Local Obituaries for Families in Beaverhead County
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...
Gerald Manners
June 21, 2023
Gerald Wesley Manners Jr passed away at Pioneer Care and Rehab in Dillon, Montana on 06/21/2023 7:39 AM. He was born on 04/08/1955 to Gerald Wesley Manners Sr. and Betty Mae Manners in Aberdeen, Washington He was raised in Shelton, Elma, Aberdeen, and many other places. He went to Elma high school. He was a Mechanic and loved to work...
Wayne Smetanka
June 21, 2023
On June 21, 2023, Wayne Smetanka entered into that undiscovered country from whose born no traveler returns. He was born January 26, 1936 in Sugar Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, often called Rocky Grove. His parents, Andrew and Eleanor, lived there until 1939 when the family moved to Warren, PA. He was raised a Pennsylvania deer hunter and graduated from...
Darlene Hill
June 16, 2023
Darlene Lee Hill was born on September 28, 1938 to Oliver L. and Nora Lucille Marsing in Salmon, Idaho and passed away at Renaissance Senior Care on June 16, 2023 in Dillon, Montana.Darlene had many interests in Dillon and surrounding communities. She was active with the local square dancing club traveling to many nationwide events, sewed western wear for her...
Louise Hager
June 14, 2023
Louise M. Hager was born on March 23, 1933 to Oliver and Bella Meeds in Dillon, MT joining older brother Carl. Two years later she was blessed with a younger sister, Helen, who became her lifelong confidant and best friend. Two more brothers, Glen and Albert, joined them. She grew up in Dillon, Armstead, Lima, and Monida. She graduated as...
Norman Layland
June 13, 2023
He was born the 3rd child of 4 to Lee Roy and Norma Grace (Goodrick) Layland on Oct 17th 1955 at the hospital in Montpelier ID. That was the closest hosp. to the ranch Roy was working on in WY. It was a good thing that he was at the hosp. because during the delivery the umbilical cord had become...
Craig Kirby
June 13, 2023
Craig Kirby Passed away at his home in Dillon, Montana Tuesday, June 13th at the age of 66. Craig was born in Santa Cruz, California to Shirley and Richard Kirby on May 23rd, 1957 at Dominican Hospital. He was a graduate of Soquel High School, upon graduating went to work as a carpenter. Craig retired from Slatter Construction of Santa...
Neal Bridgewater
June 9, 2023
Neal Eugene Bridgewater was born on March 26,1951 to Lester and Juanita Bridgewater in Anaconda, Montana and passed away at home on June 9, 2023 in Dillon, Montana.Although his childhood wasn’t easy, he didn’t dwell on the bad but loved to tell stories of the “naughty“ things he and his brother would do. Like the time his little brother Randy...
