Obituaries

RONAN — Grace W. Seines Sager of Ronan passed away on Nov. 6, 2019. She was born in Polson on Dec. 3, 1926, to Gladys and John Seines. The family lived in Irvine Flats and the Ronan area.  Following graduation from Ronan High School Grace went to work at Northern Pacific Hospital in Missoula, which is now St. Patrick Hospital. Through a friend she met Hubert H. Sager and was married on Jan. 20, 1946, in the Methodist Church in Ronan. They spent the first eight years of their life in LaVeta and Pine Bluffs, Colorado. In 1955 they loaded up and moved to Ronan. Together they shared a life of 57 years raising four children: Butch, Roland, Robert and Ronna Jeanne.  Grace wa...

POLSON — Patsy Joan Rettig Eastman was born in La Habra, California, the first child of Bernie and Effie (Siebe) Rettig. Patsy passed away July 6, 2020, at her home in Polson. She attended grade school in La Habra, and then high school in Fullerton. She met Ormand Eastman in 1949, and they married in D...

POLSON — John Andrew “Andy” Beekmann, Jr., passed away in Ronan, on June 26, 2020. Andy lived his life as a stranger in this world, faithfully preparing throughout his life to go to his home with God. He was 67 years old. Andy was born in Schenectady, New York, on May 2, 1953, to John Andre...

POLSON — Earle Lee “Bud” Davis died suddenly on Thursday, July 2, 2020, at home. He was born on Aug. 4, 1959, in White Sulphur Springs,  to Eva and Earl Davis. He grew up in Great Falls with his siblings Kandi, Mike and Liz. He attended CMR High School and finished in Missoula at Senti...

POLSON — Myrna Maughan Taylor was born on June 23, 1955, in Lewiston, Idaho. Myrna passed away on June 24, 2020, in Polson. Myrna was the seventh child of William Rex Maughan, and Julia Marie Smith Maughan. She attended grade school in Round Butte. When she was in the second grade the family moved to R...

RONAN – Michael Joseph Matkovich Jr., 59, passed away peacefully at home on June 26, 2020, after a tough battle with Multiple Myeloma.  A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at the Ronan Cemetery. Lunch will follow at the Matkovich residence.

POLSON – Judy Rustad, 78, of Malta, beloved wife, mom, grandma, great-grandma, sister and friend, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 4, 2020. While visiting with friends in Polson, she fell and sustained an inoperable head injury. She passed away very unexpectedly in Missoula.  A celebr...

RONAN — Leonard Kent Pierce, Sr., passed away at St. Luke Hospital on June 18, 2020, after a long illness. Leonard was a lifelong resident of the Mission Valley; operating his own logging company and later a construction company in addition to farming and ranching. He was born at the Holy Family Hos...

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Linda Lorraine Barber, 79, was born on June 11, 1940, and passed away peacefully on June 5, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. Linda was born in Polson, to Clarice and Lloyd McAllister. As the oldest of six children raised on a ranch, her upbringing shaped her to be tough, adventurous, ...

POLSON — Freddie Lee Sego, 86, born Nov. 9, 1933, in Alamosa, Colorado to Benjamin Frederick and Edna Mae Sego, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 11, 2020 at home in Kalispell with his wife and loving family at his side. Growing up in the foothills of Colorado, Montana, and Washington, Fred deve...