Catherine "Kay" Bonham
Feb 7, 2015
Catherine (Kay) Bonham went Home on Saturday, February 7, 2015 and there was a big celebration to welcome her. The last couple of years were very rough for Mama-before coming to Helena to live with us, she had been so independent and loved her life in Anaconda with her many friends and volunteer activities. By the end she was confined...
Karen Ann Williams
Feb 6, 2015
On Friday, February 6, 2015, heaven called our angel, Karen Ann Sorum Williams, who passed away peacefully. Karen was the youngest of two children born to Arthur and Cora Sorum on August 21, 1946. The family lived in Opportunity while Art worked for the Anaconda Company and Cora worked at the Warm Springs State Hospital. Karen met Charles A. Williams...
Martha Gregory
Feb 2, 2015
Martha Gregory, 83, Philipsburg, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at her residence in Philipsburg. Services are pending.
Robert Charles Glenney
Jan 27, 2015
Robert Charles Glenney October 23, 1944-January 27, 2015 Robert Charles Glenney peacefully passed away January 27, 2015 at his home in Philipsburg, Montana surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. Robert was born on October 23, 1944 in Bozeman, Montana to Margaret Farnham and Rex Glenney. When he was a young child his family moved to California...
Alice K. Guay
Jan 27, 2015
Alice Katherine Guay passed away on January 27, 2015. Alice was born November 20, 1931 in Butte, Montana to James Allen and Elma (Pudas) Gilliland. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith. As a child, she lived near Crackerville at Stuart and attended elementary school at the one-room Gregson School until it closed. She then attended Junior High and High...
Shawn Akane
Jan 16, 2015
Shawn Akane died peacefully at his home in Philipsburg, Montana at the age of 66. Services are planned for later this summer.
Connie Clawson
Jan 14, 2015
Connie Clawson, age 66, a lifetime resident of Anaconda passed from this life into the next on January 14, 2015. Connie was born on March 1, 1948, to Perry and Emma (Martin) Clawson. Her parents died tragically in an automobile accident when Connie was five and she and her brother Perry were raised by their maternal grandparents, Jim and Emma...
Marion "Tony" Louis Wickberg
Jan 11, 2015
Marion Louis "Tony" Wickberg died on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at his home in Philipsburg at the age of 87. Marion Wickberg was born on March 30, 1928 in Philipsburg to Ryan and Margaret Wickberg. He joined a sister Mildred and later his sister Patricia. Tony was a rancher all of his life and only left Philipsburg to join the...
Raymond R. Brown
Jan 10, 2015
Obituary for Raymond R.(Papa Ray) Brown Age:59 Ray was born on May 6, 1955, to Leonard and Dorothy (Cummings) Brown. He passed on to heaven to join the angels glorious meet past the golden gates on January 10, 2015. He was with us for a while, then he took flight on golden wings made of everlasting light. When the sun...
William "Todds" Morley
Jan 9, 2015
William "Todds" Joseph Morley, age 97, was called home by God on Friday January 9, 2015. He passed into peace at the Anaconda Community Hospital in the presence of loving family. William was born October 3, 1917 to John "Jack" and Sabina "Sib" (Corley) Morley immigrants to Anaconda from County Mayo, Ireland. He was a lifelong Anaconda resident always proud...
Robert Emmett Brunell
Jan 1, 2015
Robert Emmett Brunell passed away on Jan 1st, 2015 at Community Hospital of Anaconda. Bob was born on June 4, 1957. He was the oldest of 5 boys. He attended St. Peter's grade school to the eighth grade. He then went to Anaconda Central for 2 years, than graduating from AHS in 1975. Bob went to work for the ACM...
Marjorie C. Timson
Dec 14, 2014
Marjorie C. (Head) Timson passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of rejoicing Sunday on December 14, 2014 after a long and healthy 93 year life. Marjorie was born on August 29, 1921 to Frank and Constance Head in Harrow, England. She often talked of living through the War in Europe and of the bombing of the London area....
Margaret E. Lubke
Dec 13, 2014
Margaret E. Lubke died on December 13, 2014 at the age of 89 in Community Hospital of Anaconda after a brief illness. Margaret was born in Philipsburg, Montana on November 20, 1925, the youngest of three adorable girls to proud parents J.J. and Madilon. Margaret graduated from Granite County High School and then continued her education at St. Patrick's School...
Gerald "Jerry" Hansen
Dec 12, 2014
The Last Smelterman on the Hill dies at 84 Gerald M Hansen (Jerry) died at Anaconda Community Nursing Home December 12, 2014. Jerry was born October 19, 1930. He was particularly proud that that date was the anniversary of the surrender of the British forces under the command of Lord Cornwalis to General George Washington at Yorktown Virginia to end...
James "Fred" Swartz
Dec 11, 2014
James "Fred" was born to James Swartz and Violet (Kalar) Swartz on January 20, 1950 in Des Moines, Iowa. He met and married Shirley Lovell in 1969. After their first child was born in 1971, they moved to Denver, Colorado where they lived for 28 years and two kids later. Fred worked as a pipe layer in Denver until 1982...
Anna Devine
Dec 10, 2014
Ann (Granny) Devine passed away with grace and relative ease on Wednesday night December 10, at her daughter's Missoula home, just two weeks short of her 91st birthday. Ann was born to Bridget and Francis McGinley on December 22, 1923 in Southern Cross, Montana, where she joined 7 siblings. The McGinley brood increased to ten, and the family moved to...
Gladys M. Gessele
Dec 7, 2014
GLADYS M. GESSELE 49 and Holding Our beloved Mother and Grandma went to Heaven on December 7, 2014. She passed away in her home peacefully with her much loved ones by her side. Gladys was born to Richard and Sarah Cunningham in Montague, Mt. on a beautiful day of April 2nd. On August 13, 1942 Gladys married the love of...
Glenna Frances Hurlbert
Dec 6, 2014
Glenna Frances (Bryan) Hurlbert was born on July 20, 1929 in St Albans, West Virginia. She moved to Montana in 1946, where she met her future husband, Lyle Hurlbert. They married and had four children: twin daughters, Marjorie and Margaret, and sons, Earl and John. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1962, daughter, Marjorie Langlois in 1984,...
Robert Coleman Laughlin
Dec 5, 2014
Robert Coleman Laughlin- 77 Our hearts were broken on December 5, 2014 when our much-loved husband, father, and grandfather unexpectedly but peacefully passed away. Bob was born in Anaconda, Montana November 25, 1937, to Coleman ("Coley") and Irma (Bisch) Laughlin. Bob was raised in Anaconda and graduated from Anaconda Central High School in 1955. He continued his education by attending...
Sally Murphy Lovell
Dec 3, 2014
Sally Murphy Lovell, 64, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family December 3, 2014 at her home in Columbia Falls, MT. Sally was born in Anaconda, Montana, November 30, 1950 to Jim (Spud) and Mary Murphy. Sally was raised in Anaconda and graduated from Anaconda Central High School in 1969. During her senior year she met her soul mate, Bob...
