Billie Jean Caton, 93

| January 18, 2019 4:00 AM

Billie Jean Caton, 93, passed away peacefully on Dec. 26, 2018, in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the presence of her daughter, Victoria Long, and her two granddaughters, Briana Ellenberger and Jessica Biggers.

Billie Jean grew up in Pennsylvania, lived in Northern Virginia, and worked for the federal government in Wash-ington, D.C., retiring in 1983 to Kalispell with her husband, Douglas Caton, who passed away in 1999.

She is also survived by her sons, Ernest Jay Powell and his wife Linda, and Frank S. Liles and his wife Silvia; Peggy Caton, her step-daughter; her grandsons, Joe Powell, Jeff Powell and Joshua Powell and their wives; as well as grandchildren Hunter Liles, Kimberly Liles, Britney Liles and J.D. Hennig, and numerous great-grandchildren and loved ones.

The viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, with the memorial service immediately following, both at the Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home, 525 S. Main Street, Kalispell.

The gravesite burial will be private.