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<<<9/1893 referred to as mayor, 5/1894 as lumberman, 11/7/1894 elected sheriff (The Anaconda standard., November 08, 1894)>>>
(The bo)dy of H.W. McLaughlin, (for?) years a prominent citizen of Missoula,
was brought home last night from Butte. He died there yesterday morning at
the Murray hospital, where he had been for a week. He went to Butte to be
treated for cancer of the throat, a disease with which he had been afflicted
for several years. Mrs. McLaughlin was in Butte but Mr. McLaughlin's three
children did not leave Missoula until yesterday morning, when they were
notified of their father's condition.
A delegation of sorrowing friends met the body at the Northern Pacific depot. It was taken at once to the McLaughlin home on West Pine street.
H.W. McLaughlin was born in Pittsburg, Pa., on March 6, 1854. In 1882 he came to Montana and then to Missoula, where he had been a resident for 23 years at the time of his death. When he first came he was superintendent of bridges and building for the Northern Pacific. He went into the lumber business later, operating a sawmill on the south side, where the Clark mill now stands. He has been in the lumber or coal business since then.
Mr. McLaughlin had a long and honorable political career. In 1891 he was elected mayor of Missoula, in which office he served with distinction. In 1894 he was elected sheriff of Missoula county, to which office he succeeded himself. Before this time he was one of the city (al)dermen. In 1898 he was elected to (t)he state legislature. In politics he (w)as a democrat.
Mr. McLaughlin was a member of the (St.) Francis Xavier church.
(In) September, 1889 he was mar(ried) to Rose Gogerty, whose father was an old time Northern Pacific (ro)admaster. She and the three child(ren), Patrick C., H.(?)., J.(?)., and (M)argaret survive. A sister, Mrs. J. Clifford, resides at Lolo. ---
(M)issoulian, Missoula, Mont. of Jan. (?)th.
(From) the above we glean the fact (t)hat the deceased H.W. McLaughlin (w)as for many years a resident of (B)eechwood, town of Scott, this county, coming to that place when (a) (m)ere child and living there until (m)anhood.
The writer knew the deceased well (and) is not surprised at all the hon(ors) that were bestowed on him in (his) western home. He achieved everything that is merited, and to old time friends in Sheboygan county he will ever be remembered (as) an amiable person worthy of the (es)teem and friendship of those with (w)hom he came in contact. It was(onl)y a few years ago that he was (here)e on a very sad occasion bringing the remains of his mother from (Mon)tana to St. Michael's cemetery (in) the town of Mitchell for burial, (?) interred the same beside those of his father, Charles McLaughlin, who (pass)ed away several years ago. The (?) friends of the deceased, all neighbors and friends send their (sinc)ere condolence.
A Friend (1912)
(still single in 1910)
Public Library held its final meeting, and the five members tendered their resignations. Dissolved under Missoula's new Commission - Manager form of government, the board had functioned since April 5, 1894, when the city ordinance creating the library and providing for appointment of a library board was passed. In attendance with the board at its final meeting were Walton R. L. Taylor
His office aides are already willing to nominate Mr. Taylor as the walkingest city manager in the history of Ogden. As one problem or another shows up, he's liable to put his long legs to work transporting him to some office in the lot where he can jump into an automobile and head for the trouble site. He and his helpers find only one disadvantage to these on-the-spot checks. There's always sure to be someone left behind in the waiting room at the manager's office who wonders how and where the manager spends his time!
A COMPLETE FAMILY
Hired early this year, Mr. Taylor Is now in his fourth city manager post, the others being Zion, 111.; Hopkins, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; Missoula, Mont., and Superior, Wis. A native of Virginia, he received his education in the public schools there. His father served as Norfolk city manager from 1930 until his death in 1941. With his father interested in civic affairs, it was only natural when he entered William and Mary College that he should major in political science. He came out with a Phi Beta Kappa key in 1937. For a time he filled jobs of one kind or another for the state of Virginia. From 1941 to 1944 he was state civil service commissioner. Since then most of his time has been spent as a city manager.
RADIO HAMS
The new 43-year-old city manager has worked in municipal government since 1937, first as an assistant city manager and since 1950 as a full-fledged city manager. Mayo Wright said Mr. Taylor was, in the opinion of the majority of City Council, the best of 34 candidates who applied. Several members of City Council personally interviewed him during a recent visit he made to Ogden. Mr. Taylor related by phone this morning he intended reporting for work "not later than March 1, perhaps sooner." First, he said he must dispose of his home in Superior.
