Woodrow W. Bunyak, age 89, passed away on Monday June 7, 2010 of natural causes at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell. "Woody" was born May 6, 1921 on the family homestead located Southwest of Sweetgrass, Montana. He was the oldest child of Steven and Katherine (Lozing) Bunyak. He graduated the 8th grade from Itherbide School (west of Sunburst) and went to work for the Itherbide Sheep Ranch for three years. He bought his first parcel of farm land at the age of 16. He farmed in North Toole County and North Glacier County for 48 years, retiring in 1983. He married Mary Angyal of Milk River Alberta on January 28, 1946 in Sunburst, Montana. They raised their three daughters in the Cut Bank area. In 1988 Woody and Mary moved full time to their dream home on Echo Lake (near Bigfork, MT) to be closer to their grandchildren. Woody was a family man first and foremost. He was a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church in Sunburst, Cut Bank, and Bigfork. He bowled in several leagues in both Cut Bank and Bigfork. He was also a member of the Moose Lodge and the Eagles. He was a Montanan born and raised, and Montana was his favorite state. A man with a strong work ethic, he encouraged his daughters to do the same, He could fix most anything and if he couldn't, he would know the best and cheapest place to take it. He loved to visit and could find humor in the most ordinary part of this life we are all living. He was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 53 years, Mary, his parents, Mary's parents, sister Vera Dye and her husband Virgil, brother-in-law Leonard Atkinson and nephew Greg Angyal. He is survived by his daughter Sandra (Ted) Harke of Columbia Falls, Marlene (Bill) Doyle of Great Falls, and Rita Graham of Kalispell. Granddaughters Tawnia (Barry) Harke Ramstad of Columbia Falls, Sonja (Shane) Harke Steele of Spokane, WA; Lisa Graham of Seattle, and Jill Graham of Spokane, WA; great-grandchildren Ariel, Olivia, Kaitlyn, and Taylor Ramstad and Shelby and Zach Steele. Brother Stan (Gladys) Bunyak of Sunburst; sister Delia Atkinson of Sweet Grass; brothers-in-law Steve (Helen) Angyal and Mike (Marion) Angyal all of Milk River Alberta, and numerous nieces and nephews.