Obituaries
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Billy Earl Butts, 89
Billy Earl Butts went to his heavenly home on Sept. 3, 2019 after a long and wonderful life and a short battle with cancer. We were able to celebrate his 90th …
Harry 'Bucky' Puryer Jr., 77
Harry “Bucky” Puryer Jr. was born Oct. 19, 1941, to Harry Puryer and Anna Ashlaw in Hopkinton, New York.
Barbara Swartzenberger Fleming, 70
Barbara Swartzen-berger Fleming, 70, passed away on Sept. 10, 2019, at her home surrounded by close family.
Rita Mae Otten, 70
The angels came and took Rita Mae Otten on Aug. 31, 2019.
Clara Lee Wells Constantine, 76
Clara Lee Wells Constantine passed away peacefully Sept. 4, 2019, at The HealthCenter of a stroke. She was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but was sp…
Silas Michael Schwarz, 20
Silas Michael Schwarz passed away Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. After several years of challenges with seizures while sleeping, Friday morning he did not awaken.
Michael Stoken, 65
Michael Stoken, 65, passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. You may not have known him but he made your life better.
Judith Lynn Pennington, 73
Heaven just received a beautiful angel:
Richard William 'Rich' Cavalar, 88
Richard William “Rich” Cavalar, 88, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.
Gilbert W. Washburn, 73
Gilbert Welles Washburn passed away at his residence in Columbia Falls on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at 73 years of age.
Carleen Erickson Thomas, 62
Carleen Erickson Thomas, A Proverbs 31: Woman, beloved wife, daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and friend, joined her heavenly Father on Sept. 2, 2019, aft…
Harold Dwane Oney, 87
Harold Dwane Oney, 87, passed away peacefully at the Montana Veterans Home on Sept. 3, 2019.
Annette Jeanne Craig Smith, 61
Annette Jeanne Craig Smith, 61, known to most as Annie, began her journey across the Big River the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Her daughter Ellie, brothe…
Bob Anderson, 64
With love, and broken hearts, we say farewell for now to one of the hardest working and strongest men we have ever known. Bob Anderson, passed away with his ch…
Daniel David Donahue, 86
Dan passed away at his home in Whitefish Sept. 2, 2019, at age 86.