Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Helena, Montana
And the Surrounding Areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...


