All Obituaries

Gene A. Lutey, 88, of Anaconda, died Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula. Services are pending.

Mary Anne Laughlin Lazetich Young passed away peacefully in the presence of family on Sunday, May 15, 2022.  Mary was born at 602 Ash St. in Anaconda on September 18, 1924, to Irish immigrants Martin and Mary (Folan) Laughlin.  Mary attended St. Paul’s Parochial School and graduated in 1942 from St. Peter’s High School.  Following graduation from Butte Business College, she was employed by the Torgerson Brothers’ Intermountain Bus Lines, which provided her...

Mike Maciag, 62, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, May 14th of natural causes. Mike attended St. Paul’s Elementary School and was a graduate of Anaconda Senior High School. Mike loved all sports, especially baseball. He played Little-League baseball all through grade school and earned MVP honors several years while part of the league. Upon graduating high school, Mike worked a variety of jobs until finding his career in 1993, where Mike became a proud member of the IBEW. His...

Cecelia Joy Smith was born Feb 2, 1954 to Frank and Delores Smith. Cecilia received an LPN License and worked at Warm Springs until an injury forced her away from the job she loved.  She is preceded in death by her Father Frank Smith, Mother Delores Smith, sisters Frances Smith, and niece Vicki Smith.  Cecelia is survived by her sisters Mercedes Anderson, Squeakie Newman, brothers Danny Chladek and Kenny Smith, her daughter Mary Ellen, sons Frank and Jeremy and her beloved...

Dodge Kieran Leary passed in his sleep on May 6, 2022.  He was born on April 20, 1949 in Anaconda, MT, to William and Josephine (McGinley) Leary of Anaconda, MT.  Dodge spent his youth with his rough-and-tumble brothers, cousins and peers of Goosetown and in the heart of Anaconda, where family and picnics reigned supreme.  He often recalled a particular remark at one such rain-soaked picnic: “We’re living like kings, and we don’t even know it.” ...

  Few things are as wonderous and wild as Montana, but Mark Sweeney was. Mark was full of momentous energy, compassion, and unbridled ambition. Mark left this beautiful world abruptly May 6, 2022, from his home in Philipsburg, MT. While our hearts are broken, we are left comforted by his love, humor, and resilient passion to help others. Mark’s impact was significant. Our most precious memories of him will serve as inspiration to uplift those around us with laughter, kindness,...

Born October 4, 1943 in Italy to Antonio and Antonietta (Cosmini) Venturelli, Al was one of four boys. Al graduated from Central High School in 1961.  He married Sara Robinson in 1963 and together they had two girls, Tammy and Vicky. Al and Sara later divorced. He worked at Don’s Sporting Goods and retired from the Montana State Prison. He enjoyed hunting, karate and going to competition shooting gun shows and going to Washington to spend time with his daughter Tammy, Paul and...

Lynne Adele Page, 75, of Philipsburg, MT, passed away on May 01, 2022, at the Granite County Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. She was born September 03, 1946, in Big Fork, Montana, the daughter of Allen and Alice Seymour. She was the youngest of four siblings. She had three older brothers Robert, Gary and Darell and they grew up on a cherry orchard in the Flathead Lake area. She graduated Big Fork High School with Honors in 1964. August of 1964, she began the St....

Rodney Cole was born in Corvallis, Montana in 1935. He passed away April 23rd in 2022 in Great Falls Montana. His parents were William P. Cole and Sella B. Cole. He was proceeded in death by his sister Madge Brown, brother Dwayne Cole, sister Frances Cooper Beeson, and grandson Thadius S. Morehead. He is survived by his daughter Connie Morehead and her husband Sam Morehead of Superior, Montana, 4 grandchildren, Rachell Morehead, Marshall Morehead, of Whitefish, MT. Sara Morehead, and...

Rose M. Heisdorf died peacefully in her sleep at the Community Hospital of Anaconda on April 23, 2022. Rose was born on May 25, 1933 in Wausau, Wisconsin to Theodore and Emily Landowski. She was raised on a farm near Bevent, Wisconsin and is the third youngest of eleven children. At age 18, Rose moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and lived with her friend Tessie. She worked at Briggs and Stratton and there met Joseph Heisdorf who would become her husband. They were married on September 4, 1954 in...