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Barbara Joan Gould, 98
Barbara Joan Gould, 98, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2026, in Billings.
Dorothy Louise Erickson, 83
On April 1, 2016, we said good-bye to our wonderful, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Dorothy Peterson “Dot” Erickson.
Rodney Wayne Amundson, 59
Rodney Wayne Amundson, 59, “went to meet our heavenly Father” on April 2, 2016.
Byron Henry Goe Jr., 74
Byron Henry Goe Jr., Army veteran and former resident of Columbia Falls, died on March 16, 2016. He was 74 years old.
Paula Altenburg, 87
Paula Altenburg, beloved mother, grandmother, wife and friend, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2016, in Kalispell, surrounded by family who will miss her dearl…
Frank E. Lochridge Jr., 91
Frank Lochridge passed away on April 1, 2016, in the presence of his loving caregivers at the Living Center in Stevensville. He was 91 years old.
Willard W. 'Bill' Hallstrom, 76
Willard “Bill” Hallstrom, 76, died in his home on April 7, 2016, in Kalispell from pancreatic cancer.
Natasha 'Tasha' Victoria Belston, 9
On March 24, 2016, “we lost our warrior Natasha Victoria Belston as she left her cocoon and became a beautiful butterfly.”
John 'JT' Polotto, 57
John “JT” Polotto passed away in Tucson, Arizona, on March 23, 2016, from brain cancer, with his wife Dawn and brother Mike by his side.
Barbara A. Dupont, 77
Barbara Ann Graham Dupont passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. She will be remembered by everyone who knew her as wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandma, “Meme…
Theodore F. 'Ted' Wirkus, 88
Dad was born on Jan. 27, 1928, (or 28-27-1 as he liked to tell people) in Minto, North Dakota, to Frank and Johanna Pokrzywinski Wirkus.
Hollie Genevieve Hoover, 101
Hollie Genevieve Hoover passed away at the age of 101, on March 29, 2016, in Deer Lodge, with her family by her side.
Patti Dimler-Hulett, 74
Our loving mother, Patti Dimler-Hulett, 74, passed away March 26, 2016.
Frank Wendell Phillips, 86
Frank Wendell Phillips, 86, passed away on March 29, 2016, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls.
Russell J. Ritter, 83
Russell J. Ritter, the former mayor of Helena and president of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, passed peacefully at his home in Helena on the mor…
Robert 'Dr. Bob' Shapiro, 92
Dr. Robert “Dr. Bob” Shapiro died peacefully on Tues., March 29, 2016.