Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County
Harrison Howard
September 21, 2023
April 24, 1931 – September 21, 2023 Jack Howard passed away on September 21, 2023. Jack was born in SidneyMontana to Ray and Esther Howard. He graduated from Beaverhead County HighSchool and lived nearly all his life in Montana. Jack married Arletta (Leta) Wright at the First Baptist Church on August 19, 1951.They had three children, Ray, Beth (JR Moore)...
Carl Kluesner
September 16, 2023
Carl Eugene Kluesner, a long-time resident of Lima, Montana, passed away peacefully on September 16, 2023 in his favorite chair. He was 85 years old.Born on June 29, 1938, in Blackfoot, Idaho, Carl was the son of William Louis and Cora May (Daffin) Kluesner. His family moved to Lima, Montana when he was young. He grew up in Lima, graduated...
Richard Rankin
September 15, 2023
Richard J. Rankin entered eternal peace on September 15, 2023, just ahead of his 91stbirthday, passing peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. Cremation has taken place. A memorialceremony will be held at the Brundage Funeral Home on Veteran’s Day, Dick and Donna’s 61stwedding anniversary, November 11, 2023 at 11 AM.Born in Mingo, Iowa on September 27, 1932, Dick moved...
Calvin Zimdars
September 1, 2023
Calvin Charles Zimdars, 56, of Glen, Montana, vanished without a trace on December 1,2017. Calvin was born September 14, 1961 to Julius ‘Jupe’ and Ardus Zimdars in Big Timber,Montana, he was the eighth child of eleven siblings.Calvin attended school in Big Timber and graduated from the Sweet Grass County HighSchool in 1980. He participated in basketball, football, FFA, and rodeo...
Velda Jones
August 31, 2023
Velda “Lee” Jones, 84, of Dillon, Montana, passed away Thursday, August 31st, 2023 in the company of her loving family.Lee was born August 14, 1940, to Don and Jeanne (LeClair) Robinette in Ballentine, MT. She was raised on a ranch in the Huntley area and graduated from high school in 1958. She met Bruce, the love of her life in...
John Seeds
August 26, 2023
John A. Seeds, age 83 of Dillon, Montana. Former resident of Coatesgville, Pennsylvania died August 26, 2023. He was the husband of the late Marian Clement Seeds with whom he had shared 57 years of marriage before her passing in 2017. Born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Joseph and Maude Lewis Seeds. John worked for...
John Edgerly
August 15, 2023
John Loved Fishing BestA private man, a man who preferred to spend as much of his time in nature, often in solitude. Born in Boston to an Irish woman he would never know, moved to foster homes until the age of six when he and his fraternal twin brother were given new names and adopted Ron and Marjorie Edgerly living...
Michael Thomas
August 9, 2023
Michael Richard Thomas was born on April 8, 1940 in Fairfield, Connecticut, sharing a birthday with the legendary Thoroughbred, Three Bars. Between 1943-44, Mike spent a year and a half in an experimental hospital with advanced kidney disease. He was not expected to live. It came down to an experimental drug that at the time would prove to be either...
Tate Raymond
August 7, 2023
Tate Raymond of Wisdom, MT was born January 15, 2002 in Butte, Montana. He passed away August 7, 2023 in Jackson, MT from an ATV accident. In his short time here, Tate lived a life full of adventure. His infectious laugh and fun loving personality won the hearts of all who knew him. From the time he was a young...
Robert Wilke
August 6, 2023
Robert “Bob” Allen Wilke, 85, a life-long resident of Wisdom, MT, passed away August 6, 2023. Born May 21,1938 on the family ranch on Steele Creek, Bob spent his entire life in the Big Hole Valley. Growing up on the ranch instilled in him a determined work ethic and an extraordinary ability to fix or build anything. Starting off building...
Ellen Irene Cooksey
August 2, 2023
Ellie Irene Cooksey, 88, of Dillon, Montana, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at home surrounded by family. Ellie was born April 2, 1935, to Jerry and Alta (Goldsby) Lynch in Dodge City, KS. She was one of four children. She made it through the 8th grade and then had to take care of her mother who was diagnosed with...
Candice Dahl
July 30, 2023
Candice Marie Dahl Candice Marie Dahl, 42, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2023, in Boise, Idaho with family and friends at her side, after unexpectedly being admitted to the ICU unit at Saint Alphonsus Hospital. She was born February 14th 1981 as a valentine gift to her mother Beverly (Miller) Dahl and her father Terrold Dahl. She was the youngest...
James Jordan
July 24, 2023
James Laurence (Larry) Jordan, was born September 16, 1936 and passed away July24, 2023 at the age of 86.Larry was born in Meeker Colorado in a log cabin to Raymond (Ray) and Ethal Jordan.He was the first of four children. He lived on the family ranch on Morapos. For the firstthree years of his education, Larry would ride five miles,...
Anthony Wall
July 23, 2023
Anthony Curtis Wall, the son of Anthony and Phyllis Wall of Belt, Mt, passed away in his sleep on July 23, 2023 in Dillon, Mt. He had many interests and passions, but foremost was his desire to be a firefighter. This desire started in high school where he was a junior firefighter with the Belt Volunteer Fire Department and continued...
James Hale
July 20, 2023
James “Jim” Clayton Hale, 78, of Dillon, Montana passed away, Thursday, July 20 th , 2023, at Beehive Assisted Living. Jim was born December 9th , 1944, to Royale and Jewel Nester in Kalispell, Montana. After moving around during his childhood, they finally settled in Butte, Montana. He attended Emerson Grade School, East Junior High and graduated from Butte High...
Laurie Pyle
July 19, 2023
Laurie Lee Pyle completed her race and went home with Jesus her Lord and Savior July 19, 2023. Laurie is survived by her mother, Mary (Nicholson, Flower) Pyle, her best friends Tanya (Rose) Curtis and Holly Randoll, and her Godson, Nickolas Deckert. She was preceded in death by her father, William Flower, and close friend Virginia Munez. Laurie was born...
David Stephens
July 13, 2023
David K. Stephens passed away at age 84 on July 13th, 2023. David was born January 27th, 1939,in Helena to William Argyl Stephens and Ellen Amanda Rasmussen Stephens. David was raised on the Sunnyslope Ranch at Wisdom. It took a village to keep him in line after the untimely death of his dear mother. He attended school in Wisdom and...
Eugene Longie
July 2, 2023
Eugene Longie passed away at his home on July 2nd 2023. He was born in Poplar Montana on January 30th 1950 to Albert & Eva Longie. He graduated from Beaverhead County High School in 1969. In 1970 he was drafted into the Army & was sent to Vietnam until 1972. He met his wife Wanda Nudd and they were soon...
Sylvia Roberts
July 2, 2023
Sylvia Ibey Roberts passed away Sunday, July 2, 2023, at the age of 85 years. She was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on January 19, 1938. She was the only child of Dan and Sybil Ibey. Sylvia was raised in Enfield, New Hampshire until she was eleven years old. She loved her childhood there surrounded by her grandmother Nellie Ibey,...
Anthony Larsen
July 1, 2023
Anthony (“Tony”) Larsen was the sixth of seven children growing up on a small family farm in Nebraska. Like his brothers before him, at 18 he left the farm to serve in the military, where he learned surveyor skills in the effort to rebuild Germany. It was here, a stone’s throw from the Iron curtain, that he met his life...
