Thelma Gray Winters, 91

by Daily Inter Lake
| October 28, 2009 6:10 AM

Thelma Gray Winters, 91, former longtime Kalispell resident, passed peacefully in Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 17, 2009, to join her departed family and friends in heaven. She was born in Peru, Neb., to Laura and Fred Hildbrand and grew up on the family s Wyoming homestead with brothers, Lowell and Bud, who preceded her. Thelma moved to Vancouver with her family in 1957. Thelma was a homemaker who loved dancing, excelled at cooking and sewing, loved spending time in nature, and was an active listener for anyone who was troubled. Thelma will be greatly missed by all who love her. She leaves behind her daughters, Ardith Gray DeRaad and Gary of Puyallup, Wash., and Dorothy Laursen of Vancouver; her son-in-law, Bill Chappelle; grandchildren, Shawna LeMott and Michael of Tacoma, Wash., Brent and Michelle of Kent, Wash., Darrin Laursen and Valerie, and Devin Laursen and Katie of Wisconsin, and Susan Cole and David of California; and 10 great-grandchildren.