Flathead County Treasurer needs space for estate items, commissioners say it's out of their hands
Unclaimed belongings left behind by the dead sit for sale in the Estate Room at the North Complex Building. (Hannah Shields/Daily Inter Lake)
Unclaimed belongings left behind by the dead sit for sale in the Estate Room at the North Complex Building. (Hannah Shields/Daily Inter Lake)
Unclaimed belongings left behind by the dead sit for sale in the Estate Room at the North Complex Building. (Hannah Shields/Daily Inter Lake)
Five black boxes filled with cremains sit on the floor of the Flathead County Treasurer’s office.
Those are her clients, says County Treasurer Adele Krantz, referring to the boxes in a neat line along her desk. As public administrator, Krantz manages estates of the dead without a personal representative, a service she’s provided in her role as county treasurer for the last 22 years.
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