OBITUARIES

Gary Kober

Jul 31, 2015

Gary Douglas Kober, loving and devoted husband and dad departed this earthly world to be with our heavenly Father on July 31, 2015.  Gary was born in Billings, MT on March 27, 1951, the son of Sol and Virla Kober.  The oldest of four, he learned work ethics at an early age on the irrigated cattle farm...

Eric Gustafson

Jul 28, 2015

Eric Scott Gustafson was born December 22, 1965 in Whitefish Montana to Don and Zoe

Gustafson.  He passed away July 28th, 2015 at Health Center NorthWest from Multiple

Sclerosis at the age of 49.

Eric attended 12 years of school in Whitefish graduating from Whitefish High School in 1984.

He then attended Montana State University. Over his lifetime he worked in Arizona, Hawaii and

managed a motel in Chester, Montana for many years. He enjoyed many hobbies including

skiing on Big Mountain, hunting, fishing, and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He always

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Eric Allen

Jul 19, 2015

Eric Todd Allen, 46, passed away July 19, 2015, due to angiosarcoma.

He was born Aug. 27, 1968, in Chandler, Arizona, and raised in Casa Grande, Arizona. He graduated from Casa Grande Union High School in Casa Grande and attended Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Arizona.

In 1992, he married Stephanie Rankin in Casa Grande....

Evelyn Bygren

Jul 8, 2015

Evelyn “was called home” on July 8, 2015, in Kalispell.

She was born Sept. 8, 1922, in Powell, Wyoming, to Veva (Hawley) and William Sedwick, early homesteaders of the Powell Valley.

Evelyn Smith

Jul 6, 2015

Evelyn "Eileen"  Smith, age 87, went to be with the Lord on July 6, 2015 in her Kalispell home.  Eileen was married to Jesse E. Smith in 1946, and were married for almost 66 years, and having two children, moved from Iowa to Colorado Springs, CO where they lived fro over 30 years.  There, Eileen worked as a restaurant...

Wonita Drake

Jul 4, 2015

Wonita Clara Drake

Wonita Luke Drake  age 81, passed away July 4, 2015. Wonita was born September 20, 1933 to

Thomas and Una Ritter Luke, in Kalispell Montana, at her Grandmothers’ home on 8”‘

Avenue West. She spent her entire life in Kalispell.

Nita married Ernest Drake...

Deborah Heuscher

Jul 3, 2015

Debbie “went home to be with her Lord and Savior,” suddenly and unexpectedy, on July 3, 2015.

She was born in Seattle on Jan. 31, 1958. Her family moved a lot following her...

Bradley Fleury

Jul 1, 2015

Bradley “Brad” Fleury, age 63 passed away at his home surrounded by family on July 1, 2015. Brad was born on January 21, 1952 in Waterloo, New York. He is survived by his wife Jacqueline “Jackie” Fleury and children Emily Dunham, Shelley Lawson, Steven Short, John Short, and Bryan Fleury. A Celebration of life service will take place at...

Robert Graham

Jun 29, 2015

Our father, Bob Graham, passed away on June 29, 2015, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls.

Bob was born on March 30, 1926, in Kalispell, to Byron H. Graham and Anna I. Duffy Graham and raised on the family dairy farm in the LaSalle area. He graduated from Flathead County High School in 1944, eventually...

Dan Peterson

Jun 28, 2015

Dan L. “Napa Dan” Peterson, 59, passed away the 28th of June, 2015, at his home in Kalispell.

He was born Nov. 15, 1955, to Richard and Shirley Peterson and was raised in...

Patricia Marks

Jun 23, 2015

Patricia L. Marks, 66, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at her home in Olney, after a long battle with cancer.

Patricia was born on Feb. 24, 1949, in Norway, Maine, to...

Wayne Whitney

Jun 19, 2015

Wayne Ward Whitney passed away on June 19"‘ 2015 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was 85.

The world lost a good husband, good father, and a good man. He was the 7"‘ child born to Ida (Hart) and

Ward B. Whitney, on June 5"‘, 1930 in Kalispell, Montana. He spent most of his early...

Ronald Martin

Jun 14, 2015

Ronald Loyd Martin, born on October 18, 1948, passed away late in the evening on June 14 th , 2015 after a courageous battle with gastric cancer. Ron grew up in Swan Lake, and remembered, at a mere four years of age, seeing his first big yellow pine while riding in the back of his parent’s 1948 Ford. He...

Velma Armstrong

Jun 11, 2015

Velma "Peggy" Grace Armstrong, 79, passed away on June 11, 2015 at   North Valley Hospital in Whitefish.

Velma was born Jan. 30, 1936 in Otto, Pennsylvania to Caroline and Alfred Smith and was...

Olga Horak

Jun 10, 2015

Olga Eva Horak passed away June 10, 2015, in Kalispell.

She was born Jan. 18, 1943, in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and immigrated to the United States when she was 7 years old. She went...

Dorothea Armstrong

Jun 10, 2015

Dotty passed away peacefully on June 10, 2015.

She was born July 11,1933, to Oliver Kempf Sr. and Florence Schaefer, on Staten Island, New York. She graduated from Curtis High School and then matriculated at Teachers College, Columbia University, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

She initially taught at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in...

Edwin Covell

Jun 8, 2015

Edwin Forrest Covell, age 85, passed away June 8, 2015 due to an accident at his Whitefish residence.  Edwin was born December 13, 1929 in Pittsburg, NH., where he grew up.  Edwin had been a logger for many years in the Flathead Valley.  On December 5, 1988 he married Betty Stevens in Casper, Wyoming.  They were married for 26...

Steven Jones

Jun 7, 2015

Steven R. Jones (Jonesy) age 57, of Hungry Horse Montana passed away peacefully of natural causes on Sunday June 7, 2015.

Steven was born on July 29, 1957 to Jim R. and Annette Jones in Flint Michigan.  The family moved to Jackson Michigan in 1972 and still reside there.

Steven is...

Jeff Berry

Jun 6, 2015

Jeff Berry age 55, passed away on Saturday June 6, 2015 at his home in Marion, arrangments are pending with Buffalo Hill Funeral Home.

Glenn Koski

Jun 6, 2015

Glenn R. Koski   85 Glenn R. Koski, passed away on June 6th, 2015 at the Montana Veterans Home.  He was born in Paavola, MI on April 20, 1930 to Oscar & Helmi Koski. As a young child, he worked along with his father in a shoe repair shop. In 1947, he joined the Army.  He...