Obituaries
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Keith Clement Schauf, 71
Keith Clement Schauf, 71, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at his home in Columbia Falls.
Annabel 'Ann' Messing, 93
Annabel “Ann” Messing, 93, passed away Jan. 22, 2017, at the BeeHive Home in Columbia Falls.
Donald James Nelson, 69
Donald James Nelson, 69, of Whitefish, passed away at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, on Feb. 17, 2017, from complications following a motor vehicle acciden…
Leona Lee (Campbell) Byington, 86
Leona “Lee” (Campbell) Byington, 86, of Whitefish, passed away Feb. 17, 2017.
Margaret Marie 'Sis' Truax, 76
Margaret Marie “Sis” Truax passed away on Feb. 7, 2017.
Marion D. Howe, 82
Marion D. Howe, aka James Virgil Howe, was born June 5, 1934.
Betty L. (Crowder) Mann, 86
Betty L. (Crowder) Mann was born in Sun Prairie, south of Malta on March 13, 1930.
Violet Elizabeth Olsen, 96
Violet was born in Schuyler, Nebraska, to Czechoslovakian parents Adolph and Ann Novak, who were also born in Schuyler. Together with her older brother Orville…
Charles F. 'Chuck' Spindler, 81
Charles F. “Chuck” Spindler passed away Feb. 18, 2017, at his home in Stevensville with family at his side.
Dorothy Jean (Jacquemart) Lyon, 86
Dorothy Jean (Jacquemart) Lyon, better known as “Jeannie” or “Jeannie Pie,” decided her time on Earth was done on Feb. 16, 2017 at her home in Kalispell, leavi…
James F. 'Jimmy' Gerrity, 53
James F. “Jimmy” Gerrity, 53, of Polson, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, doing what he loved, loading logging trucks in the woods.
Allen Herset, 62
Allen Herset, age 62, passed away after a 28-year battle with multiple sclerosis on Feb. 15, 2017, at Immanuel Lutheran Home surrounded by his family.
Helen Amelia (Demarest) Weber, 100
Helen Amelia (Demarest) Weber was born in Great Falls on Nov. 29, 1916, to Harry and Amelia (Brown) Demarest.
Richard Curtis Lindsay, 83
Richard Curtis Lindsay died of natural causes at his home in Kalispell on Jan. 15, 2017.
Ida A. Knutson, 96
Ida was born Feb. 24, 1920, at home near Proctor. Her father, Peder Underdal, came to America in 1901 from Norway, going back in 1906 to get his soon-to-be wif…