OBITUARIES

Jul 25, 2020

Billy Gene Vanzant age 74, passed away on July 25, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana. Billy was born on November 21, 1945 to Billy and Gene Vanzant, in Torrance, CA. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 25, 2020

Geremy Travis Madsen age 51, passed away on July 25, 2020 in Bigfork, Montana. Geremy was born on July 17, 1969 to Gerald and Jeanne (Horstman) Madsen, in Kalispell, MT. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 24, 2020

Wayne Bruce Worthington age 93, passed away on July 24, 2020 at The Lodge in Kalispell, Montana. Wayne was born on September 26, 1926 to Leonard and Ruby (Brion) Worthington, in Muncy, PA. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 23, 2020

James S. Malone age 70, passed away on July 23, 2020 at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Montana. James was born on August 19, 1949 to James F. and Gracie (Moore) Malone, in Beaumont, TX. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 23, 2020

James Clay Miller age 30, passed away on July 23, 2020 at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Montana.

James was born on April 28, 1990 in Whitefish, Montana. He was raised in Montana and graduated from Flathead High School.

He later went on to marry his wife Tessa Burns and fathered two beautiful children, a...

Jul 23, 2020

Barney Leon Leigon age 98, passed away on July 23, 2020 at Health Center North West in Kalispell, Montana. Barney was born on January 01, 1922 to Grover G. and Sallie R. (Cousins) Leigon, in Baughn, New Mexico. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 20, 2020

William K. Mulhollam, 87, passed away on June 20, 2020, at Buffalo Hill Terrace in Kalispell.

Bill was born Feb. 3, 1933, in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, the son of Vernon and Leila (Lancaster) Mulhollam. He grew up in River Falls, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school and attended college in Wisconsin. Bill joined the Army and was...

Jul 20, 2020

Tom was born in the Bronx right near Yankee Stadium on October 3, 1942.  He was a loyal Yankee fan his whole life.

After high school, Tom enlisted in the Marines where he served in Vietnam at the beginning of the conflict.  After his service he worked as a car and light truck mechanic in his own...

Jul 18, 2020

Brenda Ann (Demarest) Osborne, 75 passed away peacefully on July 18th, 2020 with her two daughters by her side and in the thoughts and prayers of her son. She battled diabetes for almost 50 years and her body finally succumbed to its complications.

She is survived by her daughter, Dawn (Osborne) Peine and son in law John...

Jul 16, 2020

Lovingly called “Sonny Boy” by his father, on Dec. 9, 1994, Samuel Thomas Keirle came bouncing into the world at a healthy 9 pounds, 12 ounces in Billings. He was a man of the world — living and growing up in many places: Kalispell, Billings, Bowman, Baker, St. Paul. The Johnny Cash song comes to mind, “I’ve been everywhere...

Jul 15, 2020

Katherine M. Sutton age 86, passed away on July 15, 2020 at her home in Kalispell, Montana. Katherine was born on July 12, 1934 in South Dakota. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 14, 2020

Peter Durrance Laffin age 75, passed away on July 14, 2020 at Granger Meadows in Marion, Montana. Peter was born on March 31, 1945 to Robert and Elizabeth (Durrance) Laffin, in Conrad, Mass. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 14, 2020

Gary W. Barlow age 65, passed away on July 14, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana. Gary was born on December 29, 1954 to Wallace D. and Sally (Snavely) Barlow, in McCloud, CA..No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 12, 2020

Jean Freeland Henning was born May 22, 1919, in Freeland, Michigan, a small town named after her great-grandparents Mammy and Pappy Freeland. She lived a wonderful life at an amazing time in history. In spite of her timid personality, Mom accomplished many things in her 101 years on this planet.

When Mom was born World War I...

Jul 12, 2020

Tina Marie Marcum age 54, passed away on July 12, 2020 at her home with loved ones by her side in Kalispell, Montana. Tina was born on December 19, 1965 in Libby, Montana. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 11, 2020

Janice Arlene Maxwell age 73, passed away on July 11, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana. Janice was born on October 03, 1946 to Morris and Imojene (Black) Ludy, in Delano, CA. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 10, 2020

A lifetime on this earth of service, generosity, instruction, commitment, passion, and love came to a close on Friday afternoon July 10, 2020, with the peaceful passing of Donald Russell Holman at his home in Kalispell. It was a very typical Montana summer day with a scattering of clouds, sun, a slight breeze, and a spattering of light rain...

Jul 10, 2020

Betty Mae Sherwood age 94, passed away on July 10, 2020 in Eureka, Montana. Betty was born on January 24, 1926 to Amos Robert and Alice Mae (Keyes) Bartlett, in DeGrey, SD. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral home is caring for the family.

Jul 9, 2020

Stanley Owen Hanson, 91, of Whitefish passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Whitefish Care and Rehab, from complications of cancer.

Stan was born on June 16,1929 in Leeds, North Dakota to Howard and Berny Gresdahl Hanson. The family moved to Eureka in the fall of 1937 and he attended schools in Eureka, graduating Lincoln County...

Jul 8, 2020

Randolph “Randy” Lozeau, 72, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2020, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

Randy will be cremated and his ashes will be spread amongst his brothers’ sisters’ and parents’ ashes on Lozeau Flats “The Ranch” on July 30 around noon, with military honors.

Randy was born April 18, 1948, in Missoula to...