2-MONTH SEARCH
EARLY EDUCATION
In his switch to Ogden Mr Taylor will be moving into a city with double the population of his present city. Superior has 300 city personnel. It has a budget of $2,600,000.., This compares with Ogden'sytroster of 374 employes and an annual budget of nearly 4 million dollars. By phone, Mr. Taylor told the Ogden Standard-Examiner toda the tax structures of the two communities differ considerably In Wisconsin more state aid is granted cities. "There the water system is privately owned; here it is city owned. There the city operates a museum; here it does not. He pointed out several other differences in administration of the two cities and then observed: "After my visit, I was quickly convinced Ogden is a wonderful city, with great promise. For me personally, the position offers a challenge . . . to continue the fine high level of governmental service in Ogden . . . and to be a member of that community."
Published in The Seattle Times on Aug. 13, 2006
MISSOULA - On Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, Alan Bradley Sr. passed away of natural causes at Hillside Manor.
Alan was born April 3, 1921, in Armstead to Taylor A. and Dell Hunsaker Bradley. Alan spent his early years in Armstead and later in the Dillon area. He was an outstanding athlete in high school and college, labeled "the best kid pitcher in Montana" by the Montana Standard in Butte and honored as a member of the Western Montana College Hall of Fame basketball team.
Alan married Ethel Mary Forrester on Dec. 12, 1942, and they recently celebrated their 62nd anniversary. They had four children, daughter, Elaine Kay (Robert) Sheridan of Missoula; son, Alan Jr. (Judy) of Missoula; son, Beau R. (Debra) of Twin Bridges; and daughter, Forey (Dan) Cederberg of Missoula. In addition to his wife and children, he is survived by 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
After an honorable discharge from the Army Air Corps in 1945, Alan returned to Dillon and contracted to install electricity to many of the area ranches. This contract business evolved into Bradley Electric, which grew into Bradley Neon and moved to Missoula in 1952. Alan was mayor of Missoula from 1956 to 1959.
In 1962, it was time for a change of careers and Alan became a venture capitalist. In 1962, he founded Capital Investors Corp. in Missoula and was later elected president of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. As a venture capitalist, his business took him and Ethel Mary to the Puget Sound area. After a successful career, he retired in 1982 . During retirement, he built two houses and resurrected Bradley Electric which he continued to operate until his 78th birthday.
Alan's greatest love and joy was his family. He enjoyed nothing more than following the many activities of his children and grandchildren. One of their fondest memories was seeing Dad leading the pack-string into the Bob Marshall Wilderness on his favorite mare, Forest Dawn. Later in life, he looked forward to annual trips with his grandchildren to baseball spring training in Arizona.
He and Ethel Mary returned to Missoula in 2001 to be closer to their family.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at Garden City Funeral Home, 1705 W. Broadway, Missoula
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Missoula Chapter of the Alzheimer Foundation.
Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home.
July 08, 2002 12:00 am Oct. 25, 1914 -- July 1, 2002
Leonard Melvern Roche, 87, of Roseburg died Monday July 1.
Mr. Roche was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y. to James M. and Dorothy Pearce Roche.
He married Marjorie Roth on June 8, 1940, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. Roche preceded him death in 1996.
Mr. Roche served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was on the third wave to storm the beach at Normandy. He also saw duty in the Rhineland.
The Roches moved to New Jersey in 1946; to Missoula, Mont., in 1959; and to Roseburg in 1963. They later moved to Albany in 1968.
During his career Mr. Roche worked for the Douglas National Bank in Roseburg and Key Bank in Albany until his retirement in 1984. He served as Albany's mayor from 1997 through 1978.
He returned to Roseburg in 1996.
Mr. Roche enjoyed playing tennis, gardening and giving blood (10 gallons to the Red Cross) and volunteering.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Masonic Lodge, United Way and S.M.A.R.T. reader volunteer.
He received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America, was the mayor of Missoula, and was named Albany's First Citizen for 1977.
He is survived by son Kent Roche of Missoula, Mont.; daughters Lorna Jenks of Philomath and Pamela McCarley of Myrtle Creek; and grandchildren Eric Duncan, Sara Duncan and Aaron Jenks.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at the First Presbyterian church in Roseburg with the Rev. Vickie Brown officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions in his name be made to the United Way. Private cremation rites were held.
MISSOULA - Holding hands with the love of his life and surrounded by his children and grandchildren, Bob Brown slipped away peacefully on Jan. 11, 2008. He died of natural causes at Community Medical Center.
