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Susan Bauman Whittington - January 8, 1951 - May 19, 2025

5/23/2025

 
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    Susan Bauman Whittington, 74, of Anaconda, passed away peacefully on May 19.
    Born on Jan. 8, 1951, in Deer Lodge, to Eugene and Elsie (Speck) Bauman, Susan was the eldest of five siblings. She graduated from PCHS in 1969.
    Susan dedicated many years to the city clerk for Deer Lodge. Later, she channeled her passion for cooking into a long-standing role at Scharf’s Family Restaurant, where her talents and generous spirit left a lasting impression on patrons and colleagues alike. Her family fondly remembers her as a fabulous cook whose hearty meals brought everyone together.
    She was a devoted mother to her children: Chad, Brooke and Traci. Her legacy continues through her grandchildren: Bret, Jacob, Kaden and Addison; and great-nephews Erik, Declan and great-nieces Charlotte and Harlow.
    Susan is survived by her daughters, Brooke of Anaconda and Traci of Missoula; her sisters, Cindy, Julie and Anngie, nephews, Corey, Dane, Drew and Steven, all residing in Deer Lodge. She was preceded in death by her son, Chad; parents, Eugene and Elsie; brothers Tim and Rob Schroder.
    Susan’s warmth, dedication, and love for her family and community will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
    No services are planned.

David Lee Whitney - March 19, 1957 - April 28, 2025

5/23/2025

 
    David Lee Whitney, 68, of Garrison, passed away on April 28 at his home in Garrison following a four-year battle with cancer. Cremation has taken place, and a private burial will take place in the near future. David was born March 19, 1957, to Vance and Peggy Whitney in Deer Lodge.
    He attended schools in Deer Lodge. He was a truck driver for most of his life. David enjoyed hunting and camping and classic cars. He spent most of his time working on his 1968 Chevelle, which was his prize possession.
    David is survived by sons, Jason Whitney and Jeramy Parker; sister Betty Roper (Randy); and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
    He was proceeded in death by his parents; brothers Yale and Harley; and sister Ruth Pirtle.
    A celebration of life will be held for David and Harley from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. on June 21 at 494 Sawmill Road, Garrison.

Betty Lou Miller Reynolds - June 28, 1933 - May 9, 2025

5/19/2025

 
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    Betty Lou Miller Reynolds was born June 28, 1933 up Brackett Creek at Clyde Park, Mont. She quietly passed into the arms of the Lord surrounded by her loving family, May 9, 2025 after a long fought battle with Alzheimer’s.
    She was the fourth of 10 children and was raised and attended schools in the Shields Valley area. She graduated from Park County High in Livingston, Mont.
    While visiting her brother at Seattle Naval Base, her brother’s buddy Jim took a liking to her.  After Jim’s discharge and many rodeo events, they were married on January 8, 1956.
    They settled in Philipsburg, which became their forever home, and raised their three children.
    Mom was active in the community being a member of Eastern Star. She took pride in leading children in Campfire Girls and as a Den mother for Scouts. She worked at the school as elementary secretary and hot lunch clerk for 28 years. After retiring, mom and dad traveled on the motorcycle and then their motorhome. They served as Good Sam State Officers and cherished many new friendships.
    Mom loved supporting her children as well as all her grandchildren and great grandchildren in all they did. She loved her Grizzly football and would be seen all dolled up in her maroon and silver, right down to “griz paws” on her cheeks.
    She also enjoyed playing the piano, singing and dancing with dad and playing cards, and she was a champ at cribbage.
    She leaves behind her loving and devoted husband of 69 years Jim (Bub), son Chuck (Mary) Reynolds, daughters LouAnn (Dave) Engen, Connie (Roger) Hepburn, 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, sisters Donna Shelske, Joyce (Bill) Clausen and Judy (Gene) Parker and numerous other relatives and friends.
    Until we see you again mom, you will be loved and missed and forever in our hearts.
    Services will be held Saturday, May 17, at 1:00 pm at the Community Church in Philipsburg. There will be an open house celebration immediately following at the church.
    In lieu of flowers, remembrance contributions can be sent to the Citizens Alliance Bank, PO Box 10, Philipsburg MT 59858, under Betty Reynolds. These funds will be used to support the music department at Granite High School. Please visit axelsonfuneralhome.com to leave a condolence or share a memory

