Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County

July 20, 2015

Ruth “Pat” Wheeler (Redfield) passed away peacefully July 20, 2015 in Dillon, MT due to complications of heart failure. She was 88. Ruth was born January 27, 1927 in Twin Bridges, MT to her parents, Ralph and Clara Redfield. She was the oldest of seven children. Surviving, siblings are: Betty Rampy, Robert Redfield, Shirley Magnus, and Keith Redfield. Soon after...

July 14, 2015

June 27, 2015

William "Scotty" Kerr Park passed away at the age of 95 on June 27, 2015 in Dillon, Montana.  He was born to James and Jean Ross Park on May 20, 1920 at Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland. William married Margaret Graham on February 16, 1940 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.  They later were sealed as a family in the Salt Lake City, Utah...

June 25, 2015

Betty Jo Holland, 92, of Dillon, Montana, died of natural causes, June 25, 2015 at the LEGACY Assisted Living facility, in Dillon surrounded by her family. She was born December 15, 1922 in Thompson Falls, Montana to John and Irene Severson. She attended school in Hot Springs, MT.  In 1942 she married Ed Borders, and they had Elden C. (Bub)...

June 23, 2015

Otto John Bossert, known to his friends as "Dutch" was born April 12, 1924 in Red Lodge, Montana, second son of German immigrants Marie Bossert and Adolph Bossert.  He attended Carbon County  High School.  In January of 1944 at the age of 19 he enlisted in the United States Navy.  He served on the USS President Monroe, an attack transport,...

June 16, 2015

William C. "Bill" O'Connor died peacefully at Barrett Memorial Hospital in Dillon, Montana on June 16, 2015 at the age of 79. Bill was born on April 20, 1936 in Culbertson, Montana to Leo and Caroline (Cattaneo) O'Connor. He was the youngest of 17 brothers, sisters and cousins who grew up together on a cattle ranch in northeastern Montana. He...

June 7, 2015

Franklin "Don" Westad was born September 19th 1936 in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota and passed away on June 7th 2015 in Meridian Idaho surrounded by his wife, daughter, son-in law and 2 grand-kids. Don was a gentle giant who stood 6'6" tall. He loved and doted on his family, putting their needs above all else. He was hardworking and quite generous....

June 6, 2015

Alice Helen Ryan was born September 21, 1920 in Erie, PA to Richard Walter and Frederika Carolina Miller Kissman.  Alice died peacefully in Dillon, Montana on D-Day, June 6, 2015.  She was one of 9 children, all who have preceded her in death.  She married Paul Earnest Schnabel in Erie on September 10, 1943.  Their daughter, Janet (Schuetz) of Dillon,...

June 4, 2015

May 28, 2015

Betty Lee Harrison Pierce passed away peacefully May 28th 2015 at Parkview Acres Nursing Home.  Betty was born 05 November 1923 to Pauline and Homer Harrison.  She attended Dillon schools and graduated in 1941 from BCHS.  After high school she worked as a dental assistant for Dr. R.D. Curry and also worked at BCHS as a secretary. In 1945 she...

May 25, 2015

Estelle Blomquist went home to be with her Lord, May 25th, 2015.  She died at Barrett Hospital from complications of a fall.  She was surrounded by her family. Born November 5, 1929 the eldest child of RD and Cora (Berry) Marchesseault, she was raised on a ranch in the Grasshopper Valley.  As a youth during haying season she drove a...

May 12, 2015

C. Larry Bradley, Dillon Montana passed away May 12, 2015 at Kindred Health Care. Larry was born to Clarence and Lena Bradley January 28, 1928 in Pocatello Idaho. He met LaVerne Poole in Pocatello, they married May 13, 1949. Larry served in the Navy, was at the Bikini Island atomic bomb test in 1946.  He worked as a machinist in...

May 3, 2015

Stanley "Jack" Ripley, 76, of Dillon, passed away on May 3rd surrounded by his loving family following complications from surgery in Missoula.  Jack was born in Jamestown, North Dakota on August 4th, 1938 and graduated from high school at the age of 16.  He worked for Al Tescher who took him under his wing on a ranch in The Badlands...

May 2, 2015

Jacqueline Lee Eddie died at home on May 2nd at the age of 80. Jackie was born on September 12,1934 at her aunt's home in Miles City, Mt. She was the oldest daughter of Lloyd "Red" and Evelyn Dodd. She moved numerous times with her parents as they searched for work. Before her family settled in Dillon in 1938 her...

April 25, 2015

MELROSE ~ Ann Kearns passed away on April 25th at the age of 90.   She was born in Salmon, Idaho on March 1, 1925 as the second of five children of Jack and Slava Jakovac. Later, she called Melrose, Montana home when she moved to the Kearns Ranch to join her husband Jack. It was here where she raised her...

April 25, 2015

DILLON ~ Pedro Rosas Martinez, 50 of Tepic, Nayarit MEXICO died in an accident on a  Ranch SE of Dillon on Saturday, April 25, 2015.   He was born August 19, 1964 in Tepic, Nayarit MEXICO to Ernesto Rosas Garcia & Regina Martinez Uribe.   Pedro had worked on the Erb ranch for the past 7 years and had recently returned from...

April 19, 2015

GLEN~ Deanna Lee Reynolds of Glen, MT. passed away Sunday April 19th from cancer.   She was born in Flint, Michigan on April 3, 1958.  Moved to God's Country in 2008. Survived by husband Terry Reynolds; mother Donna Bozung; father Dale Bozung; brother Derrick Bozung and wife sandy;  son Tony Evertts & wife Erica; grandchildren Meadow and Weston, along with several...

April 16, 2015

George Fred Needens was born June 29th, 1922, in Hardin, Montana, and died at April 16th, 2015 (age 92 years, 9 months, and 18 days) at the Missouri River Care & Rehabilitation Center in Great Falls, Montana after a progressive battle with dementia. The fifth of eight children born to Jacob Needens & Amalia "Molly" (Müller) Needens--both natives of Gnadentau,...

April 4, 2015

Wayve Marie Boyd Wayve Marie Boyd passed away on April 4, 2015.   She was born in 1925 to Theora Mercer Boyd (Nolte) and C. C. Boyd of Twin Bridges.   Wayve's early childhood was spent on a small family ranch on the Big Hole River.  When she was about four, the family relocated to Silver Star.  A few years later, Wayve...

March 7, 2015

John T. Nelson "Tom" passed away peacefully at his home in Dillon, Montana on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the age of nearly 89. Tom is survived by his children, Sandee Nelson of Wisdom, Jacqi (Sean) Dickens of Dillon & Teddy (Lee Anne) Nelson of Darrouzett, TX; siblings, Jay of Jackson & Bill of Missoula. Grandchildren, Reba (Scott) Campbell, Shelby,...