Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Helena, Montana

And the Surrounding Areas

Leslie  Richard Lyle

Leslie Richard Lyle

Dec 2, 2020

Leslie Richard Lyle of Helena passed away peacefully in his home on December 2nd , 2020. He was born on September 18th, 1928 in Helena, Montana, son of Mabel Roberts Lyle and Leslie Thomas Lyle.Les grew up in the charming family home at 1815 Jerome Place in Helena, Montana. At the age 7, Les vividly recalls evacuating their home during...

John  Robert Whalen

John Robert Whalen

Dec 1, 2020

John Robert Whalen, 79, of Clancy, Montana, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Betty  Eleanora Smith

Betty Eleanora Smith

Dec 1, 2020

Betty Eleanora Smith, 94, of Elliston, MT passed away December 1, 2020 at Beehive Assisted Living in Helena. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and she passed away peacefully in her sleep with her daughter by her side. Betty was born in Quincy, IL on July 9,1926 and moved to Elliston with her parents, Sam and Ethel White,...

Agnes  J. Schendel

Agnes J. Schendel

Nov 30, 2020

Agnes J. Schendel, 74, of Helena, Montana passed away Monday, November 30, 2020. Aggie passed away of complications from Covid-19 at her nursing home in Helena. She was born May 9, 1946 to Frank and Anne Fenwick in Billings, Montana. Her family has a small farm outside of Huntley, Montana and she spoke of it fondly. Her father later got...

Richard  Raynold Diehl

Richard Raynold Diehl

Nov 30, 2020

Richard Raynold Diehl was born April 30, 1946, in Helena, Montana, the fifth son of George Diehl and Elizabeth Helfert. Raised on the family farm in East Helena, he attended East Helena schools and graduated from Helena High School in 1965.In 1975, he married Julie Dagnall with whom he had two children, Jannice Marie and Matthew Frank. They later divorced....

Peter  J. Heintz

Peter J. Heintz

Nov 29, 2020

Peter J. Heintz, 49, of Helena, Montana passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Hazel  Dolores Eanes

Hazel Dolores Eanes

Nov 26, 2020

Hazel Dolores Eanes, 85, of Helena, Montana passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Nick Richard "Rick" Kravas

Nick Richard "Rick" Kravas

Nov 24, 2020

Nick Richard "Rick" Kravas, 68, of Helena, Montana passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Melanie  Renee Dart

Melanie Renee Dart

Nov 24, 2020

Melanie Renee Dart, 59, of Townsend, Montana passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

John  Boardman Cottrell  Iii

John Boardman Cottrell Iii

Nov 23, 2020

John Boardman Cottrell III, 80, of Helena, Montana passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

David  Verlon Cline

David Verlon Cline

Nov 23, 2020

David Verlon Cline, 57, Resident of Helena Montana, passed away peacefully Monday November 23rd, 2020 at ST. Peters Hospital in Helena Montana. He was born March 5, 1963 in Cynthiana Kentucky to James and Darlene Cline. In his youth, he travelled and schooled overseas and various places in the United States as his father served in the US Navy. His...

Lavonne  Irene Tew

Lavonne Irene Tew

Nov 22, 2020

Surrounded by loved ones in her daughter's home in Helena, Montana, LaVonne Irene Tew lost her battle with metastatic breast cancer, at the age of 87, on Sunday, November 22, 2020.LaVonne was born on March 16, 1933, to Ray and Elta Drewry in Circle, Montana. Havingspent most of her childhood on the family ranch 30 miles NW of Circle, LaVonne...

Kathleen  Fay Demers

Kathleen Fay Demers

Nov 21, 2020

Kathleen Bauer Wilson DeMers, 68, of Jefferson City, Montana passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Kathleen was born in Helena and raised on a ranch in the Elk Horn Mountains. She did her schooling in Clancy and Boulder. Much of her adult life was spent working at Alhambra where she cooked and later worked as a CNA.Kathleen loved animals...

Sally Bratlien

Sally Bratlien

Nov 21, 2020

Sally Bratlien, 78, of Helena, Montana passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Robert  L. Summers

Robert L. Summers

Nov 20, 2020

Robert L. Summers, 91, of Helena, Montana passed away on Friday November 20, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

Timothy  John Meloy

Timothy John Meloy

Nov 20, 2020

TJMTimothy John Meloy died at home on Friday, November 20, five months after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. He was born in Helena on February 5, 1945, to Harriett Cruttenden Meloy and Peter G. Meloy, the second of five kids. He graduated from Helena High School with the class of 1963, attended college at UC Riverside, interned for Senator...

Dorothy Debus

Dorothy Debus

Nov 18, 2020

Dorothy Bower Debus, age 84, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Touchmark in Helena, Montana, where she had been residing since June of 2020.Dorothy Mae Bower was born in the Donahue Hospital in New Rockford, North Dakota on January 9, 1936 to Lewis W. and Mabel A. (Neer) Bower, the second of three children. She was raised and attended...

Gene  Richard Meredith

Gene Richard Meredith

Nov 18, 2020

Gene Richard Meredith, 62, of Deer Lodge, Montana passed away on Wednesday, November 18th, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.

John  Darrell Turman

John Darrell Turman

Nov 18, 2020

John Darrell Turman (71) died from respiratory failure due to COVID-19 on November 18, 2020 at the VA Medical Center-Fort Harrison, Montana.John was born on September 2, 1949 at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL as a fourthgeneration native Floridian. He was predeceased by his father Lloyd Hendricks Turman, De Queen, AR; mother Myrtis Bennett Turman, Port Orange, FL. and sister...

Larry  Rogers King

Larry Rogers King

Nov 17, 2020

Larry Rogers King, 80, of Arlee, Montana passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Simple Cremation Montana has assisted the family.