Alicia Fagerland, 81
Alicia Fagerland, 81, passed away April 5, 2009, at the Immanuel Lutheran Home. Alicia was born to Wilbur and Agnes Fox on Oct. 10, 1927, in Bigfork.
Alicia was raised in the Swan River area with her two brothers and one sister, graduating from Bigfork High School and marrying her high school sweetheart, Lloyd Fagerland, on Sept. 18, 1946. Together they farmed the KM Ranch in Whitefish for 10 years before moving to a family farm in Creston.
Alicia worked for a time as a secretary at Bethany Lutheran Church of Bigfork.
They were very active in the community as members of the Grange, Back Country Horsemen, Bethany Lutheran and United Methodist Church of Bigfork.
In addition to regular camping and fishing trips on horseback in the Bob Marshall, Alicia loved her garden, flowers and baking. The Fagerlands also enjoyed traveling around the Western United States.
Alicia and Lloyd had two daughters, Kathy Hansen of Kalispell, and Karen Poston of Elma, Wash.
Remembered by many as very gracious and a true lady, Alicia never had an unkind word to say about others. Alicia also knew how to have fun whether it was with their friends playing cards or her grandchildren, who loved to stay with her "at the farm" anytime, baking cookies and riding horses.
Alicia resided at Buffalo Hill Terrace until she moved to Immanuel Lutheran Home in July, 2005.
Alicia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lloyd Fagerland; her brother, Ted Fox; and sister, Jo Heim.
She is survived by her daughter and her husband, Kathy and Marvin Hansen; her daughter and her husband, Karen and Ray Poston; her brother and his wife, Bill and Esther Fox of Ferndale; five grandchildren and their spouses, Kim and Yuji Morisaki and Kyle and Nicole Hansen of Kalispell, Amanda and Justin Linson of Redmond, Ore., Kalie and Nate Adoretti of Bigfork, and Jeff and Michelle Poston of McCleary, Wash.; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held for Alicia at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, at United Methodist Church in Bigfork.
The family requests that donations in lieu of flowers be made to Immanuel Lutheran Home, 185 Crestline, Kalispell; Hope Options Hospice, 175 Commons Loop, Suite 100, Kalispell; or the charity of the donor's choice.