OBITUARIES
Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Clyde Fauley
Jan 29, 2014
Clyde Montana Fauley passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2014, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls, with a caring nurse and two special nurses' aides holding his hands and saying a prayer for him. The cause of death was age-related illnesses. He was born on March 27, 1924, to Clyde C. and Marie...
Thomas Dyer
Jan 28, 2014
Thomas K. Dyer, 69, passed away Jan. 28, 2014, in Kila, due to cancer. He was born June 1, 1944, in Haldeman, Ky., and raised in Shiloh, Ohio. He graduated from Plymouth High School. Tom had been employed as the director of maintenance at Flathead Valley Community College. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, loved to garden and loved...
Gertrude Boeke
Jan 25, 2014
Gertrude "Trudy" Mary Boeke passed quietly at her home Saturday morning, Jan. 25, 2014, with her son, John, at her side. Trudy was born Oct. 1, 1916, in Philadelphia. She was raised in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Trudy met her future husband, Jack Boeke, in Atlantic City, N.J. Jack and Trudy were married in November 1945, in Waseca, Minn. Their...
Tammy Kinkel
Jan 23, 2014
Tammy Jean (Simkins) Kinkel, 50, passed away Jan. 23, 2014, at her home in Somers, of natural causes. She was born Sept. 30, 1963, in Missoula. She was raised in Kalispell and attended Flathead High School. Tammy married Rick Kinkel in 1981 in New York. She worked as a dispatcher for the Forest Service after Mount St. Helen's erupted in...
Robert Glencross
Jan 20, 2014
Robert Leland Glencross, 65, passed away suddenly on Jan. 20, 2014, of an apparent heart attack. Robert was born June 17, 1948, in Wallace, Idaho, to Jack and Arnita Glencross. He lived in the Burke Canyon and attended school there until the sixth grade. They then moved to Wallace, Idaho, where he would graduate from high school in 1966. After...
Helen Meyer
Jan 20, 2014
Helen Meyer, 84, passed away Jan. 20, 2014, in Kalispell. She was born June 10, 1929, in Cody, Wyo., to Oscar and Catherine Thompson. She was raised on a ranch a few miles north of Cody. She graduated from Cody High School in Wyoming, in 1949. Helen married Francis L. Thorpe in Vernal, Utah. In her late 20s, her husband...
Linda Campbell
Jan 18, 2014
Linda Beth Campbell, 72, died on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at her home in Kalispell. Beth valiantly and gracefully lived with diabetes and the many side effects of this disease for more than 44 years. Her strong will to live, unwavering faith in God, and the love and prayers of family, friends and many supporters carried her through years of...
Russell Covey
Jan 14, 2014
Russell D. Covey died of heart failure on Jan. 14, 2014, in Kalispell. Russell was born Dec. 31,1922, in Missoula to Harry L. and Ava L. Covey. He attended the original Lincoln Elementary School and graduated from Missoula County High School. After graduation he attended Kinman Business College in Spokane and aviation ground school in Missoula. He joined the U.S....
Rhonda Yacenda
Jan 14, 2014
Rhonda Adriene (Burdick) Yacenda, 61, of Columbia Falls, passed away at Kalispell Regional Medical Center Jan. 14, 2014. She was born to Gordon and Beryl (Schmidt) Burdick in Colfax, Wash., Feb.7, 1952. After graduating from high school in Kellogg, Idaho, she attended technical school in Minneapolis and lived in Minnesota for several years before returning to the Northwest. After she...
Doug Calvert
Jan 8, 2014
Doug Calvert, 59, died peacefully in his sleep of an apparent heart attack at his home in Bigfork on Jan. 8, 2014. Doug was born Douglas E. Calver on Oct. 4, 1954, in Ogden, Utah. He spent his youth there, moving to Montana when he was in his early thirties. Listening to him talk about Montana, it sounded like he...
Geraldine Smith
Jan 8, 2014
Geraldine "Jerry" Ann Smith, 79, passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2014 with her son by her side. Jerry was born on April 18, 1934 in Stanley, N.D. to Thaddeus "Theodore" and Eva Goulet. She grew up in Minot, N.D. with her sister Patricia "Pat" and graduated from the Sacred Heart Academy in Minot, N.D. She married Don D. Smith...
Otto Henning
Jan 6, 2014
On Jan. 6, 2014, at age 94, Otto E. Henning "received his final promotion to heaven." The last survivor of 13 children of the Rev. Carl and Emilie (Buch) Henning, Otto was born in Marinette County Wis., in 1919. Their family moved to Sebewaing, Mich., where he attended high school. He was in the U.S. Army during World War II....
Pamela Keith
Jan 6, 2014
Pamela "Pam" Sue (Goldizen) Keith, 55, "rejoined her loved ones in heaven" on Jan. 6, 2014, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. She passed away due to complications of cancer. Pam was born Dec. 28, 1958, in Kalispell. To her family, she was known as "Pami Sue" or "Pappi Too." She began school at St. Matthew's School, and completed grade school...
Linda Evert
Dec 30, 2013
Linda Beth (McCallum) Evert of Bigfork passed away Dec. 30, 2013, at home with family and friends. Linda was born Nov. 26, 1965, in Bozeman to Bruce and Yvonne McCallum. She is survived by her parents; brother, Mike; sisters Christine and Kathy; and loving friend, Scott Bailey. Linda is also survived by her three children, Michael, Kimberley and Jason; eight...
Carolyn Hummel
Dec 28, 2013
Carolyn Roseann Hummel, 68, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, in Bigfork. Affectionately known as "Care" to her family and loved ones, she was born on Nov. 16, 1945, to Bill and Pauline Hummel, in Chicago, Ill. Her early childhood was spent in Toronto, Canada, before the family returned to Chicago in 1960. Carolyn graduated from Northeastern Illinois University...
Leon Keene
Dec 27, 2013
Leon Samuel Keene, Leprechaun, age 74, passed away December 27, 2013 in Kalispell. Leon was born February 16, 1939, the 3rd of 8 children to Leona Margaret Keene and Arlo Thompson Keene in Bozeman, Montana. He graduated from Bozeman High School in 1958 where he had been active on the Stage Crew, DeMolay, and Boy Scouts. After graduation, he was...
Gilberta Michaels
Dec 23, 2013
Gilberta Michaels, 91, "went to be with the Lord" on Dec. 23, 2013, at the Immanuel Lutheran Skilled Care Center, Kalispell, after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was the third daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Lininger of Denver. She was born Dec. 18, 1922. She graduated from South High School and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in...
Kevin Hendricks
Dec 9, 2013
Kevin Wayne Hendricks passed away Dec. 9, 2013, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was born Nov. 1, 1954, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio to Lawrence and Donna Hendricks. He worked on the railroad for a short time in the Pacific Northwest and still had great interest in the operations of railroad freight traffic through Whitefish. He enjoyed...
Alvin Gordon
Dec 8, 2013
Alvin Chester Gordon, 72, passed away Dec. 8, 2013, at his Bigfork residence. Alvin was born Nov. 10, 1941, in Butte, the son of Chester and Eva Jo (Clark) Gordon. He was raised in Bigfork. He worked as a farmer, pipefitter and certified welder. Alvin was a member of the Local No. 459 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union. Alvin was honorably...
Carolyn Bloom
Nov 30, 2013
Carolyn Ruth Bloom, 92, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at her home in Kalispell. She was born on April 23, 1921, in Spokane to Louis I. and Ruth E. Davis Brislawn. Carolyn was raised in Seattle where she attended schools, graduating from Roosevelt High School. After high school, she attended Washington State University, then known as Washington State...
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