All Obituaries

Lorraine L. Cornelius, age 87, passed away March 4, 2021 at St. Luke Extended Care in Ronan, MT. A funeral service will be held at Faith Lutheran Church, time and date to be announced. Burial at Ronan Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home.

Ruth Lynn Morigeau, age 60, passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home.

Ladene Mortensen Hughes passed away peacefully on Tuesday February 24, 2021 at an extended care facility, in Ronan, Montana. Ladene was 95 years old, she was born November 30, 1925 in Salem (Rexburg), Idaho. She enjoyed working beside her father on the family farm. She attended elementary school in Salem and graduated from Sugar-Salem High School in Sugar City, Idaho. She attended and graduated from LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She met the love of her life, George Howard...

Franklin D. Clement, age 86, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Edgewood Vista in Kalispell, MT. Frank was born on October 26, 1934 in Grand Junction, TN to Leila and Robert Clement. He was the second youngest of eleven children, all of whom predeceased him. Frank went into the U.S. Navy at 17 and spent three years in Korea. He met and married his first wife Myrna in California and began a family. They divorced in 1974. He met and married Genevieve and they to Montana. He held...

Dennis Hauge, age 71, died on February 14th, 2021 in Ronan, MT. He was born March 15,1949 in Albert Lea, MN.  Dennis married Julie (Lawhorn) on July 18th, 1970 in Northwood, Iowa. They lived on his family farm where he farmed for 40 years.  After he made the decision to stop farming, he helped to build his dream home-a log house in the woods outside of Northwood. In 2003 Dennis was able to follow his lifelong dream of moving to Montana.  He was self-employed after moving to...

Frances Kuntz, age 87, passed away February 10, 2021 at Polson Health and Rehab. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral and Cremation Services.

Joyce Darlene Reznicsek, age 71, passed away January 27, 2021 at her residence. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home.

Sheila Schmitz Conner was born May 24, 1953 to Phillip and Florence Schmitz and joined siblings Cherryl, Dee, Phil (Butch) & Barb. She attended schools at Villa Ursula in St. Ignatius & Ronan graduating from Ronan High in 1971. Sheila continued her education at Montana State University in Bozeman and Eastern in Billings, graduating from Eastern Montana University with a degree in special education. She loved working with children with learning challenges, since she had dyslexia and...

Richard Lee Kerr, age 88, passed away January 15, 2021 at St. Luke Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home.

Judy Joy Granley Thingelstad, age 74, passed away January 15, 2021 at Hidden Meadow Memory Care. She was born on August 16, 1946 in Bagley MN not far from her father’s hometown (O’Lander and Shirley Granley).  She loved to play gently with her dolls and pretend to cook and iron.  She rode horses, swam in the lake, enjoyed fireworks, and was thrilled by the power of a thunderstorm.  After moving to Montana as a girl, she continued to enjoy all the lake activities,...