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Inez Evelyn Weyrauch, 84

| August 15, 2011 9:00 PM

After having lived a long full life, Inez Evelyn Weyrauch, 84, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, at the Health Center at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell.

Inez was born to Andrew and Ruth Gunderson in Stanley, N.D., on July 10, 1927. She graduated from high school in Sanish, N.D., on June 6, 1946.

Inez married Kenneth Weyrauch on Oct. 7, 1946, in Ray, N.D. They moved to Columbia Falls in 1948, where Ken worked for Plum Creek Lumber Company and Inez worked as a bookkeeper for Canyon Logging and Ureco. Ken, Inez and their three sons moved to Eureka in 1970. Ken then worked in Canada until he passed away in 1977. Inez moved back to Columbia Falls in 1978, and moved to Kalispell in 1989.

Inez was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Arnie, John, Roy and Del Gunderson; her husband, Kenneth; her son, Kelly; and her grandson, Joey.

She is survived by son, Cary, and his wife, Arlene, of Kalispell; son, David, and his wife, Gayla, of Kalispell; daughter-in-law, Carolyn, and her husband, Russ, of Kalispell; grandson, Andy, and his wife, Alyssa, with their children Abby and Eli, of Vancouver, British Columbia; granddaughter, Christy Fix, and her husband, Brad, with their children Dylan and Ethan, of Kalispell; granddaughter, Terri Rasmussen, and her husband, Aaron, with their daughter Audrey, of Kalispell; granddaughters, Tessa Weyrauch and Alyssa Hadley of Kalispell; and many nieces, nephews, "greats" and "great-greats."

Viewing will be held at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home from 3 to 7 p.m. today, Aug. 16, with a rosary service immediately following at 7 p.m. Memorial Mass will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Saint Matthew's Catholic Church in Kalispell, followed by burial at Glacier Memorial Gardens.