Obituaries

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...

Sep 19, 2022

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

Sep 17, 2022

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

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,...

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...

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...

Sep 15, 2022

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

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...

Sep 14, 2022

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

Sep 14, 2022

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

Sep 13, 2022

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

Sep 11, 2022

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

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.

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...

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...

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,...

Sep 5, 2022

Jeanette Jeanne Handelin, 59, of Helena, Montana passed away Monday, September 5, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Sep 4, 2022

Sandra A. "Sandee" Hanson, of Helena, MT, passed away at home on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022 – her 77th birthday – with her husband holding her hand and their poodle Charlie on her lap. She had been diagnosed with cerebral amyloid angiopathy in the spring of 2020.  Sandra McIntosh was born in Watertown, New York. She moved to eastern...

Sep 3, 2022

Richard "Dick" James Lamping, 83, of Helena, Montana passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on October 22, 2022 at the Fortress of Joy Church in Helena, Montana.

Sep 3, 2022

Don Arkell of Clancy, MT, age 68, passed away Saturday, September 3 2022 after an eight-year battle with cancer. He was born on November 26, 1953, son of the late James and Thelma (Mannix) Arkell.

Don is survived by his loving wife Connie, son BJ (Kelly), daughter Shawn (Chester), stepsons Dan (Krista) and Jake (Olivia) McEachern; grandchildren...