OBITUARIES

Paul Persinger

Nov 15, 2014

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Cindy Schlitz

Nov 11, 2014

Cindy Louise Schiltz died on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at her home in Bigfork, with her children surrounding her in love and care.

Cindy  was born on July 14, 1960, to Merritt and Isobel Smith in White Sulphur Springs and attended public school and graduated there in 1978. She attended the University of Montana and later graduated from...

June Barnes

Nov 9, 2014

After spending a beautiful life in Whitefish surrounded by her beloved family, June Helen Barnes passed away peacefully on Nov. 9, 2014. She was 87 years old.

June was lucky to find her soul mate, Lyle Barnes, early in life. June and Lyle married shortly after high school and spent decades raising their...

Jean Moore

Nov 8, 2014

Jean Moore (née Heller) died peacefully at her residence at The Springs in Whitefish, MT on November 8th, 2014.  She was 87 years old at the time of her passing.

Jean is survived by her five children: David, Kenneth, Susan, Richard and Steven.

Jean was born on January, 24 1927 in...

Shawn Maguire

Nov 8, 2014

Shawn Francis Maguire, 50, died on Nov. 8, 2014, at his home in Kalispell, of natural causes.

Shawn was born on May 2, 1964, in Sacramento, Calif., to parents Julianne Gabbert Maguire and Francis “Frank” Maguire. Shawn spent his early years in California, moving to Oregon and finally settling in Montana, first in Polson and...

Oystein Boveng

Nov 7, 2014

Oystein Mathias Boveng, 81, of Kalispell, died on November 7, 2014 with his wife and children at his side.

He was born in 1932 at Sandar, Norway, the first child of Paul and Martha Helene Tutvedt. In 1945, the family changed their name to Boveng, a surname from a branch of their family tree dating...

Geneva Lockhart

Nov 5, 2014

Our loving mother Geneva “Gen” Mildred Lockhart, 91, “went home to the Lord” on Nov. 5, 2014.

Geneva was born Feb. 24, 1923 to Bennie and Dena Seney in Max, N.D. Her early days were spent on the farm and she attended two years of high school in Minot, N.D. before her family moved to...

Audrey Pemble

Nov 4, 2014

Audrey J. Boe Pemble, 86, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, at Edgewood Vista in Kalispell.

Audrey was born Nov. 18, 1927, in Duluth, Minn., to Joseph and Ella (Manske) Kline. Audrey grew up in Minnesota and graduated from high school in Bigfork, Minn.

In September 1948, she married Arnold Boe. They moved to...

Lawrence Mcatee

Nov 2, 2014

Mr. Lawrence "Larry" D. McAtee passed away at Kalispell Regional Medical Center on Nov. 2, 2014, at the age of 73, nearly 18 years after a heart transplant.

Larry was born on June 23, 1941, in Kalispell to Donald and Esther McAtee. He attended Flathead County High School. He joined the Army, serving in Fort Ord, Calif.,...

John Bradstreet

Oct 30, 2014

John Raymond Bradstreet, 61, died Oct. 30, 2014, in Somers.

Johnny was born April 11, 1953, in Bigfork to John and Ruth Bradstreet.  He was the youngest of five sons, grew up in Bigfork and graduated from Bigfork High School in 1971.

Being a natural comedian, Johnny entertained his family and friends throughout his life...

Michael Berman

Oct 30, 2014

Michael B. “Mike” Berman, 73, died suddenly in a car accident Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.

Mike was born in 1941, to George and Dessa Berman in Chicago. He grew up in various cities including Chicago, Newark, New York and Detroit.

Mike was a graduate of Bowling Green University and enjoyed a long and successful career as...

Shirley Stubbs

Oct 28, 2014

Our 'Mother Superior', string cheese smuggler, dive tender, and Roller Derby girl, Shirley Ann Stubbs,  joyously went home to the angels, (at the age of 81 and ¾), while surrounded by her loving family and friends on October 28, 2014.  She began her grand influence on the world on January 13, 1933 in Beverly, Massachusetts after being born to...

Patricia Fraleigh

Oct 23, 2014

Patricia Faith Fraleigh age 87, passed away on Thursday October 23, 2014 at Heritage Place in Kalispell, MT, She is survived by her son Michael Fraleigh, no services are planned at this time. Buffalo HIll Funeral Home and Crematory caring for the family.

Margie Miller

Oct 21, 2014

Margie “Marge” Luella (Blair) Miller, 91, passed away on Oct. 21, 2014, in Kalispell.

Marge was born to Carl and Olga (Olsen) Blair on May 1, 1923, in Spokane. She attended school in Spokane and graduated from Rogers High School in 1941.

Marge married Donald A. Miller on Dec. 5, 1941. In 1955, Don, Marge...

Richard Mullee

Oct 19, 2014

Richard F. P. Mullee, 77, of Kalispell, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014.

He was born Oct. 18, 1937, in Minneapolis.

His service in the Air Force took him to England, Scotland and finally San Diego, where he met and married the love of his life, Mary Eggleston. They moved to Kalispell Montana to raise their...

Danny Mccarroll

Oct 18, 2014

Danny Ray McCarroll, 66, passed away on Oct. 18, 2014, in Somers.

Danny was born June 4, 1948, in Greenville, Calif., to Jack James and Eleanor (Azbill) McCarroll. He attended Pacific High School in California, and served in the United States Army 82nd Airborne.

Danny worked as a truck driver for many years. He married Deann (Dooley) in 2005 in Kalispell....

Audrey Kiser

Oct 16, 2014

Audrey died on Oct. 16, 2014, at the Immanuel Lutheran Skilled Care facility in Kalispell where she has resided and received loving care for the last two and a half years.

She was born in Great Falls on June 28, 1918 to James H. Daly and Mayme McDonald Daly. Audrey went to school in Miles...

Jean Collins

Oct 16, 2014

Our dear mother, Jean Collins, passed away on Oct. 16, 2014, in her home in Columbia Falls, after a courageous battle with cancer. Her three loving daughters were at her side.

Jean was born on Nov. 2, 1926, in Rolla, N.D., to John Pohl and Alice Schell Pohl. She grew up in the Turtle Mountains near the...

Ida Kirack

Oct 15, 2014

Ida Katherine Kirack, 100, “went home to the Lord” on Oct. 15, 2014, in Kalispell, with family by her side.

Ida was born in Fullerton, N.D., on Nov. 28, 1913, the seventh of 15 children born to August and Sophia Gemar. Her early childhood years were a rich and rewarding experience on the large family farm in...

Joe Lawrence

Oct 14, 2014

Joe Lawrence “finished his allotted time on earth to go on to his next assignment” on Oct. 14, 2014.

He lived in Swan Lake from birth, and could not have been enticed to leave. He was an avid outdoorsman, a true mountain man “and is off to run his next trap line.”

Joe spent his...