Obituaries

Mar 22, 2022

Andrew Anthony Montano, 67, of Helena, Montana passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 21, 2022

Dallas Ray Lavy, 84, of Townsend, Montana passed away Monday, March 21, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 21, 2022

Lucie Benninger Stamets, 101, of Helena, Montana passed away Monday, March 21, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 20, 2022

Helena, Montana – Seibert "Smitty" Lee Smith, 80, passed away on March 20, 2022. Smitty was the youngest of five living children to John and Beatrice (Kessler) Smith on August 5, 1941, in Price Hill, West Virginia. He served in the Army in the late fifties and the early sixties and was a quiet veteran.

Smitty married...

Mar 20, 2022

Earl J. Locke, 93, of Helena, Montana passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 19, 2022

Winifred "Wini" Reese Apple lost her battle with lymphoma on March 19th, 2022.   Wini was born to Thomas "Doc" and Agnes Reese in November of 1945.   She grew up in Havre with her seven siblings and four double cousins from Kremlin.   She attended Havre Central High School and graduated in 1963.   She married Karl Apple in 1965 and they...

Mar 18, 2022

Stephen Eugene Engle, 71, of Helena, Montana passed away Friday, March 18, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 17, 2022

John Joseph "Chick" Dwyer, 85, of Helena, Montana passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 17, 2022

Sharon Newman, 75, of Helena, Montana passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 17, 2022

Norma Jean (Widner) Johnson was born at St, John, N.D, March 25, 1932. She died at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena, MT. She died during the early morning of March 17, 2022. More details of her life will be available at louisefischer21@gmail.com. Norma had an eye for color and created many beautiful works of art throughout her life. She...

Mar 16, 2022

Forrest "Skeeter" Baertsch was born on March 7, 1936 to Ralph F. Baertsch and Pearl Marie Baertsch in Helena, MT. Forrest earned his nickname of Skeeter when he was just a baby and very few people ever knew his given name.

Skeeter went to Bryant School and then Helena High School. Skeeter joined the US Navy in...

Mar 16, 2022

Bernard Joseph Lordemann, 76, of Helena, passed away peacefully after a short bout of liver cancer on March, 16, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at Fort Harrison VA Medical Center. Bernard "Bernie" Lordemann was born on May 27, 1945 to Bernard J. "Ben" and Esther A. (Salvas) Lordemann. He was the third of six children. Bernie is survived...

Mar 14, 2022

William "Joe" Watts, 62 years young, passed on to be with our Heavenly Father on March 14, 2022, at his home in Helena, MT. After fighting cancer for two years, surpassing his life expectancy once; Joe's long, hard battle ended, surrounded by loving family members in the early morning  hours.

Joe was born in Hialeah, FL on...

Mar 11, 2022

Darrell Charles HagenDarrell Charles Hagen, age 79, of Helena, died March 11, 2022, from a spontaneous brain bleed and complications following brain surgery.Born July 22, 1942, in Noonan, North Dakota, Darrell spent his childhood years in Crosby, ND, moving with his family to Scobey, MT, in 1952. He graduated from Scobey High School in 1960. His parents were Eleanor (Rude)...

Mar 7, 2022

Walter Julian Conell of Helena died in the comfort of his home with his family beside him on March 7, 2022, at the age of 86.Walt was born on September 21, 1935, in Springfield, MO, to Walter and Elva Conell. He attended grade schools in both Missouri and Butte, MT. He went to high school in San Antonio, TX, before...

Mar 6, 2022

John Emillion Morin Jr., 68, of Helena, Montana passed away Sunday, March 6, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 5, 2022

Phillis Franklin, 76, of Helena, Montana passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Mar 4, 2022

Alexander Michael Glasoe, 85, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022 at St. Peter's Health from dementia/Alzheimer's disease. Alex was born January 27, 1937 in Crosby, North Dakota to Raymond Glasoe and Ellen Logelin Glasoe. He was the second of seven children and spent most of his early years in North Dakota. Alex was a carpenter and worked in the Havre,...

Mar 4, 2022

Ed died suddenly at his home in Townsend on Friday March 4, 2022.Ed was born in Helena MT on January 14, 1956 to Floyd and Marion (Biggs) Graham. He was little brother to Floyd and Richard, and big brother to Mary and Virginia. Eddie grew up in Townsend and graduated from Broadwater County High School in 1974. He was a...

Mar 3, 2022

James (Jim) Lee Lawrence, 78 of Helena, MT (Moberly, MO) passed away peacefully on March 3, 2022. Born on June 13, 1943 to Herbert E. Lawrence Sr. and Dorothy Schneider in Moberly, Jim attended Moberly High School, Moberly Junior College and Southwest Missouri State University. He married his wife of 46 years, JoAnn Lawrence, in Westminster, California in 1975. His...