Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County
Dorothy Newman
July 29, 2022
Dorothy Ann Newman, 89, of Dillon passed away Friday, July 29 th , 2022, at Pioneer Care and Rehabilitation. She was born December 7 th , 1932, to William and Laura (Nash) Brown in Hamilton City, CA. She attended Hamilton High School and then married her first husband Bell Robinson and had two children Carol and Craig. After their separation...
Howard Hughes
July 26, 2022
Howard Lloyd “Bud” Hughes passed away at home surrounded by his family and friends on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. “Bud” or “Buddy” as those who knew and loved him was preceded in death by his father Howard Lloyd “Shorty” Hughes, his mother Eunice Erlandsen, his stepfather Noel Kay and his brother Orv Chapman. He is survived by his siblings: Gary...
Melvyn Harris
July 23, 2022
Melvyn Lewis Harris was born in Brooklyn, NY on October 16, 1947 to Gertrude and Mack Harris. He loved growing up inn Borough Park with a large and close family. Stickball, hit the penny and the Dodgers filled his childhood. Summers in Miami made it a lifelong love. He graduated from Brooklyn College of Pharmacy and left to seek his...
Cheri Pulley
July 11, 2022
Cheri LaRae Pulley, 74, of Lima, Montana, passed away Monday, July 11 th , 2022 at Barrett Hospital. Cheri was born June 14, 1948 to Randy Herrmann and LaRae (Rose) Herrmann in Mountain Home, ID. She graduated from Eldorado High School in Pollock Pines, California until finally settling in Emmett, Idaho where she met and married Tommy E. Pulley. Cheri...
Ronnie Norris
June 30, 2022
Ronnie Wade Norris, 79, of Dillon, passed away peacefully at home on June 30 th . After spending his youth in Melrose at the age of 17, Ronnie joined the Marines with 4 friends. When he returned home, he spent time as an underground miner, road construction and time with the railroad before starting his life long career as a...
Helen DeShoza
June 29, 2022
Helen DeShazo passed away at home June, 29, 2022 at age 86 Helen was born Oct. 28, 1935 in Butte to Clarence and Bess Warne Commons. She graduated from the Whittier Grade School and Butte High School. Helen and Donald H. DeShazo were married Sept. 6, 1953 in Butte. They had three daughters together and resided in Butte until 1966,...
Carson Hamilton
June 15, 2022
Carson Lawrence Hamilton passed away peacefully in the arms of his mother on June 15, 2022 at Primary Children’s Hospital. Carson was born on September 29, 2021 to Tyler and Caitlin Hamilton. He was a perfect soul in so many ways, born in an imperfect body. After a long battle with heart/lung disease, he was released from his body. Carson...
James Kajin
June 9, 2022
James Frank Kajin passed away on June 9 th , 2022. He was born on January 28 th , 1948 in Dillon, MT. The son of Mary Louise Punsy Kajin and William Kajin, he was a fourth generation Rancher. He had three children – Matt, Megan, and Michael by a previous marriage. He and Kate Mcdougal were married in October...
Betty Stokke
May 29, 2022
Betty Lou Stokke (Girlie) Passed away peacefully May 29, 2022 surrounded by her family. Betty was born June 5, 1938 in Forsyth, Montana to Earl (Muggs) and Ruth Cady. She was the 5th of 5 children. She attended high school in Colstrip, graduating in 1957. The first 5 years of her life she spent on Slaughter House Creek outside of...
Harold Brown
May 25, 2022
Harold C. Brown, beloved husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather and brother passed away peacefully in Dillon, Montana, with his loving wife, Linda by his side. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Lester Blaine Brown and Ella Casper Brown. Harold attended school in Ogden, Utah, and had deep roots in the Ogden and Heber Valley. As a young boy, barely a...
Theodore Bostwick
May 24, 2022
Theodore (Ted) Alfred Bostwick, 74, of Dillon, Montana peacefully passed away from cancer on May 24, 2022 at his home. Ted was born December 21, 1947 in Dillon Montana the youngest son of the late Gerald H and Marjorie E (Carroll) Bostwick. He attended school in Dillon and later helped his father in the family truck line business. While delivering...
Joyce Merrell
May 21, 2022
Joyce Adeline Merrell , 79 years, passed away Saturday, May 21st, 2022 at Barrett Hospital. Joyce was born December 11th, 1942 to Max Chester and Bonnie Dee (Cheney) Merrell in Dillon, MT. She was raised in Lima and graduated from Lima High school in 1961. She attended Montana State University and graduated in 1965. She was a member of the...
Henry Hugulet
May 21, 2022
Henry Louis Hugulet, ‘Hank’, passed away unexpectedly on May 21, 2022. He was born October 7, 1944 in Townsend, Montana to Walter Mack and Edith Gladys Hugulet. Hank and his family moved to Dillon in 1953. He attended Beaverhead Highschool. Hank married his highschool sweetheart, Linda Stocks and they shared their lives for 17 years bringing three creative children into...
Terril Atkins
May 17, 2022
Terril was born in Butte, MT on March 10, 1944; the first born to Erwin and Janet Christensen. In the coming years, siblings Walter and Pam joined the family in Dillon, MT. Terril was involved in many performing arts activities until she graduated from Beaverhead County High School in 1962. Her love of performing continued to the Pasadena Playhouse where...
