OBITUARIES
Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Harvey Naslund
Feb 26, 2013
Harvey Naslund passed away Feb. 26, 2013. He was born Nov. 22, 1914. He was raised in the Chinook area and graduated from high school there in 1928. Harvey began a family there on a small 40-acre farm, eventually expanding into hundreds of acres. At the end of the years in Chinook, he went into cattle ranching. He sold out...
Shye White
Feb 24, 2013
Born Dec. 5, 2011, Shye was "taken into our Lord's arms" unexpectedly on Feb. 24, 2013. She was surrounded by her family at the time. She was preceded in death by grandmother, Barbara Koppy; and uncles, Eldon Kearny and Santana Wolruff. She is survived by and will be missed by grandparents, Rick and Rhonda White, and Bud Koppy; and many...
Edward Klimowicz
Feb 17, 2013
Edward Morine Klimowicz, 70, passed away Feb. 17, 2013, in Kalispell, due to leukemia. He was born June 16, 1942, in Taber, Alberta, and was raised in Canada and California. He attended schools in Canada and, after taking a locksmithing course, completed his high school education in California. Edward served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1970 as...
Thelma Bissertt
Feb 17, 2013
Thelma Bissertt departed Feb. 17, 2013, of natural causes. She was born Thelma Sylvia Madslangrud Oct. 10, 1916, to Norwegian immigrant parents Anne and Thorvald Madslangrud, on a homestead farm five miles north of Chester. In 1920, she moved with her parents and siblings to a dairy farm that they purchased in Lewistown. In 1929, her father Thorvald tragically died...
Earl Cameron
Feb 15, 2013
Earl Cameron passed away at his home Feb. 15, 2013, surrounded by his family and friends. Earl was born May 17, 1938, in Hot Springs. He was the ninth of 10 children born to Archie and Hazel Cameron. Growing up, Earl stated that he lived and worked in every state west of the Mississippi as the family followed work. Earl's...
Edward Iv
Feb 10, 2013
Edward Lawrence Hynes IV, 55, passed away in Hungry Horse on Sunday Feb. 10, 2013. Edward was born July 6, 1957, in Evanston, Ill. He grew up in Wilmette, Ill., and attended Harper School. He then went on to Loyola Academy, graduating in 1975. He then attended Arizona State University. In 1985, he moved to Montana where he fell in...
Larry Crans
Feb 7, 2013
Larry Frederic Crans, 74, of Bigfork, died at Kalispell Regional Medical Center on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Larry was born on May 10, 1938, in San Francisco to Alice Marie and Richard Crans. He grew up in California and New York where he enjoyed summers at Wolf Lake at his beloved grandmother's "camp." Larry graduated in 1960 from Tamalpais High...
Juanita Dehaven
Feb 6, 2013
Juanita was born in Ravia, Okl. on August 6, 1920 to James and Willie Mae Woodard. The family later moved to Thermopolis, Wyo., where she met and married James C. DeHaven in 1947. They raised three sons in Thermopolis until 1965, when the family moved to Libby, Mont. Jim and Juanita lived in Libby until James passing in 1981. A...
Ward Allers
Feb 5, 2013
Ward E. Allers, age 46, passed away at Kalispell Regional Medical Center on Tuesday February 5, 2013 after battling cancer and other health issues. Ward was born February 2, 1967 in Kalispell, Montana to Myrna M. (Minthorn) Allers and Elmer D. Allers. He grew up in Kalispell, graduating from Flathead High School in 1985. He attended the University of Montana...
Peggy Wigle
Feb 2, 2013
On Feb. 2, 2013, Peggy lost her long struggle with lung cancer. Peggy passed peacefully at her home with her husband, family, and beloved pets by her side on a mild, winter day. She was born Peggy Flora Kett in Norwich, England, on Aug. 17, 1935. She was one of 10 children born to Flora and Cecil Kett. Childhood memories...
Carle O'Neil
Jan 31, 2013
Carle Francis O'Neil was born to Clinton Dewitt (C. D.) and Emma Engeman O'Neil in Kalispell on June 17, 1920. He died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Carle grew up the youngest of four surviving children in the fine bungalow-style home on the corner of Fifth Street and First Avenue West. He attended the West Side School and at Flathead High...
Kathrine Christensen
Jan 31, 2013
Kathrine Felma Christensen was born to Leonard and Felma Kopman on May 17, 1930 in Gackle, ND, where they lived until 1942 when the family moved to Battle Ground, WA. Kathrine married Paul Christensen on April 4, 1954. After Paul's death she moved to Kalispell, MT in 1994. In recent months, she she had been awaiting her eternal reward and...
Hugh Mcmanus
Jan 24, 2013
Hugh Dennis McManus, age 89, passed from life January 24, 2013. Hugh was born in great Falls, Montana on November 7, 1923 to Nathan and Gertrude McManus. Hugh was the second son of seven children. He is survived by his wife Norma of 57 years, and 4 sons, Dick, Dennis, Jack, and Allen. Hugh's younger years were spent in Great...
Michael Corti
Jan 22, 2013
Michael William Corti, 63, passed away from cancer on Jan. 22, 2013, at his Whitefish residence. He was retired from special operations in the military. Michael earned various awards and medals while in the military, including five Good Conduct Medals, Expert Rifleman and Pistol, .45 caliber, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation,...
Rodney Freeman
Jan 12, 2013
Rodney Raymond Freeman "was taken to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ" on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, after a painful struggle with mesothelioma cancer. Rod was born on April 29, 1937, to Alberta and Melvin Freeman in Kalispell. He grew up and went to grade school in Kila, and graduated from Flathead County High School in 1955. He...
Frances Dyer
Jan 8, 2013
Frances Louise "Fran" Dyer, 90, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at her Kalispell residence. Fran was born in Eldora, Iowa, to Dr. Albert Wesley and Hannah Greene Adams on Nov. 5, 1922. Fran taught school in Eldora Township for three years. She moved to California in 1943. Fran was an active member of Eldora's Methodist Church as a pianist...
Joe Vanbemmel
Dec 29, 2012
Joe W. VanBemmel, 75, passed away from heart complications on Dec. 29, 2012. Joe was born May 23, 1937, to Johanas and Mary VanBemmel in Manhattan. Joe grew up in Manhattan with his family until May 23, 1947, when they moved to Eureka. He went to school through the seventh grade, and he then went to work at Columbus Clark...
Shirley Bruner
Dec 28, 2012
Shirley Maxine Bell Bruner, 82, died on Dec. 28, 2012. She was born in Ontario, Calif., on June 26, 1930, to Milton Herbert Bell and Ella Louise Yates Bell. She was later joined by twin brothers, Herbert and Harold Bell. Shirley attended South Euclid School, and later graduated from Chaffy Union High School in Ontario. She met and married Ralph...
Craig Bieber
Nov 27, 2012
Craig Louis Bieber, age 50, passed away Wednesday November 28, 2012 in Kalispell. Craig is survived by his mother Margaret; Wife Barbara, and children Jamie and Dillon. Visitation for Craig will be held today November 29, 2012 from 4 till 8 P.M. at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home. Celebration of Life will be held on Friday November 30, 2012 at 11:00...
Bernard J.
Oct 12, 2012
Bernard H. "Bud" Kreutzer Jr., age 65, passed away from complications from diabetes at Brendan House on October 12, 2012. Bud was born January 16, 1947 in Jamacia, New York. His father was an estimator for Kellog's and his mother was a home maker. .He grew up in Jamacia and graduated in 1964 at Bishop Loughlon High School in Brooklyn,...
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