Robert Edward Brown, a career Marine officer and former Missoula mayor, was born on Oct. 7, 1918, to Charles Hughes and Ruth Heim Brown in Towanda, Penn. A child of the Depression, Bob worked his way through Syracuse University in upstate New York, at times babysitting, doing janitorial work, running a lunch counter, and waiting tables at a posh restaurant "on the hill." During summers, he worked at the bridge works in Elmira Heights, N.Y. In 1940, Bob received his bachelor's degree in political science.
A love affair spanning seven decades began in 1936 when Bob met Cidney Munn, a Helena girl visiting relatives in Elmira Heights. From then on, whenever Bob could steal time, he would hitchhike cross-country to Helena where Cidney ran a successful dance school.
In 1941, after a year of graduate school, Bob left Syracuse to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. With a few months free before attending Officers Candidate School in Quantico, Va., Bob once again went West and found a seasonal job with the U.S. Forest Service. He left Helena as a Montana resident.
The romance between Bob and Cidney continued to blossom despite the obstacle of distance. After kamikazes sank Bob's aircraft carrier, the USS Hornet, he spent two hours in the open ocean before being rescued by a destroyer. Reassigned to the USS Bunker Hill as commanding officer of its Marine detachment, he awaited the new carrier's commissioning in Boston. Cidney joined him there and they married on June 20, 1943. Throughout World War II, Cidney joined Bob every time the Bunker came in for repairs in Bremerton, Wash.
After the war, Bob and Cidney settled into Marine Corps life, bouncing between his duty stations on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, with one short stretch in Oberlin, Ohio, where Bob helped close out the V-2 Navy college program. Their first daughter, Carol Cidney, was born in Oberlin in 1946, and a second daughter, Robin Claire, arrived in 1949 while Bob was stationed in Newark, N.J.
When the Korean conflict began, Cid and their children moved to Helena and Bob left for Chodo, an island off the coast of North Korea. There he commanded two South Korean battalions.
In 1961-62, Lt. Col. Brown headed the Marine contingent of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in South Vietnam. He grew to love the people and the landscape of Vietnam.
Bob retired from the Marine Corps in 1964 and moved home to Montana, choosing Missoula because the University of Montana was located here. From 1965 to 1972, he sold mutual funds for Investors Diversified Services, easily admitting that he "didn't earn much but made a lot of friends." He embraced Missoula as an active member of the Masons, Shriners, Missoula Kiwanis Club, Western Montana Military Officers Association, Missoula Republican Club, and First Presbyterian Church. Bob was a 50-year member of Masonic Lodge 13 and the Shriners.
He served as a Ward Four alderman from 1971 to 1973. When Mayor George Turman resigned, the council appointed Bob to succeed him. Bob resigned from IDS and was duly elected mayor, serving one term from 1973 to 1977. During his tenure as mayor, Bob supported Missoula's bikeway system and oversaw details to establish the Missoula Art Museum in the old Carnegie Library.
Following Bob's third retirement, Bob and Cidney spent four months traveling in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. More trips followed.
A Phi Beta Kappa at Syracuse, Bob was a lifelong learner, wanting to know the whys and wherefores of every experience. A dictionary and encyclopedia set were always at hand to answer questions. The military shorthand, "RTP" (Read the Problem), was a way of life at the Brown household.
Bob was preceded in death by his brother Porteus, granddaughter Carilee Matchett, and son-in-law Phil Tawney.
Survivors include daughters Carol Matchett of Van Cleave, Miss., and Robin Tawney Nichols of Missoula, and their husbands Larry Matchett and William Nichols; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Pastor Brian Marshall will lead a memorial service at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at First Presbyterian Church, 201 Fifth Ave. W., Missoula. Following the service, the Missoula City Police will escort a processional to the Fort Missoula military cemetery for a Masonic ceremony and burial with full military honors.
Honorary pallbearers are Bob's grandchildren and their spouses: Amanda and Craig Strong of Salem, Va.; Marci and Cory McEnaney of Missoula; Land and Glenna Tawney of Missoula; Chris Matchett and Lisa Holt of McDonough, Ga.; Mikal and Armand Begnoche of Bozeman; and Whitney Tawney of Portland.
In lieu of flowers, Bob asked that memorials be sent to the Shriners Hospital for Children-Spokane, 911 W. Fifth Ave., Spokane, Wash. 99204-2901.
MISSOULA - Robert Emerson "Bob" Lovegrove, 62, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005, of complications from brain cancer.
Bob was born June 30, 1943, in Bridgeport, Conn., to Robert E. and Sylvia Tyack Lovegrove. He grew up in Albuquerque, N.M., where he graduated from Highland High School in 1961.
On July 25, 1964, he married Martha Robertson. They have four children and eight grandchildren.
