OBITUARIES
Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Christopher Moulton
Oct 17, 2013
Christopher Patrick Moulton, 43, passed away on Oct. 17, 2013, from results of an automobile accident. Christopher was born March 5, 1970, in Salt Lake City to Linda (Lee) and Dan Moulton. At the age of 12, the family moved to Kalispell where he graduated from high school. Christopher worked at Sawbucks and for the Bulldog in Kalispell. He spent...
Sydney Canady
Oct 17, 2013
Sydney Lynn Canady, 60, of Columbia Falls, formerly of Las Cruces, N.M., "went to be with the Lord" on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Sydney was born Dec. 31, 1952, in Las Cruces to Marge and Sidney Coleman. She married Casper "Chopper" Canady on June 2, 1995, in Los Banos, Calif. Sydney was preceded in death by her father, Sidney Coleman....
Donna Clark
Oct 16, 2013
Donna Ilene Clark, 63, passed away on Oct. 16, 2013, in Kalispell. Donna was born on July 3, 1950, in Bakersfield, Calif., where she grew up and attended schools. She married Ken Clark in 1983, in Tehachapi, Calif. They had been together for 30 years. Donna worked as a deli clerk for Tidyman's from 1993 to 1997, when she went...
Marla Handford
Oct 15, 2013
Marla Marie Handford, 51, "peacefully stepped over to heaven" on Oct. 15, 2013, in Kalispell. Marla was born in Libby on Sept. 22, 1962. She attended Plummer Grade School until her family moved to Kalispell during her fourth grade year. In Kalispell, she graduated from Flathead High School with the class of 1980. Marla held various jobs in the Flathead...
Laurie Baker
Oct 13, 2013
Laurie Lorraine "Loz" Baker, 50, "went to heaven" on Oct. 13, 2013. Laurie was born on July 7, 1963, to Del and Nancy Baker in Kalispell. Laurie had a great passion for her son Brad and her grandsons. Brad was the greatest light in her life and he was known as her "little spook!" She also had such an unconditional...
George Mcginnis
Oct 8, 2013
George Ralph Yeadon McGinnis passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at his home in Lakeside. He was a fun-loving, outgoing people person and true Montanan. Not long ago he wrote an obituary for himself, which reads: "Geo (to his friends and family) has kicked the bucket, and is now dead and gone. "Cremated at my request, with ashes to...
Albert Friedt
Oct 7, 2013
Albert Friedt went home and was received into the loving arms of his Savior Jesus Christ, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. He was born Sept. 20, 1926 in Mott, North Dakota to Tillie & Anton Friedt and grew up on the farm in Mott, North Dakota. He married Sarah Schaible on October 28th, 1947. He farmed until he moved his...
Sherry Shanks
Oct 5, 2013
Sherry May Shanks passed away peacefully Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Sherry was born Sept. 20, 1936, in Wolf Point to lona and William "Everett" Chaney. After graduating Wolf Point High School, she stayed in Wolf Point working as a waitress when she met her husband-to-be, Norman Shanks. Together they had five children and later moved...
Evelyn Wilkerson
Sep 30, 2013
Evelyn Kay Wilkerson "was received into the loving arms of our Lord," Sept. 30, 2013. She put up a tough fight this last year in her battle with cancer. She was the first-born of Larry and Evelyn Wilkerson in 1952 in Whitefish. Kay lived throughout the West and finally settled in the Flathead Valley. Kay loved this valley, with the...
Bertha Korolog
Sep 28, 2013
Bertha Mae Korolog of Bigfork passed away on Sept. 28, 2013. She was born Birdie May Harris on Feb. 14, 1924, to the late Vera and Everett Harris of Decherd, Tenn. Bertha left Tennessee when she was 18 and lived in New Orleans with her brother JC, prior to moving to Delaware to be with her sister, Mildred. She worked...
Jason Dunham
Sep 28, 2013
Like a whirlwind that didn't stay here on Earth with us long enough was Jason Jonathon Dunham, who passed away Saturday September 28, 2013 at the age of 36. Never one to sit still, always quirky, sharp-tongued humor and a quick wit not always enjoyed by everyone, Jason was impulsive to a fault but also kind, loving, loyal, generous, and...
Elizabeth Otten
Sep 26, 2013
Elizabeth H. Otten, 90, passed away Sept. 26, 2013, at her Kalispell residence. Elizabeth was born Oct. 19, 1922, at the family farm southeast of Dooley, Mont. Her parents were David and Martha (Lindvall) Nelson. She attended the country school at Rocky Springs, and attended high school in Dooley and Plentywood. She was baptized and confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran...
Douglas Wood
Sep 26, 2013
Douglas E. Wood, 68, passed away Sept. 26, 2013, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Doug was born Nov. 15, 1944, in Meridian, Miss. Doug loved the Montana Wilderness and along with his friends, attempted to hike every trail in Glacier National Park. Doug loved his IPA and no wimpy beer ever passed his lips. Doug loved his yellow...
Joseph Potoczny
Sep 25, 2013
Beloved husband, father and grandfather Joseph Potoczny, 86, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, of natural causes. Joe was born on Feb. 4, 1927, in Aliquippa, Penn., to Ignatz and Frances (Dydek) Potoczny. Joe spoke only Polish until he started elementary school and continued to attend Polish school on Saturdays in addition to his traditional...
Edward Wells
Sep 20, 2013
Edward Weston Wells passed away at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 5, 1937, in Ronan, Montana, at the back of a dance hall during a dance (now the White Elephant Second Hand Store). He grew up in the Flathead and terrorized Lower Valley and Foys Lake Island. He married Florence Kirkland August 1, 1957. He...
Leonora Doyle
Sep 14, 2013
Leonora C. Doyle, 88, of Kalispell, MT passed peacefully September 14th from complications of cancer. She had been at the home of her son Mike Howe in the weeks following her diagnosis and was thereafter, until the moment of her passing, surrounded and embraced by the love of family and friends near and far. Leonora, or Lee as most knew...
Anne Schmidt
Sep 9, 2013
Anne Schmidt passed away peacefully in Kalispell on Sept. 9, 2013, at the age of 68, from complications of cancer. For the last two decades, Anne served as a CNA at Immanuel Skilled Care Center in Kalispell, where she was highly regarded for her extraordinary kindness, compassion and dedication to the care and well-being of patients, residents and co-workers. Anne...
Robert Guffin
Sep 1, 2013
Robert H. "Bob" Guffin passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Sept. 1, 2013. Robert was born Nov. 20, 1937, in Hixton, Wis., to Wilbur and Celesta Guffin. He moved to Montana in 1950, where he attended schools in Brady and Conrad. At an early age, he went to work on the Bob Boucher farm. He later enlisted in...
Fred Tobiason
Aug 29, 2013
Fred O. Tobiason, 77, passed away Aug. 29, 2013, in Kalispell. Fred was born Jan. 30, 1936, at home in Froid. He was the son of Melvin and Bertha Tobiason and the second of five children. Being raised on the family farm, there was plenty of work and things to do. Fred graduated from Froid High School in 1955. He...
John Benningfield
Aug 26, 2013
John J. Benningfield, 50, passed away on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, in Portland. John was born in Kokomo, Ind., April 25, 1963. The family moved to Whitefish, where he was raised and attended schools. The family lived in Sweetwater, Texas, where John graduated from high school. Living back in the Flathead Valley, he attended Flathead Valley Community College where he...
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