Obituaries
ELMO — Louis Adrian Jepson, 59 years old of Elmo, passed away on Feb. 24, 2025, after a battle with cancer. Louis was born May 31, 1965, in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Madison High School in 1983 and then lived in Florida for several years and worked in the food and restaurant industry. He then moved to Montana and worked at several establishments including Esspress Yoself, the IdleSpur, Big Arm Resort, The Perfect Shot, The Maverick, and The Shoe. He was a server and bartender at these establishments, and a salesman at The Maverick. Louis was excellent at crocheting and did many projects for friends and family, especially caps for cancer patients during their c...
POLSON - Douglas Jerome Wold, 85, of Polson, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 8, 2025, at his home on Flathead Lake. He was born in Billings on Sep. 16, 1939, to Oliver and “Edde” (Weir) Wold. Doug lived life to the fullest in his 31,220 profound and remarkable days, making ...
PLAINS - Merle Joseph Farrier passed away at the age of 78 on March 30, 2025, as a result of semi-natural causes. Merle endured many health issues during these last 10 years which began with a two week coma which he miraculously survived through the intercession of Our Lady of Gidle, multiple myeloma, numero...
RONAN - Bessie Nona Argo, of Ronan, passed away on March 13 at St. Luke’s Community Hospital. Bessie was born on Oct. 26, 1936, as the only child to Allen and Ireva (Root) Voorhies, and grew up in Niarada, Montana, where her parents ranched and ran a general store and Post Office. She attended school i...
POLSON - Emma L. (Evans) Roberts went home to heaven peacefully on March 17, 2025. Emma was born on Aug. 6, 1925, at home, on the family dairy farm, the eighth child of eleven born to homesteaders Jesse R. and Lila B. (Clem) Evans of Charlo. They all had jobs to do from young ages to help with farm chores an...
POLSON - Doreen Margaret Trusler passed away peacefully during the early morning hours of March 26, 2025, in Ronan. She was born on June 24, 1928, on the prairies of Saskatchewan to Edgar and Pearl Ament, along with her twin sister. Doreen and Dorothy joined older brother Lloyd. The twins formed a close, str...
POLSON — Jack Kelley Adamson passed away on Feb. 28, 2025. He was born on June 5, 1934, in Denver, Colorado, the third of seven children, delivered at home on King Street. The midwife insisted he be named John, inspired by the Bible, but he never went by that name — Jack suited him perfect...
POLSON — Dan Heppner lived life on his own terms. He was somewhat stubborn and opinionated, and nobody told him how to live his life. He always said,” I say it like it is” and he was always right because he graduated from “UPS (University of Pablo State from the eighth grade).” ...
RONAN – Charlene Fleming, age 70, of Pablo, passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, at her home. She was born July 31, 1954, in Ronan, MT to Lela Arlint and Forest Pulis. Charlene was raised on the family ranch in Round Butte and attended most of her schooling in Ronan. In 1974 Charlene met her husband P...
RONAN - Robert Leroy Gauthier, 75, passed away surrounded by his family on Feb. 8, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. Despite his illness, he felt he had actually won his battle, grateful to have been blessed with several months to share memories and laughter with beloved friends and family as he s...
