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Local Obituaries for Families in Teton County
Chester Bjork
Feb 8, 2020
U.S. Army veteran Chester "Perk" John Bjork, 73, died at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls on Feb. 8, 2020. A memorial service will be held on March 14 at 2 p.m. in the social room on the second floor of Skyline Lodge in Choteau. Perk was born March 19, 1946, in Great Falls to John and Colleen (Dolly)...
William Van Setten
Feb 3, 2020
William J. "Bill" Van Setten, of Choteau, passed away from natural causes on February 3, 2020 at his home in Farmington with family, he was 85 years young. He was born February 25, 1934 to John and Gertrude (Luinstra) Van Setten in Choteau, Montana, and he lived there until May 1941 when his mother passed away. After graduating high school...
William McCauley
Jan 31, 2020
William L. McCauley of Cut Bank, MT. died Jan. 31, 2020 at the age of 83, under the care of Missouri River Center in Great Falls, MT. Bill was born Nov. 3, 1936 in Butte, MT. to Alfred T. and Eleanor Huber McCauley. After the family moved to the Sunnyslope area, Ginther Hill, Bill attended Augusta and Choteau schools graduating...
Earl Clark
Jan 24, 2020
Earl Clark passed away at his home outside Choteau MT on Jan 24 surrounded by his children. He was born in Kearney, Nebraska to Kenneth Riley and Lola Fay (Mishler) Clark on May 27, 1937. He was the third of four children: Marvin, Virginia, Earl and Barbara. The family moved to California when Earl was 6 years old, with a...
Mary Stott
Jan 15, 2020
Mary "Louise" Stott, 93, of Choteau, passed away January 15, 2020 from natural causes at home surrounded by family and friends. Louise was born February 9, 1926 in Choteau, MT. to Lee Jacob Hamer and Mary Johns. Louise graduated from Choteau High School with the class of 1943 and married her high school sweet heart Leslie Leroy Stott January 30,...
Norma Barrett
Jan 11, 2020
Norma Jean Barrett, passed away January 11th, 2020 at the age of 90 after suffering a stroke. She was a resident of the Pondera Medical Center Extended Care. Born on October 3rd, 1929 to Oscar and Evelyn (Broderson) Lake in Loring Montana. She was one of six children in that family. Mom boarded in Malta for High School because she...
Betty Dirkes
Jan 9, 2020
Betty J. Dirkes of Fairfield died peacefully January 9, 2020, at the age of 91 at Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau. Betty was born on March 5, 1928 in McIntosh, SD to Spener and Ethel (Haugland) Dahl. She was eldest of four children. She spent the majority of her years in Fairfield, a small town she dearly loved. Betty...
Florence Anderson
Jan 9, 2020
Florence "Flo" Bullock-Anderson of Fairfield and Choteau, MT.; passed away peacefully January 9, 2020 at Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau, MT. just two days before her 98th birthday. Flo was born January 11, 1922 in Newtown Square, PA. to Daniel W. and Deborah (Roberts) Bullock. She was one of seven children born and raised on the family farm. Growing...
Robyn Patterson
Dec 31, 2019
Robyn Anne Patterson, of Dutton, MT.; passed away December 31, 2019 after complications of surgery. She was 47 years old. Robyn was born April 10, 1972 in Tacoma, Washington to Gerald Allen Farrar and Joanne Lee Meyer-Farrar. She was one of 3 children. Robyn spent most of her life in Washington, she achieved her G.E.D. and eventually her C.D.L. which...
Thomas Cloninger
Dec 14, 2019
U.S. Navy veteran Thomas Joseph "T.J." Cloninger, 49, of Fairfield, died Dec. 14, 2019. A celebration of life will be held Friday, Dec. 27, at 11 a.m. at the New Life Church in Fairfield with military honors and a luncheon to follow. T.J.'s ashes will be spread during a private family service later. T.J. was born Dec. 18, 1969, in...
Charles Brososky
Dec 12, 2019
Charles Richard "Dick" Brososky, 87, of Ft. Shaw, was a heck of a guy who never got in a fight he didn't win or met a woman he couldn't charm. At least, that's how he might tell it if he were still with us, but he died suddenly in Great Falls, Montana on the morning of December 12, 2019, at...
WL Brantley
Dec 9, 2019
WL Brantley of Choteau, Montana passed away Monday evening at Benefis East in Great Falls, MT. WL was born March 16, 1948 to Waymon and Leona Brantley of Crossett, AR, the youngest of six children. He graduated from Crossett High in '66 and went to to UAM at Monitcello where he majored in Music, then got his bachelor degree in...
Andrew Jordan
Dec 7, 2019
Dr. Andrew Augustus Jordan, "Gus", 90 of Choteau, Montana passed away on December 7th, at Benefis hospital in Great falls surrounded by his loving wife and five children. He was the son of his parents, Dr. Elverse M. Jordan and Lucille (Zapp) Jordan of Texas. He was born on January 24, 1929 in Green Bay, Wisconsin where he grew up....
Jason Niccum
Nov 25, 2019
Jason Quincy Niccum, 42, of Great Falls passed away November 25, 2019 in Great Falls, Montana. He was a beloved son, brother, and friend. Jason was born on December 12, 1976 in Great Falls Montana to Ronald and Stephanie Niccum. Jason had an out of this world sense of humor and was a great story teller. He had a deep...
Evelyn Johnson
Nov 1, 2019
After a brief stay in a nursing home, on November 1, 2019, Evelyn Jean (Kingston) Johnson went to sleep in confidence that the next faces that she would see on the resurrection morning were that of her Lord and Savior and prayerfully those of her friends and family. Evelyn was born January 25, 1928, in Valier, the sixth of seven...
Rachel Keely
Oct 30, 2019
Rachel Elizabeth (Leitz) Keely died on Oct. 30, 2019, of natural causes, surrounded by her family at Park Place Nursing Home in Great Falls at the age of 85. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 9 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Great Falls. Rachel was born on August 25, 1934, to Oscar and Charlotte (Fairfull)...
Sharon McCollom
Oct 15, 2019
Sharon Lorraine McCollom, age 76, passed away at Benefis Teton Medical Center, on October 15, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 4, 1943 in Conrad, MT to Ed and Lorraine Alzheimer. She married her high school sweetheart, Lonnie R. McCollom, in Choteau on June 12, 1965, and had 54 wonderful years of marriage. Sharon loved...
Milton Van Auken
Oct 6, 2019
Milton H. (Soup) Van Auken, 93, passed away peacefully of natural causes on October 6, 2019 at the Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau, Montana. He was born in Williams, Montana on October 28, 1925 to James Harold and Mary Abbie (Morey) Van Auken and was the only boy having seven sisters. The family moved to Agawam, MT when he...
Ellen Ferris
Oct 3, 2019
Longtime Choteau resident Ellen Marie Ferris, 94, died of natural causes October 3, 2019 at Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau, Montana. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Gorder-Jensen Funeral Home and a Vigil Service for Marie will be held at 7:00 pm. Tuesday, October 8th at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Choteau. Funeral Services will be held at...
Charlene Anderson
Oct 1, 2019
Charlene was born on February 15th, 1949 in Conrad Montana. She was the oldest of 2 children born to Rose and Soley Anderson. Charlene had a large, extended family, but was especially close with her sister Pearl, her half-brother Al Rambo, and her half-sister Alta Anderson. Charlene attended elementary school in Conrad and finished her schooling at the Montana Developmental...
