Elnora Dye

Elnora Dye age 93, passed away on Saturday March 17, 2018 at Prestige assisted Living in Kalispell. Elnora was born in Geraldine, Montana to Harvey and Dorothy (Heck) Bell , Elnora was raised in Geraldine and Kalispell, graduating from Flathead High School. In 1945 she married James W. Dye in Denver, CO.  after his discharged from the Army Air Corp after WWII. They were married for 40 years.  Elnora was a stay at home mom. From 1949 to 1954 the family lived around Fairbanks, Alaska , and then helped Homestead at TOK Jct. Alaska, until they moved back to Montana and lived on Birch Grove Road. Elnora went to work at the Flathead County Courthouse at the Election Department in the 1960’s where she worked herself up to the Head of the Election Department until she had to retire in 1979 after an  accident where she was severely burned due to faulty gas pump at a gas Station. After she recuperated, She traveled the Western States with her sister and brother in law and eventually bought  a second home in Yuma, AZ. where she spent her winter months. Summers were spent at her cabin at Ashley Lake where friends and Family would gather every weekend for fishing and great food. Elnora loved fishing, reading walking and hunting, her biggest trophy was a mountain Goat in 1977. Elnora was the last remaining sibling of 9 children. Elnora was preceded in death by her parents, ex husband James W. Dye. she is survived by her children Carl J. Dye, Helen R. Jackson and William R. Dye. All of Kalispell, MT. 4 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services will be scheduled in the Spring. The family request Memorials be made to Frontier Hospice  42 Bruyer Way Kalispell, MT 59901. Friends are encouraged to visit our website at www.buffalohillfh.com to leave notes of condolences for the family. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home and Crematory caring for the family.