Obituaries

May 9, 2024

Ingrid Inman, born on June 20, 1943 in Munich, Germany, was called home to be with our Lord on May 9, 2024 after a 5-year brave battle with cancer at home surrounded by her loving husband Patrick J Inman and Carie Lee Kirk.  Thank you to Stacie Hanes who Ingrid loved as a daughter and who spent endless hours...

May 8, 2024

Michael "Mike" George Edmund Caplis died on a beautiful snowy Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Helena, Montana, surrounded by family at the Fort Harrison VA Hospital. He was ninety-two.

Mike Caplis was born on March 2, 1932, in Hawthorne, California. He was the fourth child and only son of Edmund Caplis and Myra (née Ailport) Caplis. Mike...

May 8, 2024

Carla Augusta Christine Lindstrom Cronholm peacefully passed away with her family at her side on May 8, 2024.  She was 92 years old.

Carla was born on August 18, 1931 in Oakton, Illinois to Arvie and Edna Lindstrom.  The family moved to a farm near Princeton, Minnesota where she spent her youth.

On a summer...

May 7, 2024

Robert Stephen Holmes, 69, traded his earthly home in Boulder, MT for a heavenly one on May 7, 2024. With the love and support of his wife Tina, Rob fought a courageous battle against cancer, but lost the war.   Rob is survived by his loving wife, Tina Kruse Holmes, and two children, Alicia (Cliff) Hoisington, and Casi Holmes (Justin...

May 7, 2024

Ieva, age 35, left her earthly body to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on May 7, 2024, after bravely fighting a lifetime of health challenges. She joins her stepfather, Richard Venema, and grandparents Emily Sussana and Valarian.

Ieva emigrated from Lithuania to the United States with her mother, Nijole Venema. She lived in California and Montana....

May 6, 2024

Tammie Allderdice-Rocheleau, 61, of Helena, MT passed away on May 6, 2024. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

May 5, 2024

Dave Root Johnson, made his grand entrance to go meet Jesus, and discuss the many, many questions he wanted answers to, in the early morning on May 5, 2024. He was a man whose life was as adventurous as his odd taste in recipes and experimental cooking. Dave was born to James and Audrey Johnson on the early morning...

May 4, 2024

Samuel Martin George, age 58, of Helena, MT, passed away May 4th, from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Sam was born in Helena, MT, on 11/11/1965 to Eddie and Joanne George of Canyon Ferry Lake. Eddie and Joanne proceeded Sam in death.

Sam is survived by his eight siblings: Denise Nichelson (Tom), Donna George (Russ), Annie...

May 1, 2024

Dean Jones, 85, of Clancy, MT passed away on May 1, 2024.  Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

May 1, 2024

"On a cold and raw November morning in 1933, Aleta Ann Moseley came into this world near Ridgway MT, the first of 2 daughters born to Claude and Gladys Moseley. Gladys was alone while Claude was away driving livestock to Belle Fourche; her  sister Lahoma had to ride a green-broke bronc to reach her, then rode another 5 miles...

Apr 30, 2024

Gary Alan Brockway passed peacefully at home on April 30th, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. He was taken by the cancer he battled for a decade. When first diagnosed he said all he wanted was 5 good years of fishing, which he well exceeded.

Gary was born on December 5th, 1958 at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena,...

Apr 26, 2024

Gary McKnight, 89, of Clancy, MT  passed away on April 6, 2024.  Simple Cremation Montana assisted the family.

Apr 24, 2024

Lois Bailey, 92, of Helena, Montana passed away on April 24, 2024.  Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Apr 24, 2024

Robert  "Bob"  Bachini (age 90) left his earthly body on April 24, 2024. He joins his wife Shirley, parents Albertina and Vasco, "mom" Anastasia, infant sister Mary Louise and many beloved cousins and friends who passed before him. A Havre native, Bob was born on July 7, 1933, part of a close-knit Italian-American immigrant community. In 1956, he married...

Apr 21, 2024

LeVoy Whitlock, 92, of Helena, MT passed away on April 21, 2024.  Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Apr 21, 2024

I, Rebecca Wiegand, lived a blessed life for 71 years until succumbing to ALS. Born in New Mexico to Lutgarda and David Gonzalez, I had a wonderful childhood with my siblings Ric (Michael), Paul, Priscilla (Mikaela) and Roberta (Martin, Mikhaela and Gabriella) along with numerous, and I mean numerous, cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. I graduated from the New...

Apr 21, 2024

On April 21, 2024 Norene Joy (Daley) Lynch, loving wife and mother of two children passed away after prolonged illness in Helena, Montana at age 75.

Norene was born in July of 1948 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Gene and Dorothy Daley and together with her two older brothers relocated to Butte then Deer Lodge, Montana as...

Apr 21, 2024

Chuck (Charles Omer) Micklewright came to the end of his earthly life at 95 years of age on April 21, 2024. Now in eternity with his Savior he was active to the end, recording his last road bike ride just days before he entered the hospital with an infection and heart complications.

Chuck was born August 21,...

Apr 19, 2024

On Friday April 19th, 2024 at his home in Helena, Montana, after the day had settled, the winds had calmed and the stars illuminated the sky over the mountain tops, Thomas Francis Klotz, age 70, loving husband of Connie Klotz, Stepfather of Braden Hallock and "Papa" to his sweet little girl Zoey (the well-known Papillion of down town Helena),...

Apr 17, 2024

Vicki L Biggs passed away on April 17th at the age of 67. She was born in Honolulu, HI to H. Edward Biggs Jr and M. Nadine Biggs (Hart) on September 10th, 1956,  joining older brother Ed as military kids. Not too much later, her younger brother Phil and sister Lori joined the family. Her dad retired from the...