Clinton Kenneth Larson, 81

Clinton Kenneth 'Kenny' Larson passed away Dec. 16, 2006, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls.

Kenny was born in Helena on Sept. 8, 1925, to Clint and Savilla Larson. There he attended public schools. He joined the Navy in October 1943.

After completing radio and gunnery schools in Tennessee and Florida, he was assigned to Night Torpedo Squadron 55 as an air crewman, and was serving aboard the USS Enterprise when the war ended. He was honorably discharged in May 1946. He then went on to attend the University of Montana for one year.

Kenny had a lifetime love for aviation and was a skilled model builder and radio-control airplane pilot.

In 1950, His family moved to the Kalispell area, where he worked on the Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir.

On Dec. 25, 1950, he married Betty Ann Felsman of Kalispell. From that marriage they had four children, Garry, Douglas, Wayne and Laura. This marriage ended in divorce in 1968.

Ken worked for the propane company in Kalispell and was manager of the propane company in Ronan for several years. He eventually moved to North Dakota, where he married Marion Stinkeoway, who passed away in 1981.

While in North Dakota, he purchased the Hamden Bar and later the Lawton Bar in Lawton, N.D.

He retired in 1990 and moved back to Kalispell to be closer to his children. He lived at the Glacier Manor until illness forced him to move to the Veterans Home in Columbia Falls, where he passed away.

He is survived by his brother, Gary, and wife, Judy, of Seattle; his three sons and their wives, Garry and wife, Dawn, of Benton, Ark., Douglas and wife, Jeannie, of Kalispell, and Wayne and wife, Vicki, of Louisiana; and one daughter, Laura Hargrave, and her friend, Josh Shulenburger, of Kalispell; 10 grandchildren, Cory, Sara, Jack, Brooke, Kristin, Kayla, Kinsey, Ryan, Megan and Beau; and two great-grandchildren, Jailynn and Chance.

Cremation has taken place. Services will be held at a later date.