (Ted) and Lula Taylor. Ted was a boomer and followed large construction projects, ending up in the Columbia Falls area...
William "Bill" Arden Mattfeldt
Jan 19, 2024
William (Bill) Mattfeldt of Helena, MT passed away peacefully at The Beehive January 19, 2024. Bill was born April 15, 1934 in Harlem, Mt to Hugh and Carrie (Storkson) Mattfeldt.
Dad always told us he was named Bill because he was born on April 15. At 6 weeks old he remembers walking down the railroad tracks to...
Tyler James Leslie
Jan 18, 2024
Tyler James Leslie of Helena, Montana passed away suddenly on January 18, 2024. He had packed so much life into his 30 years ending with his heart as a bird without the wings to fly. Tyler traveled, went on many drives in the mountains, graduated Helena College with a Welding Degree, fell in love, mended a broken heart, and...
John Michael Comes
Jan 16, 2024
John Michael Comes, 84, of Helena, Montana passed away on January 16, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Galen Linnius Doughty
Jan 16, 2024
Galen Doughty, 70, of Montana City, MT, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Dory Modey Schmid
Jan 16, 2024
Dory Modey Schmid , 91, of Helena passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Cynthia Sue Johnson Ross
Jan 15, 2024
Cynthia (Cindy) Sue – Johnson- Ross, our beautiful mom, grandma, sister, aunt, niece and cousin, passed away on January 15, 2024 after a two yearlong battle with cirrhosis of the liver.
Cindy was born to Lois Vook and Gifford Johnson on September 26, 1965 but was raised mostly by her grandparents, Mildred and Matt Vook. She attended...
Steven Allen Smith
Jan 14, 2024
Steven Smith, 74, of Helena, Montana passed away on January 14, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Trudy Eileen Knodel
Jan 12, 2024
Trudy Knodel, 67, of Townsend, Montana passed away on January 12, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana assisted the family.


