Obituaries
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Hans W Polte, 85
Dr. Hans W Polte, 85, passed away on Oct. 13, 2019, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
Lanis Leander Reynolds, 79
Lanis Leander Reynolds was born June 26, 1940.
Richard Tate Sauerbier, 73
Richard Tate Sauerbier of Kalispell passed in peace on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, under hospice care at Brendan House, at the age of 73.
Dixie Lee Emerson, 81
Dixie Lee Emerson, 81, passed away on Oct. 18, 2019, after complications following heart surgery.
Veleen 'Val' Joy (Johnson) Hanson, 80
Veleen “Val” Joy (Johnson) Hanson, 80, passed away peacefully with family at her side on Oct. 23, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio, where she had lived for the past year.…
Donna Beverly Matthews, 86
On June 26, 1933, at Fort Belknap, Montana, Donna was the first child born to Juanita Lova Hintt and Andrew Harvey-Shortman.
Georgette L. Foster, 81
Georgette L. Foster, 81, passed away at her home in Kalispell on Oct. 17, 2019.
Karen Joann Sanderson, 48
On Aug. 30, 1971, the musician, Sandy Sanderson, and hairdresser, Patti Knapton Sanderson, were thrilled to give birth to their first child, Karen Joann Sander…
William Jay 'Jess' Johnson, 92
William Jay “Jess” Johnson of Whitefish passed away at the age of 92 on Oct. 5, 2019, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls. Jess was born in Wolf Poi…
Henry 'Hank' Slemberger, 100
Henry “Hank” Slemberger, 100, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, at his home in Kalispell.
Mary Jane Thramer, 70
Our precious Mary passed from this world peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 10, 2019, with husband Tom at her side and bathed in the love of her family.
Lois Jean Thielen, 86
Lois Jean Thielen, 86, of Kalispell, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2019.
Steven Andrew Hasson, 32
Steven Andrew Hasson, 32, passed away Sept.19, 2019.
Frances 'Frannie' Lula Uken, 78
Frances “Frannie” Lula Uken of Columbia Falls passed away Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at the age of 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She left this …
Myrtle M. Strodtbeck, 103
Myrtle M. Strodtbeck was born at the family homestead near Bloomfield, Montana, on Jan. 28, 1916; she moved on to her final destination on Wednesday, Oct. 16, …