U.S. Rep. John Patrick ‘Pat’ Williams, age 87, of Missoula, passed away June 25, 2025. U.S. Rep. Pat Williams will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 and from 8-11 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025. He will then be transported to Butte for a private family burial.
Service Schedule
Lying In State
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday July 2, 2025
Montana State Capitol Rotunda
1301 E 6th Ave.
Helena, Montana 59601
Lying In State
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Thursday July 3, 2025
Montana State Capitol Rotunda
1301 E 6th Ave.
Helena, Montana 59601
Service Schedule
Lying In State
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday July 2, 2025
Montana State Capitol Rotunda
1301 E 6th Ave.
Helena, Montana 59601
Lying In State
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Thursday July 3, 2025
Montana State Capitol Rotunda
1301 E 6th Ave.
Helena, Montana 59601
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Diana Hawbaker-Tavary says
Carol very sorry for this time of your life. Pat was a great advocate for our State. Blessings
Charlotte Muprhy says
To the Williams Family: I am sending my love to you during this difficult time of loss. I want to share how much Representative Williams meant to us in the arts during a period of great tumult. I don’t think I agreed with him on certain things but that doesn’t matter. What does matter is that it was a gift and a honor to be treated with respect as I represresented a small fiesta group that represented art spaces across the country. I also got to meet and enjoy his wonderful son Griff. I have personal and somewhat quirky connections to Montana. I think in 1989 or so I was visiting and Pat Williams was walking in a Fourth of July parade — where I do not know — Missoula, Billings, or Miles City — and as he walked by he caught my eye and I his, and we were like ….what? you here? it’s a treasured memory. I am thankful to have known him a bit, and thankful the world got to enjoy his company for a nit. With love and respect, Charlotte Murphy
Charlotte Murphy says
To the Williams Family: I am sending my love to you during this difficult time of loss. I want to share how much Representative Williams meant to us in the arts during a period of great tumult. I don’t think I agreed with him on certain things but that doesn’t matter. What does matter is that it was a gift and a honor to be treated with respect as I represented a small feisty group that represented art spaces across the country. I also got to meet and enjoy his wonderful son Griff. I have personal and somewhat quirky connections to Montana. I think in 1989 or so I was visiting and Pat Williams was walking in a Fourth of July parade — where I do not know — Missoula, Billings, or Miles City — and as he walked by he caught my eye and I his, and we were like ….what? you here? it’s a treasured memory. I am thankful to have known him a bit, and thankful the world got to enjoy his company for a bit. With love and respect, Charlotte Murphy