Lori Lynn Ross - May 30, 1964 - May 12, 2025

5/19/2025

 
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    Lori Lynn Ross, born May 30, 1964, in Butte, passed away on May 12, 2025, in Deer Lodge, just shy of her 61st birthday.
    Lori was the beloved daughter of Richard Ross and Phoebe Johnson Persons. She grew up surrounded by the natural beauty of western Montana, spending her early years near Lookout Pass, where the Hiawatha Trail begins. Lori began her education in Whitehall before moving to Deer Lodge in 1976. She graduated from Powell County High School in 1982, where she made many dear friends - most notably her lifelong best friend, Amy Enyeart-Brown.
    Some of Lori’s fondest memories came from summers spent at Yellow Bay on Flathead Lake. This was her happy place, which held a special place in her heart. She treasured the time she shared with her grandparents, Ely and Gladys Johnson, in White Sulphur Springs. Here she enjoyed countless adventures with her cousins, especially a close and enduring friendship with her cousin Carla. Lori also carried sweet memories of visits with her grandmother, Marie Ross, in Ronan.
    Lori found great joy in the trips she took to Florida to visit her dad and stepmom, Mary Lou. These trips were filled with sunshine, laughter and precious time spent together, creating memories she held close to her heart.
    A passionate collector, Lori had a lifelong love of dolls and took great pride in her carefully curated collection, which filled many cases and reflected her attention to beauty and detail, just like the flowers that she would tend to every spring and summer.
    In recent years, following the Bobcat Football team and watching all of the games with her stepfather, Clyde Persons, was something that she looked forward to.
    Family meant everything to Lori. She was a mother to her three sons: Scott (Kacie) Perkins, Josh Perkins (Brandon Braaten) and Cory (Cassy) Sime. Her love extended wholeheartedly to her cherished grandchildren: JT, Starlee, Hudson and Ruby Perkins, Trace Perkins, Odessa and Oaklee Sime. Lori was delighted in spending time with them, creating memories full of laughter, tea parties and playing with dolls. Lori was also very proud of her stepchildren, Jacob, Jessica and Jami Fjermestad.
    In addition to her children and grandchildren, Lori is also survived by her siblings Jim (Beth) Ross, Greg Ross, Dave (Alesha) Ross and Cami Ross, along with many nieces and nephews.
    Lori’s kind heart, love for family and appreciation for Montana’s quiet places will be missed deeply by all who knew her. A memorial service will be held in her honor at 1 p.m., June 20, at the Elks Lodge in Deer Lodge. She will be remembered always and missed forever.

Mary Geraldine Becker - April 23, 1938 - May 13, 2025

5/19/2025

 
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    Born Mary Geraldine Bliler in Livingston on April 23, 1938, she was raised in Clyde Park. Mary, 87, passed away peacefully on May 13 at Powell County Medical Center in Deer Lodge.
    After graduation, Mary went to school for cosmetology and worked two years in Bozeman. She married Hardy Becker of Wilsall in April of 1960. They resided at Brackett Creek where they leased a ranch.
    Hardy and Mary had their first child in Bozeman. In 1962 they moved to Opportunity, where they had their second child; in 1965 they moved to Deer Lodge, where their third child was born. Hardy worked for Montana Department of Corrections at the Prison Dairy until 1970. They welcomed their fourth child in 1972.
    Mary started working for Deer Lodge Middle School as a playground aid, then went into the kitchen as a cook until she retired in 1995.
    Mary enjoyed sewing, riding and packing horses on overnight trips, family camping and her beloved cats. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy.
    Mary was preceded in death by her father and mother, Jacob and Gen Bliler; her husband, Hardy Becker; sister, Carol Hembry; brother, John Bliler; and daughter in law, Susie Becker.
    She is survived by her sons, Graig Becker, Shane Becker and Bruce Becker; daughter, Tammy (Tom) Clawson; brother, Doug (Robin) Bliler; cousin, Betty Lou Fitzpatrick and Sandy Simmons; nine grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
    Special people in Mary’s life were, Susan Becker, Lana Becker, Leonard Thomas, Terri Bliler, Diane Roberts, Daphne Fisk, and four special people were Deb Cousins, Diane Solle, and Duane and Shirley Calwell.
    Funeral Service will be at  held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 23, at First Baptist Church, 127 Sam Beck Road, Deer Lodge. Viewing with a visitation begins at 10 a.m.
    A graveside service at Hillcrest Cemetery will follow the funeral service. Following the services, the family invites you to join them for a reception at the Elks Lodge, 230 Main St., in Deer Lodge.
    Memorials in honor of Mary are suggested to the Council on Aging, 409 Missouri Ave., Suite 109, Deer Lodge, MT 59722.
    Visit longfellowfinneganriddle.com to offer condolences to the family or share a memory of Mary.

