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Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Leon Wild
May 14, 2014
Leon L. Wild, 80, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell. He was born on Sept. 7, 1933, in Milton, N.D. to Carl and Dorothy (Strand) Wild. Leon grew up in Milton. He graduated from St. Alphonsus High School in Langdon, N.D. in 1951. After high school he attended college at St. Johns...
Alma Kellenberger
May 14, 2014
Alma Jean Kellenberger passed away May 14, 2014 in Fort Collins, Colo., after battling Alzheimer's for many years. Jean was born Nov. 22, 1921, to Arthur and Nelle Blom in Glendive. At the age of six her family moved to Livingston where her younger brother Arthur was born. Her father worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad as an accountant and...
Douglas Peters
May 12, 2014
Douglas Lynn Peters, 60, passed away in Kalispell on May 12, 2014. Douglas was born in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 2, 1953, the son of Dick and Selma (Murry) Peters. He was raised in St. Paul, Minn., and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1971. He then went to Hamline University, graduating in 1975 as a music teacher....
Leroy Grundmeier
May 11, 2014
Leroy H. Grundmeier, 69, passed away May 11, 2014, at the Montana Veterans Home. Leroy was born on Sept. 6, 1944, in Blackduck, Minn., where he lived all of his younger life. He learned to work hard and play hard during his time on the farm. In 1964, he moved to Whitefish to be near his sister and brother-in-law. From...
Roland Engdahl
May 9, 2014
Roland Helmer Engdahl, 88, passed away May 9, 2014, at his home after a lengthy illness. Roland was born Feb. 11, 1926, in Williamsport, Pa., to Gustaf A. and Sara E. (Hampton) Engdahl. Roland attended school in Williamsport, and in 1944, he entered the U.S. Army. In 1946, he married Virginia E. Moyer in Williamsport and continued to serve our...
Doris Masa
May 9, 2014
Doris Masa passed away Friday, May 9, 2014, at her home in Kalispell. Doris was born in Ekalaka on April 29, 1930, to George and Mary Anderson and attended school in Baker and Portland, where her parents worked in a shipyard during World War II. Later, the family returned to Baker where she met and married Paul Masa. Over the...
Charles Rhodes
May 5, 2014
Sheriff Charles "Chuck" Rhodes (ret.), passed away peacefully on May 5, 2014 at the Montana Veterans' Home in Columbia Falls, MT, at the age of 79. He was surrounded by family and cared for by the most wonderful staff imaginable. He had struggled for many years with Alzheimer's, yet, he always sensed when his family was near him. Chuck was...
Jesse Lynch
May 4, 2014
Jesse passed away on May 4, 2014, at his home in Hungry Horse, after his battle with lung cancer. He was born in Upton, Wyo., to Jesse and Margaret Lynch on Sept. 12, 1923. In the autumn of 1930, he moved with his family to Montana in a Model T Ford, following the early trails and lake shores until they...
Kathryn Nightingale
May 1, 2014
Kathryn Kay Nightingale, 67, passed away May 1, 2014, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, due to COPD. She was born June 20, 1946, in Manilla, Iowa. In 1978 Kathryn married James Nightingale in Omaha, Neb. She worked for 21 years at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha as a scrub technician. She later worked as a waitress. She was preceded in death...
Faith Newman
Apr 30, 2014
Faith Ann Newman, 82, died April 30, 2014, at her residence in Columbia Falls, after a long battle with COPD. Faith Ann was born near Columbia Falls, the youngest of 10 children born to Leonard and Laura Seville, on Oct. 12,1931. She was raised in Coram. Faith married Elwood "Bub" Newman on Aug. 14,1948. They had three children, Thomas, Larry...
Carl Corino
Apr 26, 2014
Carl Corino was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and "passed to the other side" on April 26, 2014, the same day as his birthday, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, due to natural causes. He was 78 years old. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force. He was a decorated veteran with the Office of Special Investigations, Tech Services Division. Services...
Laurie Cunningham
Apr 26, 2014
Laurie Anne (Absalonson) Cunningham, 65, of Kalispell, passed away April 26, 2014. Laurie was born in Kalispell to Elmer and Nadine (Copley) Absalonson on Oct. 14, 1948. Laurie was raised in Kalispell and graduated from Kalispell High School in 1966. She married Martin Gilman in 1967 and had three children. Laurie later divorced and in 1996 married Charles A. Cunningham....
Betty Churchill
Apr 25, 2014
Betty Lee Shankle Bennett Churchill, 90, died April 25, 2014, in Kalispell. Betty was the only child of Charles and Gladys (Lamb) born Feb. 1, 1924. She was raised in Wichita, Kan. She married Gene Bennett and was widowed in 1967. She was remarried in 1968 to Warren "Bill" Churchill. Betty attained her associate's degree in the '70s. She worked...
Peter Brucato Sr
Apr 22, 2014
Peter F. Brucato Sr., resident of his beloved Whitefish, passed away on April 22, 2014, at the age of 92. Peter was one of seven sons born to Agnes and Thomas Brucato of Andover, Mass. He developed a lifelong passion for skiing during winters in Andover and fell in love with sailing during his summers. He progressed first as a...
Viola Hoover
Apr 19, 2014
Viola Grace (Syring) Hill Hoover of Whitefish "was escorted home to be with Jesus" on April 19, 2014. "She is now being welcomed after a courageous battle with cancer by our loved ones that took the journey before her." She was born to Walter and Evelyn Syring in Sydney, and was raised with her brothers in the winds of eastern...
Lynn Henry
Apr 19, 2014
Lynn Louise Henry was born on Sept. 28, 1950, to Ralph Robert Easley Sr., and Doris Louise Titus Easley, in Coos Bay, Ore. She passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2014. After moving to Kalispell, for the last 15 years she has worked at Flathead Electric Cooperative as a Member Service Representative. Lynn was preceded in death by her parents,...
Anne Oertel
Apr 18, 2014
Anne P. Oertel, 96, passed away April 18, 2014, in Kalispell. Anne was born July 11, 1917, in West Paterson, N.J. She grew up in Westfield, N.J. Anne became a registered nurse at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, School of Nursing in Elizabeth, N.J. She married Howard F. Oertel in Elizabeth in 1947, then worked at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J. In...
Bob Williams
Apr 18, 2014
Bob Williams passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 18, 2014. He had been a very well-liked and appreciated resident at the Columbia Falls Veterans Home for the past three years. Bob was a perfect example of our "best generation," coming home from the war and immediately going to work. Hardworking, honest and silently (usually) disgusted with users, whiners...
Dorothy Hewitt
Apr 16, 2014
Dorothy Flickinger Hewitt, 91, of Kalispell passed away peacefully in her sleep Wednesday evening, April 16, 2014, at Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell. She was born Oct. 16, 1922, in Pondera County to loving and grateful parents, Fred and Emma D. Flickinger. She attended Pondera County Elementary School as a child. During this time she tasted freedom and flight on...
Stanley Olafson
Apr 15, 2014
Stanley "Pete" Robert Olafson, also known as "Pops," "went to be with his Lord and Savior" on April 15, 2014. He was surrounded by the people who loved him. Pete was born on March 13, 1939, to Carl and Violet Olafson in Akeley, Minn. After elementary school he lived in various places including Westwood, Calif., Grenora, N.D. and White Sulphur...
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