OBITUARIES

Jul 15, 2020

Katherine M. Sutton age 86, passed away on July 15, 2020 at her home in Kalispell, Montana. Katherine was born on July 12, 1934 in South Dakota. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 14, 2020

Peter Durrance Laffin age 75, passed away on July 14, 2020 at Granger Meadows in Marion, Montana. Peter was born on March 31, 1945 to Robert and Elizabeth (Durrance) Laffin, in Conrad, Mass. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 14, 2020

Gary W. Barlow age 65, passed away on July 14, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana. Gary was born on December 29, 1954 to Wallace D. and Sally (Snavely) Barlow, in McCloud, CA..No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 12, 2020

Jean Freeland Henning was born May 22, 1919, in Freeland, Michigan, a small town named after her great-grandparents Mammy and Pappy Freeland. She lived a wonderful life at an amazing time in history. In spite of her timid personality, Mom accomplished many things in her 101 years on this planet.

When Mom was born World War I...

Jul 12, 2020

Tina Marie Marcum age 54, passed away on July 12, 2020 at her home with loved ones by her side in Kalispell, Montana. Tina was born on December 19, 1965 in Libby, Montana. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 11, 2020

Janice Arlene Maxwell age 73, passed away on July 11, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana. Janice was born on October 03, 1946 to Morris and Imojene (Black) Ludy, in Delano, CA. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 10, 2020

A lifetime on this earth of service, generosity, instruction, commitment, passion, and love came to a close on Friday afternoon July 10, 2020, with the peaceful passing of Donald Russell Holman at his home in Kalispell. It was a very typical Montana summer day with a scattering of clouds, sun, a slight breeze, and a spattering of light rain...

Jul 10, 2020

Betty Mae Sherwood age 94, passed away on July 10, 2020 in Eureka, Montana. Betty was born on January 24, 1926 to Amos Robert and Alice Mae (Keyes) Bartlett, in DeGrey, SD. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral home is caring for the family.

Jul 9, 2020

Stanley Owen Hanson, 91, of Whitefish passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Whitefish Care and Rehab, from complications of cancer.

Stan was born on June 16,1929 in Leeds, North Dakota to Howard and Berny Gresdahl Hanson. The family moved to Eureka in the fall of 1937 and he attended schools in Eureka, graduating Lincoln County...

Jul 8, 2020

Randolph “Randy” Lozeau, 72, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2020, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

Randy will be cremated and his ashes will be spread amongst his brothers’ sisters’ and parents’ ashes on Lozeau Flats “The Ranch” on July 30 around noon, with military honors.

Randy was born April 18, 1948, in Missoula to...

Jul 7, 2020

Viavian Manyx age 93, passed away on July 07, 2020 at Immanuel Lutheran in Kalispell, Montana. Vivian was born on October 17, 2020 to Eldon M. and Ruth (Glynn) Blocker, in New York City, NY.  No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 5, 2020

Katy Ann Shiesl age 62, passed away on July 05, 2020 in Libby, Montana. Katy was born on June 19, 1958 to Charles and Frances (Watkins) Huff, in Denver, CO.. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 5, 2020

Suzanne Gail Kasch Bare, 84, passed away on July 5, 2020.

She was born to Rachel and Clarence Kasch on Dec. 28, 1935, in Buffalo, New York. Suzanne’s father was in the military, so they moved a lot. She graduated from Frederick High School in Frederick, Maryland, in 1953.

Suzanne worked from the time she...

Jul 1, 2020

Samuel (Sam) V. Bussey III

Sam was the beloved son of Sam and Teri Bussey born in Helena, Montana, March 26, 1966.  He passed away from a heart attack at his home on July 1, 2020.

Sam grew up in Kalispell, Montana from the age of seven and graduated from Flathead High School...

Jul 1, 2020

George Calvin Adams age 77, passed away on July 01, 2020 while visiting The Flathead Valley in Montana. George was born on March 27, 1943 in Glendale, Ca. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jul 1, 2020

Eleanor Ruth Weidman died on July 1, 2020 in Kalispell, Montana at age 96. She was born on a farm in southern Iowa to Leland and Lois Young.  During her childhood years in the Great Depression, Eleanor and her younger brother and sister enjoyed life on the several dairy farms managed by her father. When she was twelve, her...

Jul 1, 2020

Michelle P. Smith age 69, passed away on July 01, 2020 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, MT. Michelle was born on January 15, 1951 to Francis Thomas and Elsbeth Johanna (Weber) Maginn in San Fransico, CA. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill funeral Home is caring for the family.

Jun 29, 2020

Helen Dostal passed away on June 29, 2020 in Kalispell.

She was born on Aug. 9, 1916 on a small farm outside of Anita, Pennsylvania to Homer and Bertha (Marshall) Sadler, joining her older brother and sister. Helen graduated in 1933 and married Paul Raybuck the next year. She worked right alongside Dad out in the fields....

Jun 28, 2020

Bruce Roy Santomier age 71, passed away on June 28, 2020.

Bruce lived a full and  colorful life. He appreciated a good drink and a fine cigar. He was an avid sports fan and loved all sports, especially ice hockey and football which he played in high school and college. He served his country as a US Marine...

Jun 27, 2020

Phyllis Irene Richardson age 85, passed away on June 27, 2020 at her home in Bigfork, Montana. Phyllis was born on May 11, 1935 to Charles Herman and Virginia Catherine (Kelley) Schaefer, in Witchota,Kansas. No services are planned at this time. Buffalo Hill Funeral home is caring for the family.