Elvira M. 'Marie' Keller Heide, 72

Elvira M. “Marie” Heide passed away Nov. 16, 2016, at the Bland-Bekkedal Center for Hospice in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

She was born Nov. 2, 1944, to Joe and Mary Ellen (Reynolds) VanBemmel in Bozeman. The family moved to Eureka and then settled in Kalispell where she met her husband, Donald Keller. They were married Nov. 19, 1966, and they resided on the family ranch. They had two girls, Dianne and Valerie. They were married 17 years when Donald passed away Sept. 25, 1984. Marie and her daughters stayed on the home place until 1989.

Marie married Eldon Heide, Aug. 28,1989. They resided on his dairy farm in the rural Yuba, Wisconsin, area until they retired to rural Hillsboro, Wisconsin, in 2007. They were married 27 years.

Mom loved to go shopping, cooking for her family, collecting dolls and spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Marie was preceded in death by her parents; first husband; three brothers, David, Joe and Dan; brothers-in-law, Kenneth Sterner and Robert Ivers; and one sister-in-law, Charlene VanBemmel.

She is survived at home by her husband, Eldon Heide; her daughters, Dianne (Richard) Klinski of Caledonia, Minnesota, and Valerie (Chad) Arnold of Ogden, Iowa; sisters, Sherry Sterner of Kalispell, and Hope Ivers of Great Falls; brothers, Albert (Geri) VanBemmel of Eureka, and Bob (Jenny) VanBemmel of Atlantic, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Claudette Moriarty of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sue VanBemmel, and Carol (Don) Keller-Lyonias of Kalispell; her grandchildren, Samuel and Allison Arnold, Travis, Matthew and Tyler Klinski; one great-granddaughter, Nevaeh Klinski; and many nieces, nephews and extended family.

Memorial funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Picha Funeral Home in Hillsboro, with visitation from noon to 1:30 pm. Inurnment will take place at the C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell at a later date.