Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Helena, Montana

And the Surrounding Areas

Joy Sue Bender

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...