OBITUARIES

Jul 13, 2014

Dan Reichardt, 73, passed away at his home in rural Kalispell on July 13, 2014.

Dan was born March 26, 1941, in St. Louis County, Mo., to Charles and Venita (Kuchler) Reichardt. Dan attended Francis Howell High School gradutating in 1959. Dan  enterened the Army and served from 1963-1965. Dan was a carpenter, owning and operating  his own company...

Jul 9, 2014

Vivian Thompson, 77, passed away to be with the Lord, July 9, 2014, due to injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. She was born Feb. 5, 1937, in Bridger to Christian and Emma Saylor, one of 18 children.

Vivian grew up primarily in Billings, where she graduated from high school in 1955. After high school, she went...

Jul 6, 2014

Barbara Rae Spies, 77, “crossed over” peacefully at her home the morning of July 6, 2014. A Montana native, Barbara was born in Kalispell on Feb. 26, 1937, and was raised in Kalispell. She was the daughter of Norma and F.E. “Rip” Wilson. After graduating from Flathead County High School in 1955, she continued her education at Washington State,...

Jul 1, 2014

Lorraine Clauson Nelson passed away on July 1, 2014, at the Welcov Assisted Living Facility in Kalispell. She was born in 1919 in Benedict, N.D., and was the youngest of 10 children born to Heinrick and Katharina (Schock) Delzer. She had four sisters and five brothers. She grew up on her family's farm near Benedict and attended high school...

Jun 26, 2014

DeLisa Dawn Willis, 50, devoted and loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend passed away peacefully on June 26, 2014, surrounded by her daughters and friends at the Kalispell Regional Memorial Hospital in Kalispell, Montana.  She was born on February 21, 1964 in Wichita, Kansas to Jonnie Musgrove Davis and...

Jun 25, 2014

Shari Lynn Allen , age 48 passed away on Wednesday June 25, 2014 at her home in Kalispell, Montana, formerly of Ojai, California, born October 24, 1965, .Our hearts ache with this loss, but what can be said with certainty, is that we are better people from knowing her. Her soul is at peace and suddenly death does not...

Jun 23, 2014

Andrew Ray Jackson "Red" Farris was born Nov. 24, 1930, to Ruben Ray Farris and Addie Bell Mooneyham Farris in Waller, Texas, and passed from our lives June 23, 2014, at age 83. At the tender age of 14 he struck out from the family dairy farm to see the world, and boy did he see it! After a...

May 25, 2014

David Mason Leach passed away May 25, 2014, at the age of 96, at the Veterans Home in Columbia Falls. He was born in Owatonna, Minn., on Sept. 16, 1917. During World War II he was stationed in Lexington, Va., and retired as a lieutenant colonel, JAG, after 20 years in the Reserves. After the war, he married Lucille Dixon...

May 23, 2014

Vonna L. Hines passed away May 23, 2014, surrounded by family at her home in Kalispell. She was born May 11, 1939, to Harry and Lucille Pederson of Cando, N.D. After graduating from high school in 1957, Vonna moved to Miles City where she met and married Clarence Swanson. Together they had three children. With her sense of adventure, Vonna...

May 20, 2014

Melinda "Linda" Kay Meacham Bartsch, born on March 31, 1950, in Kalispell, died on May 20, 2014, in Whitefish. Melinda was the only child of Fred and Mollie Sheldon Meacham also of Kalispell. She attended Kalispell schools, Russell Elementary School, Central Junior High and Flathead County High School, graduating from high school in 1968. She attended Flathead Valley Community College...

May 19, 2014

Lloyd Earl Mathwig, 75, passed away from heart problems on May 19, 2014, at his residence in Kalispell. He was born Oct. 29, 1938, in Kalispell and was raised in the Valley. Lloyd went to Mountain Brook Grade School, and at the age of 15, began work in the logging industry. Lloyd worked in the woods for over 40 years....

May 14, 2014

Leon L. Wild, 80, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell. He was born on Sept. 7, 1933, in Milton, N.D. to Carl and Dorothy (Strand) Wild. Leon grew up in Milton. He graduated from St. Alphonsus High School in Langdon, N.D. in 1951. After high school he attended college at St. Johns...

May 14, 2014

Alma Jean Kellenberger passed away May 14, 2014 in Fort Collins, Colo., after battling Alzheimer's for many years. Jean was born Nov. 22, 1921, to Arthur and Nelle Blom in Glendive. At the age of six her family moved to Livingston where her younger brother Arthur was born. Her father worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad as an accountant and...

May 12, 2014

Douglas Lynn Peters, 60, passed away in Kalispell on May 12, 2014. Douglas was born in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 2, 1953, the son of Dick and Selma (Murry) Peters. He was raised in St. Paul, Minn., and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1971. He then went to Hamline University, graduating in 1975 as a music teacher....

May 11, 2014

Leroy H. Grundmeier, 69, passed away May 11, 2014, at the Montana Veterans Home. Leroy was born on Sept. 6, 1944, in Blackduck, Minn., where he lived all of his younger life. He learned to work hard and play hard during his time on the farm. In 1964, he moved to Whitefish to be near his sister and brother-in-law. From...

May 9, 2014

Roland Helmer Engdahl, 88, passed away May 9, 2014, at his home after a lengthy illness. Roland was born Feb. 11, 1926, in Williamsport, Pa., to Gustaf A. and Sara E. (Hampton) Engdahl. Roland attended school in Williamsport, and in 1944, he entered the U.S. Army. In 1946, he married Virginia E. Moyer in Williamsport and continued to serve our...

May 9, 2014

Doris Masa passed away Friday, May 9, 2014, at her home in Kalispell. Doris was born in Ekalaka on April 29, 1930, to George and Mary Anderson and attended school in Baker and Portland, where her parents worked in a shipyard during World War II. Later, the family returned to Baker where she met and married Paul Masa. Over the...

May 5, 2014

Sheriff Charles "Chuck" Rhodes (ret.), passed away peacefully on May 5, 2014 at the Montana Veterans' Home in Columbia Falls, MT, at the age of 79. He was surrounded by family and cared for by the most wonderful staff imaginable. He had struggled for many years with Alzheimer's, yet, he always sensed when his family was near him. Chuck was...

May 4, 2014

Jesse passed away on May 4, 2014, at his home in Hungry Horse, after his battle with lung cancer. He was born in Upton, Wyo., to Jesse and Margaret Lynch on Sept. 12, 1923. In the autumn of 1930, he moved with his family to Montana in a Model T Ford, following the early trails and lake shores until they...

May 1, 2014

Kathryn Kay Nightingale, 67, passed away May 1, 2014, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, due to COPD. She was born June 20, 1946, in Manilla, Iowa. In 1978 Kathryn married James Nightingale in Omaha, Neb. She worked for 21 years at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha as a scrub technician. She later worked as a waitress. She was preceded in death...