OBITUARIES
Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Leonard Blanc
Nov 6, 2013
Leonard was born Oct. 20, 1933, in Carbondale, Colo. "He entered heaven" on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in Kalispell, as a result of congestive heart failure. Dad was born to August and Dorothy Blanc, and would later be joined by a brother Jerry. The family spent his early childhood in various areas of western Colorado, gathering lots of life experiences....
Michael Vega
Nov 5, 2013
Michael Jamie-Edward Vega, 15, passed away from natural causes on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was born Feb. 21, 1998, in Wheatridge, Colo., the son of Pedro Vega Jr. and Jennifer Borland. He was raised up in Whitefish and attended Glacier High School. Michael was involved in the Special Olympics, Clean the Fish, Dream Team...
Terrance Shepherd
Nov 3, 2013
Terrance Roy Shepherd, 53, passed away Nov. 3, 2013, in Kalispell, of natural causes. He was born Aug. 8, 1960, in Portland to Art and Shirley Shepherd. He was raised in Portland and graduated from high school in Troutdale, Ore. Terry served in the Marine Corps for eight years. In 1992, he married Rebecca L. Dixon in Halfway, Ore. He...
Ronald Bronson
Nov 1, 2013
Ronald A. Bronson, 79, passed away at his Kalispell residence on Nov. 1, 2013. Ronald was born Aug. 22, 1934, in Niehart to Fred and Ida Bronson. When he was a young child, the family moved to Lakeside where Ronald grew up. He graduated from Flathead County High School. Ronald served in the U.S. Navy as a naval mechanic from...
Leo Nigg
Nov 1, 2013
Leo Simon Nigg passed "into the loving arms of Jesus" on Nov. 1, 2013. Leo was born March 14, 1928, in Conrad to William Frederick and Minerva Kohl Nigg. Three things were dear to Leo's heart: his family, music and the mountains. Never was one very far away from his thoughts. Farming the soil of eastern Montana gave him his...
Lillian Corbielle
Oct 30, 2013
In the morning of Oct. 30, 2013, "our family, friends and the world lost one of the truly beautiful souls to ever walk this land. We who knew her and love her mourn the loss but rejoice in the glorious triumphant return to her Lord Jesus and to her loving husband of 48 years, Jim Grobe." In her many, many...
Tristin Cady
Oct 28, 2013
Tristin Lee "Lover" Cady, 3 years of age, passed away on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, at Children's Hospital of Colorado in Aurora, Colo. Tristin was born on Dec. 12, 2009, in Kalispell to Richard and Kourtney Cady. Tristin's nickname was "Lover" simply because he was so full of love. He loved life, he loved his family and he loved God....
Janice Dow
Oct 23, 2013
Janice Galloway Dow was loving, generous and enthusiastic. Her sudden death on Oct. 23, 2013, has left a void in the lives of her loved ones that will be deeply mourned. Born on April 16, 1946, in Evanston, Ill., to William and Nina Galloway, Janice valued family above all else. Her heart overflowed with love for Nina, William and her...
Brian Delaney
Oct 17, 2013
Our beloved son, brother and father, Brian Scott Delaney, was taken from us suddenly on Oct. 17, 2013. Brian was born May 21, 1970. He graduated in 1989 from Flathead High School. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish with his father, son and friends every chance he had. Brian was happiest in the woods and...
Christopher Moulton
Oct 17, 2013
Christopher Patrick Moulton, 43, passed away on Oct. 17, 2013, from results of an automobile accident. Christopher was born March 5, 1970, in Salt Lake City to Linda (Lee) and Dan Moulton. At the age of 12, the family moved to Kalispell where he graduated from high school. Christopher worked at Sawbucks and for the Bulldog in Kalispell. He spent...
Sydney Canady
Oct 17, 2013
Sydney Lynn Canady, 60, of Columbia Falls, formerly of Las Cruces, N.M., "went to be with the Lord" on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Sydney was born Dec. 31, 1952, in Las Cruces to Marge and Sidney Coleman. She married Casper "Chopper" Canady on June 2, 1995, in Los Banos, Calif. Sydney was preceded in death by her father, Sidney Coleman....
Donna Clark
Oct 16, 2013
Donna Ilene Clark, 63, passed away on Oct. 16, 2013, in Kalispell. Donna was born on July 3, 1950, in Bakersfield, Calif., where she grew up and attended schools. She married Ken Clark in 1983, in Tehachapi, Calif. They had been together for 30 years. Donna worked as a deli clerk for Tidyman's from 1993 to 1997, when she went...
Marla Handford
Oct 15, 2013
Marla Marie Handford, 51, "peacefully stepped over to heaven" on Oct. 15, 2013, in Kalispell. Marla was born in Libby on Sept. 22, 1962. She attended Plummer Grade School until her family moved to Kalispell during her fourth grade year. In Kalispell, she graduated from Flathead High School with the class of 1980. Marla held various jobs in the Flathead...
Laurie Baker
Oct 13, 2013
Laurie Lorraine "Loz" Baker, 50, "went to heaven" on Oct. 13, 2013. Laurie was born on July 7, 1963, to Del and Nancy Baker in Kalispell. Laurie had a great passion for her son Brad and her grandsons. Brad was the greatest light in her life and he was known as her "little spook!" She also had such an unconditional...
George Mcginnis
Oct 8, 2013
George Ralph Yeadon McGinnis passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at his home in Lakeside. He was a fun-loving, outgoing people person and true Montanan. Not long ago he wrote an obituary for himself, which reads: "Geo (to his friends and family) has kicked the bucket, and is now dead and gone. "Cremated at my request, with ashes to...
Albert Friedt
Oct 7, 2013
Albert Friedt went home and was received into the loving arms of his Savior Jesus Christ, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. He was born Sept. 20, 1926 in Mott, North Dakota to Tillie & Anton Friedt and grew up on the farm in Mott, North Dakota. He married Sarah Schaible on October 28th, 1947. He farmed until he moved his...
Sherry Shanks
Oct 5, 2013
Sherry May Shanks passed away peacefully Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Sherry was born Sept. 20, 1936, in Wolf Point to lona and William "Everett" Chaney. After graduating Wolf Point High School, she stayed in Wolf Point working as a waitress when she met her husband-to-be, Norman Shanks. Together they had five children and later moved...
Evelyn Wilkerson
Sep 30, 2013
Evelyn Kay Wilkerson "was received into the loving arms of our Lord," Sept. 30, 2013. She put up a tough fight this last year in her battle with cancer. She was the first-born of Larry and Evelyn Wilkerson in 1952 in Whitefish. Kay lived throughout the West and finally settled in the Flathead Valley. Kay loved this valley, with the...
Bertha Korolog
Sep 28, 2013
Bertha Mae Korolog of Bigfork passed away on Sept. 28, 2013. She was born Birdie May Harris on Feb. 14, 1924, to the late Vera and Everett Harris of Decherd, Tenn. Bertha left Tennessee when she was 18 and lived in New Orleans with her brother JC, prior to moving to Delaware to be with her sister, Mildred. She worked...
Jason Dunham
Sep 28, 2013
Like a whirlwind that didn't stay here on Earth with us long enough was Jason Jonathon Dunham, who passed away Saturday September 28, 2013 at the age of 36. Never one to sit still, always quirky, sharp-tongued humor and a quick wit not always enjoyed by everyone, Jason was impulsive to a fault but also kind, loving, loyal, generous, and...
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