Obituaries
POLSON — Thomas “Tom” Stewart Gregg, Jr., age 82, passed away on June 21, 2022, at Community Medical Center in Missoula, with his son Kevin and daughter Iklil beside him. He was born on July 25, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska the son of Thomas Stewart “Stu” and Hazel Francis (Larson) Gregg. Tom grew up in Portland, Oregon, where his parents moved when he was two years old. He graduated from David Douglas High School in Portland in 1957 and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in February 1958. He became a bombing Navigation System Technician and mostly worked on the B-52 Bomb Navigation System and AN/APS-64 airborne radar system. He was honorably discharged from the Air...
POLSON — Brenda S. (Rodda) Costilla, age 63, passed away at home on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. She was born on Feb. 16, 1959, to Miles and Janet (Dingman) Rodda. She graduated in 1978 from Ronan High School. Brenda married Rick Costilla on April 6, 1991, in Polson. She worked a variety of jobs t...
RONAN — Rodney Erick Stedje, age 70, passed away on June 3, 2022, at his residence. Memorial services for Rod will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at Faith Lutheran Church, 406 Fifth Ave. SW. If you would like to stream the service, please go to: faithlutheranchurch-ronanmontana. Arran...
POLSON — Naida Rose Lefthand passed away on Aug. 1, 2022. She was born on July 21, 1947, and was raised on Dayton Creek with her maternal grandparents Jerome and Mary Hewankorn. She acquired a working knowledge of the Kootenai Language from them and a responsible work ethic from her grandmother, Mary. ...
RONAN — Donna Jean Pleasant, age 96, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at St. Luke Extended Care in Ronan. There are no services planned at this time for Donna. Arrangements are under the care of Shrider -Thompson Funeral Home.
ST. IGNATIUS — Doyle William Dormaier went home to his Lord peacefully on July 20 surrounded by his three sisters, brother-in-law and niece. Doyle was diagnosed with brain cancer in April 2022. From then, his time with us was far too short. And yet, in that time, he was so well loved. Doyle was born...
RONAN — Maria Katharina Boldt, age 82, passed away June 12, 2022, at St. Luke Extended Care. Friends and family are invited to the memorial service on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ronan. Messages of condolences may be shared with the family online at: www.shr...
RONAN — Violet Mae Brueckmann passed away suddenly and tragically on Friday, July 15, 2022, at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan at 15 months and 23 days old. She was born to parents, Daniel and Shaelynn Brueckmann, and a twin sister, Vivian Brueckmann, on Monday, March 22, 2021, at St. Joseph Ho...
POLSON — Friends and family will celebrate the life of Patrick Dale Devlin, 66, on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m. at Boettcher Park in Polson. Pat, a beautiful and fun-loving soul with an infectious laugh that could be slow to build but lasted long, passed away at his home of natural causes on Jan. 16...
POLSON — James (Jim) Glenn Violette, age 84, died peacefully at home on Friday, July 8, 2022, after a short illness. He was born Jan. 17, 1938, in Missoula, to Sherman and Josephine (Arpan) Violette. The family moved to Polson after Sherman’s passing, where Jim loved playing basketball with...
