Obituaries

Mar 16, 2023

Roy Grondin, 80, of Helena, Montana passed away Thursday, March 16, 2023. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 15, 2023

With great sorrow and bittersweet gratitude, the Rose family announces the passing of Keegan Stephanie Rose.

Keegan was born on April 20, 1983 to Steve Rose and Laurie Mann at Fort Lewis, Washington.

She grew up in Townsend, Montana. From her early years until the age of twenty-three, she lived her life to the fullest....

Mar 13, 2023

Michael Charles Hansen, 70, of Belgrade, Montana passed away Monday, March 13, 2023. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 13, 2023

Kenneth Delos Shearer, born in Tacoma, Washington, on April 6, 1923, to Claude Victor and Madalene (Ross) Shearer, passed away on March 13, 2023, just 24 days short of his 100th birthday.

In 1930, when Ken was 7, he and his parents, along with his older brother, Howard Victor Shearer, moved from Tacoma to Townsend, Montana. Ken...

Mar 12, 2023

Thomas Stecher, age 85, of Stevensville, MT passed away March 12 in Helena MT with family by his side.  He was predeceased by his wife, Sandra.  His survivors include daughters Vickee Kincaid, Tamara Argyle (Jack), Jennifer Hilgenkamp (Dan), and Melanie Stecher, as well as nine grandchildren, six great grandchildren and his sister, Camille Darr. Tom was born in Cody,...

Mar 12, 2023

Raymond Lyle Gill, of Helena, passed away on March 12, 2023 at the age of 78, surrounded by family.

Ray was born June 25, 1944 in Townsend, MT to Richard and Mabel Gill.  He was raised on the family farm in the Canton Valley which was later flooded to create Canyon Ferry Lake.  The family then moved...

Mar 11, 2023

Vance Morris Goyins, 63, of Helena, Montana passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Loves will come and loves will go.

The summer takes the winter snow.

Life slips by before our eyes,

The day will come we all must die.

So love...

Mar 11, 2023

Ronnie Ray Rieger, 81, passed away on March 11th, 2023 with his family at his side. Ronnie was born on May 24, 1941 to Edwin & Emilie (Singer) Rieger. Ronnie was raised on the Rieger Ranch outside of Plevna, Montana. Life around the ranch was always busy and would become even busier as his six siblings joined the family....

Mar 10, 2023

On the afternoon of Friday, March 10, 2023 Cindy left this life to be in the arms of her Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. She was born on June 11, 1949 to Carl and Ella Krause in Berthoud, Colorado. She married Gary Summers in 1970. Cindy worked many years at Montana Power Company and the Montana Department of Transportation....

Mar 10, 2023

Barbara Josephine Curry, 89, of Helena, Montana passed away Friday, March 10, 2023. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 10, 2023

Now, rather than sleeping under the stars helping to tend sheep as a teenager, Virginia Smith Holton is at peace among the stars. Virginia passed early in the morning on March 10, 2023, at age 93 in Helena, Montana in her memory care room with a view of the ponderosas, trails, and wildlife of Nob Hill Park.

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Mar 10, 2023

Barbara Josephine Nayes Curry passed away at home at the age of 89 on March 10, 2023 in Helena, Montana.

Barbara was born June 7, 1933 in Sheridan, Wyoming to Chet and Sug Nayes.  She grew up outside of Wyola, MT on the Crow Indian Reservation.  She graduated in 1951 from Lodge Grass High School.

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Mar 10, 2023

With great sorrow and gratitude for a life well lived, the Fitzpatrick, Wandrych, Davis, O'Donnell, and Sullivan families announce the passing of our kind, caring, and unimaginably generous wife, mother, nana, sister, aunt, and friend, Lois Ann Fitzpatrick. Lois was the youngest of three children born to Thomas and Dorothy (Nealy) Sullivan of Yonkers, New York, on March 27, ...

Mar 9, 2023

Anna Lucille Ashby, 94, of Helena, Montana passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 8, 2023

Leland Hayes, 72, of Helena, Montana passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 4, 2023

Charles Sackett Johnson, who died unexpectedly at his home on March 4, was widely admired as the most knowledgeable and longest-tenured reporter in the state of Montana. He practiced his craft during journalism's golden age, starting not long after the Anaconda Co. unlocked the copper collar that had hobbled the Montana press, and retiring when corporate newspaper owners began...

Mar 3, 2023

Martha went to be with the Lord on March 3,2023 after spending several years battling Alzheimer's. She was 81 years old.

Martha was born May 4, 1941, to Walter and Ruth Nachtsheim in Helena MT. She joined her sister Carol and two brothers Larry and George; another brother Bruce arrived 2 years later to complete the family....

Mar 3, 2023

Leona Mae Penner was born October 3, 1949 to Elmer and Maymie Penner in Miles City, MT.  She joined brothers Russell and John at the family home in Rosebud, MT where she was raised.

Three days before her sixth birthday, her parents bought the Rosebud Standard Service Station.  Leona loved this part of her life.  Her claim...

Mar 1, 2023

Stephen Robert Gray, 71 of East Helena, MT passed away surrounded by family on March 1, 2023. Steve was born on November 24, 1951, in Lewistown, MT to Robert and Margaret Gray. He attended both grade school and St. Leo's High School in Lewistown, MT graduating in 1970. He was a member of the Key Club, Speech Club and...

Mar 1, 2023

Marina Karren Cox, 62, of Helena, Montana passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.