OBITUARIES
Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
Carle O'Neil
Jan 31, 2013
Carle Francis O'Neil was born to Clinton Dewitt (C. D.) and Emma Engeman O'Neil in Kalispell on June 17, 1920. He died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Carle grew up the youngest of four surviving children in the fine bungalow-style home on the corner of Fifth Street and First Avenue West. He attended the West Side School and at Flathead High...
Kathrine Christensen
Jan 31, 2013
Kathrine Felma Christensen was born to Leonard and Felma Kopman on May 17, 1930 in Gackle, ND, where they lived until 1942 when the family moved to Battle Ground, WA. Kathrine married Paul Christensen on April 4, 1954. After Paul's death she moved to Kalispell, MT in 1994. In recent months, she she had been awaiting her eternal reward and...
Hugh Mcmanus
Jan 24, 2013
Hugh Dennis McManus, age 89, passed from life January 24, 2013. Hugh was born in great Falls, Montana on November 7, 1923 to Nathan and Gertrude McManus. Hugh was the second son of seven children. He is survived by his wife Norma of 57 years, and 4 sons, Dick, Dennis, Jack, and Allen. Hugh's younger years were spent in Great...
Michael Corti
Jan 22, 2013
Michael William Corti, 63, passed away from cancer on Jan. 22, 2013, at his Whitefish residence. He was retired from special operations in the military. Michael earned various awards and medals while in the military, including five Good Conduct Medals, Expert Rifleman and Pistol, .45 caliber, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation,...
Rodney Freeman
Jan 12, 2013
Rodney Raymond Freeman "was taken to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ" on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, after a painful struggle with mesothelioma cancer. Rod was born on April 29, 1937, to Alberta and Melvin Freeman in Kalispell. He grew up and went to grade school in Kila, and graduated from Flathead County High School in 1955. He...
Frances Dyer
Jan 8, 2013
Frances Louise "Fran" Dyer, 90, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at her Kalispell residence. Fran was born in Eldora, Iowa, to Dr. Albert Wesley and Hannah Greene Adams on Nov. 5, 1922. Fran taught school in Eldora Township for three years. She moved to California in 1943. Fran was an active member of Eldora's Methodist Church as a pianist...
Joe Vanbemmel
Dec 29, 2012
Joe W. VanBemmel, 75, passed away from heart complications on Dec. 29, 2012. Joe was born May 23, 1937, to Johanas and Mary VanBemmel in Manhattan. Joe grew up in Manhattan with his family until May 23, 1947, when they moved to Eureka. He went to school through the seventh grade, and he then went to work at Columbus Clark...
Shirley Bruner
Dec 28, 2012
Shirley Maxine Bell Bruner, 82, died on Dec. 28, 2012. She was born in Ontario, Calif., on June 26, 1930, to Milton Herbert Bell and Ella Louise Yates Bell. She was later joined by twin brothers, Herbert and Harold Bell. Shirley attended South Euclid School, and later graduated from Chaffy Union High School in Ontario. She met and married Ralph...
Craig Bieber
Nov 27, 2012
Craig Louis Bieber, age 50, passed away Wednesday November 28, 2012 in Kalispell. Craig is survived by his mother Margaret; Wife Barbara, and children Jamie and Dillon. Visitation for Craig will be held today November 29, 2012 from 4 till 8 P.M. at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home. Celebration of Life will be held on Friday November 30, 2012 at 11:00...
Bernard J.
Oct 12, 2012
Bernard H. "Bud" Kreutzer Jr., age 65, passed away from complications from diabetes at Brendan House on October 12, 2012. Bud was born January 16, 1947 in Jamacia, New York. His father was an estimator for Kellog's and his mother was a home maker. .He grew up in Jamacia and graduated in 1964 at Bishop Loughlon High School in Brooklyn,...
Clarence Jolma
Oct 1, 2012
Clarence W. Jolma, 87, passed away in Kalispell with his family at his side. Clarence was born Dec. 12, 1924, in Marengo, Wis., to Edward and Anna Jolma. After high school, Clarence attended watch and clockmaker school at the Pittsburgh Horological Institute, where he received his certification as a watch and clockmaker. When World War II started, Clarence enlisted in...
Robert Burkes
Aug 22, 2012
Robert D. Burkes, 96, died Wednesday from a stroke at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, MT. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, August 29 at 10 a.m. at the Riverside National Cemetery. Robert was born in Hattisburg, MS, and raised in New Orleans, LA, but made Riverside his home after a transfer to March Air Force Base...
Sara Nichols
Aug 1, 2012
Sara was born in Detroit on Dec. 19, 1941, and passed away in Kalispell on Aug. 1, 2012, surrounded by her four beautiful daughters and loving husband. Though Sara was born in Detroit, her family moved during her childhood to Globe, Ariz., where she attended school prior to moving to Phoenix and completing her high school education. While Sara was...
Lester Smith
Jul 26, 2012
Lester E. Smith, 91, passed away July 26, 2012, in Richland, Wash. Lester was born Oct. 12, 1920, in Bridgeport, Neb., and was raised there. During the summers, Lester spent time at the family ranch in Hot Springs, S.D., in the Black Hills. He also spent time fishing on the Platte River. Shortly after Pearl Harbor was bombed, Lester immediately...
Dorothy Wicks
Jul 13, 2012
Dorothy Mae Wick, age 88, passed away Friday July 13, 2012 in Kalispell. Dorothy was born September 12, 1923 in Hillsboro, North Dakota to Albert and Henrietta (Stern) Lorch. She grew up in North Dakota and graduated high school at the young age of 16. She worked as a waitress for many years and sewed and baked for people. She...
Erolyn Francisblair
Jul 10, 2012
Erolyn Francis Blair passed away peacefully on July 10, 2012, at Northwest Health Care in Kalispell. She was born on Sept. 19, 1927, to Charles and Marie Bushong in San Francisco. Erolyn and her husband Bob moved to Somers permanently in 1987 from southern California. Erolyn and Bob were married in 1948 in Los Angeles. After many years of working...
Cecil Buttel
Jul 7, 2012
Cecil Everett Buttel was born on Sunday, June 12, 1917, to Fredrick and Rosa Buttel of Sherman, Okla. He had four sisters and eight brothers. "Cecil was the last of them all to enter into heaven." He moved to Paso Robles, Calif., in the late 1930s where he met and married his wife, Wini, on July 5, 1941. He volunteered...
Steve Herriges
Jul 7, 2012
Steve Herriges was born Aug. 27, 1961, in Long Beach, Calif.; the fourth of six children, to James and Ina Herriges. He passed away on July 7, 2012, at his home in Kalispell. As he was born into a military family, they moved a lot; from California to Bremerton, Spokane and Libby, until returning to Kalispell, their hometown. Steve attended...
Ruth Broeder
Jul 7, 2012
Ruth Broeder, 87, who believed that "love is caring for other people" died Saturday, July 7, 2012, at Brendan House. She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Malta, the second daughter of Lloyd and Bertha Crail. By age 5, she had moved to Kalispell where she spent her life, except for a few short years in Columbia Falls. He parents...
Robert Howard
Jul 7, 2012
On July 7, 2012, Bob gave up his fight with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). Bob was born on Feb. 13, 1941, in Kalispell, to Robert W. and Eunice McMahan Howard. He graduated elementary school from the rural schoolhouse at Birch Grove, and high school in 1959 from Flathead County High School in Kalispell. He attended Montana State University...
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