Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Helena, Montana
And the Surrounding Areas
Joy Sue Bender
Oct 11, 2025
Joy Sue Bender passed away recently in the comfort of her home after a brief bout of pneumonia. She was 91.
Joy Sue was born December 2, 1934 on a Merkel, Texas, farm, the only child of Hall Harrison Hobbs and Hazel Verion Thomas Hobbs. She attended grade schools at Grand Prairie and then Arlington, Texas, where...
Astrid Marie Crichton
Oct 9, 2025
Astrid Marie Crichton, age 83, died early on the morning of October 9th 2025 at Touchmark in Helena Montana of neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease and its complications.
She was born Astrid Marie Bratlie, on July 8, 1942 in Minot, North Dakota to Otto M. Bratlie, a Lutheran pastor and Glenice a nurse. The family moved about to where...
Joann Marie Leu
Oct 8, 2025
On October 8th, Joann Marie Leu, 92 of Clancy Montana, passed from this world to the next due natural causes. Born to Bernice and Ned Debree on January 15, 1933, spending her early years on the family ranch in Birdseye, she and her three younger sisters moved with their mother to East Helena after her father passed away when...
Leonard Charles Olson
Oct 5, 2025
Leonard "Len" Olson, 86, of Montana City, MT passed away on October 5, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Lori Ann Westman
Oct 5, 2025
Lori Ann Westman, 64, of Lincoln, Montana passed away on October 5, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Diana Louise Pulich
Oct 4, 2025
Diana was born July 20, 1951 in Harlowton, Wheatland County, Montana, one of the first six babies born in the new hospital. She was the daughter of Clarence Malone Fulton (1926-2011), and Bettie Louise (Grow) Fulton (1930-2014), and the sister of Tom Fulton (wife Jeanne). As an Army brat, Diana moved frequently living in Harlowton from 1951 to 1958,...
Michael Thomas Gronneberg
Oct 3, 2025
Michael Gronneberg, 35, of Helena, Montana passed away on October 3, 2035. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Kimberly Lane Hoffmann (Hamlin)
Oct 2, 2025
Kimberly Lane Hoffmann (Hamlin), 62, passed away on October 2nd, 2025. She was born on July 24th, 1963, in Highland Park, MI, to Jerry Kelley and Ardis Bailey (Kettler). Kimberly was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend whose love and laughter touched everyone around her.
She grew up in Michigan and made Montana her home after...
David Williams
Sep 29, 2025
David Williams, 78, of Helena, Montana passed away on September 29, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Linda Schofield
Sep 29, 2025
Linda Schofield, 78, of Helena, Montana passed away on September 29, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Edward Lee Drydale
Sep 29, 2025
Edward Drydale, 83, of Helena, Montana passed away on September 29, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Heather Christine Gingras
Sep 27, 2025
Heather Gingras, 41, of Helena, MT passed away on September 27, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Eric David Boudette
Sep 25, 2025
Eric Boudette, 64, of Clancy, MT passed away on September 25, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Peter Martin Elliott
Sep 24, 2025
Peter Elliott, 67, of Helena, Montana passed away on September 24, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Larry Wayne Martin Sr
Sep 23, 2025
Larry Martin Sr, 70, of Helena, Montana passed away on September 23, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Grace Elizabeth Francis Inglese
Sep 20, 2025
Grace Inglese, 22, of Helena, Montana passed away on September 20, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
James Porter Shaver
Sep 19, 2025
James Shaver, 91, of Montana City, Montana passed away on September 19, 2025. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.
Doris Eva Levandowski
Sep 18, 2025
Doris Levandowski was born in Yakima, WA on February 18, 1947, to William Earl Warfield and Charlene Hope Haller. They moved to Lewistown in 1949. They lived with her grandfather on a small farm. She attended school in Lewistown, graduating from Fergus County High School in 1965. She received her nursing degree for LPN from Helena Tech in 1972....
Sharon Lee Avery
Sep 17, 2025
It is with saddened hearts that on September 17, 2025 our family lost a beautiful soul. Sharon Lee Avery passed away as a result of many health challenges. She died peacefully at home with her family at her side. She now moves about the Heavens free of pain and discomfort.
Sharon was born on May 29, 1944....
Gail Marie Byler
Sep 11, 2025
Gail Marie Vohnson Byler departed her earthly body to be with her Heavenly Father and Jesus, on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 3:05 pm, in Helena, Montana, with her youngest daughter Jennifer, by her side.
Gail Marie Vohnson was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota on April 27, 1939 to Einer and Rose (Becker) Vohnson, joining her older...


