All Obituaries

Doris Smith Bradshaw, 90, passed away on May 17, 2022 at The Pines of Mission assisted living facility in St. Ignatius Montana.  She was born on June 18, 1931 in Beaver, Utah to LeRoy Smith and Velva A. Wilson.  She grew up in Beaver, Utah where she later met and married Vernile (Vern) Bradshaw on Dec. 10, 1949.  They were later sealed for time and all eternity on Oct. 24, 1968 in the Cardston, Alberta temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...

Carl Eugene Sirucek, age 88, passed away May 16, 2022 at Bee Hive Homes in Kalispell, MT. A graveside service will be held Friday, May 20, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Ronan Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home.

On June 26, 1983 in Midland, Texas, one of the kindest, most compassionate little girls, Samantha Lynn Cooper began her life. Sam grew up in West Texas with her big sister, Amanda Kay Cooper and her baby brother Steven Ray Cooper, II.  They all three had a very special bond, but as sisters do, Sam and Amanda had a very close relationship.  Of course, there was sibling rivalry but, no situation nor distance could keep the three from being with or there for one another. Samantha...

Lee Roy McCollum passed away on April 21, 2022, of natural causes with his wife by his side at the age of 90. Lee was born June 26, 1931, to Roy and Helen McCollum in St. Ignatius, Montana.  The oldest boy of his seven siblings, he was always a hard worker. In 1949, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the Army and would represent his country in Okinawa.  During his time in the service, he sent money home to help provide for his family.  Little did he know that his father was...

Gregory Thomas Hindle, age 58, passed away April 18, 2022 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mt. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home.

Melva June (Nebeker) McClain, 86, of Bigfork, Montana passed away April 17, 2022 at St Joseph Hospital in Polson. June was born June 26, 1935 to Clyde and Uldene (Hawkins) Nebeker in Twin Falls, Idaho. She met and married Keith McClain October 31, 1951. To this union 3 sons were born Hank, Randy, and Brett. As well as taking care of 3 boys she worked and retired from First Security Bank in Helena MT.  June was an artist of various media; ceramics, painting, and quilting, all of which...

Dorothy Salomon passed away on April 13th, 2022, in the assisted living facility at which she resided for the past 6 years.  She was 83 years old.  Dorothy entered the world on October 15th, 1938 being born in Annville, Pennsylvania, to her parents Leroy and Kathryn Kincel.  She was their first child.   The family relocated to the Mission Valley in Montana around 1947, when Mom was 9 years old, settling on a ranch in Round Butte.  Mom attended Ronan High School a...

A life spanning from the year 1919 in a small town in Yugoslavia through Ellis Island, Chicago, Wyoming, and Montana to this year, 2022 has ceased and the contributions of another member of the Greatest Generation are complete. Katherine Elizabeth Burghardt Feiter Schnase, reaching her way into a second century at the age of 102, passed away Monday evening, April 5, 2022 at St. Joseph Hospital in Polson, Mt. Katherine was born to Philip and Elizabeth Burghardt on December 30, 1919 in...

Kenneth L. Cornelius passed away on March 28, 2022, at Logan Health in Kalispell, Montana after sustaining serious injury from a bicycle accident. He was surrounded by the love of his wife and children. Ken was born in Ronan, Montana on November 5, 1960, to Lawrence and Lorraine (Salomon) Cornelius as the fifth and youngest child in the family. He grew up on his father’s dairy farm in Round Butte and graduated from Ronan High School in 1979. He began college at Montana State...

Helen Sagen Lutton, age 89, passed away Monday, March 28, 2022 at St. Luke Extended Care. Helen was born November 6, 1932 in Kalispell, Montana to Knute and Mary Johanna Sagen. She graduated from Ronan High School in 1950. Helen married Richard on August 28, 1953 in Coeur d’Alene Idaho. She was a stay-at-home mom who was always there for her five kids. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents, four sisters, Evelyn, Anna, Myrtle, and Eleanor, as well as four brothers,...