OBITUARIES

Oct 21, 2018

Judith Diane (Tague) Leger arrived on a beautiful August day in 1947 in Bozeman, Montana. She passed away on Oct. 21, 2018 in Kalispell. She was the second child of Lois and Don Tague. Her parents divorced when she was about 12 months old and she stayed with her mother. A couple years later her mother married Harlow Leger...

Oct 19, 2018

James (Jim, Jimmy, Pops, Papa), R. Harkins passed away on Friday, October 19, at his home in Martin City, MT, with his best friend and wife of 52 years, Midge, and family at his side.

Jim was born on August 8, 1943, to Harold and Margaret Harmon Harkins in Tacoma, WA.  He was...

Oct 19, 2018

Vivian Harrison, age 89, passed away on Friday October 19, 2018 at the Springs in Whitefish.  Vivian was born on December 31, 1928. Services are currently pending at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 18, 2018

Nikoley Ivanov, age 87, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.  Burial will take place in Utah. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 17, 2018

Alice (Norma) McManus age 88, went home to be with the Lord in the early hours of October 17, 2018. Norma was born on April 10, 1930 in Kalispell, one of eight girls, she was raised by her mother in Kalispell where Norma later met and married Hugh McManus. Together they raised four boys.

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Oct 17, 2018

Loretta Lousie Kister  age 84, passed away on Wednesday October 17, 2018 at Hidden Meadows Assisted Living in Columbia Falls, MT Loretta was born on May 8, 1934 in Spokane, WA to Daniel and Lois (Felton) Botwell. Burial will take place in Spokane WA.

Oct 17, 2018

Virgil Lewis Fisher, age 89, passed away on Wednesday October 17, 2018 at Brendan House in Kalispell, Virgil was born on July 20, 1929 in Kalispell, MT to Guy and Edna (Null) Fisher

He was raised in the Bissel community and  he  graduated with a B.S  in Education from Western College in Dillon, MT. Virgil was a...

Oct 16, 2018

Poul Houlberg was born Sept. 29, 1929, in Chicago and passed away Oct. 16, 2018, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell.

Poul was the youngest of five children born to Jens Peter and Avolda Houlberg. His two sisters, Elly and Elissa, and two brothers, Stanley and Jens Peter Jr. completed their family.

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Oct 15, 2018

Deborah Sue Heyer age 65, passed away on Monday October 15, 2018 in Somers, MT Deborah was born in Mobile, Alabama on July 25, 2018 to Raymond and Ana Mae(Draine) Heyer.

Oct 12, 2018

Melvin Blubaugh, age 85, passed away on October 5, 2018 at the Montana Veteran's Home in Columbia Falls. Melvin was born in Chicago, IL on March 17, 1933 to Ambrose and Ruby May (Moss) Blubaugh. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 11, 2018

Mary Ellen Fontanez, age 71, passed away in Kalispell, MT on October 11, 2018. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 11, 2018

Sharon Adele Ireland, age 71, passed away in Whitefish, MT on October 11, 2018. Sharon was born in Pablo, CA on November 26, 1946 to John and Cecilei (Hicks) Vendetti. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 10, 2018

Richard M. Gleason, age 77, passed away in Kalispell, MT on October 10, 2018. Richard was born in Renton, WA on October 13, 1940 to Frances Martin and Maxine Elizabeth (Vieting) Gleason. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 10, 2018

Evelyn Mae Blair age 90, passed away on Wednesday October 10, 2018 at Heritage Place in Kalispell, Evelyn was born in Iowa on July 20, 1928 to Guy and Daisy Hart.

Evelyn loved working in her flower garden and crocheting. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents. She is survived by her sons Glen...

Oct 6, 2018

Myrtle Edith Wills, age 77, passed away in Kalispell, MT on October 6, 2018. Myrtle was born on August 4, 1941 in Mount Holly, NJ to Lyman and Bessie (Frazier) Bozarth. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 5, 2018

Steven Fawcett, age 74 , passed away in Kalispell, MT on October 5, 2018. Steven was born in Corona, CA on March 27, 1944 to Raymond Thomas and Gloria (Wurth) Fawcett. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Oct 4, 2018

Edward John Kelly age 74, passed away peacefully on Thursday October 4, 2018 in Kalispell. Edward was born on November 19, 1943 in Dayton, Ohio to John and Helen (Kessler) Kelly. Ed was raised and attended School in Springfield, Ohio graduating from Catholic Central High School, he then went on to get his BA from Ohio State University in...

Oct 4, 2018

On October 4th, 2018 our sweet baby Reagan lost her fight after 8 precious months of life. Reagan was born to Daniel Nielsen and Raney Frick on January 28th, 2018. She was born with a rare syndrome that made every day we spent with her even more special. We knew from pregnancy that her time with us was going...

Oct 3, 2018

Diana "Diner" Lynn (Straszewski) Zahller, 63

Diana passed away from cancer, at home, surrounded by her loving family on October 03, 2018.

She was born July 24th, 1955 in Libby Montana, the daughter of Daniel and Laura Straszewski. When she was three years old the family moved to Whitefish Montana where her father worked for...

Oct 3, 2018

William “Bill” Franklin Padgett, age 83, was born to Bettie and Perry Padgett on December 11, 1934 in Columbia Falls.

At 14, he left home to work in the lumber camps. At 16, he and a buddy went east and worked at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois. When he returned home about a year later, he...