Elsie E. Neier, 90

Elsie E. Neier, 90, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at Brendan House in Kalispell. She was born Feb. 27, 1918, in Cripple Creek, Colo. She was the youngest daughter of three children born to Albert and Anna Larson.

On Feb. 4, 1946, she married Leon E. Neier in Colorado, where Leon had taken work as a railroad fireman and electrician after World War II. In 1950, Elsie gave birth to their only child, Glen. In 1956, Elsie and Leon moved their family to Montana, where Leon worked for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant and Elsie served as a housewife. She enjoyed being a mother, a wife and a good friend to all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon.

Elsie is survived by her son, Glen, and his wife, Cheryl Neier, of Columbia Falls; granddaughter, Shelly Neier, of Kalispell; stepgranddaughter, Teresa, and her husband, Kirk Malzer, along with their children, Richard, Andrew and Benjamin, of Augusta, Ga.; stepgranddaughter, Jacey, and her husband, Todd Johnson, along with their child, Connor, of Boise, Idaho; and stepgranddaughter, Alicia, and her husband, Matt Cumming, and their children, Makayla and Noah, of Kalispell.

Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today, Jan. 11, at Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Columbia Mortuary. Burial will be afterward in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Arrangements are with Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls.