Harry 'Mike' Clifford Keith, 80

Harry “Mike” Clifford Keith “passed on to peace with his Lord” in his wife Jeanne’s arms, on April 3, 2012, after several years of illness.

Mike was born in Kalispell, to Harry C. and Catherine (Lacher) Keith on April 22, 1931. He was raised in Kalispell, graduating from Flathead County High School in 1949.

He attended the University of Montana and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was honorably discharged as an active veteran of the Korean War.

He married Marge Kok, who is the mother of his three children, and received his Bachelor of Science degree at Montana State College in Bozeman. They moved to Great Falls where he was active in the insurance business for approximately 20 years in the Great Falls area.

Upon retiring, Mike relocated to Kalispell. He married his wife, Jeanne, in 1990.

Mike's brother, Robert, preceded him in death.

He is survived by his wife, Jeanne; his daughter, Teresa Zoulek and family, in Pines, Ariz.; his sons, Harry “Butch” Keith and family, and Robert “Bob” Keith and family, both of Kalispell; a stepdaughter, Lisa S. Jones and family, of Kalispell; a sister, Mary Cornelison of San Diego; and a brother, John “Jack” of Kalispell; along with numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

His family and friends plan a celebration of life for July 7.