Michele Diane Motichka, 57

Michele Diane Osborne Motichka was born to Barbara and Darrel Osborne in Whitefish, Montana on March 25th, 1968.

She was the fourth child born into a family of three brothers.  She was a sweet and loving baby until she was 16 months old and got a kidney infection which caused her to have diabetes. Then things got a little more complicated as she was the only child so young in the valley to have this condition. 

They were able to get on one of the only glucometers later put out in Missoula.  Though all of this had happened she still managed to set up little tea parties with cookies for her older brothers.  Come have your tea and cookies she would say, we are coming little mama, they would say. When she was a junior in high school she moved with her parents to Oregon, graduated there and was chosen for Who’s Who in America. 

She later married David Moore after losing a son at five months of gestation.  Not long after she gave birth to a daughter, who they named Mindy. 

Later in life she married Ronald Motichka, along with her daughter and four grandchildren they worked on her dream of building a legacy to leave behind for her babies. Colonial Sunrise Eggs was a big hit flourishing quickly, supplying many restaurants, stores, and personal customers.  In April of 2024 Michele was diagnosed with a form of leukemia, though she fought hard and was an incredible picture of strength the whole time, she went home on April 23rd, 2025.  She is survived by her husband Ronald Motichka, mother and father Barbara and Darrel Osborne, daughter and son in law Mindy and Kyle Schwegel; grandchildren, Adyn, Austyn, Ashtyn, and Alyse Schwegel; her brothers Bryan, Mark, and David Osborne as well as their wives and many aunts, uncle, nieces, and nephews  A lifetime of finger poking, shots, and many food restrictions, yet that didn’t keep her down, for 55-plus years she kept getting back up.  

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2025 at Columbia Mortuary. The public viewing will start at 1:30 p.m. To send online condolences please visit columbiamortuary.com. Columbia Mortuary is caring for the family.