Deborah Rhoades Condra, 55

Deborah Rhoades Condra, 55, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, at the Brendan House in Kalispell.

She was born June 22, 1950, in Billings, and raised by George P. and Maxine R. (Clark) Rhoades. Deborah was adopted as an infant by the Rhoades family and began her education in Missoula. At the age of 17, her father passed away, and she moved with her mother and brother to Point Loma, Calif. Deborah lived in the San Diego area, graduating from Point Loma High School in 1970. She studied nursing and worked in the medical field until 2000.

Deborah married Harley Condra in San Diego on July 23, 1977, making their home in California; recently settling in the Flathead Valley. Deborah enjoyed gemology and loved her cats, birds and all animals.

Deborah was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Clark.

She is survived by her husband, Harley, of Kalispell; a stepdaughter, Laura Jane Pawlyschyn, and husband, Peter, of Silver Lake, Calif.; stepbrother, Gary Grinde, of Minnesota; two stepsisters, Carol Soria of California, and Susan Dauwen of South Dakota; and her birth mother, Lea Grinde, of Minnesota.

No services are scheduled at this time.

Johnson Mortuary and Crematory is caring for Deborah's family.