Kathleen Logan

5/19/2025

 

    Kathleen Logan, 78, Celebration of Life, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, June 1, Racetrack Fire Hall, 6887 S. Frontage Road., Deer Lodge.
    Visit Axelsonfuneralhome.com to offer condolences to the family or to read the full obituary.

Michael (Mike) Harry Foley - September 3, 1941 - April 25, 2025

5/12/2025

 
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    Michael (Mike) Harry Foley, 83, of Hall, Mont., passed away in Missoula, Mont., on April 25, 2025. He passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer. His family and friends will forever cherish the memories made together.
    Mike was born in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 3, 1941. The second child of Harry and Grace Foley (nee Buck). He grew up in Menlo Park and Los Altos, Calif., with his siblings Pete, Sylvia and Phil. As a young man, he enjoyed swimming, water skiing, biking and working as a caddy. He loved traveling with his family to Mexico and visiting relatives in Montana. After graduating from St. Francis High School in 1959, he joined the Navy and served as a cook on a Destroyer Escort ship for three years, traveling to Japan and who knows where else!
    After the Navy, Mike went to chef school in San Francisco, which allowed him to work in Germany. He has fond memories of that time traveling in Europe, including with his Dad for several weeks in a new Porsche.  After Europe, he went to work as a chef in Houston, Texas.
    In his 20s, he would visit his great aunt Myrtle in Idaho Falls, where he met Carol Vilhauer, a beautician. It took a lot of visits, but they were married on Nov. 29, 1968. Carol and Mike settled in Menlo Park, Calif. In his early years there, he worked as a chef at a popular French restaurant and later as a machinist. In 1971, their daughter Katherine was born, and in 1973, their son Michael was born. In 1975, they moved to Montana, to the 3-mile area near Stevensville, Mont. Mike started his own excavating business, and they built a new house. In 1976, their third child, Richard (Rich), was born and brought to that new home. Carol helped with the business, and they enjoyed raising their three children in the rural area.
    With a lack of local work and more distant jobs taking Mike further away from home, they chose to move to Hall in 1983, where they had visited Mike’s cousin’s ranch. They bought the old Cenex and turned it into Foley’s Quality Service and Supply.
    Mike was a jack-of-all-trades, providing many parts, supplies and services to locals and travelers alike.  Mike filled many roles as a machinist, welder, mechanic and problem solver. Trying to make the most of family time on Sundays, being their only day off, he enjoyed family drives, trap shooting, family ski days and working on his many hobbies, including building a kit airplane.
    After about two years of remodeling an old house in Hall, Mike and Carol moved into it in 2001. Mike later built his shop, welding all the steel trusses himself. The shop provided a place to finish his airplane and work on his other hobbies. They started slowly retiring from the store around 2014 when Mike and Katherine updated the building to a pottery shop and studio. Yes, Mike taught himself to throw pots, with a little help from Katherine. They closed the shop in 2019, when Mike wanted to spend the winter in the warmth of Brownsville, Texas.
    Mike loved to travel. He and Carol took many trips together around the U.S. to visit friends and family and sightsee. They went to New Zealand multiple times to see Michael and his family, visiting Hawaii on one of their trips. Sometimes this travel pushed Carol out of her comfort zone.
    During the last few years of retirement, Mike, with the help of Carol, finished the airplane, but because of his health, he was unable to get his pilot’s license. Sadly, he was never able to fly the airplane. His health also kept him from fulfilling his dream of returning to Europe and Hawaii.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Harry Edward Foley and Grace Louise Foley; his brother James Peter Foley; and son-in-law Clay Holland, along with many sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
    Survivors, who will dearly miss him, include his wife Carol Foley; daughter Katherine Foley, her stepson Ryan Holland; son Michael (Andrea) Foley, granddaughter Maeve; son Richard (Nikki Dixon) Foley, granddaughters Millie and Hattie; siblings Sylvia Nobleman and Phil (Dona) Foley; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends near and far.
    Services will be held at Garden City Funeral Home on May 30, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Drummond Community Library and the Hall Elementary School.

