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Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Jerome Boyle
Nov 24, 2011
Jerome Maitland "Jerry" Boyle, 73, passed away Nov. 24, 2011, at the Whitefish Care and Rehabilitation. Jerry was born May 28, 1938, in Los Angeles. Jerry was a retired pilot and author. He is survived by his wife, Andrea, of Marion; children, James Maitland Boyle of Germany, Kevin Lee Boyle of Sacramento, Calif., and Jennifer Rebecca Newton of Lincoln, Neb.;...
Betty Miller
Nov 23, 2011
Betty L. Claridge Miller, 82, passed away at Immanuel Lutheran Home on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, after a 14-year battle with Alzheimer's. Betty was born May 24, 1929, to Lance and Lula Claridge, the second of five children. She grew up on the family farm west of Kalispell in the Bald Rock area. In 1946, she married her longtime beau...
Doris Connors
Nov 12, 2011
Doris (Long) Connors, 94, died Nov. 12, 2011, in Kalispell, of natural causes. She was born July 18, 1917, in Keene, N.D., and was raised in North Dakota and Montana. Doris graduated from Williston High School in North Dakota in May 1935. Before World War II, she worked at the Boeing factory in Seattle as a rivet-bucker. She married Stanley...
Dale Williams
Nov 11, 2011
Dale Williams passed away in Kalispell on Nov. 11, 2011. Dale was born a fifth generation Montanan, to Warren and Marjorie Williams. As a youth he was active in 4-H, speech and debate. He graduated from Flathead High School and went on to receive his bachelor's degree in history under a pre-law curriculum at Ripon College, Wis. Dale and Brenda...
Olga Adney
Oct 30, 2011
Olga B. (Busskohl) Adney, 93, passed away Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Heritage Place in Kalispell. Olga was born on Sept. 3, 1918, in Bloomfield, Neb., to William and Anna (Buhrmann) Busskohl. She was raised in Bloomfield, where she attended schools, graduating from Bloomfield High School in 1936. Olga married Joseph H. Adney on Feb. 2, 1952, at St. Paul's...
Stephen Rogers
Oct 29, 2011
Stephen Joseph Rogers, born 3/18/1941 in Philadelphia, PA. Steve served in the United States Marine Corps from 1958-1962, he then joined the Philadelphia Police Department during the years 1962-1965. Steve moved to California in 1966 and joined the Los Angeles Police Department where he held several different roles throughout his tenure dating 1966- 1991. Steve retired to Montana in 1993...
Grace Carlson
Oct 29, 2011
Grace (Guckenburg) Carlson, 90, died Saturday morning, Oct. 29, 2011, at Immanuel Lutheran Home with her daughter and son-in-law comforting her. Grace's ashes will be scattered on the family ranch in Choteau in the spring. Grace was born in Havre on April 20, 1921, and graduated from high school there in 1939. She was the first one in her family...
Burton Arnoux
Oct 24, 2011
Burton Lee "Burt" Arnoux, age 82, passed away October 24, 2011 at the Evergreen Convalescent Center in Hot Springs, Montana. Burt was born October 13, 1929 in Browning, Montana to George and Rose Arnoux. She was later known as Rose Turner. At the age of 7, Burt and his family moved to the Flathead Valley and went to Egan School....
Lisa Petersen
Oct 14, 2011
Lisa Marie Petersen, 41, passed away in Kalispell on Oct. 14, 2011, after a courageous two-year battle with oral cancer. Lisa was born June 16, 1970, in Kalispell. She graduated from Flathead High School and went on to complete her bachelor's degree in social work at the University of Montana in Missoula. She then moved to the Seattle area and...
Ronald Romera
Oct 3, 2011
Ronald B. Romera, age 78 passed away peacefully with his treasured family by his side on Monday October 3, 2011 in Kalispell. He leaves behind his loving wife of 56 years, Ann Romera of Bigfork, one son Michael R. Romera , and his significant other Valerie Torres, from Las Vegas, daughters Michele Romera Sather and husband Greg Sather. of Bigfork;...
