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Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Gregory Cusick
Mar 17, 2012
Gregory Douglas "Greg" Cusick, 66, passed away suddenly at his home March 17, 2012. Greg was born in Kalispell Aug. 9, 1945. He was the middle child of Edith and Edwin Cusick, and was a lifelong resident. He attended St. Matthew's School and graduated from Flathead High School in 1963, then went on to Moler Barber School in Spokane. In...
Keith Grice
Mar 2, 2012
Keith Lawrence Grice, age 86, passed away Friday March 2, 2012 in Whitefish. Keith was born April 19, 1925 in Pasadena, CA., the son of Larry and Audrey (Vail) Grice. At a young age, the family moved to Rollins, MT where Keith grew up. Keith married Viola Smith in 1951. They were married for 36 years. He enlisted in the...
William Chilton
Mar 1, 2012
William N. "Bill" Chilton, age 84, passed away Thursday March 1, 2012 with his family by his side in Kalispell, MT. Bill was born April 1, 1927 in Rugby, North Dakota, and was raised in Towner North Dakota. He attended Towner High School until he was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1945. He served his tour and was recalled...
Robert Richards
Feb 24, 2012
Robert R. Richards, age 83, passed away due to an automobile accident on Friday February 24, 2012. Robert was born October 15, 1928 in Ponca City, OK, the son of Robert and Nora (McKinney) Richards. He was raised in Kansas. In 1951, in Napa, CA., he married Dora Zahler. They were together for 60 years before his passing. Robert served...
Gary Bolliger
Feb 20, 2012
Gary Nyle Bolliger, 76, passed away on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at his home in Kalispell. Gary was born on Oct. 2, 1935, in Sandy, Utah. He was raised and attended schools in Sandy. He graduated from Jordan High School in Sandy in 1953. After high school he attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Gary married Marcia Helen Keithley...
Agnes Rupert
Jan 5, 2012
Agnes "Aggie" Patricia Long Rupert, loving mother, wife, sister and aunt, passed away peacefully Thursday January 5th, 2012 at Kalispell Regional Hospital. Aggie had made her home in Hungry Horse for the last 24 years. Aggie was born March 7th, 1952 in Columbia, PA to Tom and Agnes Long. Aggie was married to her husband Kevin for the past 19...
Marlene Doyle
Jan 4, 2012
Marlene Kay Bunyak Doyle, 60, died at her home in Great Falls MT on January 4, 2012. She was born January 12, 1951 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Woodrow and Mary (Angyal) Bunyak. She was the second of three daughters. Marlene was raised on the family farm north of Cut Bank and eventually moved to Cut Bank to attend school....
Alice Bongiani
Jan 2, 2012
Alice Jane Bongiani, age 87, passed away Monday january 2, 2012 at Lake View Care Center in Bigfork, Montana. Alice was born October 12, 1924 in Glasgow, Montana, the second of seven children to Peter and Mary Caricaburu, She was raised on ranches near Nashua and Glasgow. Alice attended country schoold and graduated from Glasgow High School where she excelled...
David Vandort
Dec 12, 2011
David Earl VanDort, 71, passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Kalispell. Dave was born to Earl and Betty (Johnson) VanDort July 28, 1940, in Holland, Mich. Dave spent four years in the U.S. Navy and while there, he received his high school diploma. After his honorable discharge from the Navy, he went to work in his dad's furnace business,...
Eldon Kerney
Dec 1, 2011
Eldon James Kerney "left us for a better place and a new adventure" on Dec. 1, 2011. He was ready for that. He was born Sept. 7, 1980, in Whitefish. Eldon was a fun loving, outgoing, compassionate man. His wit and humor will be sorely missed by his many friends and family. Eldon came into the world hard and fast,...
Lucille Malson
Dec 1, 2011
Lucille Leona (Garbe) Malson, 86, went on ahead Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Tempe, Ariz. Calvin Earl Malson, 87, soon followed on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, apart from each other only six days. Calvin was born March 25, 1924, in Rockyford, Alberta, Canada, the middle of seven children born to Emerson and Pearle Malson. He had one sister, Kathryn (Louie...
Clifford Metcalf
Nov 28, 2011
Clifford A. "Smokey" Metcalf, 91, died peacefully after a brief battle with cancer, in Kalispell on Nov. 28, 2011. Smokey was born Jan. 27, 1920, in Colfax, Wash., to Carl Frank and Cyrena Mae (Baldwin) Metcalf. He was the eldest of six children. Smokey was raised and attended school in Libby. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942. He...
Jesse Smith Jr
Nov 27, 2011
Jesse E. "Smitty" Smith went to be with the Lord" on Nov. 27, 2011, at his home in Kalispell. Smitty was born Oct. 19, 1924, in Monroe County, Iowa. His father was Jesse Smith Sr., and his mother was Bulah (Elswick) Smith. He grew up on a farm in Iowa, attended a country school and then graduated from Moriva High...
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...
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