OBITUARIES
Kalispell, MT Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Kalispell, MT, Flathead County & Surround Areas
James Holcomb
Mar 19, 2013
James LaRoy Holcomb, age 64, passed awaqy at his Kalispell residence of natural causes. James was born September 20, 1948 in Kalispell, Montana to James A. and Grace (Cooper) Holcomb. James was raised in Kalispell ang graduated from Flathead High School. James was a disabled veteran and had served in the U.S. Navy. James was known for his eternal one...
William Hatton
Mar 15, 2013
William "Bill" Roger Hatton, 85, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Kalispell, surrounded by his family. Bill was born on Feb. 29, 1928, in Hinsdale, to Thoralf and Hazel Hatton. Bill lived in Hinsdale, Wheeler and Glasgow in his growing up years. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1946. After high school, he joined the Army...
Erdwin Pfuhl
Mar 14, 2013
Erdwin Henry (Bud) Pfuhl, Jr. of Kalispell, passed away March 14, 2013 due to brain cancer. Bud was born on March 8, 1928 in Hartford, CT., the son of Erdwin Henry Pfuhl Sr. and Anastasia Hussey Pfuhl. After his mother died when he was only three, he and his father moved to Brooklyn, NY to live with family. As a...
Verda Prangley
Mar 12, 2013
Verda May Prangley, 77, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at her home with her family at her side. Verda worked for McConkey and Company as a labeler, and was a full-time mother. Verda is survived by her children, Scott and Michelle, Bob, Rick and Connie, Terry, Gary and Dawn; grandchildren, Brandon, Alissa, Madison, Ricky, Dustin, Tori, Chris, Julie,...
Velma Mcpherson-Smith
Mar 11, 2013
Velma McPherson-Smith, 90, died March 11, 2013, in Kalispell, of natural causes. Velma was born March 17, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Velma is survived by sons, Dan McPherson of Walla Walla, Wash., Douglas McPherson of Florissant, Colo., and Dennis McPherson of Kila; one brother, one sister; and many grandchildren. At her request there will be no local services. Buffalo...
William Roy
Mar 10, 2013
William Earl Roy, 86, of Kalispell, MT passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013. He was born to the late Richard and Alma Roy, October 20, 1926 in Pittsburgh, PA. After serving with the US Army in the Pacific during WWII, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Westminster College, PA; then going on to a career with the US...
Vickie Normile
Mar 9, 2013
Vickie A. Normile, 55, passed away March 9, 2013, at her Columbia Falls home, from cancer. Vickie was born in Red Lodge on Dec. 17, 1957, to James and Katie (Escro) Monahan. She grew up in Roberts and Red Lodge. She married James Normile in Red Lodge in 1978 and had been married for 35 years. Vickie was a longtime...
Edna Johnson
Mar 8, 2013
Edna B. Johnson, 93, passed away on March 8, 2013, in Kalispell at the Immanuel Lutheran Home, with family by her side. Edna was born Oct. 9, 1919, in Simpson, Mont., to Edmond and Bretta Baldwin. The family moved to Creston in 1928. Edna went to grade school at Egan School through the eighth grade, then went to Flathead County...
Edna Goeddertz
Mar 7, 2013
Edna Faye Goeddertz, 96, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013, in St. George, Utah. Edna was born on Aug. 6, 1916, in Saco, Mont., to Sandy and Lillian Mae Martin. She was raised on a ranch, in both Montana and in Canada. Edna loved her woolys (sheep). She married Albert "Bus" Goeddertz in July of 1955. They ranched in...
Arvid Johnson
Mar 6, 2013
Arvid Johnson, 92, passed away peacefully in his sleep early Wednesday morning, March 6, 2013, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls. Arvid was born in Little Falls, Minn., on June 23, 1920, to Andrew and Hulda (Swanson) Johnson, and lived there until he was 19 years old. The family moved to the Flathead Valley, and in 1939 Arvid...
