Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County
Rebecca Wessler
October 27, 2017
Rebecca "Becky" Jean Wessler's spirit has left this physical world to dance with angels in Heaven. On Oct. 27th, 2017, Becky passed away from natural causes at her home in Anaconda, MT where she has resided for the last couple of years since moving from Ogden, UT in 2015. Rebecca Jean Wessler was born to Ronald George and Frances Rene...
Gaspar Corona
October 14, 2017
Gaspar Corona, 43 years of age of May, Idaho the Pahsimeroi Valley, passed away October 14, 2017. Gaspar was born on March 9, 1974 in San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico the son of Luis and Marcelina (Bobadilla) Corona. He moved to California with his family when he was seven years old. Growing up he loved to watch the Chicago Bulls play...
Joe Hayes
October 14, 2017
Joe Aldon Hayes passed away in a motorcycle accident in Kendall Co, Ill. where he was working. Joe was Harold and Alice Hayes’s first born child. He entered this world January 23, 1955, in Brawley, CA. Joe had an honorable belief that hard work, equal play time and loving his family was the way to have a full rich life....
James McAndrews
October 9, 2017
James Robert McAndrews born July 12, 1937 to Beryl and Walter McAndrews of Anaconda, MT. He passed away peacefully at his home, in Dillon, MT on October 9, 2017. Jim graduated from Anaconda High School and shortly thereafter joined the USMC where he served for four years, met, and married his wife Shirley. Jim and Shirley lived in the Grasshopper...
Dennis Clark
October 5, 2017
Dennis Clark passed away at his residence in Dillon, MT on 5 October 2017. Dennis was born 4 February 1947 to Kenneth and Marcie Clark. He was the fourth of eleven children. Dennis attended grade school in Dell, Armstead, and Lima. He graduated from Lima High School in May 1965. Upon graduation Dennis spent a few years living in Butte....
Duane Eller
October 4, 2017
Duane Dale Eller of Dillon Montana passed away October 4, 2017 after a long courageous battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was born April 5, 1944 in Grangeville Idaho to Dale and Willetta (Carlson) Eller. He attended grade school and high school in Nezperce Idaho. During high school he worked for the state of Idaho and when he turned 18...
Marian Seeds
October 2, 2017
Marian L. Seeds age 75 of Dillon, Montana. Former resident of Coatesville Pennsylvania died October 2, 2017. She was the wife of John A. Seeds with whom she shared 57 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Delmont F. Clement and Ethel Newport Clement. She was employed by Krapf Bus Company for 28...
Linda Cruz
September 25, 2017
Linda Darlene Rand Cruz passed away on September 25, 2017 due to a long illness. Linda was born to Jerry Russell and Juanita Cubbison on February 04,1950. Linda was raised in Billings Mt. she married Israel Cruz in Dillon Mt. and resided in Bay City Or. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, and is survived by her husband...
Vivian Sullender
September 20, 2017
Vivian Sullender passed away on September 20, 2017 at St. James Hospital in Butte, Mt. one day after her 84th birthday, following a short illness. She was born in Whitehall, Mt the youngest of nine children to John H Sullender and Myrtle Grace Switzler. At the age of ten, upon the death of her mother, Vivian moved into her sister's...
Charlotte Bianchi
September 19, 2017
Charlotte Bianchi’s spirit was released and she passed through that great opening to heaven, on September 19, 2017. She was born in Hopedale Labrador, Newfoundland March 16, 1931. As a young woman, Charlotte met and married a handsome serviceman; Everett “Ed” Bianchi. The young couple originally made their home in California, before moving to Montana in 1971. They were later...
James Corr
September 19, 2017
James Corr 1931-2017 Jim (Lefty) Corr, loving husband, father, teacher, artist, jock and coach passed away on September 19 doing what he loved…. walking down the ninth hole after a great drive. Jim was born on February 13, 1931 in Missoula, Montana. He was the oldest of five children. He and Bill Corr, Sister Marie Corr, Donna Byler, and Eilene...
Ronald Benson
September 16, 2017
Ronald A. Benson, 74, died September 16, 2017, in Dillon, Montana, after a battle with cancer. Ronald was born in Dillon on December 26, 1942, to Arnold G. and Cora (Anderson) Benson. A 1961 graduate of Beaverhead County High School, Ron served as President of the Future Farmers of America, the Student Body President, and during graduation was presented the...
Susan Eastman
September 14, 2017
Susan Jeanine “Sue” Eastman, 61 April 26, 1956 –September 14, 2017 Sue was born to Glen and Jeanine Eastman on April 26, 1956 in Evanston, Wyoming. Sue passed away on September 14, 2017 after a long illness. Sue graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1976. She became a Registered Nurse and worked...
Michael Corr
September 1, 2017
After surviving a tragic motorcycle accident which left him physically and mentally handicapped for over forty years, Mickey Corr took his big smile to heaven on September 1, 2017. Mickey is the son of Peg and Jim Corr of Dillon. He was born in Malta, Montana on October 21, 1954. He grew up in Joplin and Dillon, Montana where he...
Steven Vezina
August 31, 2017
Steven Don Vezina passed away on August 31, 2017 after battling cancer to a draw. Steve was born on April 25, 1959 in Salmon, Idaho to Alvin and Dorothy Vezina. He moved to Dillon at 8 years of age and graduated from Beaverhead County High School in 1977. He enrolled at Montana Tech for a year before deciding teaching was...
Ingrid Taylor
August 28, 2017
Ingrid Thilda (Cragholm) Taylor of Dillon, MT left for her final resting place on August 28th, 2017. Ingrid was born of Scandinavian ancestry to Col. Ellsworth A. Cragholm and Alice (Peterson) Cragholm on July 20th, 1943 in San Francisco, CA. She was reared and thrived in Dillon, MT as a youth. Ingrid would (after being Married) also live in Cut...
Brenda Eccleston Morstein
August 23, 2017
“An excellent wife who can find? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life” Prov 31:10-1. Brenda Glenn Eccleston Morstein died on August 23, 2017 due to complications from Alzheimer’s. Brenda was...
Roma Steele
August 20, 2017
Roma Nadine Steele (78) passed away peacefully in her sleep at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare on Aug 20, 2017. It was her 78th birthday. After a battle with a rare condition, autoimmune encephalitis, she went to Heaven surrounded by her loved ones. Roma was born August 20, 1939 in Parker, Arizona to Cecil "Smitty" Smith and Laura "Boots" Smith. Roma...
Carol Spencer
August 19, 2017
Carol “Jean” Spencer, 86 of Dillon, Montana passed away at the home of her daughter, surrounded by her family on August 19, 2017. She was born on January 16, 1931 in Polk County, Wisconsin to Albert and Alice Peterson. She was married briefly to C. Ashlocke then divorced and married to David Spencer. She was blessed with 6 children and...
Janet Schuetz
August 18, 2017
Janet L. Schuetz. After a gallant fight with cancer, Jan entered God’s Kingdom on August 18, 2017. She was born on January 22, 1948 in Erie, PA. Her husband Ken and sister MaryEllen Schmidt survive. A celebration of her life will be held in Dillon at Grace United Methodist Church on September 15, 2017 at 2:00 pm. Jan graduated from...
