OBITUARIES

Dec 7, 2020

Maxine L. Meznarich age 87, passed away on December 07, 2020 at Lakeview Care Center in Bigfork, Montana. Maxine was born December 10, 1932 to Milo B. and Helen (Roberts) Watkins, in Fruita, Colorado. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Dec 6, 2020

Herbert Larry Smith age 77, of Kalispell passed away on December 6, 2020, at his home in Kalispell with his family by his side. Herbert is survived by Barbara, Sons Lance and Kevin Smith and Daughter Tiffany Smith Hakes. Services are currently pending at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

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Dec 3, 2020

Evan Gilbert Speer of Columbia Falls, Montana passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at the age of 91. After several years of battling Alzheimer’s, Evan died peacefully of pneumonia, at Kalispell Regional Hospital with beloved wife Shirley, their son David and David’s wife Barbara by his side.

Evan was born in Havre, Montana on November 23,...

Dec 2, 2020

Rod V. Lenz passed away peacefully on December 2, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center with his wife Sandie by his side. Rod was born January 12, 1939 in Spokane, WA to Fred and Vivian Lenz. His early years were spent in Plains, MT, Florida and California where he played football at Culver City High School. Rod enlisted in...

Dec 1, 2020

Kenneth Eugene Jacobs age 70, passed away on December 01, 2020 at his home in Kalispell, Montana. Kenneth was born on October 22, 1950 to Aaron and Marjorie (Krahn) Jacobs, in Riverdale, N.D.. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Dec 1, 2020

Bertha Leona Andrew Meyers, 87, was born on March 18, 1933 in Gravois Mills, Missouri, to Thomas and Beulah (Scarborough) Andrew. She went to be with the Lord she served all her life with on Dec. 1, 2020, from complications after a spinal fracture.

Bertha, known as Sis or Sissie, to all her family, was the fourth...

Dec 1, 2020

Kenneth Hubert Nardinger, 83, of Kalispell, passed away Dec. 1, 2020, following an extended battle with dementia and other complications. His wife, Marlene, died two months prior. They are now joined in a heavenly reunion in God’s loving arms.

Ken was preceded in death by his wife, Marlene; parents, Frank and Ann Nardinger; brother, Charles Nardinger; and...

Dec 1, 2020

Samuel Veich Bussey Jr. (Sam)

Samuel Veich Bussey Jr. (Sam), son of Samuel (Sr.) and Ruby, was born April 24, 1934 in a small farm house south of Ryan, Oklahoma.  He passed away in Kalispell, Montana in the early morning of December 1, 2020 from a heart related event.

Sam had a deep love for...

Nov 30, 2020

Delores Morton, 88, passed away on Nov. 30, 2020, at Brendan House.

Gone from our sight, but not from our hearts.

“DoDo,” as her friends called her, was born Dec. 10, 1930, to Oscar and Marcella Loween. She was the oldest of the four Loween children. DoDo lived in Hibing, Minnesota, until the age of...

Nov 27, 2020

Joseph Samuel Shallcross age 68,of Somers,  passed away on November 27, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Joseph was born on February 5, 1952 in Mount Holly, New Jersey to Joseph and Gladys ( Hudson) Shallcross. Joseph was raised and attended School in Browns Mill NJ.

In 1971 he married Gloria Ramirez in Browns Mill, NJ.

Nov 27, 2020

Walter S. Beland passed away at home on Nov. 27, 2020, with his family by his side.

He was born on Feb. 21, 1932, in Benafait, Saskatchewan, to Michael Beland and Justine Wok. He was the youngest of three children, sister Sophie and brother Ernie. He moved around a lot in his early years with his family...

Nov 27, 2020

Laurel Thompson  age 75, passed away on November 27, 2020 at her home in Somers, with her family by her side. Services are currently pending at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Nov 27, 2020

Karl C. Mueller age 70, passed away on November 27, 2020 at health Center Northwest. Services are currently pending at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Nov 27, 2020

Roger Verne Wendt passed away Nov. 27, 2020, with his sons at his side.

He was born to Gustav and Minnie Isch Wendt on Jan. 1, 1929, in Creston, the youngest of eight children.

He graduated from Flathead County High School in 1946, and attended Kinman Business University. He married Donna Jean Grainger Oct. 8,...

Nov 26, 2020

Phyllis (Moen) Sanguine, age 84 years, died suddenly due to a fourth, unexpected round of cancer, on November 26, 2020, in Kalispell, MT.

Phyllis was born to Chet and Eunice Moen on September 22, 1936, in Glasgow, Montana. She graduated from Glasgow High School in 1954 and from the two-year teaching certificate program at Northern Montana College...

Nov 26, 2020

Gloria Fay Heibein Jones, 81, passed away peacefully in Kalispell after a short, non-COVID respiratory illness on Nov. 26, 2020, with her husband Floyd and her four children, Lynda, Cindy, Terry and Charla at her bedside.

Gloria was born in Coleman, Alberta, on June 30, 1939, and moved to Eureka, Montana, after second grade where she lived...

Nov 26, 2020

Vladimir Kigilyuk age 71, passed away on November 26, 2020 at his home in Kalispell with his family by his side, Private Family services will be held with burial at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Nov 23, 2020

On November 23, 2020, Judith “Judy” Crowell went to be with her Lord and Savior, as well as her husband Bruce, whom she missed dearly.  She passed away peacefully in her home in Kalispell, MT, and her laugh and love will be missed by many.  Judy touched many people during her life, none more than her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren,...

Nov 23, 2020

Ruth (Ruthie) Tempel  age 95, passed away on November 23, 2020 in Kalispell.

Ruth Is survived by her husband of 54 years, Keith M. Tempel of Kalispell. Ruth was born in Austria and immigrated to Switzerland and, consequently, immigrated to the USA in1948.

Ruth and her husband were married in 1966...

Nov 23, 2020

Cameron Eden Smith, age 59, passed away on November 23, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Services are currently pending at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.