Bob graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelor's degree in forestry in 1966. In 1967, he completed a master's degree in forest economics at Harvard University. Two years later, he obtained a doctorate in economics from Colorado State University.
He taught at Colorado State University, Adams State College and the University of Montana.
Bob moved with his family to Missoula in 1972. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service and Lambros Real Estate. After obtaining his CCIM certification and broker license, he opened Professional Real Estate and Professional Rental Services. He spent time developing and managing rental properties in Missoula. After being frustrated with the bureaucratic process at the city related to property development, Bob decided to run for mayor in 1985. He took office in 1986 and served a four-year term.
He spent 1992 through 1999 in Stevensville and was owner of a local hardware store and active in the Stevensville Civic Club.
Bob returned to Missoula in 1999, where he sold insurance. He was successful in a bid for a Ward 5 City Council seat in 2003.
Bob always chose to be active in his community. He was involved in Boy Scouts, Chamber of Commerce, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Rotary International and Rotary Youth Exchange program, and was a longtime member of the Western Montana Fish & Game Association, and served on a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Advisory Board.
He loved Missoula and sought the best for the city in his political activities. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hiking, camping and hunting.
Bob is survived by his wife, Marty of Missoula; daughter, Lisa and husband Chris Ward of Great Falls; son, Brian and wife Melissa Lovegrove of Little Rock, Ark.; son, Joe Lovegrove of Pablo; daughter, Carmen and husband Bob Zabel of Juneau, Alaska; and eight grandchildren.
He is also survived by stepfather, Phillip Owens of Albuquerque; and sisters, Susan Graziano of Milan, Italy, and Sara Lovegrove of Dallas.
A celebration in honor of Bob will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Missoula Valley Church. A private graveside service for the family will be held.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the Memorial for Bob Lovegrove, in care of First National Bank, 201 N. Main St., Missoula, MT 59802. This fund will be used for the promotion of Boy Scouts.
b. 11/20/1956 in Roseburg, OR.
Bullock said Kadas brings diverse private and public experience to the post.
“Mike knows what it’s like to balance a budget and make payroll, and he’s got what it takes to maintain our strong fiscal position,” Bullock said. “I’ll look forward to working with Mike to making sure we take a balanced, responsible approach to managing the people’s money.”
Kadas, 56, served as mayor of Missoula from 1996 to 2006, managing a $100 million annual budget and overseeing hundreds of employees.
He previously was elected as a Democratic state legislator, serving from 1983 to 1997. He was a member of the House Appropriations, Local Government, and Business and Industry committees and worked extensively on school funding, property taxes and other tax issues.
Since 2008, Kadas has worked in various capacities for Rivertop Renewables, a Missoula company that makes products that are biodegradable and built from renewable plant sugars. Most recently, Kadas said he’s been the manager of facilities and corrosion inhibitors for de-icers.
After Bullock was elected, he sought applications from people interested in jobs such as department directors or members of the governor’s staff.
“I put my name out there as being willing and interested in helping out,” Kadas said. “This is where we ended up.”
Kadas said he’s pleased to be heading the Revenue Department.
“I’ve got a long history of working with state issues, particularly our taxation system, as well as our appropriation side of things,” Kadas said. “Those are real tangible assets in helping to develop consensus and get legislation passed and help what has often been a divided Legislature and executive get to some common ends and move the state forward.”
So far, Bullock has appointed the directors of the departments of Commerce, Corrections, Environmental Quality, Labor and Industry, Natural Resources and Transportation.
Bullock also has tapped Tim Burton to be his chief of staff and Ali Bovingdon and Kevin O’Brien to be his deputy chiefs of staff. Dan Villa will continue to serve as state budget director.
He has yet to appoint the directors of the departments of Administration, Agriculture, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Military Affairs, and Public Health and Human Services.
Age: 57.
Birth date and place: Nov. 20, 1956, in Roseburg, Ore. Moved to Montana in 1979.
Family: He and his partner, Martha Newell, have two sons.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in economics-philosophy in 1992 and master’s degree in economics in 1996, both from the University of Montana.
Past employment: Worked as a carpenter, 1983-86; owned and operated small construction company, 1989-1996; elected mayor of Missoula and served from 1996-2006; Worked from 2008-2012 for Rivertop Renewables, a Missoula-based business producing biodegradable chemicals, most recently as director of special projects.
Military experience: None.
Political experience: Served as mayor of Missoula, 1996-2006. Served on the board of directors of the Montana League of Cities and Towns, 1998-2005, and as its president in 2003; elected and served as a state representative from Missoula, 1983-1997.
An exit interview with outgoing Mayor Mike Kadas By Jessie McQuillan, photos by Yogesh Simpson>>