OBITUARIES

Roy Dimond

Aug 10, 2014

Roy S. Dimond, age 89, passed away on August 10, 2014.  Roy was loved by many who shared his passion for life, the outdoors, hiking, fishing, and hunting.  He was an Eagle Scout and a Sea Scout.  Roy was a longtime member of the Audobon Society and local hiking clubs.  Roy proudly served the U.S.A.  in the U.S. Navy during...

Ernest Drake

Aug 8, 2014

Ernest Vernon Drake, 87, passed away on August 8, 2014.

Ernest was born July 3, 1927, in Somers to Vernon and Anna Keller Drake. He was the fourth of nine children. At the age of 6, the family moved to what was to become the family farm on Whitefish River.

Ernest married Wonita Drake in 1950, and...

Buck Foster

Aug 8, 2014

Buck Foster “went home to be with the Lord” on Aug. 8, 2014.

He was born in Joplin, Mont., at the neighbors’ farm on the way to the hospital on Oct. 23,1932.

“Dad had many accomplishments; however, he wanted to say, ‘If you knew him, you would know what they were.’ I must brag a...

Evelyn Knutson

Aug 8, 2014

Evelyn Margaret Knutson, 92, passed away on August 8, 2014 at Lake View Care Center in Bigfork with some family by her side.  Evelyn was born on August 3, 1922, fourth of five children, to Gerhard G. and Mathilda (Schneider) Gerving, in Glen Ullin, North Dakota.  After graduating from Glen Ullin High School in 1940, Evelyn worked for a...

Minta Schnur-Milner

Aug 7, 2014

Minta Mae Schnur Milner was born in Washington on Sept. 11, 1930, to Preston and Opal Bourne.

She “went to be with her Lord and Savior” on Aug. 7, 2014, in Kalispell. She grew up in Fairfield, Mont.

As a young lady, she met Donald Schnur and moved to California where he was...

Anita Murchie-Smith

Aug 6, 2014

Anita passed away in her sleep in the early evening of Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in Kalispell, at the age of 66, after being diagnosed in 2013 with ovarian cancer.

Anita was born on Friday, Nov. 21, 1947, at St. Mary Hospital in San Francisco, to the late Raymond and Verna Dusté. She remained in...

Ernest Cormier

Aug 2, 2014

Ernest P. Cormier, 80, died suddenly at his home on Aug. 2, 2014, after having sustained injuries which had incapacitated him.

He was born on Nov. 24,1933, in Gardner, Mass.

Ernest served proudly for 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. After traveling the globe (Vietnam) he retired In Montana (1977) where he made a...

Gary Wilson

Aug 2, 2014

Gary L. Wilson passed away August 2, 2014 peacefully at the family farm in Kalispell. He was the youngest son of Roy and Juanita Wilson of Dunkirk, OH. Gary was born February 8, 1952, in Kenton, OH, and was raised in Dunkirk Ohio where he attended Hardin Northern School graduating in 1970. Gary enjoyed his...

Skeez Messing

Aug 1, 2014

Skeez Messing, 92, passed away on Aug. 1, 2014, at Hidden Meadows Memory Care in Columbia Falls.

He was born to Marvin and Emily Becker Messing in Freeport, Ill., where he grew up. He was nicknamed Skeez because his life paralleled the character, Skeezix, in the comic strip “Gasoline Alley.” His artistic nature emerged early; in high...

Lyle Barlett

Jul 26, 2014

Late in the evening of Saturday, July 26, 2014, at the end of a short stay at Brendan House in Kalispell, Lyle passed away as he wished, quickly and peacefully in his sleep.

He was born in Superior, Wis., Nov. 7, 1925, and grew up in Eau Claire, Wis., with sisters Phyllis and Ailene, and...

Marie Sterne

Jul 26, 2014

Marie Mae (Colby) Sterner, 94, passed away July 26, 2014, at Renaissance Senior Care in Kalispell.

Marie was born March 22, 1920, in Kalispell. She was raised in Kila on the Colby’s ranch along Truman Creek. She went to grade school in Kila and attended Flathead County High School.

Marie married Peter H. Sterner on...

Michael Dugan

Jul 19, 2014

Michael Richard Dugan, 55, of Kila passed away on July 19, 2014, from cancer.

Michael was born in Fort Bragg, Calif., on Nov. 25, 1958, to Richard and Barbara Dugan. He spent his formative years on his grandfather's ranch in California.

After residing in Libby for four years and running successful businesses, he moved with...

Daniel Reichardt

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...

Vivian Thompson

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...

Barbara Spies

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,...

Lorraine Nelson Sr.

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...

Delisa Willis

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...

Shari Allen

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...

Andrew Farris

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...

David Leach

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...