OBITUARIES

Kalispell, MT Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas

Vonna Hines

Vonna Hines

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...

Melinda Bartsch

Melinda Bartsch

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...

Lloyd Mathwig

Lloyd Mathwig

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....

Leon Wild

Leon Wild

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...

Alma Kellenberger

Alma Kellenberger

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...

Douglas Peters

Douglas Peters

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....

Leroy Grundmeier

Leroy Grundmeier

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...

Roland Engdahl

Roland Engdahl

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...

Doris Masa

Doris Masa

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...

Charles Rhodes

Charles Rhodes

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...

Jesse Lynch

Jesse Lynch

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...

Kathryn Nightingale

Kathryn Nightingale

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...

Faith Newman

Faith Newman

Apr 30, 2014

Faith Ann Newman, 82, died April 30, 2014, at her residence in Columbia Falls, after a long battle with COPD. Faith Ann was born near Columbia Falls, the youngest of 10 children born to Leonard and Laura Seville, on Oct. 12,1931. She was raised in Coram. Faith married Elwood "Bub" Newman on Aug. 14,1948. They had three children, Thomas, Larry...

Carl Corino

Carl Corino

Apr 26, 2014

Carl Corino was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and "passed to the other side" on April 26, 2014, the same day as his birthday, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, due to natural causes. He was 78 years old. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force. He was a decorated veteran with the Office of Special Investigations, Tech Services Division. Services...

Laurie Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham

Apr 26, 2014

Laurie Anne (Absalonson) Cunningham, 65, of Kalispell, passed away April 26, 2014. Laurie was born in Kalispell to Elmer and Nadine (Copley) Absalonson on Oct. 14, 1948. Laurie was raised in Kalispell and graduated from Kalispell High School in 1966. She married Martin Gilman in 1967 and had three children. Laurie later divorced and in 1996 married Charles A. Cunningham....

Betty Churchill

Betty Churchill

Apr 25, 2014

Betty Lee Shankle Bennett Churchill, 90, died April 25, 2014, in Kalispell. Betty was the only child of Charles and Gladys (Lamb) born Feb. 1, 1924. She was raised in Wichita, Kan. She married Gene Bennett and was widowed in 1967. She was remarried in 1968 to Warren "Bill" Churchill. Betty attained her associate's degree in the '70s. She worked...

Peter Brucato Sr

Peter Brucato Sr

Apr 22, 2014

Peter F. Brucato Sr., resident of his beloved Whitefish, passed away on April 22, 2014, at the age of 92. Peter was one of seven sons born to Agnes and Thomas Brucato of Andover, Mass. He developed a lifelong passion for skiing during winters in Andover and fell in love with sailing during his summers. He progressed first as a...

Viola Hoover

Viola Hoover

Apr 19, 2014

Viola Grace (Syring) Hill Hoover of Whitefish "was escorted home to be with Jesus" on April 19, 2014. "She is now being welcomed after a courageous battle with cancer by our loved ones that took the journey before her." She was born to Walter and Evelyn Syring in Sydney, and was raised with her brothers in the winds of eastern...

Lynn Henry

Lynn Henry

Apr 19, 2014

Lynn Louise Henry was born on Sept. 28, 1950, to Ralph Robert Easley Sr., and Doris Louise Titus Easley, in Coos Bay, Ore. She passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2014. After moving to Kalispell, for the last 15 years she has worked at Flathead Electric Cooperative as a Member Service Representative. Lynn was preceded in death by her parents,...

Anne Oertel

Anne Oertel

Apr 18, 2014

Anne P. Oertel, 96, passed away April 18, 2014, in Kalispell. Anne was born July 11, 1917, in West Paterson, N.J. She grew up in Westfield, N.J. Anne became a registered nurse at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, School of Nursing in Elizabeth, N.J. She married Howard F. Oertel in Elizabeth in 1947, then worked at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J. In...