Jill Marsh
Mar 2, 2013
Jill Marsh, 56, passed peacefully, with her daughters and mother by her side on March 2, 2013, shortly after sunrise at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. A native to the Flathead Valley, Jill was born June 5, 1956, to Max and Shirley Heil in Kalispell, where she spent her life. Jill loved to spend time with her family and friends, especially...
John Paine
Mar 2, 2013
John Thomas Paine, 29, of Kalispell, passed away on March 2, 2013, from injuries sustained from a car accident outside of Kalispell. He was born on Jan, 19, 1984, in Nashville, Tenn. John grew up in Redmond, Wash., and graduated from Redmond High School in 2002. He was an avid sports fan and played sports competitively in his youth. John...
Judith Netza
Mar 2, 2013
Judith Netza, 79, passed away peacefully with her daughter at her side on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at HealthCenter Northwest Hospice in Kalispell. She was born Judith Charlott Smith on Dec. 18, 1933, in Burlington, Iowa, to Frederick "FJ" and Ruth Smith. Judy was an only child but spent many summers with her cousin Dick in Iowa whom she considered...
Allan Graham
Feb 28, 2013
Allan Gayle Graham, 78, of Kalispell "walked into the loving arms of Jesus" on Feb. 28, 2013. "Patiently waiting for his arrival was his wife Shirley, whom he has missed for 29 years. He was also welcomed by his parents, Lloyd and Marie; sister, Betty Lou; brother, Keith; and in-laws, Mark and Verna Jerrow." Allan was born in Kalispell and...
Lolita Plenger
Feb 28, 2013
Lolita "Lita" (Bratton) Plenger, 65, a native Montanan, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at her home in Bigfork, after a long illness. She was born on Jan. 5, 1947, in Missoula, to Arthur E. and Alice S. (Stephens) Ringstead. In 1949, her mother married Neil A. Bratton Jr., who adopted Lolita and her older sister, Lorie, and became...
Opal Connelly
Feb 28, 2013
Opal A. Connelly passed away with her family at her side on Feb. 28, 2013, at Greenwood Village in Kalispell, where she has resided for the past two and a half years. Opal was born to William and Agnes E. (Johnson) Reutzel on Aug. 4, 1921, in Moorefield, Neb. Her mother passed away when Opal was 4 years old, then...
Diane Butts
Feb 26, 2013
Diane M. Butts, 80, "was called home to her Savior's loving arms" on Feb. 26, 2013, at the Mountain View Manor/Good Samaritan Center in Eureka where she resided since May 2012. Great-grandmother to eight and step-great-grandmother to another five, Diane started with four children, Steve Butts, Barbara (Butts-Helms) Larson, Joseph Butts and Tracy (Butts) Stamper, all with late husband Richard...
Harvey Naslund
Feb 26, 2013
Harvey Naslund passed away Feb. 26, 2013. He was born Nov. 22, 1914. He was raised in the Chinook area and graduated from high school there in 1928. Harvey began a family there on a small 40-acre farm, eventually expanding into hundreds of acres. At the end of the years in Chinook, he went into cattle ranching. He sold out...
Shye White
Feb 24, 2013
Born Dec. 5, 2011, Shye was "taken into our Lord's arms" unexpectedly on Feb. 24, 2013. She was surrounded by her family at the time. She was preceded in death by grandmother, Barbara Koppy; and uncles, Eldon Kearny and Santana Wolruff. She is survived by and will be missed by grandparents, Rick and Rhonda White, and Bud Koppy; and many...
Edward Klimowicz
Feb 17, 2013
Edward Morine Klimowicz, 70, passed away Feb. 17, 2013, in Kalispell, due to leukemia. He was born June 16, 1942, in Taber, Alberta, and was raised in Canada and California. He attended schools in Canada and, after taking a locksmithing course, completed his high school education in California. Edward served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1970 as...
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