Funeral notice - Kathleen Logan

5/12/2025

 
    Kathleen Logan, 78, Celebration of Life to be held 1-3 p.m. Sunday, June 1, 2025, at the Racetrack Fire Hall, 6887 S Frontage Rd. Deer Lodge, MT 59722. Visit Axelsonfuneralhome.com to offer condolences to the family or to read the full obituary.

Death notice - Dorothea Berthoud

5/12/2025

 
    Dorothea Berthoud, 94, of West Plains, Mo., formerly of Georgetown Lake and Philipsburg, died on April 29. Funeral Service is 11 a.m., Saturday, May 17, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1100 Sawmill Road, Philipsburg, MT 59858. A graveside service will follow at the Philipsburg Cemetery.
    Visit longfellowfinneganriddle.com to offer condolences to the family or share a memory of Dorothea.

Gordon Henry Pierson - October 6, 1943 - April 17, 2025

5/5/2025

 
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    Heaven gained a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather on April 17. Gordon Henry Pierson passed away peacefully with family at his side holding the strong hands that touched so many lives over his 81 years of life.
    Gordon (Gordy) Pierson was born Oct. 6, 1943, to Gordon William (Bud) and Josephine (Jo) Tamcke Pierson in Deer Lodge. Gordy was the oldest of six children and revered by all of them. Growing up, he always had a job and worked until he was 12 years old mowing lawns and the Valley Ranch until he was 16. He then worked for the USFS as a fire lookout at Blizzard Mountain tower baking pies and watching over the mountains and trails, which he loved so much.
    Gordon graduated from Powell County High School in 1961 and started work for the Anaconda Company at the Smelter in Anaconda. He worked “on the hill” for 1 year then went to work for Cominco American in the Gimlet and Luke mines at Avon, and the Brock Creek Mine at Garrison. In 1964 Gordy joined the Montana Army National Guard, spending 40 years proudly serving his country, retiring as a highly respected 1st Sergeant. In 1970, Gordy started at Montana State Prison doing what would end up being his passion as a meat cutter and butcher. He did this for three years before deciding to work full time at P & S meats with his father, Bud. Gordy provided the best cuts of meat and slaughter services in Montana until 1989. He then went to work for Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks as a fisheries technician where he met his close friend Wayne Hadley. He retired from FWP in 2004 and became head of maintenance at the Old Montana Prison Museum using his vast knowledge and skills to make the museum functional and historically appealing for all to enjoy. He retired from the museum in 2019 to stay at home and take care of his wife, Myra. Gordy spent his whole life hunting, fishing and camping with Charlie, his boys and numerous other family and friends. He recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award for 40 years of teaching Hunters Education to local children and adults. Gordy always had an English Bulldog by his side as his partner in crime.
    Gordon married the love of his life Myra Jane Erickson on January 4, 1969. Over 56 years, they raised three larger-than-life boys, Gordy, Travis and Brant, and all their friends.
    Gordy is survived by his loving wife, Myra Pierson; oldest son, Gordon Jr. (Sherrie) Pierson; youngest son, Brant (Heidi) Pierson; granddaughters, Skyla and llayna Pierson; grandsons, Andrew (Madison) Pierson, Branden Pierson; great grandson, Caizin Pierson; his baby sister, Sena Knight; nephew, Dennis (Courtney) Lietzow; niece, Nicole (Taylor, Juna and Temple) Ashby; adopted brothers, Wayne Irwin and Mike Rennfield; and brother-in-law, Dave Jette.
    Gordon is preceded in death by his middle son, Travis Pierson; parents, Gordon William and Josephine Pierson; brothers, Bobby Joe, Edward, William Pierson and Charlie Smollack; sister, Debra Jette; and niece, Casi Jo Lietzow.
    A military graveside service will be held at noon, Saturday, May 10, at Hillcrest Cemetery in Deer Lodge, 343 Conley Lake Rd, Deer Lodge, followed by a celebration of life to include pictures, storytelling, food and drink at the Deer Lodge Elks Lodge, 230 Main St, Deer Lodge. Gordon requested that donations be made to the Prison Museum or Veterans Food Pantry in lieu of flowers. Please bring pictures and stories to share.
    Visit axelsonfuneralhome.com to share a memory or leave a condolence.
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