Obituaries
RONAN — “Jerry” Geraldine Cordier Powell, 84, of Ronan passed away peacefully in her home with her daughter holding her hand on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, ending her battle with cancer. She was born on Jan. 24, 1939, in St. Ignatius, to Charles Victor Cordier and Pearl Mary Rein Cordier. She was number ten of twelve kids. “The perfect ten.” She was an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe. Jerry graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1958. After graduating, her travels led her from one coast to the next. In 1967, Jerry married Ron Powell in Jacksonville, Florida, and later in 1972, they returned home to St. Ignatius to raise ...
POLSON — Dean August Sauter, age 65, passed away on Jan. 25, 2023. If you listened to local radio, you knew his voice. Dean August got you up in the morning on 750 KERR and stayed with you throughout the day on KIBG The Big 100. He was the program director for the Big 100, creating just the right mix o...
BIG ARM – Elton Ross Hoyt, age 84, passed away on Jan. 23, 2023, at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan. He was born on June 21, 1938, in Polson to E. Edward and A. Blanch (Howell) Hoyt. He graduated from Polson High School in 1957. He was in the National Guard for seven and half years. He ma...
POLSON — Wayne William Cooper, age 64, passed away on Jan. 27, 2023, at his residence. He was born on Jan. 15, 1959, to Alice (Combs) and Donald Cooper in Missoula. He was the sixth of eight children. His father moved the family to Lewistown in 1968 to open a lumber mill, where Wayne and his siblings h...
RONAN — Geraldine “Jerry” Cordier Powell, age 84, passed away on Jan. 29, 2023, at her residence. Services are pending. Arrangements are under the care of The Lake Funeral Home and Crematory.
MOIESE — Merne Maire Hardy passed away on Jan. 7, 2023, just 37 days shy of her 100th birthday. This beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and nurse, spent her life working her vocation of nursing and taking care of people. After all, she had nine children. Merne was born in Billings on Feb. 13, 1923, ...
RONAN — Geraldine Anne Crusch, age 94, passed away on Jan. 24, 2023, at Mountain View Care Center in. She was born on July 31, 1928, to Barney and Florence (Ingalls) Egosque on the hottest day of the summer behind a sagebrush on the 12-mile stretch of highway between Nashua and Glasgow, Montana. She wa...
WINFIELD, KANSAS — Robert E. “Bob” Gordon, 71, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away, Saturday evening, Jan. 20, 2023, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita. Born Nov. 6, 1951, in Ogden, Utah, he was the son of Russell Vern and Wanda Mabel (Hamblin) Gordon. He grew up on farms in Idaho and Montan...
BUTTE — Born in Polson on Feb. 9, 1949, to Clinton and Mabel Reum of St. Ignatius. Norm passed away in Butte and went to be with our Lord on Jan. 18, 2023. Norm graduated high school in St. Ignatius in 1967 and attended University of Montana where he studied business. Norm took that knowledge...
BIG ARM — Arlene Beverly Tompkins, age 92, passed away Jan. 4, 2023. She was born on Dec. 10, 1930, in Miles City. Her family moved to Glendive shortly after and then moved to Columbia Falls when she was six. When she was 14, they moved to Polson where she graduated from Polson High School in 1948.&nbs...