Violet Morrow
Oct 1, 2011
Violet Cleyola Brewer Morrow passed away Oct. 1, 2011, in Kalispell. Violet was born in Milltown, Pa., to Howard and Emma Brewer. They moved to Montana when Violet was a small child and lived on a farm where her father's family lived in Eagle Butte. Violet married Tom Morrow on Dec. 23, 1934, in Fort Benton where they both worked....
Earl Mcpike
Sep 17, 2011
*Earl Grey McPike, age 73, an owner and operator of Two Bears Trading Company in Bigfork passed away on September 17, 2011 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell. Earl was born in Worland, Wyoming on July 23, 1938, the son of Earl and Nora McPike. Earl was of Irish and Cree Indian heritage, and active in the Native American...
Dale Gifford Jr
Sep 13, 2011
Recently, Kalispell lost a beloved citizen and devoted community servant. Dale E. Gifford Jr., passed away peacefully on Sept. 13 at the age of 71. Dale was born on June 29, 1940, to Dale and Ida Gifford in Elkhorn, Wis. His family then moved to Hudson, Wis. in 1944, where he soon discovered a passion for hunting and fishing. It...
Bernard Robinson
Sep 12, 2011
Bernard Anthony Robinson, 91, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was born on Leap Day, Feb. 29, 1920, in Terre Haute, Ind., the fifth son of Robert and Elizabeth Robinson, and spent his childhood in Indiana, Florida and Illinois, graduating from Parker High School, Chicago, in 1938. As a child, he liked to make and...
James Bergmann
Aug 31, 2011
James Wallace "Wally" Bergmann passed away peacefully at Greenwood Village Assisted Living in Kalispell on Aug. 31, 2011. He was born in Newport, Minn., on Dec. 23, 1913, the son of James L. Bergmann and Nora Belle Stevens Bergmann. His family moved to International Falls, Minn., in 1921, where his father began working for the Great Northern Railroad. In 1922...
Mary Olsen
Aug 31, 2011
Mary "Lou" Olsen, 72, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, circled by her family and friends, after a hard, but short battle with cancer. Lou was born the third of three children to Morse and Dorothy Campbell in Lexington, Ill. Lou's father was drafted into the U.S. Army in the fall of 1944, and was killed in France on...
Kim Forza
Aug 30, 2011
Kim Hammond Forza, 70, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at his home in Kalispell. Kim was born Dec. 10, 1940, in Portland to Charles and Dorothy Hammond Forza. He was raised in Portland, where he attended Highland Grade School. He got his G.E.D. at Clackamas Community College in Portland. He Joined the U.S. Army, where he served as...
James Elgin Sr
Aug 29, 2011
James E. Elgin Sr., 71 Our beloved father, husband, brother, grandfather and friend, James Edward Elgin Sr., passed away suddenly of natural causes on Aug. 29, 2011. Jim Sr., was born in Wheeler on Feb. 8, 1940, to Russel and Velva Elgin. Jim lived most of his life in the Flathead Valley where he attended local schools and participated in...
Mark Olson
Aug 14, 2011
Mark Edward Olson 40, passed away surrounded by his family on Aug. 14, 2011. Mark was born July 21, 1971, in Sioux Falls, S.D., and at the age of 5 moved to Northwest Montana. One day while cross-country skiing at a park, he pointed up at the ski resort and said, "Dad, I need to be there," and from that...
Robert Weber
Aug 13, 2011
Robert "Bob" Weber, Jr., age 59, passed away on Aug 13th, 2011 losing his heroic battle with cancer. Surrounded by his family he peacefully joined his daughter Joyce, brother Steve and parents, Robert Sr. and Joyce (Hehman) Weber. The eldest of 6 children, Bob was born on June 9, 1952 in Spokane WA. He often spoke of "crazy escapades" with...
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