Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Helena, Montana

And the Surrounding Areas

Ruby Kathleen Sheppard

Ruby Kathleen Sheppard

Sep 27, 2022

Ruby Kathleen Birrer (Greenup) Sheppard passed away peacefully on September 27, 2022, with family by her side.  She had her 98th birthday only five days before she left us.

Ruby was known to family and friends as "Grandma Bear" or "Bear."  She acquired her nickname years ago after reading a Berenstain Bears book to granddaughter Greta.  Greta...

Terry Ellen Brave

Terry Ellen Brave

Sep 24, 2022

Terry Ellen Halmes Brave passed away at her home in Helena on September 24th due to complications from diabetes. She was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age 4. The doctor told her parents she would not live beyond 50. She was quite proud that she proved them wrong.

Terry was born November 14, 1950 to Ray...

Milton Coty

Milton Coty

Sep 21, 2022

Milton Coty, 98, of Helena, Montana passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Gary Kenneth Rudolph

Gary Kenneth Rudolph

Sep 20, 2022

Born in Miles City, Gary's luck began when he was taken home by Kenneth and Dolores Rudolph and became baby brother to Judy.

Gary graduated from Custer County High School in 1966 where he was a member of Choraleers. He then graduated from Miles City Community College in 1970. Gary met the love of his life, Billie...

Timothy Martin Byron

Timothy Martin Byron

Sep 19, 2022

Timothy Martin Byron defied stereotypes. He was a mountain man who read The New Yorker.  He was as comfortable in Carhartt's as in Armani. He was capable and reliable and generous up to his dying day, September 19, 2022, when he suddenly, unexpectedly, peacefully passed away in his home.

The third of Richard and Julianne Byron's 10...

Robert Leroy Meyers

Robert Leroy Meyers

Sep 19, 2022

Robert Leroy Meyers, 85, of Helena, Montana passed away Monday, September 19, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Michael J. Curtis

Michael J. Curtis

Sep 17, 2022

Michael J. Curtis, 67, of Helena, Montana passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Marie Francis Straw

Marie Francis Straw

Sep 17, 2022

Marie Francis Straw passed away at her home in Helena, Montana on September 17th, 2022 of natural causes at age 95.

Marie was born in Lovell, Wyoming on July 7, 1927 to parents James and Helen Egan. Marie had three siblings: Margarette, James, and Joseph.

Marie met and married Paul Norman Straw Sr in Billings,...

Keith Williams

Keith Williams

Sep 16, 2022

Herbert Keith Williams, 97, a longtime resident of Ryegate, MT, passed away peacefully on September 16, 2022, in Helena with his family at his side.  Keith, the fifth child of Victor "Billy" and Ann (Young) Williams, was born July 15, 1925, on the homestead established by his paternal grandfather south of Barber, MT, with his maternal grandmother acting as...

Carol Louise (Raffelson)  Seaman

Carol Louise (Raffelson) Seaman

Sep 16, 2022

Carol was born August 20, 1951 to Melvin Raffelson and Hilda Hill in Torrington, Wyoming where she attended grade schools and Eastern Wyoming College.

Carol was married November 25, 1970 to Lance Seaman of Fulton, Missouri. They lived in Torrington to finish school then moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado till 1974. With a year in Columbia, Missouri...

Paul Leonard Wisdom

Paul Leonard Wisdom

Sep 15, 2022

Paul Leonard Wisdom, 77, of Helena, Montana passed away Thursday, September 15, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Daisy Belle (Myles)  Debree

Daisy Belle (Myles) Debree

Sep 14, 2022

Daisy Belle (Myles) DeBree was born May 23, 1934 to Lillian and Frank Myles.  She was the second- born of three daughters.  Older sister Barbara (Bob) Marks and younger sister Beatrice (Jack) Collings were her siblings. Daisy went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at the age of 88.  She passed at home surrounded by...

Ray Maberry

Ray Maberry

Sep 14, 2022

Ray Maberry, 87, of Lincoln, Montana passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Kenneth "Ken" Arthur Clark

Kenneth "Ken" Arthur Clark

Sep 14, 2022

Kenneth "Ken" Arthur Clark, 84, of Corvallis, Montana passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Katherine Anne Harmon

Katherine Anne Harmon

Sep 13, 2022

Katherine Anne Harmon, 72, of Helena, Montana passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Sara Helen Brown Hilger

Sara Helen Brown Hilger

Sep 11, 2022

Sara Helen Brown Hilger, 90, of Helena, Montana passed away Sunday, September 11, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

John "Jack" Austin Cole

John "Jack" Austin Cole

Sep 9, 2022

John "Jack" Austin Cole, 80, of West Yellowstone, Montana passed away Friday, September 9, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Adam Mclane

Adam Mclane

Sep 8, 2022

This is the story of both Adam McLane and his wife Nancy because the story of one cannot be told without telling the story of the other.

They met on a cross-country Greyhound bus in 1962. Adam was taking a break from business school at Stanford and Nancy a break from California and college. By the time...

Robert Clarence Kuchenbrod

Robert Clarence Kuchenbrod

Sep 8, 2022

We are sad to announce that with loving family members by his side, Robert Clarence Kuchenbrod "Bob" passed away on September 8, 2022 at St. Peter's Memorial Hospital. Bob was 82. Sorely missed by a countless many, Bob will be forever remembered as a loyal and dedicated family man.

Bob was a man that loved life, loved...

Joyce M. Furtney

Joyce M. Furtney

Sep 8, 2022

Joyce Furtney, 87, of Helena Montana died peacefully just the way she wished, in her home, and in her own bed the morning of September 8, 2022.

Joyce was born on October 12 , 1934, and was the youngest of four siblings. At a young age Joyce married Jim Rose of Helena and they had two daughters,...