Edward John Sherle, 86

Edward John Sherle passed away on May 10, 2015, after a long illness.

Edward was born September 25, 1928, in Laredo to John and Teresa Sherle. He was the youngest of nine children.

Edward served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea in 1952 and 1953. After his discharge from the Army, he went to work for Great Northern Railroad as a pipefitter in Whitefish.

On September 28, 1962, he married the love of his life, Annie Lou Goss. Following their marriage they, along with Annie’s three daughters, were transferred by Great Northern to Seattle, Washington, where he worked until his retirement in 1988.

In October 1989, he and Annie returned to Montana and made their home in Columbia Falls until Annie’s death in 2001. Annie and Eddie were inseparable and after her death he lost the will to live.

Eddie was preceded in death by his parents and five sisters, Elsie, Anne, Lydia, Clara, and Ida; three brothers, Otto, Walter, and Ted and his wife Annie of forty-three years.

He is survived by his three stepdaughters, Margaret of Newport Beach, California, Carolyn of Cle Elum, Washington, and Christine of Lake Oswego, Oregon; three granddaughters; and seven great-grandchildren, also surviving him are his sister-in-law Evelyn Syth of Kalispell and many nieces and nephews. A unique soul who loved practical jokes, he will be missed.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 (Annie’s birthday), at Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls. There will a viewing one hour prior to services.

Columbia Mortuary is caring for Eddie’s family.