Gladys Milam, 100

Gladys Milam, 100, passed away on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell. She was born on Dec. 19, 1908, in Baudette, Minn., to Ingvald and Henrietta (Lorenson) Sands. She spent her childhood years in Baudette, where her parents owned and operated a hotel. She married Theodore Stahlberg on Jan. 7, 1928, in Warren, Minn. To this union, four children were born. They migrated from northern Minnesota to Montana in October 1945. Dissolution of that union transpired in 1949. She resided in Somers with her four children from 1946 until 1959, at which time she married Glover Dub Milam and moved to Kalispell. They owned and operated Milam Greenhouses from 1959 until 1970. Due to her green thumb, her kids used to tease her that customers should come to the house to purchase plants rather than the greenhouse. Having had no training in flower arranging or commercial growing, she was thrown into the midst of greenhouse and flower shop work and learned it quite rapidly how to do everything that was entailed in running the business. She loved flowers and working in her garden. She attended the Assembly of God Church for many years. She was preceded in death by four sisters and three brothers. She is survived by her four children, Darlene Allik of Polson, Robert Stahlberg of Columbia Falls, Gerald Stahlberg of Kalispell, and Diane Erickson of Kalispell; 17 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister. Funeral services for Gladys will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Chapel, with Pastor Darrell Newby officiating. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Burial will follow services at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for Gladys family. You are invited to go to www.jgfuneralhome.com to view Gladys guest book, offer condolences and share memories.